Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1920-07-08
DEMOCRATS NAME GOVERNOR cox
As THEIR PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE
long and Hard Struggle at San Francisco De-
veIops in the Construction Of Platform
and the Selection Of Candidate.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT GIVEN SECOND PLACE
ForyoW Ballots Necessary Before Ohio Executive Is Final
y Chosen as Part's Standard. Bearer Palmer With
draws and Battle Finishes Between McAdoo
and Cox--long Fight Over Platform
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT GIVEN SECOND PLACE

For Prssident--James M. Cox o
Ohio.
For Vice President-Frankiin q
Roosevelt Of New York.
~ EDWARD plCkARD.
Copyrighted by Western Newspaper Unior
Convention Hall. San Francisco
Cal, July 6.-Emerging from q
struggle that had had few IL any
equals in American political history
the Democratic party assembled In
convention in the Golden Gate City
has placed the above ticket before the
voters OF the country. Governor Cox
was nominated on the forty-fOurth
ballot. at las o'clock In the morning
Of July 8. The ice.presidential nom.
inee was selected at the closing SEES.
sion Of the convention which opened
Ut noon that day.
Long Deadlock.
For ballot after ballot u deadlock
had existed, the leaders being Cox,
william g. McAdoo and Attorney Gen.
eral Palmer. Neither of them seemed
able to accumulate enough votes to
win and not one of them appeared will
ing to quit the field.
At last, after the thirty-eighth 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-
venti0n and therefore he uncondition.
ally surrendered all his delegates.
This left the fight to Cox and Nc
AdOo, and though the supporters OF
the latter were still confident the
Ohioan gained steadily on each sue.
ceeding ballot When the forty fourth
was nearly complete II 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 conventions by accla.
nation. The motion was carried with
. mighty roar, and the long contest
was ended.
without bosses, without real lead.
ers. without any TO direct their ac-
tiOns. the representatives Of the party.
1898 In number. struggled for eight
days with the great problem OF select
ing candidates who might be expected
to command the entire party vote and
whose chances Of defeating the rival
republican ticket named ut Chicago
would be best
Under the time honored rule Of the
Democratic Party, a twothirds vote
was required to nominate. and through
session after session II seemed i'm
possible to find the man upon whom
% large proportion of the dele
gates could unite. the final result was
brought about by clever political man.
agement combined with the WEAKNESS
Of the delegates and the fact that
many OF them were running short Of
money and were anxious to start hack
to their homes Nearly all of them
had come \ long way and were under
heavy expense. and several days be-
fore adjournment some Of them had
tried to break away and 60 home,
Embossed Convention.
This was an Embossed convention
% far a. the nomination Of the ticket
was concerned. II 10 true that the
administration forces, represented by
several cabinet officers and many 9TH
or federal Office holders. controlled
the proceedings Of the earlier SEES.
sions and the construction Of the
platform. exercising this control.
however. smoothly and in a way that
usually was devoid Of offense to those
who were controlled. hut when il
came to the selection OF Candidates
the delegates had their favorites. and
they stood by them through the long
series Of ballots. with remarkable
steadfastness.
Every day, almost every hour. there
were rumors that President Wilson
was exercising or about to exercise
his powerful influence in behalf Of
this or that candidate. but the men
who sat beneath various state stand.
ards in the civic auditorium only smil.
ed and said they were there to select
the man they thought best for the
party and the country and that they
had no intention Of receiving dictati0n
from any one.
Wilson Congratulated.
Each story Of attempted dictatiOn
from Washington was met with
prompt denial. and It was asserted by
the administration representatives
that President Wilson was not seek.
ing to influence the convention in this
matter At the Saturday night ses.
sion long telegram from him was
read congratulating the convention on
tfn eague Of Nations plenk il had in.
corporated In the platform and pre-
l. .nl ,hat this would insure demo
ers,ic victory In November. but II
made not the least suggestion Us ia
the ticket
Strategy 10 interesting.
The strategy OF the various factions