Evening star., 1920-07-07
ROOSEVELT IS NOMINATED
ON FIRST BALLOT
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| counted member of the Tammany
| forces of New York. MIR. hooseVeiI mas
| had his political difficulties with ram
| many for several years.
No Doubt From Start.
The bandwagon movement for Mr.
| Roosevelt got under way very quIckiy
after the convention assembled ana,
although other candidates were pre-
sented. there was no doubt OF MI
Roosevelt's selection from the hrst.
Although called to meet at noon,
| the convention, recovering iroIts ts
long sessions of the presidential i,sn.' en-
| was slow in starting. FORMER NV.
Dunno of Illinois was picked TO place
Mr.. Lewis in nomination ana 1eu'
Tyson's sponsor was Harvey u.
| Hannah.
At noon Judge Moore of Youngs-
town, Ohio. convention manager 'IoE
| Gov. Cox. was still trying 10 reactl
| the nominee over the long distance
! telephone to learn if he had any
| choice for the vice presidential noh-
| inee.
| The galleries had lost a great deal
| of their interest. and there We're
thousands of empty seats. secretary
| Roosevelt, when told that ne looked
like prospect for the vice presi-
Dental nomination. said:
Il can't afford the honor nave
! five children"
John w. Davis. ambassador to
Great Britain, whose name remained
! on the list of candidates to the last'
| was being talked of for the vice
| presidential nomination, too. but the
| argument used against IL was that ne
| came from state too close 10 ONO.
Awaited Cox's Word.
! The Pennsylvania delegation passed
out the word it was for WhomeVer
Gov. Cox wants" The talk which
| was almost unanimously heard on the
convention floor was that the decl-
! sion centered about whatever word
Cox's manager, E. II. Moore, received
from the presidential nominee
Mixed with the talk of the vice
presidential nomination was consld-
GRAFTON of the congressional situation
The Senate already, leaders realized,
is SO close that it probably would go
with whichever party was. successful
in electing a President.
To give the convention managers an
opportunity to hear from Gov. Cox,
and also from some of the men being
mentioned for the vice presidential
nomination, no attempt was made to
get under way promptly, and it was
arranged to dispose of some routine
convention business having to do with
the national committee and the next
convention before proceeding to the
vice presidential nominations.
Colby Is Reticent.
Soon it was reported about the con-
vention hall that the organization
was ready to swallow Roosevelt as
some of the politicians put it. There
were continuous conferences while
the nominating speech was being
made. Judge j. Nj. jackson of Win
field, Kans.; Walter Meyers of In
dianapolis and Mrs. Elizabeth D.
Christian of Washington state sec
onded Mr.. RooSevelt's nomination
The result of the conferences on the
floor was to arrange an Endorsement
from the Tammany people for Mr..
Roosevelt. His friends considered his
nomination settled.
Gov. Stewart of Montana and Maj.
Cen Tyson were placed in nomina-
ton during the first two hours of the
session. cambridge Colby, Secretary
of State, who first declined to have
his name used, finally consented to
accept if drafted. Victor Murdoch
of Kansas also was being considered
by many of the leaders
Recess Move Drowned Out.
The talk among some of the eastern
leaders was that if Mr.. Colby stood
by his determination not to accept a
nomination it would go to the west.
In that event either Gov. Stewart or
Mr.. Murdoch. a progressive republi-
can leader during his last terms in
Congress, stood excellent chances OF
being made Gov. CoX's running mate.
Gavin McNab of San Francisco
moved a recess until o'clock, so the
convention might deliberate further
on the vice presidential nomination.
1t was drowned out in a chorus Of noes
and Chairman Robinson ordered the
call of the roll of states, reminding
the delegates that the convention rule
limited nominating speeches for vice
presidential candidates to ten minutes
and seconding speeches to five.
Former Gov. Dunno of Illinois took
the platform, with the convention un-
derstanding that he was to nominate
James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago. 1t
turned out that he really withdrew
Mr.. Lewis name. The governor said
Mr.. Lewis withdrew with character
istic modesty."
All Over by $500 PM.
Mrs. Elizabeth d. Christian of the
Washington delegation seconded Mr..
Roosevelt's nomination. Mrs. Bessie
Richards of LiEnton, Ore, made a
nominating speech for w. T. Vaughan
of that state. Texas seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Roosevelt also.
Vermont did likewise when the state
was called Joseph E. Davies of Wis
consin. mentioned as one of the vice
presidential candidates, took the plat
form to withdraw his name. Iowa
passed when called, and that seemed
to assure that Secretary Meredith
would not be offered for the place
1t was soon decided. One by one the
contenders for vice presidential honors
-were withdrawn and Mr.. Roosevelt
was nominated by acclamation. At
1923 o'clock the big show was all over
and the convention adjourned for the
! last time.
Roosevelt Left Early.
Mr. Roosevelt left the convention
hall just before he was nominated.
Fbut after his victory was a Certainty
that before the convention he proph-
kesied the convention would be "un-
F-bossed,' and declared that his proph-
ecy had come true. Mr.. Roosevelt
went to his hotel and from there to
the battleship New Mexico to dine
with Secretary Daniels. his chief.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas. per-
manent chairman of the convention.
was appointed chairman of the COM
mittee to notify Gov. Cox of his nom
| ination, and Chairman Homer S. Cum
| mlngs or the dem ocratic committee
was appointed chairman of the com
mittee to notify Mr.. Roosevelt.
Praise for San Francisco.
During the closing moments Of the
convention the usual formal resolu-
tions affecting the national commit
tee and the convention organization
| were adopted with a resolution ex-
pressing the thanks and appreciation
of the convention to the city of Sar
Francisco.
Chairman Homer S. Cummings O.
the democratic national committe,
said:
1.-The convention reached it's resul
in a truly democratic manner TIL,
forces. purposes and opinions repre-
sented by the delegations had full
play and reached an uncontrolled re
suit. 1t was long, hard contest, bu
it leaves no scars and the candidate