Albuquerque morning journal., 1920-07-04
DEMOCRATS QUIT
UNTIL MONDAY;
z EFFORTS To
NOMINATE FAIL
! st of the Day and Until
Midnight Last Night Spent
n Trying to Name a Party
standard Bearer.
10 GOVERNOR AHEAD
ON THE LAST BALLOT
: Dark Horse Appears To
Carry Off the Honors;
May Decide On a Suitable
Candidate Over Sunday.


auditorium san Francisco,
Y 3.--After twenty-five fruit
ballots, the democrat tic ma
tal convention, Just before
night, gave up hopes of Sc
ing presidential nominee
min the first week of its ses-
and adjourned until IL
lock Monday morning.
Repeated attempts to adjourn
re defeated throughout the
'ly part of the night, but as
might approached and it was
1ut to become Sunday, the ira
ION that a democratic national
vention never works on Sun
coupled with the fact that
convention was tired, worn
frazzled, had its effect and
final motion to adjourn was
pposed.
When the convention stopped
was leading with 430; Nc
% came next with S72 IL,
mer was down to 1876 1-2.
he final ballots OF the night
20 full of McAdoo movement but
failed to make much headway.
eorgil, his home state, pledged to
timer, swung over with her
erlty eight votes in block for
. ballot to see if he would start
native son toward victory, but
failed to do so and she swung
* to the attorney general.
70 dark horse appeared during
nights balloting to carry of,
honors and the convention ad-
ned Just as much in need of
nebody to rally about as it was
en- 1t began the balloting.
It was in a deadlock with nobody
sight to break 1t. Sunday will
devoted to efforts to finding
lebody the convention can swing
he language OF the parleys be-
ZEN McAdoo and Palmer was in
ect, Now that you've stopped
Adoo. help us stop Cox Ad-
nistration leaders who saw the
Y boom growing in the conven-
4 made no secret of their fear
its proportions.
Hartman Glass of the resolu-
rs committee, who spoke for
,sident Wilson in the framing of
, party platform. declared In
king with friends that lit must
[ he Cox" and when asked what
uld happen if Cox got the ma
ity of the convention and ac-
ding to custom expected the
o-thirds vote, Glass replied that
hamp Clark had majority at
fillmore" How Mr.. Clark had n
liority but failed of nomination
only recent political history.
NcAdoo Loses Ground.
Several things seemed to stand
II above the noise and clamnr and
Iscomfort of the days ballottng
rincipal among them was the
Ict that tho McAdoo movement
ad not taken on the "glaclal
ovement" which its boomers nad
70 4 cted for it. and that the COX
,ople who were openly very DIS,
,uraged day or two ago, pickeu
/, and made constant and consist
1t gains which amazed their OPP
,nents and the convention.
The Palmer vote dwindled away,
uch to the dismay of the Penn
lvanians who Loyalty stood by
e attorney general all the way
'ough. The recess, while osten-
" for dinner, really gave the
posing forces their much needed
lortunity to find some sort of
common meeting ground. Out
rdly there was little prospect Of
get together movement between
three leaders and the general
dications We're that the success
| forces would be obliged to con-
nitrate on a dark horse.
Dark Horses Discus sed.
Davis, in view of his rising vote,
I'd the edge on the dark horse
sition when the convention re-
Chairman Cummings