The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1920-07-06
BRIEFING or THE FINAL
SCENES IN THE GREAT
BATTLE OF THE POLITICAL.

ICED the complete and unconditional
release Of his delegates. A shout
went up, only to be quickly stilled
while Chairman Robinson announced
a Commute recess so that delegations
might be polled for u new alignment
and the change in the situation be
considered before another vote was
taken
When the recess was on the CALLER
les sat tense by staring down into
The great pit below where delegates
scrambled and tumbled through the
aisles comforting to appraise the stu
alton before determining their course.
McAdoO or Cox? Cox or McAdO0
McAdoo and Cox workers worked up
TO the maximum effort to take adyan-
tage Of the break The floor hummed
and whirled like the stock exchange
on panicky day. Great clusters Of
Cox and McAdoo workers gathered
about the Palmer groups, struggling
for attention and to enlist under
their own standard the army about to
be disbanded
BY Two and Three Slide Begins
Back in their seats again under
the. banging urge of the gavel, the
delegates awaited the 39th roll call.
BY twos and threes and larger groups
delegates previously voting unchang-
ingly for him went to other candl.
dates. Each change that brought
gain to McAdoo or Cox, Net loose a
news roar. The faitful Pennsylvauians
insisted on casting one more vote
for Palmer as a final tribute to him.
The delegation chairman's statement
went unheeded for the most part and
the great block of votes went down
for Palmer amid a surprised hush.
side Starts to Cox
The announcement CT the whole bal
lot, however, started another tumult
led by Cox adherents. 1t showed he
outstripped McAdoo in the race for
Palmer delegates and again reached
the lead.
The Cox forces scented victory right
there. The Cox band trooped into
the gallery and hurled the strains
of the Cox battle song. "Ohio, Ohio"
down into the din below Again time
was required to get quiet enough to
start a new roll call.
McAdOO i'm Pennsylvania
When Pennsylvania was reached the
delegation asked for a poll. one by
one big McAdoo majority in tho
Pennsylvania ranks was disclosed and
Cox supporters looked a little dis.
turbed The draft to the Ohio stand
ard was on, however. and even the
more than two score Palmer men who
Joined from the Pennsylvania forces
could not push McAdoo back into
the lead.
A fight to adjourn, last night. was
started by McAdoo supporters, against
shouts of mol Nor all over the
floor The motion fell down on a
vote that left no doubt of the con-
ventions determination to fight it
out then and there.
The 4lst Ballot Was Started
Both McAdoo and Cox gained
ground and McAdoo supporters dug
themselves in. grimly determined on
u last ditch fight.
The i2nd roll call was started II
showed new drifts to Cox as the votes
were shouted back to the platform
from the indispensable murmur
among the delegates now. regardless
of the fatigue of the prolonged fight,
although the great galleries above
them were by then almost vacant.
Great blocks of empty seats showed
where worn out spectators had given
ii up by midnight and gone home
expecting another day.
Name Next President
When Georgia was reached the
delegation chairman leaped to his
chair and shouted that his state. for
merly in McAdoo ranks. would join
hands to Ohio, ito name the next
president" He cast the solid Georgia
vote for Cox and the shout that fol.
lowed seemed to rock the building
McAdoo followers were still hold
ing grimy. A block of 40 votes went
for Cox. The western states which
led the way in his drives. stuck hard
and even the fact that Cox had swept
beyond the first majority vote re
COTueu lOT any CttHuludle ulu HOt
shake them loose
The 4Srd roll call began in a riot
Of noise that maze The poll audible
only rs the surges of sound paused
to let the figures reach the clerks.
Get in the Wagon"
Little by little, the drift to the
Cox column continued gaining mo-
mentum as it ran. Get into the
wagon" roared man in the CALLER
les and Cox rooters took it up. Votes
for other candidates than Cox or
McAdoo brought yels to come out
Of it," and wake up"
In the New York delegation chal'
lenge for poll sent dozen men
scurrying to argue with the challeng-
er. He was the center fire Of argu
ment and abjuration he could not
resist. Finally, after move by Nc
Adoo supporters to adjourn in the
last desperate effort to stave off de
feat had been roared down. the bal
lot the 44th began.
Victory Over Game Opponent
The result was forecast with the
first vote Alabama swung solid to