Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-07-06

a McAdoo chief, whom he presented after
a furious assault with the gavel had
forced partial lull in the cheering
Through continuous racket Ainidon
moved that the rules be suspended ana
the nomination made unanimous. All
over the great hall men climbed up on
chairs 10 wave their arms for silence,
Giving his gavel final thump Char
man Robinson put the question ana thc
answer roared back at him with all the
volume of a thousand voices in shouting
the tremendous AYE, that made Governor
Cox the Democratic nominee. The aath
ballot never was completed. In the
chorus of affirmation il was swept away
ms unnecessary.
The nomination Of Gov. Cox means
that the two great parties not only nave
gone into the same state for their candi-
dates but have picked men who for years
have been associated more or less closely
in the same profession. Like Senator
Harding. Governor Cox is a newspaper
man and their home towns in OHIO are
not far apart
The release of Palmer delegates after
the 3Sth ballot dislodgcd the keystone OF
the convention lam. although for time
Il anpeared that the deadlock between
McAdoo and Cox woyld continue IN
definitely.
With 2II Palmer votes on the 3sth
call, turned loose, McAdoo gained "a =
votes on the 39th ballot and Cox 10, with
ono Louisiana and 73 Pennsylvania dele
gates staying by the Attorney General
On that call McAdoo made his principal
gain in taking Georgia's % from the Palm
or column, while Cox gained - from
Massachusetts, giving HIM 33 of the 30
scattering from other Palmer sources.
cox BEGINS TO CLIMB.
On the fortieth ballot Cox climbed
from 4ssI5 to 4oO,and McAdoo from 440
to a67 while Palmer dived to 10, lnclud-
ing Is steadfasts from his home state and
the one I,ouisianan. McAdoo held the
Georgia block for that and succeeding
ballots however. Both sides watched IN
vain for Tennessee to sign her "a votes
from Davis. They remained in the Am
bassadors column until the last.
The 4lst ballot showed net gam OF
7lS votes for Cox and loss OF for Nc
Adoo. who took four more Pennsylvanians.
In the first break of Pennsylvania from
Palmer, McAdoo got AZ TO Coxs l. but
both got few more later.
On the forty-frst ballot Cox made
his biggest gain which portended the tlnal
Closing with 49712 votes on the 4lst
he rose on the next to $40 = or only 712 less
than a majority of the convention, while
McAdoo dropped from 400 TO 427. Then
Georgia started the slide toward Cox by
swinging % solid from McAdoo. Cox
picked up more scattering votes, including
four Davis delegates IN Michigan.
McAdoo. however, still held the bulk
of the PENNSYLVANIA votes Cox shot twenty
over a majority on the AID ballot getting
56S as against 540l2 on the previous roll
McAdoo dropped fifteen on the Add,
going from 427 to 412. Cox's principal
gains were a solid vote from louisiana
taking a half dozen from McAdoo and 10l2
from Virginia, which previously had re-
turned TO Senator Glass on that ballot
also Cox drew away numerous scatter
ing votes from McAdoo. The final ballot
began at LIS o'clock. Almost from the
start Cox began taking single and double
votes from the McAdoo delegations The
real breakup developed when the Florida
delegates, who had stood fast for Nc
Adoo for many ballots, swung over and
gave Cox solid twelve. Cox held Georgia
intact. gained four more Illinoisians from
McAdoo, and Tom Taggart announced a
solid block of thirty from Indiana, TAX
ing ten from McAdoo. Kentucky like
wise gave up three McAdoo votes and
made it 20 solid.
Maryland followed giving McAdoo
515 and Cox So. Massachusetts then
rolled up 35 of her SO votes to Cox. Cox
also gained six more from Missouri.
while five of Nebraska's seven, which had
been enrolling for McAdoo for many bal
lots, also turned to the Ohioan. Pennsyl-
vania then cast 6S, leaving but four to
McAdoo, as compared to AZ on the pre-
ceding ballot Vermont which had been
split even, then gave eight for Cox, Penn
sylvania gave eight more, Wisconsin turn
ed 16 more, while Alaska, Hawaii, Phil
ippines and Porto Rico delegations, which
had been dividing their vote, went in a
bunch to the nominee.
Awaiting a call after the territories
were MARYLAND and Michigan which had
passed, possibly to watch the results of the
final ballot.
With the Cox tide in flood change
was announced and the losing battle ended
with the adoption. of motion for unani-
nous choice.
The score of Oklahomans instructed
. for Senator Owen and nine Nebraskans
controlled by Bryan and voting almost
from the first for Owen, never wavered.