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I THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY. JULY 6, 1920. v NO OETS LA!D DEADLOCK HOLDS IN CONVENTION No Changes Mark Early Bal c lots Feeble Cheers Greet Manifestations of Loyalty v' (Continued Fj-om rf Out.) , Cox men are as cocky as ever, trie McAdoo partisans are crowing louder than ever, the Palmer lads say prospects are palmier than ever All of the big three managers and camp followers exude confidence and optimism but nobody seems to jbe laying any bets. 1 n Raps For Order. At 10:10 Chairman Robinson raps for order. Prayer and anthem. An Indiana delegate mounts his chair. "This, being the Fourth, our most glorious holiday," he say.', "I move ihe Declaration of Indcocndence." ' Samuel R. Ralston, former gov ernor of Indiana marches majestic ally to the rostrum, a portly figure in bbek cutaway. Inf a sonorous oicc he reads the fleclaration. Delegates arc-still streaming in a::d its rather difficult to follow the ' voice of the reader. Empty chair indicate some delegates have already CO"? home, leaving their votes to be cn by the chairman of their delega tion under the unit rule. Mrs. Peter ! file.scn of Minnesota, who is strong ' for McAdoo is telling a Pennsyl vania delegate that the McAdoool lowcrs are" ready to stick until the , rows come home. Mr. Ralston lets out hi voice a few notes! striving to lift it above scuffle and talking. He's got as much chance as a tin vhistle in a boiler iactory. Balloting Is Resumed. , Above the racket the phrase "free and independent states" floats out. A l'.i.-ty cheer. At 10:30 Mr. Ralston concludes his reading of the decla ration &nd after a song Chairman . Robinson announces: "Twenty-third ballot, the secre tary will call the roll of states." We're off again, boys, trying 'to tjust the good old deadlock Lardner Vote Gets Laugh. Few changes. A Missouri dele . gate casts half a vote for Ring Lard ner, which raises a laugh. Okla homa Tor the. 23d time casts its 20 votes for Senator Owen, the only diaruamong the candidates, one of whose handicaps is that he carries the blessings of William J. BVyan. ..Washington throws a vote to Irvin Cobb. Cheers from trie press boxes as Cobb gets into tbt running, neck ' affd neck with Brym, as dark horse. Results of the 23d ballot: JlrAdPFO 34 Va a lo of Cox 2I a loan of 5 Palmer lSl'j gain of 15 No Change in Standing. Thus the relative standing of the candidates is very little changed from where it was Saturday night. ."Cell the roll for the 24th ballot," orders tfye chair. i "Here comes the band wagopY jcry Fainter.. 'delegates in the Penn sylvania setts. "They're rolling our .way," shout the McAdooites. "Cox will win," yells a New Jerseyife. ; .. - When Ohio is reiiched Ed Moore, chairman of the delegation gets up and says: Cheer in Cox Section. "Put Ohio down 48 votes for Cox until the convention adjourns." This brings a cheer, rather a feeble one, for the delegates r.s yet have not struck the shouting stage As in a revivarl, they've got to work up to that, and the reading clerk isn't any political Billy "Sunday. When Virginia is reached Hal D. Flood of Appommatox as usual cries "24 for Glass." A Pennsylvania delegate bawls back to Flood, "Put cn another record." It's a quiet morning, even the witticism of the Palmerite getstmly a feeble laugh. "His master's, voice," cries a Michi gan delegate, but nobody apparently .even wonders what he means . ; No changes worth note are regis tered on this ballot. The tally of the 24th ballot shows: t McAdoo ........ 364 A n chpg "Cox 439 again of 4 Palmer 177 a losof 4H Underwood Bobs Up. Senator Oscar Underwood hobs tip on the next ballot the 2Mh when Alabama casts nine votes for him "Oscar may be the dark horse," say a few on the front -rows, but nobody takes it seriously. Un derwood's ..geography is ' one ob stacle.. ' Missouri gives General Pershing a vote, his first appearance. This puts the general up 'even with Bryan. At 11:30 Ed Moore. Ohio's committee-man, loses his $500 to $1,000 bet that v Cox would be nominated today in Ihe first hoar and a half. ' Get Heads Together. George Brennan. Congressman A. J. Safcath, Dick Kinsella and James A. Meekj of the Illinois crowd have their heads together. We're" going to switch around a bit. Sure enough, a cheer goes up when McAdoo makes a gain of six votes, Cox get ting 35 and McAdoo 22. v "Jim" Nugent of New Jcrsev, the boss who made Woodrow Wilson governor of New Jersey, is in the' chair. He announces an iiKitation to the delegates to attend Dreamt land, tonight. It stirs no emotion. When Folks Quit Coffee because of cost to health or purse, they -naturally drink Instant PsinuM 'Haps a Reason Nugent