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DARK HORSES WARM UP
AS DEADLOCK ITCH7E,NS
Old Guard Blocks McAdoo and Palmer.
Boosts Cox-Comb ine Alone Can
Bring Early Decision.

at the recess his totals had dwindled
from 267k to 164k. net loss of 1913
votes. These losses are insignificant
if there is any chance of winning
such big states as New York, with
it's 80 votes. or Illinois, with So. but
the populous eastern states chose to
line up against the Wilson people,
chance for a candidate bearing the
absolute stamp of wisconsin was a
combination of McAdoo and Palmer
leaders.
Coalitions are not usually well
made which are hastily put together,
and there was no certainty that a
Palmer-McAdoo combination would
be able to Withstand the splendid
floor management of Ed Moore of
Ohio, who pulled votes for Gov. Cox
from every direction.
Cox Leaders Fight Recess.
The Cox people fought the recess
because they had slipped back four
teen votes from their high total when
the breathing spell came, but a good
deal OF false value attaches to re-
cesses, especially when taken for SO
brief period. The opportunity for
each side to reform it's line of at
tack is equal.
During the recess the Palmer and
Davis of West Virginia. who is now
ambassador to Great Britain. His rec
ord was searched. Some said his vote
against woman suffrage when he was
member of the House of Representa-
tives made him unavailable. Others
gave currency to a rumor that Davis
was conservative and had voted
against the Adamson eight-hour law,
sponsored by President Wilson, 1t
was whispered that organized labor.
which received so many planks in the
democratic platform, is opposed to
Davis because of alleged hostility to
labor.
Cummings Looms Again.
Should Davis prove unacceptable
the choice Of either Homer Cummings
or cambridge Colby was considered.
Both men have wet leanings and would
be acceptable to the forces which
went to Cox on the earlier balloting.
Bryan attacked Cummings because the
latter appeared at dinner with Gov.
Edwards Of New Jersey. and Colby is
known to be of decidedly wet inclina-
lions and thoroughly acceptable, not
merely to Tammany in his own state,
but to Hearst, whose general counsel
he once was. and to President Wilson.
whose Secretary of State he now is,
and to many progressives because he
nominated Roosevelt at the bull moose
convention.
The obstacle in the path of Colby, as
expressed by the insiders, was that he
has been Gin the democratic party only
a little over an hour and a quarter"
Failure of McAdoo to develop his ex-
pected strength threw the convention
into deadlock. The delegates are eager
to get away, but the chances at this
writing are that the convention will go
over to next week unless the admins
tration leaders find themselves in abso-
lutte agreement on a slate for President
and Vice President
Copyright, 1920
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BY DAVID LAWRENCE.

