The Washington herald., 1920-07-06
Dramatic Incidents Many :
In Night Battle Ouer
Democratic Nomination

!
Adoo, was conferring with oficials
on the platform. The Cox foor
manager, Senator Pat Harrison,
went from delegation. TO deIega-
ton listening to a bit OF whispered
comment there.
On the twenty-third ballot Nc
Adoo picked UP the seven votes In
Nebraska that have been going to
Cox and also gained four in New
, York, South Dakota shifting all it's
strength to Palmer who showed a
gain of I4h votes over the last bal
lot Saturday,
Lardner and Cobb Entered.
During the balloting woman in
the gallery screamed. repeatedly
owen is the man" There was
some disposition to have a. little
fun. Ring Lardner and Irwin S.
Cobb got some attention, Lardner
getting half vote and Cobb III
votes.
Daring the twenty-fourth ballot
E. H. Moore. Cox's manager, Chas.
Wilbur March, OF Iowa. all of
whose delegates are voting for Cox,
left the hall for a conference.
Iowa passed while an effort was
made to swing its votes to McAdoo
but when It finally voted it cast its
ballot for Cox as usual. When vlr-
ginia voted for Glass as usual,
there were cries of put on a new
record"
The result of this ballot showed
little change.
Between the 2sth and 2sth bal
lots Delegate Anderson, Ca, moved
that the low candidate on each ball
lot bed ropped In order to facilitate
lprogress in voting. Chairman Rob-
inson ruled the motion out of or
der.
Thomas ]. Spellacy. Hartford,
Conn, won a $500 bet from L. II.
Moore, manager of James NJ. Cox.
Moore had bet $500 against $1,000
in IL hours today. Spellacy turn
ed the $500 over TO Chairman
Robinson as a contribution to the
compaign fund.
During the 2Sth ballot which
showed few changes there were re-
peated short bursts of cheering for
Davis.
After a caucus of the Indiana
delegation after the 2Sth ballot.
Tom Taggart said that on the
next ballot Indiana would go 90 to
McAdoo and l to Davis,
McAdoo swings Indiana
When Indiana cast % votes for
McAdoo and / for Davis on the
29th ballot the McAdoo Supporters
were thrown into a delirium of joy.
This represented a gain in Indiana
over the last ballot of Is votes for
McAdoo and a loss of 19 Tor Cox.
/ Indiana carried it's standard into
the aisle and planted II in front of
! the rostrum. 1t was followed by
a shouting hoard of McAdooites.
Idaho, Kas., wyoming, Mont, n.
Dakota. Delaware. Wisconsin, Ariz-
ona, New Mexico, Utah South Car
olina, California and Texas soon
were in line. In the Georgia sec
ton delegates hung on TO their
standard and refused to let McAdoo
supporters put IL into line.
A handful of New York delegates
McAdoo men, seized the Empire
States standard and attempted to
get into a line. A scramble fol-
lowed in which the name plate was
restored to the standard. The Nc
! Adoo New Workers. were in the mi
nority and the standard remained
in the State section!
Senator King. of Utah. took the
gavel from Senator Robinson and
pounded for order.
D McAdoo overcame the lead of
Cox on the thirtieth ballot and
forged ahead into first place by a
narrow margin.
{ The result Of the thirtieth ballot
gave McAdoo 4o3h and Cox 4Oo4
! The drive to put McAdoo over
was continuing in full blast.
/ The chair recognized Senator
Harrison, of Mississippi. who moved
that the rule be suspended and on
the next ballot and each succeed
! ing ballot the candidate receiving
the lowest number of votes be
dropped. Spellacy, Of Connecticut
rose to a point of order and de-
clared the convention could not die
tate with regard to any delegate.
The chair overruled the point of or
der. The chair ruled that two
thirds vote was necessary to sus-
pend the rules. spellacy demand
cd a roll call.
I Francis j. Heney. California,
asked whether If only two candi-
dates were left one could thus be
elimin lted. The chair expressed
the belief the rule would not apply
in such a case IL adopted. On roll
call the motion to suspend the rule
was lost, North Dakota casting the
deciding vote. her ballot making a
total of S65 against tho motion,
thereby making 1t impossible for the
proponents of the plan to obtain
the necessary two-thirds vote.
| The Harrison motion was lost bt
vote Of 256 to s2O14.
McAdoo on New Level.
Georgia failed to swing into the
McAdoo column on the thirty-first
ballot as McAdoo's managers hoped
1t passed when it's vote was called
for, held a caucus and decided to
stick. to Palmer. Despite this Nc
Adoo picked up enough votes
through the column to boost its
total to 415h, while Cox dropped
Ssh, increasing McAdoo's lead
This was McAdoo's highest vote
since balloting started.
| Battle for Georgia.
| McAdoo made another gain on the
thirty-second ballot, reaching 42l
strenuous efforts We're being made
to get the Georgia vote for McAdoo,
His managers declared IL McAdoo
showed gains on two more ballots
New York would swing a big block
Iof votes to McAdoo.
Chairman Robinson put the ques-
ltion of a recess 70 yota ana it wa 6