announces the 25th ballot results- Mr Ados JMV4 no chnc Cox 4: Ion of 5 I'lmr ., 154 a lou of I "Pershing, the dark horse," screams a woman in the gallery as the vote of one for General Pershing is read. "' Prepare Demonstration. No' changes worth noting. A woman w riter slips av.note down the press benches: "It's like a jwife asking husband for money and get ting a quarter at a time, not enough to do anything. with the milliner." Word comes in the Coxites are. preparing for a demonstration. In a room outside a crate or two of roosters are being opened and chan ticler is: being tied to poles for a period. , Cox pictures are being stored under delegates' seats. To- sephus Daniels, on the guests' plat form, looks so sleepy that any sort, of a noise would be welcome. Senator King of Utah now swings the mace. As usual, tjfe gavel be ing, passed along to numerous higher-ups it helps pad "but the stuff in "Who's Who" and it comes in handy when they write their own biographical sketches for the Con-i N One for Grand Old Lady. New Mexico casts one vote for Senator Jones, vthe grand old lady of the democrati(party. "Oh, hum, another dark horse," the delegates yawn. . Results of Ihe 26th ballot show McAdoo ...... S71 r a win of4 Cox 4:4 ajuln H vote Talmer 17 (Tlwi of ! The hall almost snores as the 27th ballot is taken. It's getting dull, no life, no pep, no jounce. Twentyscventn ballot results show no changes worth note. , McAdoo has gained one-half votef Cox has losT one vote; PalmeNhas lost one vote. Fays $500 Bet. At noon Mr. Moore pays his bet that C6x would win in the first hour and a half. The winner sendsNtbe $500 bill up to Chairman Robirrson with a note saying he contributes it to the campaign fund, but-u'ishes his name withheld. Tire chaisdeems this false , modesty,, a . demoerajic con vention being no, place for any vio lets beside a nlossy stone. He, an nounces that Thomas J. Spellacy of Connecticut, an assistant UifSted States attorney-general, is the man who has ttirncd over his winnings. Wilbur Marsh of Ohio, national treasurer of the party, makes a grab at the five ceiHury plaster. So the campaign is started on its way Sad and Dreary. Tom Taggart leads the Hoosicrs out for a "corkus." As the Indiana outfit leaves the main hall one dele gate in aiv outburst of confidence in forms the press box: "We won't stand for no dark horse." He passes on with - the air. of one who has made an important announcement. It's getting sad and dreary. The delegates seem soaked in 'fcnnui -al ready and they re' a long way from home. , A .Wisconsin delegate drifts by ?nd enlivens the scribes with a scory. "I wired home for a hundred bucks Friday and another hundred bucks Sunday," he says. VThis morning I v: got a message, 'Make them use a new deck or play with theirslceves rolled up.' " v Twenty-eighth ballot results show McAdoo has losr three votes, Pal merone vote and Cpx one-half vote. At 12:45 a delegate jumps- on his Chair and moves that the convention proceed to squeeze the deadlock a trifle by dropping the low man on each succeeding ballot Chairman Robinson rules it out of. order. To quell the hub bub he signals vigor ously to; the band, which jumps lickity split into "My Old Kentucky Home." Talk Thins Over. Before the next ballot is called there is a pause, delegates get up and stretch a leg, and gather in groups in the aisles to talk things over. Senator Walsh-of Massachusetts orifts by at 1 o'clock with a-report that somebody on --the platform, Carter Glass. Homer Cummings, Chairman Robinson or some one eise, has just received a telegram from McAdoo-withdrawing. "Call the. 29th ballot," sings out the chairman. ' " Indiana seeks to start something. Earnest conferences have been go ing on between Cox and Painter leaders in the aisles nd word has been passed out to-stick tight as In- diana on this .ballot will try to roll the ball. Switch By Hoosiers. Sure enough, Tom Taggart an nounces that Indiana votes 29 for McAdoo and one for Davis. On the previous ballot ' it had given Cox 11 and McAdoo 11. A demonstra tion starts. The band gives it a bit of juice. "'' No pep, however. Every delegate jaded from a week of high pitch. Standards frolic down the aisles, the bright 'lights flash on. Carter Glass" goes to the rostrum and looks it over. If this Js an attempted stampede, it's a ffivver. Six minutes of confusion, that's alt The chair has no touble in quelling the outburst with - three strokes of the gavel. Colonel John son, chairman of the Texas delega- 11.1011 says tne peport 01 mcaqoos withdrawal cuts no ice 11 true or otherwise. "We've cut the wires." say the Texan. "We'll stick until Hades becomes a skating rink." Six VotetMor McAdoo. The roll call dodders along until Washington is reached. McAdoo nirks iin six and a half votes. Ten sAmds of cheering. N , Results of the 29th ballot show: TlfcAdoo 39H Ifln f 2 Cox 1.. 