The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1920-07-08
cox IS NOMINATED
Democratic National Convention Sc
lects Governor Cox of Ohio
As Its Candidate.
Forty-Four Ballots Were Taken Be-
fore Greatest Deadlock in
History Was Broken.

governor of that state, was nominal
ed early on Tuesday for the presidency
of the United States by the democratic
national convention at San Francisco
in the breakup of one of the most pro-
longed deadlocks in the history of
political parties.
It took forty-four ballots to make a
choice, and it was not until after the
thirty -eighth, when Attorney General
Palmer released the delegates, that the
long succession of roll calls showed any
definite trend.
In the turnover of the Palmer dele
gates Cox gained the advantage over
William G. McAdoo, his rival for first
place since early in the balloting, and
that advantage never was lost.
Supporters of Governor Cox won a
way to the nomination by persistency.
Shiftings and rallies left now one and
then another Of the candidates in the
lead.
On the opening ballot, Friday, the
Ohio governor was in third place. He
soon passed Palmer, however, and on
the twelfth ballot went ahead Of Nc
Adoo. Then began a see-sawing be-
tween the Cox and McAdoo totals,
which at the end Of the thirty-nintll
roll call at midnight found the two
virtually the same.
On the forty-second ballot the ac-
cession of most of the Palmer strength
to Cox put him we'll ahead, and after
that great and little state delegations
went in to the Cox column in process
sion. On the Forty third he got ma
jority for the first time of all the votes
cast, and on the forty fourth he was
plunging toward the required two
thirds when Colorado changed it's vote
to him and made the nomination obvi-
GUS.
Of the forty-four ba"atI two were
taken last Friday night; IA at the first
session Saturday and 6 at the Satur-
day night session. There were % re-
corded on Monday.
With the calling of the roll for the
forty fourth and last time the band
wagon started amid mad riot of Nc
Adoo delegations to Chamber aboard
before it was too late.
One after another the aggregation
of Wilson officeholders deserted the
presidents son-in-law and lined up
with the three guardsmen, Murphy
Brennan and Taggert, who put Cox
over,
The floor of the convention was a
riot of delegates clamoring for recog-
milton to change their votes from Nc
Adoo to Cox, when National Commit
teeman Sam Amidon of Kansas, one of
the McAdoo leaders, climbed upon the
platform and was recognized by Chair
man Robinson.
II move that the rules be suspended
and that the nomination of Governor
James M. Cox of Ohio be made by ac-
clamation," shouted Amidon above the
din, with a majestic wave of his arm.
A pandemonium of approval burst
forth from the floor and it took the
chairman three minutes to calm the
din sufficiently to put 1.-The motion. It
was carried with a whoop and the
chairman pronounced Governor Co,
unanimously nominated.
William Jennings Bryan declared
that the liquor interests and Wall
street conferred on Cox and brought
about his nomination. Mr.. Bryan is
Disguised with the whole proceedings,
especially at the fact that the con-
vention nominated wet candidate. !.
F. D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary
of the navy, was nominated by accla-
nation for vice president on Tuesday
afternoon. The anti-administration
forces, which controlled the conven-
ton, threw this nomination of an ad-
ministration official to the Wilson sup
porters as man would throw a bone
from which he had removed all the
meat to a dog. Yet, in awarding this