The Alaska daily empire., 1920-07-06

U tracted struggle against the forces of McAdoo and Atty Gen. A. Nit chell Palmer, with John w. Davis Ambassador to Great Britain, cling ing on with votes to the last ballot and looming strong as a dark horse candidate to whom the delegates might swing at any time.
 During the balloting, both the Cox and Palmer forces viewed with evi dent satisfaction the scrimmage within the McAdoo forces which forced McAdOo to the front at once and made the nomination three cornered contest from the beginning They had insisted all along that they would not permit the McAdoo movement to enjoy the advantage of reserved seat in the rear to wait for the psychological moment when the convention unable to throw a two thirds vote to either of them, would turn to some one else.
 Cox Forces Undisturbed
 Cox forces were professedly un- disturbed by the wet and dry argu- ment which had ragged around their candidate and the outside issues which were injected into his cam paign.
 Balloting began Friday night when two ballots were taken but the Cox boom did not assume formidable pcO- portions until the seventh ballot on Saturday, when the New York and New Jersey delegations broke, with big gains for the, Ohio candidates who went into second place. On this ballot McAdoo had 384 votes Cox 295 and Palmer, who had run second on previous ballots, 267 The balance of the 1894 votes were scattering.
 Cox increased his gain slightly or the next four ballots and on the twelfth went into the lead for the first time when Illinois gave him 3C votes and Iowa's 26 votes went solid for Cox. The score then stood Cox, 404; McAdoo, 375; Palmer, POI
 Leaders Are NonpluSSed
 Cox gained on each of the next three ballots winning 46Sk votes on the fifteenth but dropped back to 454K on the sixteenth It was then 5:20 o'clock Saturday evening and the delegates, who had 5ecr balloting since 9:45 in :,ia morning declared a recess until 8 o'clock Failure to nominate on the sixteenth ballot had plainly thrown the leaders off their feet and it was apparent that they did not know what moya to make next.
 Administration leaders, OppGsine Cox declared, "It can't go Cox" and talk of dark horses began to revive with Senator Carter Glass of Virginia prominently mentioned.
 The two hours of the recess were spent in hurried conferences but the seventeenth ballot showed little change. Cox led with 442. McAdoC was second with 332 and Palmer third with 176 Davis entered the running with 57 votes.
 Convention Is Adjourned
 After five more fruitless b2llots the convention, just before midnight adjourned until 10 o'clock Monday morning, giving up hopes of selecting a candidate in the first week of the sessions. Repeated attempts preyi ously to adjourn had been defeated but the tradition that a Democratic National Convention never had held over into Sunday. coupled with the fact that the delegates were tired out, had it's effect and the fina motion was unopposed.
 On the twenty second ballot, the last taken before adjournment. Co, had 430 votes, McAdoo 3721a, Pal mer 1661s. Davis 52 and Glass 25
 Before the convention reassembled Monday, the Alaska delegation, re elected Mrs. John w. Troy, of Jun eau. new member of the Women's National Committee and agreed tC give their six votes in the Presiden tial balloting to former Senator James Hamilton Lewis But wher the balloting was resumed they voted