The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-07-04
Contention In Deadlock
After Balloting Throughout The Day
|overnor Cox Held Strong Lead
Through Late Balloting Over
McAdOO and Palmer.
|DNFERENCES UNAVAILING
|Iass Tells Friends 1t Must Not
BE Cox-FOrces of Latter
Equally as Determined.

| san Francisco, July 3.-After sixteen
|Eile ballots for presidential nominee
! L Democratic National Convention
HIND itself in practical deadlock, and
| her having been in session eight con-
|huous hours during which it dis
! |sad of ballots at the rate of thirty
|nutes each, recessed for rest and
Inference until eight tonight.
|Fhe recess was taken under protest
The Cox people. McAdoo and Pal
Er forces seemed to welcome it for
| opportunity to confer and strength
their lines. Senator Harrison. of
ssissIppi, a Cox leader, tried to
| bid it, but the hungry and tired del
|Ltes were streaming through the
|brs when Chairman Robinson an
.nced recess had won.
|Fhe Cox, McAdoo and Palmer forces
II those hoping to develop a dark
|rse spent the time during recess
hurried conferences and desperate
Forts to line up a compromise tick
Word that Wilson was pursuing a
| nds off policy added to the confus-
h. Objection was heard to every
|rk horse mentioned.
All through the fifteen ballots Cox
de steady gains overtaking. tMcAdoo,
Z in common with McAdoohand Pal
! n he lost slightly on the sixteenth.
bbassador Davis suddenly loomed
with new strength on that ballot.
! rhe McAdoo and Palmer forces it
med were comforting, trying to stop
x from gaining. Administration
ces made no secret of their fear of
Cox strength. Senator Glass told
ENDS TT must not be Cox Talk
dark horse grew and Davis ap-
| red to have the edge here.
Ehose opposed to Cox argued the
|io governor had reached the max
I'M of his strength and had lost his
|bortunity when suspension of bal
| ing was permitted for recess. Me
loo and Palmer forces were im1or-
he'd by each other - find way 20
|p Cox.
Despite the statement of some ad-
|nistration leaders that it cannot 'go
Cox" Cox forces pointed out The
| Int and that Cox remained a po-
tial factor which from a small mum :
! at the start had nosed McAdoo out
| first place.
EcAdoo supporters had a conference
u according to their announcement
|,ided to stand LAT and attempt to
all votes possible. They said no
empt will be made to coalesce with
Palmer people because they felt
| breaking of Palmer forces would
Cox.
yox people at the same time con-
| red and announced they also would
willing to. go to somebody else if
|nsition resulted IN losses to each
her.
n short the Cox people We're deter
|ned to beat McAdoo and the McAdoo
|oplt were no less determined to beat
There was talk of the convention
ders are planning 20 hold through
night if necessary. They said they
re sure a nominee will be aamad
fore daylight.
At eight seventeen Chairman Robin
4 began calling the convention to
der, Vance Mccormick recalling
t the Democratic convention never
Is on Sunday, and predicting no
|mination before midnight, said he
ought it would go over until Mon
The convention opened with prayer
the singing of the Star Spangled
|nner," as usual. Senator Harrison,
Mississippi, said the Cox people
|uld not particularly oppose adjourn
|n until Monday if convention want
it because they were sure of win
& and were sympathetic with the
| disposition to run the convention
bceedings on Sunday.
was reported Kansas had decided
stick to McAdoo for one more bal
and then caucus to determine its
lrse. There were reports that they
|uld be released from the unit rule
that delegation.
Fox people said Louisiana would
|ne to them in a block and thew
ped and expected twelve Tennessee
es to return to them. This delega-
p had gone over to Davis. Cox peo-
were counting on a large proper
b of the Wisconsin vote and also on
accession from the state of Wash
|tJn.
|Ehe seventeenth ballot started after
|Necess tonight with Georgia giving
| twenty eight of her votes to Pal
IN, Florida, nine to Cox, three to
|Adoo; Mississippi. twenty to Cox.