404H a loss of IS V4 Palmer 16 again of H At 1:30 the 30th ballot is started. Same Old Forty-eight. For eight minutes the convention slumbers. Then the Hon. Ed Moore wakes it up. When his state is reached Moore screeches at the top of his lungs, "Ohio casts 48 votes for Cox." Butfit's the same old 48, so the convention settles back for an other snooze. McAdoo passes the 400 'mark or the! first time on the 30th ballot. The results show: , McAdoo 403 H aflfcf 9 Coa 400Vi a lo of 4 Palmer 145 a lo of 1 Senator Pat Harrison of, Missis sippi makes the motion again that the low candidate on the list be dropped and that this process be continued on each subsequent ballot until a nomination is made. Uproar at once. , Harrison moves to suspend the rules for this purpose. ' , Voices Raise in Protest - Mr. 'Spellacy protests it would , be a fearful walloo for. undiluted, un- The 36th Ballot S n 0 o o o M 7 vi" Alabama ... ... , 8 Arizona . j. ...... . 3 Arkansas i California .' 15, Colorado S , Connecticut ....... 1 Delaware 4 Florida 3 11 1 2 3 2 14 9 6 6 2 9 Georgia 28 Idaho 8 Illinois 16 Indiana 29 Iowa .... i Kansas ,....20 Kentucky 8, Louisiana 7 Maine . . 7 Maryland S2 Massachusetts .... 1 ,10 1 5 9 4 n 3 30 1 26 15 12 I'a 13 5 4- 20 7t. Michigan 16 Minnesota 14 , Mississippi , Missouri . . . . . . Montana . , Nebraska Nevada . New Hampshire.. New Jersey New Mexico . ... . New York .'. 5 1 6 I 2 28 70 6 20 24 North Carolina North Dakota 9 1 48 Ohio Oklahoma Oregon ,.1Q, Pennsylvania ;. .. 2 73 1 Rhode Irland ..... 3 34 South Carolina ... 3 3 . 4 Scwh Carolina 18 South Dakota .... 3 4 1 Tennessee . 24 Texa3 ...40 ' ' Utah ....8 Vermont 3 2 3 Virginia 3 13 4-, Washington 11 2 West "Virginia Wisconsin .. ....17 3 6 Wyoming 6 Alaska 2 3 1 Dist. of Columbia '5 Hawaii 1 SS Philippines v 3 2 Pcrto Rico .... i .. 2 3 Canal Zone 1 1 't- SCATTERING. . Alabama Owen, rr Davit-, . i Ar'aanaOwenl. x X, Celorado-Cumrnings,, 1. Connecticuf Cummings, 2. Illinois Owen, 2. v Kentucky Davis, 1; Stuart, 1. Louisiana Davis, 1. Maryland Davi3. 2 Massachusetts Owen, 2; LJavis. 1. Minnesota Davis, 1. Missouri Owen, 1 ; Davis, 1 ; Clark, 2. , Nebraska Owen, 9. Oklahoma Owen, 20. South Dakota Owen, 2.' Virginia Glass, 4. .Washington Davis, 1. West Virginia Davis, 6. Philippines Owen 1. L Porto Rico Davis, 1. . . t TOTALS McAdoo. 399: Cox, 377; Palmer, 241; Davis, 28; Owen, 36; Glass, 4; Cummings, 3; Clark, 2. rctrained democracy. Hal Flood of Virginia adds his voice to the pro test. p does Senator Smith of South Carolina. Cone Johnson of Texas, head of the McAdoo boosters, too, emits a shriek. "The convention," he shocks, "cannot prevent any dele gate fromH'Otiug for any-candidate he wants to"."- The roll is called, after the chair announces a two thirds majorivv,ill be required to pass the motioSfT One by one the dead leaves fall. Ohio and" Pennsylvania are against it, meaning Cox and Palmer. The Harrison motion is lost, the vote standing 256 for and 820 against. The chair thereupon declares it his opinion that if such a rule had been adopted it would be ineffective any how. . Another 15 minutes, v;hil the 31st ballot is called. On this trip, Vir ginia registers breakage 'of Glass. Palmer gets 11 of the Virginians. When the ballot is announced it shows McAdoo has made a gain of v12 votes. Cox has bst nine and Palmer has gained nine: Then comes the 32d roll call, the delegates mean while mobilizing around the lunch counters. McAdoo is still using the rrpwl stroke, but covering small dis u.nce. On the 32d he registers a gain of Oi'Z votes. Falmer has gained two and Co lias dropped half a vote. They now stand: McAdoo, 421. Cox, 391. Palmer. 176. Who Is-Leonsrd? Three o'clock by Carter Glass' gold watoh arid chain. Chairman Robinson is lolling in the throne chair, looking fagged. -A flash comes of the mill at Benton Har bor,,va knockout in the ninth. No bodyseems o' care, in fact, most who 'near the great news ask-: 'Who is Leonard?" Benton HarbJr' has a fine crust if it fancies it can run a combat in competition with the big Hyll out here. It's long bast the luncheon hour, but the delegates refuse to knock off. Edward J. Coleman of Mary land moves a recess uniil 8 o'clock. This would' give an opportunity for caucuses, but' the floor roars it down. Some chairman of the dele tion asks whether he can vote some absentee who has Wt n proxy. Nothing stirring. The chairman quotes precedents to show what-n appalling thing it would be. From the Illinois seats up bobs Joseph P. Mahoney and