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-The old
guard in the democratic party fought
mighty battle today with the new
comers-the Wilson forces. The same
group that fought Woodrow Wilson at
Baltimore and advanced the candidacy
OF Champ Clark ranged itself behind
Gov Cox and against both Palmer and
McAdoo and made the choice Of either
seem impossible. Facing a defeat for
wisconsin, the supporters of the Presi-
dent forced an adjournment till later
! IN the evening. in the hope that the
Palmer and McAdoo forces would come
10 an agreement OF the son-in-law Of
the President or else go to a dark horse
Talk Of John w. Davis Of West Vir-
einla was everywhere heard on the floor
OF the convention, particularly as Ten
| nessee had broken from Cox and Nc
Adoo on the ballot just before ad-
1ournment, throwing its entire twenty
! four votes to Davis.
| Most people left the convention for
the recess believing that Davis would
De agreed upon by the administration
| ieaders and nominated. The McAdoo
ana rainier votes together have been
| able from the start to dictate the
! nominee.
Cox Il Handicapped.
| Perhaps the greatest handicap that
Gov Cox carried throughout the day
was the support of the old line bosses
rom Taggart Of Indiana. Charlie
Murphy of New York, George Bren-
nan. who is the successor Of Roger
sullivan in Illinois. and the wet crowd
! from New Jersey.
| The lineup seems to be vets against
drys. for. although the platform
ton, the friendship of Gov. Cox for
the moist side Of the question was
| counted as a splendid vote-getting
device for the state tickets in New
| 1ork' Indiana and Illinois.
West Stuck to McAdoo.
| But the west held tightly to Nc
Adoo Kansas. Washington. Wyo-
ming, Utah, Oregon, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa. Missouri and California were
| pillars of the strength in the McAdoo
| procession Of votes. Practically the
same states that helped Wilson defeat
hughes in 1916 stood by McAdoo
| against the onslaughts Of eastern
| helped Wilson in Baltimore in 1872
south Carolina, Texas, North Caro-
| lina-held tightly for McAdoo.
Inc former Secretary of the Treas
ury went as high as 1884 on the sew
enth ballot and then began to weaken
in the face of the attack by the Cox
| Iorces. who managed to go to 1853 u
by the fifteenth ballot. The stamina
OF the McAdoo forces was sufficient
to prevent the drive for Cox from be-
ing converted into stampede.
| Votes Dropped Gradually.
| Through the sixteen ballots the
McAdoo people dropped total of AZ
| votes from their high mark, while
Palmer kept slipping gradually. until
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of exhaustion. where it would not re-
sist an adjournment
The adjournment motion was beat
en-.
TWO VOTES FOR WILSON.
Tennessee jumped back wholly to
Davis with her twenty-four, taking
votes from McAdoo. Cox and Palmer
McAdoo in Wisconsin gained five
from Cox. =.
Forced into it's twenty-first ballot
by roll call votes, refusing to adjourn,
the democratic national convention
still searched for a nominee in vain.
The changes of the twenty-frst ball
lot were: McAdoo gained fifty-five
votes: Cox lost thirty: Palmer lost
thirty-four and Davis gained eighteen.
Owen lost five.
o'clock was again proposed and a de-
mand for roll call followed. It
failed.
On a vote the convention again re-
fused to adjourn.
The convention went to the twenty
second ballot.
Georgia's twenty-eight went back to
Palmer after staying with McAdoo
for one ballot. 80
The first votes to be cast for Wood
row Wilson in the convention came
tonight from Missouri, two of them
Contrary to expectations. they did not
cause any particular demonstration
in the convention.
The twenty-second ballot was as
much out of luck as all its predeces-
sors. 1t produced no nominee and
came nowhere near making any
change worth while.
The changes were that McAdoo lost
twenty-three: Palmer gained twenty
two and half; Cox gained four;
Davis lost two. Then there was an
other motion to adjourn until 10
o'clock Monday morning and it went
through without opposition.
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litical organization is past, declares
he will be a candidate regardless Of
the action of the state convention. He
has worked for years building up an
organization of his own in this state
but has ignored the state leaders,
Half dozen other candidates are I'M
the field and the situation is caueings
considerable worry in the old-guarda
strongholds JAMES H. MANSELI.tn
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. =

The swimming pool Of the general
civic center at Central High School
will open at $3.50 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon for boys and girls under
fifteen years. There will be two
swimming classes at 2:30 and 1880
every Wednesday and Thursday aft
ernoons during July and August.
Mrs.. Louis F. Post, wife Of the as-
sistant secretary of labor will de-
liver an address Wednesday, night at
the parish hall of the Church Of the
New Jerusalem.
There viii be meeting Of the
Parents League Of, the, District to-
morrow evening at the Public Library
at 8 o'clock.
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SCHOONER AsHoRE OFF HAITI

CAPE .HAITIEN, Haiti, July a.
The American schooner Luther Little,
with a cargo Of logwood. is ashore at
Fort Liberte. The Little arrived at
Fort Liberte June 9. from Lisbon,
Portugal.
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DANCING.
Rightway School of Dancing

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Guides Flowers

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ADJUSTMENTS. ~
Away From the Heat of the City. -
CHICKEN ! !.

