Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-06


tion
Adoo and surgcd upward the McAdoo
managers made a desperate fight to stop
IL in time. Their candidate twice had
held the lead and lost it, however, and
many delegates supporting him had
given up hope that he ever could be
nominated. On the last four ballots
McAdoo lost steadily. several solid
state delegations deserting his banner
for that Of the leader.
Besides. the scattering Palmer dele
gates, who at first had swung to Nc
Adoo, drifted over into the Cox camp
in increasing numbers. and he began
to take n commanding place in the bal
loting. Once he had more than a ma
jority. the fight was easy.
At the end of another day Of furious
struggle the convention stampedcd to
Cox, flung aside its rules and made his
nomination unanimous with roaring
shout.
Uproar Marks Nomination
A terrific uproar followed. The
whole mass of delegates threw them
selves into final wild demonstration.
greater than any Of the orgies of noise
that had preceded.
2. ii. Moore, Of Youngstown, o..
national committeeman from the state
and leader of the tireless and uphill
fight that won the nomination FOR the
Ohio governor, said It had been made
without promises.
The struggle was exceeded in voting
duration in Democratic annals only by
the fight at Baltimore in 1912, which
gave the President his first nomination
on the forty sixth ballot.
Fresh from an over Sunday study Of
the twenty two ballots taken last week.
the convention went to work Nlonh ~
seemingly hopelessly tied up in tri-
angular deadlock between Cox. McAdNo
and Palmer. Leaders had no prcdic-
tions to make. although they then
| thought that Cox. with n lead of some
sixty votes over McAdoo md more than
200 over Palmer on the twenty second
roll call. which events proved to be just
the halfway point, had a decided ad-
vantage.
Delegates Grow Noisy
Neither Palmer nor McAdoo sup
porters were dauntcd. however, and the
twenty third poll. first of the twenty
two more the convention was to go
through during the day and night to
follow. showed their forces relatively as
strongly entrenched as ever. Time and
again the rival forces launched their
noisy demonstrations in an effort to
force the issue. The rollcalls went
ruptions. Chairman Robinson and his
aides on the platform kept up constant
pressure for speed.
No noon recess was taken. The con-
vention drove ahead through two new
surgps, one toward Palmer and the
other toward McAdoo, neither of which
produced any decided results All three
of the leaders were going strongly wnen
a dinner recess gave opportunity for the
final setting of lines on whicn the bat
tie would be carried to finish.
A slight continued gain for McAdoo
on the first night ballot sent his parti-
sans off into roaring gesticulating
parade about the hall in which western
and southern state standards were
prominent, but which no amount of
shouting could induce New York or
Pennsylvania to join.
New York had reached division of
20 for McAdoo and 20 for Cox. on which
it stuck throughout. while Pennsylvania
as steadily had voted seventy three Of
its seventy six delegates for Palmer.
With the thirty seventh ballot, how
ever, Palmer's strength took another
drop. Amid wild jubilation by McAdoo
supporters. Chairman Robinson fought
for order and led former Representative
Carlin. Of Virginia, Palmer's manager,
up to the speakers stand.
The crowd hushed. 1t recognized
Carlin and knew that his appearance
forecast only one thing. the release of
the Palmer delegates and break up in
the long deadlock. Men halted where
they stood in the aisles to listen. Cor
ridors poured back hundreds of oungcrs
to the floor to pack the doorways and
jam even the entrances to the galleries |
A feeling of expectancy was in the air.
Carlin briefly stated that Attorney
General Palmer was not willing longer
to delay nomination ana authorized |
the complete and unconditional release
of his delegates. A shout went up only !
to be quickly stilled, while Chairman |
Robinson announced twenty minute
recess so that delegations might be polled |
for new alignments and the change in !
the situation be considered before an
other vote was taken.
While the recess was on the galleries
sat tense staring down into the great |
pit below where delegates scrambled and |
tumbled through the aisles comforting |
to appraise the situation before deter
mining their course. McAdoo and Cox |
workers worked up to the maximum eff
lOEL " Iihc advantage VI tut DItuh.
Like Stock Exchange In Panic
The floor hummed and whrled like
the stock exchange on a panicky day. |
Great clusters of Cox and McAdoo
workers gathered about the Palmer
groups, struggling for attention and to
enlist under their own standard the
army about to be disbanded.
The release of Attorney General
Palmer's delegates after the thirty
eighth ballot dislodged the keystone of
the convention jam, although for a time
it appeared that the deadlock between
McAdoo and Cox would continue in
definitely.
Back in their seats again under the
banging urge of the gavel the delegates
awaited the thirty ninth roll-call. The
effect of Mr.. Palmer's release to his
friends was noticeable at once. BY
two and threes and larger groups dele
gates previously voting unchangingly for
him went to other candidates.
Each change that brought gain in
McAdoo or Cox let loose new roar.
The faithful Pennsylvanians insisted on
casting one more vote for Palmer as a
final tribute to him. The delegation
rhairman's statement went unheeded for
the most part and the great block of
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