The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-06-30
Tuesday Afternoons Session
Was About as Dull as Mon
days Was Interesting.
MeADoo APPEARS GAINING
In Case of Former Secretary's
Nomination There Is Talk Of
Cox for Yiee-President.
tsY X. n. RickEO

san Francisco. June 2s-rhe second
day Is always the marking time per
iod at national convention. for this
reason the Tuesday afternoon session
was about as duh as Mondays was
interesting.
Ine resolutions committee was not
ready to report and as this report and
the oailoting for president Is what
Everybody Is waiting for. the routine
matters which occupied the session left
Everybody rather cold.
The speech of Senator Robinson OF
Arkansas. as permanent chairman was
long and tiresome. Temporary chair
man Cummings had said it all the day
Ibefore and said il much better. There
was considerable of a demonstration
when Robinson finished. mostly because
/ he was through.
There was a feature OF great signi-
ifications in the report of the committee
on rules. il abolished the unit rule Of
the New York delegates. II was ex-
pected that this would precipitate the
row. But the report was adopted with
| out protest in operation, the entire
ninety votes would go to Cox after
Smith was dropped. now It is doubt
full whether they can bank on over
haf of the New York vote.
Another interesting incident was the
report of the credentials committee ap-
proving the national committees ac-
| tion in throwing Senator Reed of Mis-
souri, out of the convention. The con-
vention put the finishing touches to
the Reed enrichment with neatness and
dispatch.
While the convention routine was
proceeding along its dreary ways. the
drys and vets, the Irish and Anti
irish and the friends and foes OF the
League OF Nations were b5ttling before
the resolutions committee. Bryan as
lGeneralissimo or the drys. lost his
first sortie when he was forced 10 pre-
sent his case first. There was much
bitterness in the wet and dry contest
before the committee. Bryan was ask
ed how much the Anti-saloon League
is paying him. He answered, not a
nickel. but admitted that the League
paid him for a four months lecture
course last summer.
The convention decided 10 have
nominating speeojies made pending
the report OF the resolutions committee
but the balloting will not occur until
after the platform Is adopted. This
was a defeat for the vets who wanted
TO nominate before adopting the plat
form.
There has been little change in the
situation as to candidates during the
past twenty-four hours. What little
change there has been seems to favor
McAdoo as against the field. the break
ing of the unit rule in New York men
toned above, is one of several instances
showing that the McAdoo swing is at
least no less marked than II was.
McAdoo is being bombarded with
kilograms from delegates asking him
to make a statement answering the
question whether he viii accept II
nominated.
He has made no answer and ] am
by several Of his closest
friends TO say that he will make none.
There is much talk of making the
ticket McAdoo and Cox. just as there
was several months ago. when McAdoo
seemed to be reasonably
certain.
The Cox people are being approached
with this end in view and while they
are naturally Cox so long as they
figure that their man has chance for
first place. very few people here take
seriously the Cox refusal to be con-
sidered for the presidency.
So the ticket may be McAdoo and
Cox after all. although a very infuI-
entail group of McAdoo's friends are
working very hard to convince the Nc
Adoo delegates that a fusion ticket
with Victor Murdoch Of Kansas, pro-
zressive republican candidate. would
be the strongest combination possible.
for yice-president
Speculation is now chiefly center
ing about the question OF what will
happen IL after a considerable number
Of ballots McAdoo cannot get the 72S
votes necessary to nominate.
The eoncensus OF opinion seems TO
be that in that case, the nomination
would get a dark horse such as Mar
shall, Champ Clark, or Davis Of West
Virginia rather than 20 one OF the
3ther leading contenders.
Some people are saying that Bryan
may so manipulate things in case Of
4 deadlock as 70 bring about his own
nomination.
There seems to me to be something
ess than one chance in a million that
either of these two things will heppen.