Dinner. Buffet Supper. Dancing. I;
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By auto on the Conduit I'd, miles fren
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Division ON Mexico.
On the Mexican question the party
instruments are at odds. The dem
ocratic platform is studiously
friendly, assuring Mexico of the
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New McAdoo Demonstration.
When Chairman Robinson attempted
to announce the results of the
twentieth 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-
ments all fixed. began to whoop it up
again. The band in the gallery which
was silent when the Bryan people at
tempted demonstration for their
champion. blared and doomed without
ceasing. helping the McAdoo demon
strat1on along as it had on previous
days.
Many women crowded the floor and
took part in the McAdoo demonstra-
! ton. Many of them who danced
about in the winding line of McAdoo
boomers or who were carted along
on the shoulders of men were neither
delegates nor alternates to the con-
vention. but spectators who invaded
! the floor in the excitement of the mo-
| ment and took part in whooping up
i the circus.
There appeared to be no stopping
the noise for McAdoo. Although not
participated in by large proportion
of delegates it made up in volume
for that which it lacked in numbers
and whenever the racket on the floor
gave evidence of slump the CALLER
les bolstered it up with new enthus-
| iasm. Meanwhile Chairman Robin
| son sat patiently twirling his gavel
| in hand, almost fondling it as a hunt
er fondles a gun with which he has
brought down much game. He did
not seem to be much disturbed at
| the way the noisemakers were using
up time and there was a suggestion
| that the convention officials were per-
fectly agreeable to letting the con-
! yention. wear itself down to the point
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SO1 SUuGIB LO88s
1t was the first loss Cox had suf-
fered since the balloting began.
The failure to nominate on the six
teenth ballot threw all the leaders on
their feet Plainly they were at a
loss to know what move to make next.
The talk of recess was resum ed. and ii
seemed as il some Of the forces would
welcome it. with it's accompanying
opportunity to realign things. The
confusion among the leaders them :
selves was emphasized by the loss OF
time after the sixteenth ballot. The
band played and the organ played
and the delegates chatted and moved
about the hall. 1t was obvioSs that
| everybody was glad of an opportunity
to take breath and wonder what to
i do next.
Thomas j. SpeI1acy Of Connecticut
| moved recess until 8 o'clock tonight.
There were cries of mo" and de-
| mands for a nay-and-yea vote by
states.
The recess was taken.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-27
SENATOR PAGE
MAKES APPEAL
TO REPUBLICANS
Says Prosperity and Pro.
gress Depend on G.. o. P.
Landslide

United States Senator Carroll S
Page of Vermont has sent the Cal
edonian- Record the following special
appeal to all Republicans to rally to
the support of the national and state
tickets at the election next Tuesday
Senator Page says:
To the Voters OF Vermont:
Arc you planning to be at the
Polls on Tuesday, Nov. 9? On that
day there certainly will be the most
Solemn referendum" ever held by
the American people since the days
Of Lincoln.
No election in the memory of men
now living has meant so much or was
50 fraught with far reaching results
as the one that now confronts us.
A Republican President, Republi-
can House, Republican Senate back
ed by Republican Party as the re-
suit of this election would nGke the
business world and men who have
fastened their faith to our old Consti-
tuition as the sheet anchor of our lib
critics, feel that that great experiment
If government of the people, by the
people, for the people had received
new lease of life.
Vermont is always Republican.
This year it should be ove,whelm-
ngly so if the Freeman and Free
women Of the State appreciate the
seriousness of the crisis that is upon
us.
Patriotic enthusiasm is contagious.
Let ours be so great that it will mean
10000 majority strong for Harding
with an overflow that will float the
Gospel to our sister states round
about.
The future bulks bi" vita peri]s.
The War is over but the mighty rc-
suits of that struggle are not. No
man can appreciate the awful, sense
less waste the country has suffered
~ reason Of the wronp-headed, I'M
business like conduct of the present
administration. Money has been leav-
IS and credit common air. The coun-
nv must get hack to safe, sound.
sane. husinesslike methods. The
Republican Party has ALWAYS been
The party of business. 1t is the onlv
raltv that can blaze the wav and lead
'ack to old time prosperity and
progress.
We must get back to Constitution
II Government, the only hope Of a
eree neople that would keep free. The
oarty of Lincoln will take and keen
Ms there. It is the party that will find
md formulate League Of Nations
hat the Constitution of his Repuh-
lie can keep company with and the
people can get back of. This is no
one-man country.
You say we must help sick and
solrowing world. Yes, but better
minister at it's bedside than be smoth-
ared bv disease and contagion by get
ling into bed with it.
Senator Harding: our Republican
Candidate, needs no apologies for his
physical presence, his mental make
IN or his moral standing. I know the
nan and admire him. He will dis
charge rrandly the duties of the great
office Of President of the United
States. He will work with and for the
people. He will protect and defend
The people's government that Wash !
inoton founded and Lincoln saved.
Vote for Hardinc and Coolidrc.
CARROLL S. PAGE.
Hvde Park. Vermont,
Oct. rs, 1920.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-27
VERMONT STATE
GRANGE TO MEET
in ST. JOHNSBURY
Hold Its Sessions in the Ar
mOry Second Week In
December

