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GIVE up HOPE OF
FINDING NOMINEE
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The pisS organ. The convention
band and the Cox band were in a,
ear-splitting contest mos; Of the time
Chairman Robinson and other con,
: ventiop officials. realizing the fu,i..
\ ttys OF attempting TO check wha,
= Amounted to cveryhody's dcmonstra-
ton. sat placidly hoping tho racket
and the exhibition OF energy. nerV-
4 ous and otherwise. wOula wear itsel.
S opt.
Crowd Ronrs and Prnnrcs.
IF the tradition that u Democratic
convention never worked on SUNDAY
Was good, the demonstration signal
ized the postponemcnt OF the nom
nation contest until Monday, because
2 With two hours and a half lief; foI
business before midnight. the crowd
! showed no disposition TO get TO bust
ness. 1T rOared and prancrd and
hoped and cavorted and reeicd and
cfawlcd and wiegled ana screamed
and shouted and hooted and the con
yention looked for all the world rs
II 1t had gone mad.
Then as suddenly as /; had begun
the demonstration began 4" die away
and. the convention went back to en-
anime itself and see whether il had
shouted and wiggled itself out OF 1,
dfadlock, II apparently had not and
proceeded 10 the nineteenth ballot.
when Chairman Robinson attempted
TO announce the results OF tile TWEEN
tfeth ballot. he got as far as the
name Of McAdoo when the McAdoO
crowd apparently all set with a dem
onstration and with the accompani-
brennan. head of the IlInois delcga-
ton.
New Jersey slumped on the Cox
iypte in this ballot, giving him only
twenty-five, but Cox picked up three
Id New York TO balance the loss, New
York giving him seventy-onc. the
NET gain made by Cox on the eighth
him up to within sIxty-;ive votes OF
McAdoo. McAdoo slipped back to
$3.50, Cox getting 3l5 and Palmer 262
tCo& made further gains in the
ninth. He started off with 4 gain OF
three in Alabama, PICKED up TWO in
Indiana and one in Louisiana Me.
-Adoo gained one In Massachusetts
apd five in Missouri. New jerseys
vote was unchanged, but New York
gave Cox one more. Cox picked M
another stray vote in Pennsylvania
and one in South Dakota.
tMcAdoos net gain on the ninth bal
lot was six and Cox gained SIX ana
ote-half, while Palmer los: i've The
totals for the leaders were: McAdoo.
$50: Cox, S2l l2; Palmer. 257 This
was the peak Of McAdoo's vote. From
the ninth ballot on he slipped grad
ually, while Cox steadily gained on
him.
The tenth ballot showed: McAdoo
3S5; Cox, 32l; Palmer, 257. Cum
Tungs. Davis and Champ Clark made
slight gains.
aThe eleventh ballot brought Cox
up to within forty-eight votes OF
McAdoo. who lost 1--WE votes on the
caunt Palmer lost two and was
gradually falling back into poor
third place.
The leaders stood on the eleventh
ballot: MeAdoo. $50: Cox, S32, ana
Palmer 255. by this time only ten
candidates were left in the race
Cox in First Place.
SConferences between -McAloo
leaders were being held IN all parts
4 81 the hall. In the center aisle Muir
( ply. Tom Taggart and George Brcn-
/ nan had their heads together. and
while they were conversins Ed Moore
came over from the Ohio delegation
and joined them. 1t was the opinion
OF all the antiMc.\doo leaders by
this time that they had McAdOo
stopped. and what was bothcriuE
sithem was who they Should pick our
az the one 10 whom the anti-McAdoo
strength Should be thrown
tBrennan promised to give the bulk
: OF ese Illinois delegation 10 Cox and
S Murphy offered more OF the New
York votes Whenever they were
3 nssdsd,
y8rennan kept his word when MI
: npis was reached on tt.ie twiif,h bal
lot. When the maine OF Illinois was
called Brennan arose ana In a loud
s. voice announced: illinois gives
forty-four votes to Governor lin
Cox" The announcement set in mo.
fttlon all the Cox boomers, ana al
Z over the hall they got into action
4 Tfe Illinois vote had put Cox into
Z first place ahead OF AlcAdoo III.
& supporters seized a large picture OF
i the Ohio Governor ana carried il In
triumph around the hall, while III.
band played Let Us Kamtle"
+ Shouts and yc!!s filled the hal!
4 brennan stood on his feet waiting
Ito announce the balance Of tn. mi.
4 npis vote. smile III uo his face
y He had contributed the one spectacu-
glar feature OF the day. performance
sgIne Iilinois vote when finally an.
y nounced was; Con, -. McAdUo. II
non the preceding ballot Illinois Aal
Ngiven Cox only Il. hence 1t was 4.
a clear gain Of so votes for him iron
that delegation.
The ballots up to the afteent!
showed little variance.
tSlYTEENTH R0lIND