Cheyenne record., 1920-07-08

nominated Tor president OF tne Cnlteu
Statez n the Democratic convention
Mt / 40 o'clock this morning. The
nomination came at the conclusion of
fOrty-fOur ballot struggle in which
he had steadily beaten down the forces
Of William G. McAdoo, former secre-
tary of the treasury and President
Wilson'S sOn-in-law.
When the balloting ON the forty
fourth vote had gotten to point
where Cox had 7O2 votes and was rap
idly approaching the necessary two
thirds of 729, Sam B. Amidon of Kan
sas, manager of the McAdoo forces
and vice chairman of the Democratic
national convention, took the platform
and moved that the nomination of
Governor Cox be made unanimous. I'M
| mediately there was a roar from the
tired and wsrn delegates which lasted
for full four minutes before Chair
man Robinson could put the question
on Amidon's motion to suspend the
rules and nominate Cox by acclama-
| ton.
At ] :43 O'Clock this morning the mo-
ton was formally voted over with a
rolling chorus Of ayes and a smashing
| of the brass bands.
State standards which had surged
hack and forth in the desperate bat
ties Of the deadlock raced to the front
CT the hall and to q place before the
platform.
The vote on the forty-third ballot,
which started the Cox landslide, was:
McAdoo, 412; Cox, SOS; Davis, SIN
Palmer, Z; Cummings, 2; Owen, "a;
Clark, 2; Colby. 1; Glass 5h.
Cox's gain was PIN, or 1853 short Of
the necessary two-thirds. McAdoo lost
15; Davis gained 8.
The vote on the forty-first ballot
was: McAdoo. 400; Cox, 4971k; Pal
mer, IL; Davis, 55h; Cummings, 2;
Owen, So; Glass, "a; Clark, 2; Col
by. 1.
The changes Of the forty-first ballot
were: McAdoO lost Z; Cox gained ~
Davis lost 2Oh; Palmer was reduced
TO 12.
The results on the forty-second bal
lot show: McAdoo, 427; Cox, 54OR
Palmer, s; Davis, 49k.
Cox forces soon after midnight, jubi-
liant with new high level in the bal
| lOting and predicting further acces-
sions, defeated motion to adjourn
| the convention which had the support
Of the McAdOo forces. The Cox peO-
pie wanted to press their advantages,
the McAdoO people wanted to adjourn
A roll call was forced and the con-
ventiOn proceeded to it's forty-secOnd
ballot, apparently well on it's way
toward the forty-siXth ballot record set
by the Baltimore convention which
nominated Woodrow Wilson. The vote
unofficial against the adjournment
was G37 to 4O7.
An eleventh-hOur release Of AttOr-
| ney General Palmers delegates left
| the Democratic national convention
with fight between McAdoo and Cox
on its hands and both of them claim
ing the other could not possibly get
| enough out of the Palmer wreck to
attain Il nomination. Cox's vote of
46Sk on the thirty-ninth ballot was
| exactly his previous high water mark
as it appeared on the fifteenth ballot.
Attention of Senator Harrison of the
Cox forces was called to that fact by
National Committeeman Guffey of
Pennsylvania, who asked what the Cox
forces We're going to do about it. Har-
rison said they were going out for
| more.
The totals on the thirty-ninth ballot
were: McAdoo, 40; Cox, 46Sh Pal
mer, "a; Davis, TN; Cummings, 2;
Owen, 80; Clark, 2; Colby, l.
The changes on the thirty-ninth bul-
lot We're: Cox gained 50, McAdoo
gained 341k, Davis gained 21h and
Palmer retained ~ of his oil.
At the end of the second ballot after
the recess, when the Palmer vote had
touched 211 and it was apparent that
1t could be driven no higher, former
Representative G. c. Carlin of Vir-
ginia. Mr.. Palmer's manager took the
platform and announced the with
drawal of the attorney general from
the race.
Delegates Cheer Attorney General.
Chairman Robinson. in presenting
him, told the convention significantly
that he was presenting n man who
had an announcement to make which
he was confident the convention would
want to hear.
Expectation was in the air and the
convention, which only moment be-
fore had been in the height of dis
order in rackety demonstration,
quieted down like magic. until pin
might almost have been heard to drop
in the great auditorium as Carlin took
the speakers place and said in sub
stance:
II am about to make an announce
ment of greatest Importance to this
convention, at the conclusion of which
{ shall move n recess for twenty min
ntes to give the convention oppOrtu-
nity to decide what course 1t shall