drws a bead on the chair with his forefinger, favorite gesture of politicians. Irish Voice Heard.. "Wh.TflT cries, Mahoney, "the chair 'allowed a proxy to address this convention." The reference ' is to R. P. Hobson, - who made- a dry speech the ray when Bryan's roses turned to cabbages. The chair points out that Hobson was given theloor by unafavmous consent. We proceed to 334 like a coal barge waddling denvn'the canal. From the gallery comes a booster's voic& "Hooray for Davis he's good to his folks. From the Massachusetts delegation comes a bit of brogue. "Davis wears knee breeches "at the (jourt of St. James." At 3:30 the 33d ballot finds Mc- u ...k... l. ..... All WIICIC IIC W 1 3 UtlUlt, Willi -wtmiM ballots. Cox ha lost 19V4 votes anT Palmer has grabbed' four more. McAdoo has been leading the field for four ballots now. but he is still 47-votes lower than Governor Cox's peak vote of Saturday night. -And McAdoo is still more than 300 votes shrt of the reauired two-thirds. ' The Palmer lads hop to it with a demonstration. - About the only thing it jiemonsrrates is weakness. A fewstate banners waltz down the ajslc. The band blows, itself rCd in the face irying to toss in the pep. . The musicians drone out the nine-word chant which the Pa'lmer ites have been singing for a week, "Palmer. Talmer, Pennsylvania, The Grand Old Key Stone State." But the song has lost itSyavor. The aisles are not filled. The parade can move at a swift clip. A bunch of college boys with megaphones inserts itself. A red-headed yell leader leans to a chair and. writhes in a snake- dance. But the great body of delegates looks On unper turbed. Its welcome-diversion but it means nothing; unless it bex a showing of weak'iess. The McAdoo men are quite chirked up. iThe rowdy-dow lasts seven min utes. The results of the 34th ballot are' announced". McAdoo has lost one-half of a vote. Cox has lost one vote. Palmer has gained four. ' Owen Makes Gain. ia a It . . 3AKI A snrieic rends the air-J Everybody wakes up. Owen, the Indian, has taken half a vote from Palmer's scafp string".. Wild 'yells from the Cherokee. But it's a false alarm. Everybody goek to sleep "Tell the borter to make up lower 13." says Carter Harrison. Tennessee switches to Palmer and hands him the 24 4t has been, castimr for Davis, Sixteen men in front of the hall throw up their arms and emit screeches. They're getting too groggy to keep count now. In one state Palmer drops a vote, but tne Palmerites scream with joy as if it were the crowning- gain. ,( Palmer Makes Gain. The thirty-fifth ballot yields this: McAdoo. 409, a loss of 1VA. Cox, 376, a loss f three. Palmer, 222, a gain of 38. Another parade starts for Palmer, led by the college boysi with mega phones, but no Ttes. Band and "organ stoo: saz a:oes the jubilee. Frantic signals and up starts the music again'and, the cmo ticnalists jroceed to emoe some mcKp. Two young wom'.n :n cherry sweaters get up in front -..'ith s"gns "Over the top with McAdoo." For 10 minutesr so.tjie burble is un- confined. Many of the delegates have buried their faces ;n newspa pers, j ' Vote To Resets. , The 36th ballot starts at' '4:40. Palmr now has 222 votes. All he needs is 505 jnore. V The 36th is ended. Ton more bal lots and this convention ill tie that at Baltimore when Woodrow Wil son was first nom.inat'rd. The re sults show McAdoo slipping. TTiey stand: . McAdoo, 399, a loss of lfl. Cox,-380, a gain of IV,. Palmer. 238, a gain df 16. Fred B. Lynch moves a recess until 830. It goes .through with a rousing viva voce vote. Third Party Predicted' By Oklahoma Senator (Continued Trvm rite Om.) ing candidates have naturally in tne pocess of a violent combat, in censed each- other to' the explosion The great contest in the nation is between the conservative element of the country, led by Harding of Uhio, unqer the republican flag, and the democratic party, which is over whelmingly, as far as its party mem bership is concerned, liberal and progressive. Ir the democrats name a thor oughgoing progressive and ' modr esty torbids meto mention the name of one of them they can sweep the country. 