The evening world., 1920-07-03
Palmer ANDCOK
FEAR STAMPEDE
TO M'ADOO CAMP
Many Delegates Reported
: Ready to Get on the Band
Wagon at Frisco.
Bu Darid Laurence.


CcopyEiEht. 1aeo),--Fears OF a STAN
psds Cor NoAdoo on the fourth or
fifth ballot permeated the Cox and
Palmer camps early to-day and the
bulk Of the delegates thinhins the
same thing held themselves IN readl-'
neas 70 climb on the McAdoo band
wagon
Mono OF the managers was, %
o0nrse. absolutely sure. The neces-
sary two-thirda Stin fingered ~ =
vague expectation rather than n con-
crete, mathematical actuaiity. Eff
forts have been made 10 form a COM
elnation 20 stop MoAdoo's progress.
but inasmuch as the opposition to
him has selected no candidate, the
situation Is really not unfavorable to
MsAdoo. For the friendliest FEELING
has prevailed between the Palmer and
MoAdOo loaders. II Attorney General
Palmer could not win, his strength
was slated to go largely TO MoAdoo
not necessarily at the behest OF Mr..
Palmer but because OF the belief that
McAdOO was the logical alternative
MoADoo FORCES FAVOR cox
FOR SECOND PLACE.
The MoAdoO forces have insisted
on talling to Cox for the vice Prosi-
idency Notwithstanding the an
nouncement OF the Ohio Governor
that he would not take the nominal
ton under any circumstances.
II McAdoo should be nominated,
a serious effort was planned by the
MoAdoo crowd 10 draft Cox Tor the
Vice Presidency.
Should Ed Moore. floor manager
for Cox. declare the Ohio Executive
would not take second place, then
2 the Vice Presidential nomination
was TO go to Victor MurdoclS. OF
Kansas. a member OF the Federal
Trade Commission and the editor of
q wichita Newspaper. He was one
Of the leaders in the Bull Moose
movement in 1919 and the Democrats
who are sponsortng him claim that
a ticket composed Of MoAdoo and
Murdocl1 would carry Kansas.
Edward II. Meredith is likely for
Vice Presidential honors IL he hap.
pens TO be placed In nomination before
Murdock and Il the McAdco men fail
TO agree quickly on a candidate FOR
second place. .....
CIRCUMSTANCES THAT POINT
TO MApoo VICTORY.
The conviction that McAdOo would
be the siominee rested to-day upon
these circumstances:
Brealss for McAdoo were seen
coming In the big delegations from
New York, Massachusetts,, Mis-
souri,, Indiana and Illinois.
Charlie Murphy has not been.
unfrlendly to McAdoo IN the last
tweDty-four hours, and inside the
New York delegation a nucleus OF
Is votes has hammered away for a
chance to so 10 McAdoo.
Tom Taggart OF Indiana prom
aDed 70 help Vice President Mar
shall as long as he could. but
slammed 70 80 to McAdOo on tho
fourth or pfth ballot,
nEnois has had a substantial
uGeAdOo following ready 20 swing.
Penhsyivania - Palmer's own
delegation--started to dean to-
ward MoAdoo as a second phoioe
as the Attorney Generals chances
dwindled.
Minnesota was ready 10 give
practically all OF her votes to
McAdOO ana Missouri was pre-
pared to add several more.
California was inclined 70 hold
on, Sut the swing was toward
hoAdoo with the prospect OF a
big vote on the fourth or NTH
ballot for the former Secretary
- OF the Treasury, who has made
his home in this state for the
last GEAR.
Many a state delegation had de
oided. TO go TO MoAdoo " the Renera
trend of the bailotting made IL ap
pear that he was the winner. iTh
naychoiogy of to-day 10 the band
wagon idea. All delegations like /
be there at the finish. whether justi
ned or not the MoAdoo people man
aged 20 work up 20 a climax 30 tha
practically all the correspondent
went 20 bed last night RbRolutel
sure that McAdoo would be name
on the morrow.
CONFUSION ~ MoApoo FAIL
TO oET NOMINATION.
should the MGAdoo forces have ha
q majority and yet fan TO get two
thirds, the convention faced confui
ion. Dark horses have been talke
about all the way from Gerard an
Meredith 10 Cummings and John v
Davis. Objections were mentioned
az. Attorney General Palmer wa
Fopresented early to-day as sayau
that Y he could not get the non
nation he would dictate the sele,
ton. He told the Pennsylvania del,
gates he wanted them 90 stick uni
given their release by him.
Who would Palmer favor? he wa
felt on equally friendly terms wit
MoAdoO ana with Cox. Should IN
Attorney General be oppoaed TO eithe
this convention would try out Home