Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-06
Governor Cox, Ohio,
Democratic Choice

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was to arrange an Endorsement from the
Tammanay people for Mr.. Roosevelt.
The talk for Colby. after he first
declined to be candidate, was circu
lated by Tammany men. Charles +.
Murphy and German f. Mack partici =
pated in the conferences.
Many Candidates In Field
When the rollcall for nomination for
Vice President began Alabama yielded
to Tennessee, and Major General i. d.
Tyson was placed in nomination by
Harvey II. Hannah. of Nashville. Tenn.
Richard Seeley Jones, of Seattle
| WASH, a private in the army during
the war. seconded the nomination oi
General Tyson. Mrs. d. A. McDoughal
of Sapulpa, Okla. also seconded the
nomination of General Tyson.
Governor Samuel G.. Stewart, OF
! Montana, was placed in nomination by
| Senator Walsh. of that state. Miss
onded the nomination Of Governor Stew
art.
Senator Pittman, of Nevada, also sec
onded the nomination of Governor Stew =
| art
| Edward l.. Doheny, Of Cincinnati,
was placed In nomination for the vice
presidency by Lorin A. HaRdley, OF
Los Angeles. Michael L. Sullivan, Of
Salem, Mass. seconded the nomination
of Mr.. Doheny.
Senator Nugent, of Idaho, nominated
former Judge James II. Hawley, of
Boise, Idaho.
Meredith Out Of Race
Iowa passed when called, and that
| seemed to assure that Secretary
Neredith would not be offered for the
| place.
! Judge Moore. manager for Governor
! Cox. did not quote to inquirers any word
received from the presidential nominee,
but it was said by others that Mr.. Cox
was willing to leave the choice for Vice
President to the convention. An effort
| had been made to learn Cox's wishes.
The session was called for noon today,
but was delayed by a session of con
gratulatons for which nobody had time
early this morning when the convention
| adjourned.
The convention. recovering from its
long sessions of the presidential fight,
was slow in starting this afternoon.
The nominating of presidential can =
| didate wound up the real business so
| were concerned and the outgoing trains
| had a great part of the convention force
| aboard them. Somebody suggested that
the outgoing trains be poled.
The galleries, too, had lost great
deal of their interest, and there were
! thousands of empty seats. Secretary
Roosevelt. when told that he looked like
prospect for the vice presidential nom
ination, said:
at can't afford the honor. have
fvo children -
DAVIS Brought Forward
John w. Davis. ambassador to
Great Britain, whose name remained
on the list of presidential candidates to
the last. was being talked of for the
vice presidential nomination, too, but
the argument used against it was that
| he came from a state too close to Ohio.
W. r. Vaughn. of Portland, Oregon.
who won the preference for vice presi-
Dental nomination in the state pri-
mary, it was said, would be pre-
sented. the speech being made by Mrs.
Bessie NJ, Richards. of Linton.
The Pennsylvania delegation passed
ont the word il was "for whomeyer
| Governor Cox wants"
David r. Francis. of st. Louis,
| former ambassador to Russia, was being
| talked "A n his name was withdrawn
Sunni of Governor Cox won n
uay tn ,inption by nersistont bot
tering al !, McAdoo and Palmer
forces in ~ states tbrouphout +.
icng series filings and rallies which
iewf now or nd then another of tho
candidates in lead.
On the ono ing ballot Friday the
Ohio oovernor was in third nlace Uc
On,o snnn Sossad paimer bo,vovar and on
tTo t,yelftb ballot went ahead Of Me-
Adoo Then began seesawipR between
the Cox and the McAdoo totals, which
at the end of the thirty ninth rollcall,
at last midnight. found the two virtu
ai,y tbe same
"' >y.,.., ,,,so ,r,,o,;uov.
N0hi'',oh J m hnIIat ~, .,
on the lorty -sec1nu pod u1os ts rne at
cessIon Oh Hlost Vi IIe ! a,i'ei sIfenscI ss
TO COX put MN ,stI Weii ateo' tet tiu anu atIer
that great ah1 lttlc s.a'G uo'esaInonS n
went in'o 'N' wa
On the tortg a.. -set2mu t;a m ne Sot tho rntas nta
JCrity ioL 'ne IL 60, rornth h ,,,o,
cast, and on the e. iorty y,ic ,ionrtn @ ne WAS %dS
ptuhgl1s tomdru obanaed ba1 its uoto ~ hin,
orJ n,ada tho nomination obvious II
ana lnaIe o ;n,nma o,' T,o,Ion of Son,
was made UNANIMOUS Oh nlotiOn VI oun
r AmidOn, of Kansas, q leader or the
VI Joo forcas
W. Ce ~ forty- four bollots two were
tokan last Friday night: fourteen at
e. soes;on Saturday md sly at
the urst seHsioh p"'u'""' M, 80 "
the Saturday night session: ihere were