1 Nominee Must Be Dry. "If they nominate a man who would not be regarded- by the country as being thoroughgoing progressive their chances of winning i j r. . ..i . ... .... , wouiq oe greasy aiminisnea De- cause in that case there would be a third party led by strenuous pro gressives and radicals, whov while not able to win an election in '1920, would be sufficiently strong to take from the democrats th progressive following which they are really en titled to. y A 'wet' candidate would lose the western states and lose the national election. A conservative candidate would lose the west. Party leaders in Pennsylvania,. New York, Illinois and Indiana have not known how to present the prirfciples of democracy in a manner to cariJy conviction without making1 the union with the 'wet' elements, and even with this union of i the democrats with the 'wets' they were onjy able to carry Ohio with the narrow margin of 11, 600 and to carry New Jersey and to stand on precarious ground there. ' "The democratic candidate should be in favor of.? prohibition. He. should be in favor of popular gov ernment. He should be able to at tract hundreds of thoustnds of pro gressive republicans." Paris to Strike at . ' Root of Recruiting For the Underworld Paris, July 4. In an effort to combat the increase of street vice the municipal council of Paris "has voted credits amounting to 400,000 francs' for providing scholarships for girls wishing to learn trades which Will enable them to become self-supporting. s It has been proved that in most caes prostitution is caused by" in sufficient wages. If a girl has the necessary foundationNfr taking up a trade or profession her salary is bound to be higher, and the. inceru tive for treading the broad and easy path will not be so great, is the hofe of members of the munic ipal board. Suffragists Raise Money JFor Fight in Tennessee San Francisco; July 5. Women suffragists, fearful lest Tennessee be lost to their cause, tonight began an intensive effort here to raise funds to fight ratification of the constitu tional amendment through the legis lature. " "Official renflrts which J have re ceived show there is a shortage of votes for suffrage in both the senate and the hbuse," said Mrs. Aby Scott Baker in the woman's patty. Tennessee delegates ip h-i conven tion here express confidence that the legislaturKwill ratify the - amend ment . , , . , 'V . ' TIGHTENING OF DEADLOCK MARKS FRISCO RECESS Palmer Drive at Height When Democrats Stop Three Hours for Dinner. (Continued From Vtt On.) a wet plank. The dry two-thirds re fused to warm up to th Ohio gov ernor for the head of the ticket. But the dry two-thirds was divided be tween McAdoo, Palmer and numer ous favorite sons and it was evident no progress could be made until one orx mre of the candidates had been eliminated or an agreement re?cbed on a dark horse. The balloting of. the day was an encurance test with each taction doggedly holding its ground and hcpjng to tire' out one of both of the other factions on the rext ual loi. - The aisles were filled most of the time with whispering groups of McAdoo, Cox and Palmer leaders, intriguing, Jossing bunches of votes to this candidate and thr.t. in experi mental efforts to loosen the log-jam, but it all came to nothing when the recess was voted with a whoop by all parties to' ''the scrimmage. The delegates and the spectators went' to dinner while" the leaders went into conference on plans to end the deadlock before tomorrow, if possi ble. When the convention met at 10 m. it was abparent that moves to end the deadlock would not ruate- ialize for several ballots at least. The leaders of the various factions'! had been in conference until early morning considering strategeins and spoils, but there was no signs of the lines of any of the candidates giv ing way when the battle was re sumed. According to the Cox partisans, the big three Brennan, Murphy and Taggart had beef waited upon by one of the principal representatives of McAdoo -and promised all the federal patronage in their bailiwicjcs if they woul3 pitch and ,put the pres ident's spn-in-faw across the line to victory. Decline to. Bargain. . Tfle big three, according t(J th story, were oyerjoyed by this devel opment, from which they inferred that the McAdoo candidacy was in a Bad way. They virtuously declined to-batgain with the McAdoo spokes man, it is averred, but proclaimed to him heir firm intention of nominat ing Cox and magnamiously offered to let McAdoo have the nomination for vice presidents The McAdoo chief was highly in dignant at .this proposal and permit ted himself to assert that before the administration crowd would tolerate the selection of Cox they would quit the president's son-in-law and put Palmer over. Thereat the three laughed right heartily, asserted Cox would go over before they could jump to Palmer and loftily pro claimed that McAdoo could take the. second dace on the ticket or leave it, but if he declined the'ho.ifor would go to Franklm D. Roosevelt of New York, assistant secretary of the navy, who spoke handsomely of Tammany in the open convention when second ing the nomination of Governor Al Smith of New York.' , Overtures Denied. On behalf of McAdoo it was vig orously denied that fny such over tures to the big three had been