Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-07-02
LEADERS PLOT
To ROB NJ 'ADO0
Of NOMINATION.
NOT A SUCCESS
Attempt to Form Combina-
ton Against Him Still Co.
ing On But Has Produced
No Definite Results,
SUPPORTERS OF OTHER
CANDIDATES STAND PAT
feeling Among Many Is That
the Move Is Really Direct
ed Against Wilson, Posi-
biIitie5 Discussed,

ICY MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wIsti
San Francisco, Calf, July l.
The attempt at Il combination
against the nomination of William
G. McAdoO was still being carried
on when the convention went into
its night session, but II still was
without any definite results. Lack
of headway was ascribed to the abb
senCe of central control and to the
feeling among many of those imf
portuned to Join that II was really
directed against President Wilson
rather than wholly a movement
against McAdoo. That feeling, Its
managers agreed, was its weak
ness.
Another real difficulty was that
many of the supporters of candi-
dates having enthusiastic follow
lngs, chiefly Palmer and Cox,
argued that they should not be-
asked to desert their candidates
until II had been developed
whether they can gain strength. In
| these camps were scattering dele
gates who preferred McAdoo 10
lany dark horse. The promoters or
| the attempted combination against
| McAdoo were proceeding desultor-
d, ily and one after another they,
continued to bring forward such
| names as former Speaker Clark
Vice President Marshall Homer
Cummings, Balhhridge Colby. and
even William j. Bryan.
Object To Swapping orr.
Clearly and admittedly there was
no name about which they could
rally. The Cox and Palmer lead
ers laughed at the idea of swap
ping OFF, at so early n stage ana
asserted it had not been demon
strated that Mr.. McAdoo command-
ed a place in the running to cause
them to fear hint was with
them plainly case of waiting TO
be shown.
While the real leaders were deal
ing with the platform question
those who for one reason or an
other opposed McAdoo, Palmer and
Cox, kept up their informal con-
rercnces. Many contended that a
few ballots would easily show the
impossibility of nominating either
Palmer or Cox and the bitterest
administration opponent warned
| IplaN III tlItClluE Il ~ oSi an 1920
bring them to the issue at a. time
too late to defeat McAdoo. Dele-
gates without pronounced convfcr
tions embarrassed these leaders ~
demanding to know why 1t was that
a combination was necessary, In
many instances this forced the ad-
mission that the principal arga-
ment why they thought Mr.. Nc
Adoo should not be nominated was
that he was the son-in-law OF the
president.
administration In Control.
The administration clearly was IN
control of the convention and TINS
explanation was unpopular IN
many quarters on that account
All factions have been canvassing
the state delegations to determine
the actual strength for each OF the
leading candidates. The returns
do not agree but the nearest to an
impartial estimate obtainapie
showed that on the first ballot the
strength of Palmer would be about
l276, with McAdoo following with
247 and Cox in third place with
160. This left All delegates scat-
tn~ed among the other eleven can
didates placed In nomination. in