The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-07-07
COX NOMINATION
 PROVES 4 VICTORY
 FOR STATE BOSSES
Palmer Was Contributing Cause to McAdOO Defeat, Which May Cause Later
 Complications
By CLINTON w. GILBERT

san FranclscO, July o.-tSpectai'p- | The nomination of Governor Cox by the democratic national convention today
 wns victory for the state bosses. He was their candidate. Murphy. Tnggart, Brennan, Lynch, Walsh oi Massachusetts and the other state bosses furnished him with the nucleus
 out of which his two-thirds majority
 was finally cornered. They gave him throughout the votes of the big Presf- dent-making states. These votes put him into the lead early in the race and he was only headed by McAdoo for a short time yesterday afternoon.
 The state bosses, especially Murphy of New York. carried on" to victory. The men who were beaten at Baltimore and ignored by the Wilson administra- ton prevented the nomination of a member of the administration which had ignored them.
 They have candidate of their own choice and to their own liking. They have come back They do not control the party. They did not control the convention. But they have probably won their way to some of the power they once had. In a way the Cox noml- nation resembles the Harding nomina- tion. It marks return to party gov ernment. If Cox is elected the demo- cratic state machines will be recog- n:zed by the White House.
 MUST PLACATE MACHINES
 The McAdoo nomination would have yeant continuance of the Wilson policy of ignoring the state machines. It was this and his record of ignoring the state machines which caused Me Adoos defeat.
 In a limited sense. the Cox nomina- ton was an anti administration v1c- tory. This was true though the White House carefully refrained from influ- encing the convention.
 At no time except with regard to platform was there any sign that the President turned over his hand to in flucnce the convention or the selec- ton of a candidate here in San Fran cisco. Every one listened here for the voice of the White House. but it was sfsot heard. Nevertheless all the ele- Snents opposed to Wilson control of tho party were behind the Cox candidacy. And with one or two exceptions until the movement developed which led to Cox's nomination none of the admin istra ton forces were supporting Cox It was an administration-an istration lineup with the White House scrupulously avoiding giving aid to it's friends and in the end the anti administration forces won.
 FACTORS IN COX SUCCESS
 Various factors contributed to Coxs success besides the aid of the state bosses. Cox Is wet, and in a great many localities the nomination of a.. wet was decided as likely to contribute to the election of local tickets Cox hoc fhA yak cfr 1r~fh was personally popular with the dele gates more so than McAdoo. Many delegates were glad to vote for him preferring him personally to any other candidate and believing him at least as likely to win as any other. ~
 MT. McAdoo's real strength with the delegates was greatly exaggerated. Outside of noisy office holding group the ex-Secretary of the Treasury made little appeal to the imagination of the convention. He was not regarded as strong. And the ''crown prince" issue steadily weakened him. Had he not published that statement of with drawal. he would doubtless have been nominated, but the delegates could not See why he should be drafted.
 The convention, as has been pointed out before, was animated by much the same motives as the republican con- vention at Chicago. It was conserva- tive and it wanted to nominate con- servative It desired a return to party government. It aimed to have a dema- cratic Harding. Governor Cox is the democratic Harding, nominated by the conservative forces in his party, by the state bosses. aided by the vets The Cox nomination was only made possible by the continuance of Mitchell Palmer in the race. Had Palmer re- tired early and the Pennsylvania dele gation been released. McAdoo would have received his support which would have started movement that would have led to McAdoo's nomination
 FUNDED TO A PULP
 With Palmer and Cox together in the race the ant-administration forces were able to pound the McAdoo candi- dacy to pulp. When 1t had been demonstrated that McAdoo could not l be nominated. Palmer withdrew in such 1 a way as to insure Cox's success There were signs that Palmer took the step when he bad an understanding with l Murphy of New York. More than any one thing the Palmer candidacy keep ing the Pennsylvania delegation away from McAdoo. insured the nomination of a man agreeable to the bosses, AL 1 though member of the Presidents cabinet, Palmer was an anti -adminis- l tration force in the convention.
 The key to the long deadlock in the presidential nomination was the Palmer vote. The McAdoo candidacy just missed.
 According to beliefs of those who practice politics. fortune only smiles upon you once. You either win whep your chance comes. or you don't win at n McAdoos chance came on tht l
 -ay ballots Saturday morning and ha As