The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-07-01
ATMOSPHERE
SURCHARCED
Feeling Of Stampede Per-
vades Convention and May
Break at Any Moment.
lsnoF VOTES

San Fronciscc. au1y i.L-u. N. s,)--A
feeling 81 stansepdo md storm hung
heavy In the Nh today as the delegates
iueh i.itp 1pisN ball, rooterA, for
= '''s. y = :,
the democratic nomination, Atty. Gen.
A. Mitchell Palmer and Gov James NJ
Cox, or Ohio, We're not listed quite no
high In the batting as they wore yes
terday morning. and signs OF unrest
were not lacking In their camps.
While yesterday forenoon the indica-
tionB were that each OF the big three
leaders would obtain around 900 votes
and under on the first ballot, the trio
running pretty close. together, claims
were being made this morning OF a
character to show there may have been
q considerable. change In the situation
overnight. "A McAdoo leader asserted
tho following table would not be found
far wrong on first ballot:
Smith. D0;. Marshall, 80; Edwards. 9s;
Davis. "a; Clark, "a; Owen. 20; Hitch-
cock, is; Cummings, ~; Gerard, 10.
Other McAdoo supporters however,
were OF tho opinion the former cabinet
member would not poll very heavily on
the get away but would ride In on the
crest Of a stampede later ON In the bal-
loting. These were inclined to think
Gov. Cox would lead tho procession TO
begin with, falling back az the attor-
ney.general ADVANCED triile. both
finally being overtaken and swiftly dls-
tanced by McAdoo before either got
anywhere near the two-thirds vote dan
ger line.
Cox and Palmer pluggers, however.
continue 10 put up a brave 'front.'. de-
spite what must be considered at least
al surface Indications.
Politicians today are studying the
votes represented In the parades fol-
lowing the nomination speeches OF the
thre leaders yesterday. In the Cox pro-
cessIon we're Ohio, Mississslppi. Ars- =.
Arkansas and Alaska, whose votes num-
ber 162. In the Palmer parade. there
were Pennsylvania, Maine, Hawaii, Dis-
trlct OF Columbia. Porto Rico. Rhode
Island. and Florida again, a total OF
12g votes. Toward the end, however,
Michigan and Illinois Joined In giying
the attorney general grand total 81
216 votes gnnIching under the standards
OF the states.
The McAdoo procession almost at
once had ! nits train Delaware, the
first 10 come in, Washington, louisiana
Alabama, Utah. New Mexico ArkanHas,
oregon, wyoming. wisconsin. Mary
land, Hawaii, South Dakota, Florida,
Colorado, North Carolina Massachu-
Seass' goIs Afon srd m,ebran rsp S w;h ~ s7a votes
among them.
But the parades were deceptive. They
cannot be relied upon as an exact
measure. Of the hrst ballot strength of
the candidates.
MoAdoo's opponents are moving
heaven and earth 10 mass nt least sVe
votes---or more than one-thrd OF the
! .094 votes comprising the voting
strength Of the convention. and with
this block, stop McAdoo somewhere
this side Of the nomination. n they can
muster this number and hold to-
Eeiher long enough the JOB VIII be
done. se
The other side Of the picture II that
the McAdoo delegates today make the
nat assertlon that this two.thirda plus
one block cannot be formed. or " |
formed could not be held together for
long. They, deny such thing as
OF Palmer and Coz. or OF any
two or more of the candidates could be |
made effective for more than three or |
four votes Of n maximum.