made. Whatever the truth of the matter, it was apparent that the big. three were still confident of beating Mc Adoo and saw nj necessity of bar gaining with hi3 agents unless it should develop later that the former secretary of the treasury offered the only solution of. the deadlock. TJius it feH out that the big three went into the. ?onveition determined fo out Cox over and, if they should fail in that, toOwi to land a dark horse such as Marshall or Colby. The- first roll call of the day, which was the 23d ballot of the conven tion, showed lno material changes from the last vote on Saturday night. McAdoo and Cox fell away a few votes tvhile Palmer picked up 154. Those who opined hat the gain of Palmer presaged the "run for his moneyw he was demanding were dis appointed, however, when on the 24th ballcJ the attorney general slipped back a few votes, while Cox edged ahead and McAdoo stood still. s Slowly Edges Forward. ( The 25th, 26th and 27th roll calls dragged their weary lengths along with McAdoo slowly edging" for- vraiu ij .lug jaL stii.iii .711 .mini ' day nigftt, while Cox and Palmer dnopped a few votes each. It began to look as if it was goinpr to take heroic measures to break this dead lock. The 28th differed from the 27th ballot by scarcely a hair's breadth. In the ensuing lull before the ZMh, Brennan, Taggart, Murphy, Jim Xuarent and Fred Lvnch eathered in a corner with their heads together. Brennan was asked, it was said, to to to Clark Howell of Atlanta and ask him to swing Georgia from Pal mer to Cox. Brennan retusea, say ing Palmer is his friend whom he could ask no one to desert. Flyer By Taggart. The leaders of the anti-administration combin drifted back onto the floor and the clerk began calling the roll for the 29th time. It was being whispeed about-that Taggart was going to take a-flyer on his own hook in the effort trr break the dead lock by tossing Indiana to McAdoo. If the move should, start a' success ful stampede to McAdoo the Indiana boss would be able to claim the credit. The assistants of Taggart in the anti-admfnistration' group had not consented to" thei maneuver but were interested Cf. ,nn,h Tnn3 was reached on the roll call the delega .w-r,.., .. . tioir went 29 for McAdoo and one for Davis instead of 11 for McAdoo and 19 for Cox as recorded on the previous ballots 6f the day. That started a McAdoo demonstration. The state banners were marched around the hall, the band played, the McAdoo folksi shrieked them selves hoarse, but it all came to ,!.: tu... . j UUrtlSC, UUi It ail IdlllC I U I cd he had gained hut 26 votes in all and Cox was still , slightly in the lead, with Palmer standing still. On the thirtieth Taggart listened Yr'-Ti rTTand it had been made about 3.000 B. ni vain for the rumble of the Mc Adoo bandwagon. ' The "Wilson heir apparent" dragged forward a few votes, reaching 403 i his high est up to that time -and going three votes ahead of Cox, who had been in the lead sityre the 12th ballot on Saturday. ' As soon as the result had been announced Senator Pat Harrison of Mississippi, a Cox lieutenant, sprang a surprise by moving that the rules be suspended and the lowest candi date on each roll be dropped from the balloting. The Cox adherents and dark horse boosters howled it down. A roH call was demanded on the motion, which was overwhelm ingly defeated. It would have re quired two-thirds of the convention 728 votes to suspend the rU'es. but the Harrison motion jecetved only 2a6 votfs, wlule 820JS w against it.' . vere Palmer Would Compromise The main support of the motion came from the Cox elements in the Illinois. ( Indiana, Massachusetst, Missouri, New Jersey and New York delegations. After announcing the defeat of the motion, Chairman Rob inson ruled that it would have been ineffeceivt, had it prevailed, for' no delegate" could be deprived of casting L.'. a. ...1 . uivoic ior wnomsoever nepieasea.i,. nH ,IlB mnArrn Hnrtrine that Un the next two ballots McAdoo slowly but steadily rose to a new high point 421 while Cox dropped -liK. . . back a fiw notches and Palmer still marked time. In Connection with the situation of Palmer it transpired that thev attorrfey general had sent his manager, former Congressman Carlin, to the McAdoo and Cox managers with a proposal that they all get-together and endeavor to compromise on a dark horse. Proposal Rejected. - The ej)ly was a flat refusal to talk compromise at that stage of the. proceedings. The answer was taken to the attorney .general, who was receiving reports from the scene of battle in his apartment at the Vhit tomb hdtel, a , block from' the con vcntioiThall. Mrs. Palmer looked up from her knitting with a smile as the courier brCught the rejection of the attorney general's proposal of compromise. The attorney general puffed at a cigar and said nothing. .While the 2d ballot was in pro gress Carlin again went, to Charles F. Murphy'of hew York, .with the plea: , Murphy Urges Cummings. i'Let's geTtqgether' on somebody." . Why don't you start something icr . 