Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1920-07-15
ey EDWARD W. PIckARD.
Fer Preoldent-Jame N. Cox Of Ohio
For Vice President Franklin o.
Roosevelt Of New York.

Emerging from q struggle that has
had few II any equals In American
political history, the Democratic party
assembled In convention In tie Golden
Gate city, has placed the above ticket
before the voters Of the country. Gov
ernor Cox was nominated on the 44th
ballot, at / AS o'clock In the morning
Of July 6. The vice presidential NOM
inee was selected at the closing ses-
sion of the convention which opened
at noon that day.
For ballot after ballot deadlock
existed, the leaders being Cox. William
g. McAd0o and Attorney General Pal
mer.> Neither Of them seemed able to
accumulate enough votes to win and
no one of them appeared willing to quit
the Geld. At last, after the 38th bal
lot, Congressman Carlin, manager Of
the Palmer forces. mounted the ros-
trum and announced that Mr.. Palmer
was unwilling longer to tie up the CON
vention and therefore he uncondition.
ally released all his delegates. This
left the fight to Cox and McAdoo, and
though the supporters of the latter
were still confident, the Ohioan gained
steadily on each succeeding ballot.
When the 44th was nearly completed
It was apparent that he was the victor,
and In the midst Of wild excitement
and tumult Kansas moved that he be
declared the nominee of the conven-
ti0n by acclamati0n. The motion was
carried with a mighty roar, and the
long contest was ended.
An Embossed Convention.
without bosses, without real lead
ers, without any to direct their &C
tions, the representatives Of the party.
1898 In number, struggled for eight
days with the great problem Of select
lag candidates who might be expected
to command the entire party vote and
whose chances Of defeating the rival
Republican ticket named at Chicago
/ would be best. Under the time-honOred
rule of the Democratic party, two
thirds vote was required to nominate,
and through session after session 1t
seemed impossible to find the man up
on whom so large proportion of the
delegates could unite. The final result
was brought about by clever political
management, combined with the weari-
ness Of the delegates a1d the fact that
many Of them were running short Of
money and were anxious to start back
to their homes. Nearly all Of them
had come long way and were under
heavy expense and several days before
adjournment some Of them had tried
to break away and 60 home.
Really, this was an unb0ssed con-
yention so far as the dominating Of the
ticket was concerned. 1t ID true that
the administration forces, represented
BY several cabinet 2dlcers and many
other federal office holders, controlled
the proceedings Of the earlier sessions
and the construction Of the platform
exercising this control. however,
smoothly and In a way that usually
was devoid of offensa to those who
were controlled. But when it came to
selecting the candidates, the delegates
had their favorites, and they stood by
them through the long series OF bal
lots with remarkable steadfastness.
Strategy Of candidates.
The strategy Of the various fac
tions was interesting. The Palmer
forces, headed by the attorney general
himself, were active from the begin
ming, with entertainments and argu-
ment and with the assistance Of many
charming women, but it was evident
all along that many Of the instructed
Palmer delegates would break away
from him when their duty had been
performed and when they saw a
chance to make winning c0mbina-
tion. The Cox boosters came with I
music and banners and noise, per
.vaded the city, never weakened in
their claims that the Ohio governor
was the winner and never overlooked /
an opportunity to impress that idea on
the minds Of the convention and the
city generally. Mr.. McAdoo's methods |!
were declared by veteran. politicians
TO be the cleverest of all. In the first
place, he telegraphed his friends that
he did not wish his name presented to
the convention and that he was not
seeking the nomination. He, had no
regular organization or headquarters
here, and the whole McA,loo move |.
ment was started and carried OH ap-
parently quite without his consent or
desire. A few of his admirers began
1t as soon as they arrived, and they
speedily gathered In thousands of 9th
ers, all of whom worked antiringly
hough not obtrusiveIy for the s,i,.cess
of the former secretary of The ..ea
ury. The McAdoo boom appea'ei i,'
the galleries and the people in I!
street, and especially to the wniu@,
who campaigned- day and night es-
erywhere.
AS for the favorite sons, the stras
egy in their behalf generally took tn,
form Of quiet. determination to keep