The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-07-06

session no more progress was rnads
, toward selecting a nominee thai1 e
had, in the 16 futile ballots which
| marked the previous sessions.
The 17th and 18th ballots were
more or less see-saw performances
and kite failing expeditions in which
| managers tried to find someone upon
whom to center. Dark horse talk
centering about whole paddock Of
mentioned possibilities, characterized
,, the renewal of balloting. After the
18th ballot, when no result had been
attained, the convention evidently de-
cided it wanted a little relaxation,
for a demonstration started by the
Cox people soon became everybody's
demonstration, in which lot Of state
standards mixed indiscriminately and
the usual number Of scrimmages took
place without very many of the
scrimmagers knowing what they were
scrimmaging about.
The Cox band, which had been
kept out of the hall, was in again
tonight, whanging its monotonous
drone, something about "Ohio" the
| words of which were drowned out in
the din when the Cox boomers tried
! to sing them.
Auditorium, July 3.-After 16 fu-
tile ballots to find a nominee the
| Democratic convention found itself
| in practical deadlock and after be-
| ing in session eight continuous hours,
during which it disposed Of ballots
at the rate of 80 minutes each, re-
| cessed for rest and conference to
resume again at o'clock this even.
ing. Recess was taken under pro-
test of the Cox people, who were try
ing to avoid it. Palmer people and
the McAdoo people welcomed it for
it gave them opportunity to confer
and strengthen their lines. Senator
Harrison of Mississippi, one of the
leaders for the Cox candidacy, tried
to hold the convention in session but
the delegates were tired, hungry and
sick. of balloting and to all practical
purposes the convention was in re-
cess before the clerk finished calling
the. roll to decide the question.
The vote was GIG to 455 against
it. All through the 16 ballots Gov
ernor Cox. had made steady gains uns
| til he had taken the lead from Nc
Adoo and was heading toward a ma
jority.. Then on the last ballot OF
| The session-the 16th-ohn w.
Davis, American ambassador to Great
Britain, whose vote from West Vir-
ginia had been standing steadily all
day, loomed up with the new strength
which he drew from all others. he
! figured in the center Of the dark
horse talk. "a
The language of the parleys be-
tween McAdoo and Palmer was in
| effect. ''Now that you've stopped
McAdoo, help us stop Cox" Admin
{; istration leaders who saw the Cox
boom growing in the convention made
no secret of their fear Of it's proper
tions.
Chairman Glass of the resolutions
| committee, who spoke for President.
| Wilson in the framing of the party
platform, declared in talking with
friends that cit must not be Cox"
| and when asked what would happen
if Cox got the majority of the con-
vention, and, according to custom.
the expected two-thirds vote, Glass
replied: "Champ Clark had a ma
jority at Baltimore" How Mr.. Clark
had a majority but failed Of nomi-
nation is only recent political his
tory.
Several things seemed to stand
| out above the noise and clamor and
| discomfort Of the days balloting.
Principal among them was the fact
that the McAdoo movement had not
taken on the glacial movement"
which it's boomers had predicted for.
it, and that the Cox people, who
| were openly very discouraged a day
| or two ago, picked up and made con-
slant and consistent gains, which
amazed their opponents and the con-
| vention. 1
The Palmer vote. dwindled away
much to the dismay of the Penn
sylvanians who Loyalty stood by Pal
mare while ostensibly for dinner,
really gave the opposing forces their
much needed opportunity to find some
sort of a common meeting ground.
Outwardly there was little prospect
:, of a get together movement be-
! tween the leaders and the general
indications were that the successful
forces would be obliged to concen-
trate on a dark horse.
Davis, in view of his rising vote,
had the edge on the, dark horse posi-
ton when the convention reassem-
bled. Chairman Cummings was not
entirely out of consideration.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant
secretary of the navy, was, being dis
cussed among the New York dele
gates as possibility for the presi-
Dental nomination. 1t was reported
in convention circles that Mr.. Davis
was the second choice of w. G. Nc
Adoo.
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