, 1920-07-08
Auditorium, San Francisco, July g.

hOiiithutCu " pIeSlutul VI Iue Ouileu
States in the Democratic convention
at lao o'clock this morning. The
nomination came at the conclusion of
a fOrty-four ballot struggle in which
he had steadily beaten down the forces
of William G. McAdoO. former secre.
tary of the treasury and President
Wilson'S sOn-in-law.
When the balloting on the forty
fourth vote had gotten to a point
where Cox had 7O2 votes and was rap
idly approaching the necessary two
thirds of 729, Sam b. AmidOn of Kan
sas, manager of the McAdOo forces
and vice chairman of the Democratic
national convention, on the platform
and moved hal the nomination of
Governor COX be made unanimous. I'm
mediately there was a rOar from the
tired and worn delegates which lasted
for a full four minutes before Chair
man Robinson could put the question
on Amidon's motion to suspend the
rules and nominate Cox by acclama-
ton.
At :43 o'clock this morning the mo-
ton was formally voted over with a
rolling chorus of ayes and a smashing
of the brass bands.
State standards which had surged
back and forth in the desperate bat.
ties of the deadlock raced to the front
CT the hall and to a place before the
platform.
The vote on the forty-third ballot,
which started the Cox landslide, was /:
McAdoo, 412; Cox, sos; Davis, SIN
Palmer. 7; Cummings, 2; Owen, "a
Clark, 2; Colby, L; Glass 5k.
COx's gain was 2Tk, or 15S short of
the necessary two-thirds. McAdoo lost
Is: Davis gained s.
The vote on the forty-first ballot
was: McAdoo. 400: Cox, 497k ; Pal
mer, II; Davis. 55k Cummings, 2;
Owen, So; Glass, "a; Clark, 2; Col
by. 1.
The changes of the forty-first ballot
were: McAdoo lost Z; Cox gained IN /;
Davis lost 2oh Palmer was reduced
TO IL.
The results on the forty-second bal
lot show: McAdoo. 427; Cox, 54O1a /;
Palmer, s.; Davis, 491k.
Cox forces soon after midnight, jubi-
liant with n new high level in the bal
loting n predicting further Access
siOns. defeated a motion to adjourn
h convention which had the support
of the McAdoo forces. The Cox peo-
pie wanted to press their advantages,
the McAdOO people wanted to adjourn.
A roll call was forced and the con-
ventiOn proceeded to its f~orty-secOnd
ballot, apparently well on its way
toward the fOrty-sixth ballot record set
by h Baltimore convention which
nominated Woodrow Wilson. The vote
unofficial against the adjournment
vas 637 to 407.
An eleventh-hour release of Attor-
ney General Palmer's delegates left
the Democratic national convention
with a fight between McAdoo and Cox
on its hands and both of them claim
ing the other could not possibly get
enough Out of the Palmer wreck to
attain a nomination. COx's vote of
1881 on the thlrty-ninth ballot was
exactly his previous high water mark
as it appeared on the fifteenth ballot.
Attention Of Senator Harrison of the
Cox forces was called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffey of
Pennsylvania, who asked what the Cox
forces were going TO do about 1t. Har-
rison said they We're going out for
more.
The totals on the thirty-ninth ballot
were: McAdoo. 40; Cox, 1854 Pal
mer. "a; Davis, 71h Cummings, q;
Owen, 80; Clark, 2: Colby, /.
The changes on the thlrty-ninth bul-
lot were: Cox gained So, McAdoo
gained 34h. Davis gained 21M and
Palmer retained "A of his 211.
At the enc of the second ballot after
the recess. when the Palmer vote had
touched 211 and it was apparent that
1t could be driven no higher, former
Representative C. c., CarlIn of vir-
ginin. Mr.. Palmer's manager, took the
platform and announced the with
drawal of the attorney general from
the race.
Delegates Cheer Attorney General.
Chairman Robinson, in presenting
him, told the convention significantly
that he was presenting a man who
had an nnouncemen to make which
ne was confident the convention woul
want to hear.
Expectation was In the air and the
convention. which only a momen be-
fore had been in the height of dis
order in a rackety demonstration,
quieted down like magic, until a pin
might almost have been heard to drop
In the great auditorium as Carlin took
the X Dtnea md said In auh-
stance:
Il am about to make m announce
nent of greatest importance to this
convention, at the conclusion of which
{ shall move a recess for twenty min
1tes to give the convention opportu-
nlty to decide what course It shall
take.
"a. Mitchell PnImer asks me to OK