The Washington herald., 1920-07-06
SEE-SAW STRUGGLE
HOLDS LITTLE SIGN
OF END, SAYS VILE
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE

="
By FaEnrRlC WILLIAM WHILE.
tend himself. and, with McAdoo and
Cox, will be expected to give the
right of way to the dark horse
field.
Paimer's only chance to reach
the mountain top Is to gain II AT
the expense Of McAdoo and Coxa-As
yet there are no signs OF the
requisite defections from their
camps. The supporters OF both the
Ohio governor and the Presidents
son-in-law, say they have their
heels In the ground as firmly <as
anchormen on a tug of war team
and are not going to be dfsiodged.
Tn to and including the twenty
eighth ballot the Hoosier delegation
lad been virtually Cox property. On
tho twcnty-ninth ballot Taygart
transferred twenty-ninc of Indiana's
thirty. votes TO McAdoo. The au-
nouncement let loebe q torrent of
McAdoo fervor. Many thought 1t
was the beginning or the end. There
was a McAdoo circus demo nstration
IN cue convention fioor. his banner
state Of Texas taking the lead In or
ganizing II. Later on. the twenty
ninth ballet, the State of Washing
ton for the FIRST time cast Its vote Of
foureen solidly for McAdoo. The
help Of Indiana end washington en-
abled McAdoo ON the >tlirtieth ballot
to cross the 400 line for the hrst
time, with a total of 403Is votes.
In the two succeeding ballots Nc
Adoo further increased his lead.
ending up on the thfrty-second with
421 mis- biggest tally for the day.
These remained en- the ttirty-third
ballot, to be whitfield down on the
thirty-fourth. thirty-ffth and thirty
sixth to 500.
Dark-horse candidates being Who'll
ly dependent or the favor Of the big
three, whose votes they must inherit
in part or whole. made no attempt
today to inject themselves into the
arena.
II was thought that one of them.
John w. Davis. of West Virginia,
would be trotted out without fail.
But the Ambassador cut an alto
gether desuitory figure. He began
operations this morning with sou
votes. attained his skyline of SO on
the twenty-nirth ballot and then
steadily receded. Tenbessee's -
votes. which. together with his own
States 16. constituted the backbone
Of Davis strength, deserted him on
the thirty-ffth ballot. In conse-
auence the Ambassador ended the
days session with only IS votes to
his credit.
His most ardent supporters ex-
pected that long before this Davis
would have developed winning
strength in the conveition. He still
- a decided possibility when the
dark horses come into their own.
The other dark horses considered
10 be possible benefciaries Of the
tangled situation made no better
showing than Davis. Bainbridge
Colby, Secretary of State. did not
figure in the days voting at all. It
nay be that he Is held in Invisible
reserve for a sensational plvrge into
the cockpit at q more dramatic mo-
ment. Neiths- has national Chair
ran Homer Cummings or Senator
Robert L. Owen set the convention
prairies on FIRE.
Thomas Taegart. the Indiana
chieftain. has teen whispering to
confdants that Vice President
Thomas r. Marshall. the Hocsier's
favorite son, Is the dark horse that
looks most promising to men from
the banks of the wabash. But the
Indiana vote is now apparently an
chored in the McAdco column. Mar
shall received only e sporadic vote
or two during the day.