Orlando l.. Martin Of Plainield
Master of the State Grange, visited
St. Johnsbury Friday and informed
the officers of the Commercial Club
that the state organization had ac-
cepted their invitation to hold the
next annual gathering in St. Johns
bury Dev. ID, Is and 16. Through
the good offices of Capt. Stuart
Cheney the Armory has been secured
for these meetings which will begin
Tuesday morning and conclude on
Thursday afternoon.
There will be one public meeting,
Tues. evening, Dec. ID, for which the
State Lecturer, A. w. Lawrence of
Springfield, is arranging a most at
tractive program. The speakers will
include Hon. James Hartncss of
Springfield and C. H. Dempsey, the
newly y-appointed commissioner of ed
ucation. Mr.. Hartness will at that
time be the Governor-elect and is al
ways a welcome visitor to St. Johns
bury and Mr.. Dempsey will receive
a warm welcome from his many St.
Johnsbury friends. The other sessions
of the gathering will be for members
of the Grange only.
This is the first time for many
years that the State Grange has met
in St. Johnsbury and it is expected
that there will he about $50 in at
tendance. The State Grange hass18C
subordinate Oranges with member
ship of over 10000 and st. Johns
bury people will be glad to welcome
them to our town and its many at
fractions.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-27
J. F. Puffer Chosen
Cashier of Merchants Bank

Clayton r. Bond, for over year
cashier of the Merchants National
Bank, has resigned to accept posi-
ton with one of the banks in Green
field, Mass, his resignation to take
effect Dec. 1. The directors have
elected as his successor John F. Puff
fer, the present teller OF the First
National bank Of St. Johnsbury. Mr..
Puffer has been with the First Ma
tional bank some Is years and his
many friends will congratulate him
rpon his deserved promotion. Mr..
Bond goes to his new position with
the offer of sizable advance in his
present salary and with the best
wishes of his many friends.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-27
AIRPLANE TO
GIVE WINNER
OF ELECTION
CaledOnian-Re Airplane
to Circle Over Towns of
Three Counties

