The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1920-07-09
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AND ROOSEVELT
Nominee, Like His Opponent, Is
an Ohio Editor.
GOVERNOR OF GREAT STATE
Great Democratic Convention at
Frisco AdJourns After Nominal
ing Candidates for Presidency
and Vice Presidency
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Convention Hail. San Francisco,
July For president, James M. Cox
of Ohio. For vice president, Franklin
D. Roosevelt of New York.
That is the ticket which has result
ed from eight days of struggling and
maneuvering in the Democratic ma.
tiOnal convention. Governor Cox was
nominated at 1 As o'clock Tuesday
morning on the forty-fourth ballot.
The ticket was completed at the final
session of the convention Tuesday af-
ternoon. All day Monday and through
the night until nearly midnight the
ballOting went on without marked gain.
for any of the leaders. Then after
the thirty-eighth ballot, Congressman
Carlin, manager of the Palmer forces.
mounted the rostrum and announced
that the attorney general, unwilling
longer to contribute to the deadlock.
had released his delegates uncOndi.
tionally. A recess was taken to permit
the new alignmentS. and the McAdoO
people seemed to be confident their
candidate would be the one to profit
most from the new conditions, but the
Cox men, still supported by Tammany.
stood firm. They expected at least
half of the released Pennsylvanians.
But when the voting was resumed ii
was found that most Of those gentle
men had turned to McAdOO.
Cox Leaps Ahead.
Notwithstanding this. Cox began to
leap ahead and nothing could stop his
Onrush. Before the forty-fourth bal.
lot was completed he had nearly
enough votes to nominate and Mary
land and Michigan had passed, so the
outcome was no longer in doubt. The
tumult in the hall was deafening. All
the state standards were grouped in
front of the platform except that of
Nebraska, part of whose delegation
Bryan had held firmly against Cox. AT
last, however Nebraska too fell into
line, and then a Kansan moved that
Cox be declared the nominee of the
convention by reclamation.
The motion was carried with
mighty roar of ayes and the weary
delegates called it a nights work and
quit until noon. The nomination of
Governor Cox may fairly be consid-
cred a triumph for Tammany what
ever else may be said Of It, Charles
Murphy and his followers had stead
tasty refused to accept McAdOo be-
cause they declared he could not carry
New York. Their argument, coupled
with the lack of skilled leadership for
the McAdoO crowd, prevailed. OF
course the men and women who had so
earnestly and hopefully worked for
McAdoo were sorely disappointed, but
McAdOO himself was in a most envia-
BILE position for defeated man. Hav-
ing asked that his name be not pre-
Sented to the convention, and having
done nothing t0 promote his candi-
dacy. at least openly, he suffered no
loss of prestige.
Bryan Not Pleased.
William ]. Bryan did not pretend
that he was pleased with the ticket.
He looked on it as a triumph for the
vets and Wall street Whether or not
lie WOuiu ldke TIE SIuIlD lOF IL lie uc-
clined to say.
The proceedings of Tuesday after
noon were not so exciting. or very in
tereSting. After the usual resolutions
of thanks to the convention officials
and others had been adopted, an i'm
FASHIONED orator from Tennessee
placed in nomination for the vice
presidency that states favOrite SOL
der. Gen B. Tyson, doing full justice
to his fine record in the war. At this
point a telegram from Governor Cox
was received and read accepting the
nomination for the presidency, and a
perfunctory parade of standards en-
sued. Senator Walsh placed in nomi-
nation Gov. Samuel " Stewart of
Montana, California offered E. L..
DOheny, Idaho presented James III.
Hawley, Oregon D. III. Vaughn and
the District of Columbia, warmly sup
ported by New York and other states.
put Franklin D. Roosevelt. Stewart
withdrew and seconded Roosevelt.
Doheny's name was withdrawn and
then General Tyson removed himself
from the contest. and all the others
dropped out except Roosevelt. The
nomination was made by reclamation
and the convention closed at 1929
p. m.