The Dolores star., 1920-07-09

pledged To him that the convention
may proceed To nominate the next
president of the United States
There was n roar Of "Hurrah FOR
Palmer" as the lines broke aud the
convention went into II recess. The
d"uuu"mcnt, coming mt the end of
thiriy.rght hnrd-fmIght and fruitlcsS
ballots. gave the same effect MS does
an uvcr-fIaird automobile tire when il
bursts with II bang and then sizzlcs
down.
The entire Palmer vote. added to
McAdoo'S total on the thirty-eighth
ballot. would give 61Gl2. The Palmer
Not" added to the Cox total on the
same ballot would give the Ohio GOV
"rnor 594R.
Both leading candidates would fall
| short of the two-thirdS, which is 10
Th" conScnSous of opinion seemed
To hr that Cox would gain Massachu-
sets, Michigan and Maine. while Me
Adoo would gain heavily in Georgia
and that Pennsylvania would split be
]
was speculation aS to how long Davis
votes would hold
Delegations voting Solidly under the
unit rule but at heart divided between
| McAdoo and other candidates. have
developed iII-fccling. 50 much SO that
/ III" rnucuSscS which took place on the
! floor during the recess gave evidences
of the feeling. There was shouting.
waving of arms and some shaking of
| fists and II great deal of hurryins
| about
Platform and convention hall floor
were jammed with an arguing, gcsticu-
lhiinr Lass of men and women-most-
/! m"n-but the argument was not
greater in volume with them despite
tiI"ir rrcponderance in number.
Both til" McAdoo and Cox forces
w"'' claiming the bulk of the Palmer
delegates. The claims were so con.
fli"iirG that it WAS apparent thar only
IT," ihiIty-iintl ballot would tell the
story.
buiin" the recess there was circu-
lated about The floor copies of n teIc-
gram from Judge Moore, CoX's mnua-
ger, I" Daniel e. Roper of New York.
accredited with being one of the Nc
Adoo managers, charging that "a
| crowd of government employees and
treasury officials are for their own
personal ends and in defiance of Mr.
M"Ad""S expressed wishes, impropcrlv
using his name TO create deadlock in
This convention"
Charging that several dcIrputi,u,
w"r" packed with government ON.
pl"y6s holding out for the nomIuutior
| oi M'Adoo Moorc'S telegram charged
/ tihl III" action of the payroll brig.
ad" Is creating II national scandal TO
tn" ruin Of the Democratic party"
lhey know there Is no chance 10
nominate him." the telegram contIp.
ued, hut hope TO bring about situu.
t"h where they can deal off the dele.
ea'rS to some candidate where their
jobs will be protected"
Judge Moore expressed the oniuinn
thnt Mr.. McAdoo would not be n uur,v
10 such deal and urged that in his
own ana his pnrtys interest he wir,
10 the convention forbiddiny tic use
of his name.
hlirinan Robinson decided the con.
''h'i"h ought 70 go back to work. 1t
went mo the lhirty-ninth bolIot with
Il new enthusiasm. 1t was like fresh
H'"'' '""hrd home after II long md
''Nnti"us delay at the roadside.
] ne shifts and ,b,,n..,
I"' wrr" important. Alabamu frs,
crack ont of the box, broke siy,.cn
!" ihNIS' taking all of PaImers and
one "' MrAdoo's for it.
ARIZONA threw her four for Cox bocs |
to McAdOo.
connecticut threw two to Cox and
NV" I" McAdoo
ArHhhshs divided her two for Pal. |
"'"r equally between Cox md McAdoo
'""rgin'S twenty.oight went solid
i"r McAd"o' ms forecast. and The Mo.
Ao"o demonstrators got great nois,