Preparations, more elaborate than
ever before attempted, are being per-
fected by the Caledonian-R Record to
give the people of Northeastern Ver-
mont the latest and most complete
returns of the presidential election
which will be held on Tuesday, Nov.
2. The biggest single feature on the
extensive program of information
now under wav is the use of the
Curtis type airnlanc, owned by the
Charlie and Charlie Aviation Com
nany and operated by Lieut.. Paul
Robinson OF Pittsfeld, Mass. and
New York City. This plane, which
has made its headquarters in St.
Johnsbury for nearly two weeks, has
been donated to the management of
the Caledonian-Recor and will be
in the service of this newspaper all
of the morning of Wednesday, Nov
ember 3, carrying the news of the
election to many of the cities and
towns in this section of the state. In
short, Pilot Robinson is to act in the
capacity of modern "Paul Revere"
and carry to the people OF Vermont
the returns of the greatest political
be at the helm of our national gov
crnment during the next four years.
1t has always been the policy OF the
Caledonian-Record so far as
possible, to give its subscribers the
news FIRST and ACCURATE and
in the presidential election the man.
agcmcnt feels that it should not only
maintain its past enviable record but
should 20 Il step further and in an
unusual and unique manner he"a'l
the final result of the big election.
We are indeed fortunate in being able
to have the services of Aviator Rob- !
inson, whose efficiency in flying !
should enable him to make the trip
over Caledonia, Orleans and Essex
counties by the time the late ariser
gets out Of bed. In any event the i
people are certain to learn the res,a....,,
of the election hours earlier thAA
will from any other source. .fssasf'- /
Underneath Lieut.. Robinson's ma
chine will be black circle if Gov.
Cox succeeds in winning the election
while large red circle will be painted
there provided Senator Warren G.
Harding is the choice of the people.
The color scheme is best suited to
the eye and carries no political sig.
nificance.
The plane will fly as low as is
practicable so that every watcher will
be able to discern the sign. After
considerable plannin~ this scheme
was decided upon as the best. There
is little doubt but what everyone on
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the ground will be able, with the
naked eye, to make out the red or
black circle

, the ground will be able, with the
naked eye, to make out the red OF
black circle.
In some of the larger towns, it is
quite probable, bundles of the CAL
edonian-R Record election EXTRA will
be dropped. Only one landing, ex-
cept in case of trouble with the
plane, will be made and that station
is Newport. The plane will land on
Pine Hill, considered to be the most
practical landing field in that city.
A member of the Caledonian-R Record
staff will accompany the aviator and
direct the Journey through the air..
The probable route 20 be followed
weather permitting, by the aeroplane
will be as follows: St. Johnsbury,
East st. Johnsbury, Concord, Fitz-
dale, Lunenburg, Lyndonville, West
Burke, Island Pond, East Charleston,
West Charleston, Derby. Newport,
North Troy, Newport Center, Or
leans, Barton, Hardwick, North Wal
den, Danville, Peacham, Barnet,
Wells River and return to st. Johns
bury. "
Holding the exclusive franchise for
Northeastern Vermont of the Asso-
ciated Press, the Calcdon;an-Record
will receive most complete and
comprehensive report of the election
A special telephone set has been in
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stalled in the St. Johnsbury office
and connected with the Boston Office
of the Associated Press. The service
will start at Z p. m, and will con-
tinue until the result of the election
has been determined.
To give the people of st. Johns
bury and vicinity the latest returns
special megaphone service will be
conducted from the lCaledonian-Re Re-
cord Office on Eastern Avenue. Hei
the latest bulletins will be read.
Further details will be carried
election extras which will be pull
lished as the big news warrant
These extras will be sold to th
crowds on the streets but home d
livery will not be attempted.
An election extra will be issued ht
fore 2 A. M. which will be sent o1
on the night trains for delivery in
towns and cities of rthcastern Ve)
mont in time for the brd kfast tabb
Order the Caledonian-Re ecord extH
from YOUR newsdealer or ncwsboy "a
it will be the only paper to carry tn
exclusive Associated ":ess news, tn
news of the create and most al
curatc news gathering prganizatio.
Of tho world.
Order you Caledonian+ +Rrcord ex
+ras today Of your ne wsdcaler q
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-1920, 1920-10-27
Several Towns Fail to
Make Cemetery Reports

Up to date 1863 towns have made
their report to the secretary of state
that they have completed their ceme-
terry records and have forwarded
them to Montpelier. These reports
contain $4,000 cards.
There are about 25 towns from
which the secretar" has received
no report complying with the
law of 1919 which provides that
towns furnish a list of cemetery re-
cords and the secretary is trying to
find out whether it is the intent to
disregard the law OF whether they are
doing some work on them and will
report later, or whether they are toe
dead to report at all.
OF the towns that have failed tc
report are Maidstone, Brunswick
and East Haven. in Essex county
Bloomington in Orleans and Newarl
in Caledonia.