The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-07-06
PALMER LETS CD
Of SUPPORTERS
SENSATIONAL ACTION
AT NIGHT SESSION
Announcement of Thirty
seventh Ballot Followed
By Surprising Step

; san FHANCISCO. J"}y 5.--Wh"n Ia"
frs, ballot OF the rlSn; sesr:"n "f IN"
! pemocari.c uat!onal convention IA"
, thirty 70 h-"AN 81" tho
deadlock. the Cox. McAdno and Palmer
! factions rose mp and called to on" an.
other % join and end the ucad!o,N.
| {. {. Cavl:n. OF Virginia. one Of 'hc
! Palmer managers. TOOK he platform
and announced iha; Attorney General
! uaimer had authorized him to release
his delegates. CarIiH moved n recess
Of twenty minutes 5" the convention
could decide what course 20 tape.
! Car.!n told the ConNcutlon that TIM
1 attorney genera! was I!s!nr.Incd I" de-
| lay the proceedings OF tn" convention
| longer and was authorized by him L"
! "unconditona!.y and finally release his
| delegates.
/ shouts OF "hurrah for Palm"r" rem;
| til" hall.
| Al SAP O'Clock Chairman Robinson
called the Democratic national "onNcn-
| ton to order for It's night session and
the beginning OF the th.rty-ScNenih bal
| LOT
! Both the McAdoo and Cox forces had
used the recess period to muAc n dos
! perAte play for ;Hc rammaNy dclcGa.
| tons support. "Tammany holds the key
| TO the sItnation." was the word pa sS"d
I
after heading the break 10 MCAdco. was
| going tH jump back To Cox
| on the th.rtH-SCvcnth ballot. th"
first # the night session. Arizona nom.
| mated full ticket The state chair
man. announcing that "Arizoa helreNcE
cast four votes for MCAdoo and two for
The ONO governor. Annette adams. If
. .CAlIfornia. recently appointed an as
sistant attorney general OF the United
States. Ro' on~ >o" from California.
! ON the iirSc seven states called, Me
! AGou gained cnH '"r each IN Alabama
| and Arizona. and had lost one III "a,
OF California and heiaware. cox lost
one from Arkansas and gained one from
| California. while Palmer gained three
| from Alabama ard one from Arkansas.
losing one ~ california.
Their" were slight variations also
thereafter
! Cox gained NO IN Massachusetts.
without disturbing MCAdoo or Palmer.
, In Montana and New HampSht'c Nc
! Adoo,. took ono each from Palmer.
! New York stuck with cox as Indiana
| had stuck with McAdoo. Tn" report
! that indiana proposed u sN.,ch back
: 10 cox II M'Aduu failed To- show /"
; stari mcrs.&tcd.
3 North Dakota and th"n ;h' famiila'
: 'rUN. foriEeishi' which had burst cut
/ from the ohio space ;h,rt'-S,A Uauy-
; seventh time. wnlln tn" ,uul cuiiun 1T
/ Ou, a storm ~ applause.
How did OA,o a." thai '.wr" GUcr."d
3 A delegate with a sense "r h.m'r
Tho man VIII" ras, tn" ,":" had =
/ '":,e ma, pr"bab;! VAS heaId around
: the t,n.de0 Cav"
! In Ptrnsy.vap'a Palmer tool, ono "f
/ McAdoos. Nv" and mad" his Sir'HH ''N-
! enty-four III his na':N" STATE.
! some bclNi"d Fourth "f JG.y fire..
. WORKS wont Off ul;Sid" rnc Co0N "'.'.'n
! hal, during IN" ballot w:'h loud ana
: prolonged r-"orte. Of course, - Was
y some ebody's boom MAS hciu- hu>'"d.
. There va, obviously NOR t""'h ;ha"
. n.'ioN ~ That jest
. ACr"mran&IuL on" "' -" loud -
% ports. T'nn"%S"c's e jumped "rt "f ~
. peln,cr column and bach :" John ".
J Davis If " est Virginia. 1t vas 4 jar
! to tho r5s!rg Palmer vote
Talm"r'> Ihrc" in Wisconsin went an"
: to COS and tWo Ia M'NI"C \'a~kH
/ SIX wcrr cast for James Hamilton i."w-
! i ur Illinois. after beng di> ru-d for
many ballots between M"Ad"u ana "a
! mrr and con.
/ Illinois threw eight votes from ral.
! m"r To Cox.
/. los; a nalr and Palmer I"~' three.
Thirty y-seventh Ballot
! Nlabarra @t-DaNis /; AcAd"o ?,
/ Palmer e.
! Nriznna -MrNdo" I: roN ..
! Arkansas lS-Palmcr ;: MrAdp" e.
California cs- McAdoo ~ cox n.
. Palmer |. Nnn"tt" Adama
! Colorado l.--CpX 3, M&Ad"D ). cum
! mingS |.
! Cummings =: McAdoo |
Delaware 6--M"\d"o I: cox :.
Florida l2-McAd"o = l"\ ?.
! Georgia @S--ralm"r 8.