Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1920-07-04

McAdoo led in the gains of the
first ballot today, the third of he con-
vention, but the predicted landslide
in his favor failed to materialize and
there was no nomination, the bal
lot for the big three resulting: Nc
Adoo 1923, Cox 1T, Palmer 252.
The fourth, fifth and sixth ballots
brought no nomination, but saw a
steady gain for McAdoo and Cox
and general gains for Palmer. On
the seventh ballot New York drop
ped Smith for Cox, adding 100 1-2
votes to the Ohio candidate, but the
effect was only to tighten the race.
On the eighth ballot the delegates
and reporters. who were keeping
their own tabulation received a
momentary thrill when they dicover-
ed that Cox was in the lead, but the
final total for the ballot showed him
still in the rear of McAdoo, although
he had stepped into second place
with 315 to McAdoo's $50 and Pal
mer's 262.
On this ballot McAdoo was OBJ
served to have lost strength for the
first time. dropping back four votes,
but on the ninth he reached a new
high mark with 1886, gaining back
the lost four and two more. Cox
also gained slightly while Palmer
lost slightly. At this stage talk of
dark horse began to be spread
with the convention evidently tight
ly deadlocked
The results continued deadlocked
between McAdoo, Cox and Palmer,
with few changes in the standing un-
til the twelfth ballot when lowe
switched from Palmer to Cox under
the unit rule and sent the Ohio gov
ernor into first place for the first
time with 404, the highest received
by any candidate up to that time,
while Palmer dropped to his lowest
total, 201. McAdoo remained about
stationary with 375 1-2.
Cox continued to gain slowly at
the expense of McAdoo and Palmer on
the 18th, 14th and 18th ballots.
reaching 468 1-2 on that ballot. On
the 10th ballot Cox dropped back
wards for the first time, losing IA
votes to Davis who showed mater
ial change for the first time since the
first ballot, going from 80 to - At
the conclusion of this ballot the con-
vention recessed for supper until 8
o'clock, after having been in contin-
uous session from 8 $40 a. m. to near
ly 6 80 p. m.
Word came after the failure of the
18th ballot to change results mater
tally that Ambassador John w. D 4vis.
for whom the West Virginia dele
cation had stuck to the limit end who
had gained on the last two ballots,
had been selected by leaders during
tie recess as a dark horse, but tn It
his record on woman's suffrage had
defeated his chances in this direction.
The word was passed about the con-
vention hall when the 18th ballot
the 10Th ballot to drive both Cox
and McAdoo across the majority line
as a test.
The nineteenth ballot, however,
showed loss of votes for McAdoo
and gain of only ten fol Cox, with
the latter still nearly 100 short of a
majority, to say nothing of the re-
quired two-thirds, or 72S, necessary
to nominate.
When the twentieth ballot revealed
the deadlock without signs of being
broken, motion to adjourn was put,
but it was voted down, although the
hour was II o'clock, and the 21st
ballot was ordered.
Ground cleared of preliminary bali
lots and rolling administration VIC
tory scored in the platform fight, the
convention resssembled this morning