Republican farmer., 1920-07-09

ate TOT the wee pToSlOcuCy. Back in their seats again under | the banging urge of the gavel, the | delegates awaited the 39th roll call. | The effect of Pa1mer's release of his i friends was noticeable at once- By I twos and threes and larger groups, | delegates previously voting unchang- | ingly for Palmer, went to other can 1 didates-
 | The announcement of the whole bal 1 lot however, started another turnult | led by Cox adherents. It showed he had outstripped McAdoo in the race for Palmer delegates and again reached the lead The Cox forces ] scented victory right there The Cox band trooped into the gallery and hurled the strains of the Cox battle song, Ohio, Ohio,' down into the din ! below. Again time was required to 1 get quiet enough to start a new roll call
 l A fight to adjourn for the night was started by McAdoo supporters against shouts of mo, no,'' all over the floor. ! The motion went down on vote and left no doubt of the conventions de- ! termination to fight 1t out then and there- The And vote was then started. Then McAdoo and Cox gained ground and McAdoo supporters dug themselves in grinlly determined on a last ditch fight The 42nd roll call was | started. It showed new drifts to Cox When Georgia was reached the del 1 egation chairman leaped to his chair and shouted that his state, formerly l in McAdoo ranks. would join hands i with Ohio "to name the next presi- | dent" He cast the solid Georgia | vote for Cox and the shout that fol- i lowed seemed to rock the building. l McAdoo followers were still hold l ing grinly. Again the Texas block l of 40 votes went in for him. The l 43rd roll call began in a riot of noise l that made the poll audible only as
 the surges of sound paused to let the l figures reach the clerks. Little by little the drift to the Cox column | continued gaining mom entum as it | ran.
 In the New York delegation a chal- | lenge for a poll sent a dozen men scurrying with the challenger. Finally
 after a new move by McAdoo support
 CTS to adjourn in last desperate ef- ! fort. to stave off defeat had been roared down. the last ballot, the 44th l began.
 The result was forecast with the | first vote. Alabama swung solid to | Cox. State by state delegations which
 had stuck out for McAdoo followed
 suit. The slide had set in and there | was no stopping it. The convention
 had its mind set to nominate on that | ballot.
 Up and up mounted the Cnioan's | total of votes. As it passed the 700
 mark with the next two-thfrds jus, 1 ahead. the tumult increased until the
 last votes were heard only vaguely
 on the platform. Pennsylvania Wen1
 over and the Colorado chairman | leaped to his chair to change the
 vote of his state to Cox. Half a
 dozen other chafrmen were waving
 for recognition to make similar an.
 nouncements.
 Chairman Robinson hurried to hi: 1 desk with Sam B. Amidon of Kansas
 a McAdoo chief. whom he presented
 after a furious assault with the gave
 had forced partial lull in tho
 cheering, Through a continuous
 racket Amidon moved that the rule:
 be suspended and the nomination
 made unanimous, All over the grea
 hall men climbed up on chairs tt
 wave their arms for silence and ther | stand poised like college yell leader
 to signal the answer to the ques
 tion.
 Banging his gave1 in a final thum D
 Chairman Robinson put the question and the answer roared back at hin
 with ali the volume of a thousand
 voices in shouting the tremendous
 "aye'' that made Governor Cox tn,
 Democratic nominee.
 The 44th ballot never was complet
 ed. In the chorus of affirmation i was swept away as unnecessary. Man,
 of the changes which would hav' ! been made hSd the vote been carried
 through were never recorded and or
 the face Of that ballot Governor Cor l received officially 7e7A votes bu
 they were never tatalled, for he wa , i nominated by the unanimous voice 0 l tine eonvsAtion.
 The aeHainat ion os Governor Ce;
 means that the two great parties no only have gone into the same state fo , ! their candidates but have picked me-
 who for years have been assoeiatei
 more OF less eie sely in the same pro , fession, Like Senator Harding, Gov
 ernof Cox is 8 newspaper man am [ their home towns are net far apart.