'Cummings, replied Murpny. Then the Tammany boss whispered to the Farmer manager who departed while the roll call rolled on and the deadlock stayed locked. When the result felVthe 32d ballot had been .announced an attempt was made to fake a recess until 8 p. m.. but the motion was inundated with a torrent of "noes." Taggart Pays Debt to McAdoo and Quits Him (Continued From Page One.) I ..,-,,i -.;;.., n ...... f,n,i,.ii l.n inane .iui,iaii,y, nas . iiuniiL'. i,v n n i . by the -simon-pure Cox 'delegates I f"m and Mr.Taggart did notjnst, thatppub such acti'on be taken. p Scnat Move Small Help. The agreement was reached, how ever, that the stare would vott with McAdoo "for a while," and no speci fic number of ballots was mentioned. The switch of thj Indiana delegation came cn the 30th tallot. The sta?e had been set so far as Murphy and Brenmfn were concerned and their delegates" were assured that no death blow had been strtTck af the anii - McAdoo arrangement througn the apparent Refection of Taggart. The Illinois and' New York sections sat unpertrubed while the 'treasury de parimer.t's. emissaries m.d-; lli': mot of their opportunity. The flock, of payrollers oolr the floor and A'ent to work with the delegates while the noise makers put on a MAAdoo demonstration:- The McAdoo managers .couldn't lay up a cent, however, aptd all the time that Taggart and Indiana were stick-, ing 'Tn the McAdoo column, few stragglers, could be annexed and not La singlej'-dclegation made 'a trans- icr mar amoumeo io aiij innig, It is now believed'that Mr. Tag gart feehj that he has done, all within reaon that could be de manded of ' him for McAdoo and that-Tiis votes will return to their original position in line with Murphy and Brejinan and the northern dem ocratic states. ' -v Situation Is Unchanged. The situation" is precisely as it was this morning when the con vention, assembled," was the com ment of George E. Brennan at 4:30 o'clock this afternoon, following the 35th ballot. "Mr. McAdoo has had his last possible chance to be nomi nated. He cannot win,, now under any conceivable set of circumstances that.can develop in this convention." Whether the combined opposition to McAdoet cati reach an agreement upon a candidate during the night is a question that the leaders of the coalition did not care to answet as the 36th ballot was about to be gin. ' .,' "There may be a decision tonighV, but that looks doubtful, justnow,) Mr. Brennan said. "The convention seems set in a hard and fast dead lock that may require another day of balloting." Oldest of All Jokes - Cracked; Its Framer v Too Dead to Laugh . London, July 4. A practical joke planned by the ancient Egyptains which: has taken 5,000 years to come to fruition is revealed by Prof., Ffyiders Pvetrie, the famous Egyptol-Cgist- "While we -were trying tc find a way into a queen's pyramid," he said,' "we discovered on a rock face . i t. . i .t i, . j a Goor wmcn was so oeauiiruuy ana xactly fitted that it was difficult to see the joints. We immediately set to work on this, thinking that we had found at last an entrance to the rf5ner chambers, "After a, considerable amount of work we removed the door and found solid rock "It was a carefully arranged blind to balk anyone who wanted to find nnc entrance uno me luvm minus, A . . . t . by someone with a sense of hu? mor. , , Special luncheon. TSc.' Tazton lio- tel, Main Cafe Adv . Senator Reed Scores Action of Democrats .I l, (Cotinurd From r One.1 , Americans, for those who denied recognition to this great Missouri democrat, an American statesman, because of his brave and uncompro mising stand for true Americanism. If he does not ha-ve it read to con vention, you read it. "T. J. MADDEN, ! "Chairman." "If there is one lesson that this country has to learn," Senator Reed said, it is that this is not -a one man cruintry. It is a 1 10,000,000 men country. If you would keep this re public safe, you must do your own thinking. You, the people, are the sc urce of all power. The sooner you exercise it, the better it will be for you and for the country." Has Blind Staggers. Senator Reed denounced t he dem ocratic convention at Sau Francisco as a 'convention afhwted with inter- national blind staggers. Without direct personal reference foVanyone the senator declared thee vag. littt- difference between the doctine of the divine right of kiugs L . ' ..j ... k .1,, a 1111.111 riCllCU IKJ I'lllic pivumi-a it' ere- bv a leader, and that' all who differ With him are excommunicated and outcast." x ' Robert Lansing, ex-secretacy of fi fi Aftrrihfii as Ihr onlv man whom the president took to France ith him who knew anything aoout international law. and about the only one whojiad ordinary common sense," and he asserted that Lan sings removal from othce was tne result of "his insistence upon warn ing the people of the true meaning of this league with treason, this covenant of national death." Pf ople Must Know. Senator Reed declared that "this informatiqn in regard to what the league really means is going to the people and tiey shall know the truth." Reed was received with enthu siasm and a resolution passed by a rising vote, debouncing the action of the dcmocratK; national convention "ins denying representation to this community "fn refusing to seat Sena tor Reed" and endorsing the sena tor's stand was wired to the demo cratic convention senator Reed said that the demo cratic convention cm Independence day, 1920, "is sitting, not to deter mine it will never surrender anv American right," but that "it will surrender all the American rights it " t "Let me disabuse vour mind ot the thought," said Senator Reed, "that I return here disgruntled or disheartened. It makes no difference when a party refuses to hear more than one side of a question. Those who aTS right do , not fear giving their opponents a chance to speak. Yet the men who were running this 'convention were afraid to have so poor a thing as I am stand up and derfounce the league of nations." Borah Has Brains. 1 Similarly, Senator Reed said, the uhlican convention preveni or Borah's expressing himself on the league of nations on the con- vcntion floor and Koran lias more brains and more of the fire of Amer icanism in his blood than any man hi the republican'party," he added. , "You. the oeopleneed to learn this thing," Senator Reed declared, "and! the men whom you elect to omce need to learn it that the public of ficer is vour hired servant. There is no cheap demagoguery in that, no false attempt to appear humble. mpt to appear humble. It is time to say to the American peo ple that they are the bosses of this country. . Referring to the negotiations over the" league of nations, Senator Reed declared "the president came over here to this, country more than a year ago, bringing with him the covenant of the league of nations. : a t.- j : j ...... lie ;iiu nc muii i nmii il vcii iiictuc public or discussed, because, pre sumably, the stupid fools of Amer cans couldn't understand it." V "I don't know why yoil turned ojtt this war to honor me unless it was because I haven't run yet. I neverJ had a boss yet, and I never will have one. y Your 'Guar an tee The naiyie Oldsmobile on your truck atamps it's value just as the name "Ster ling" assures you of genuine silver. Twenty-two years of experience ahd the resources of the General Motors Co. guarantee the best that money and brains can build. And back of all this are the exhaus tive, gruelling tests which Oldsmobile trucks are put to every day. You simply, can't lose on such an investment. Speed, Durability and Comfort Are Oldsmobile watchwords Nebraska J. ft O' Neat Gontfor. Cox Backed by Bosses And McAdoo Jobholders ' Pair Palmer's Paid Men (Contlnutd From Tag On.) Jk ranks of the administration. Some are for McAdoo and some for Talnier. There is even some ani mosity between the friends of the . two candidates, if you could judge by the undertone of indignant criti cisms. Why should federal officials, tracing their title to a common source, be so unlike the two hearts !.... 1 ..... . M0 Mr. Talmcr says that Mr. McAcf., will not be nominated. He says with as much determination in h tone as when he declare Mr. Cox will not be nomiilated.Mr. McAdoo says nothing, but just lie"? low while his friends trv to nominate him de vle 0( ,;s withdrawal. Some dav. lhy in ,w -beautiful isle oh somewhere." we shall know why this discord exists among those who would- naturally be dwelling to gether and drawingthcir salaries in peace. ' Stable Full of Dark Horses. Outside of these contending forces are the candidates with just a few votes still hopeful, and the dark horses, increasing in number. Secretary Colby is talkedjf"rmt the mention of his name is generally accompanied by references to his democratic birth certificate, and the age of his democracy is inquired about as carefully as the politician inquires about the age of the chil dren when campaigning.. "How large for his "age." f Ambassador Davis has a boom, but it, too, seems in need of nour ishment. The amount of time re quired to learn who he is and what he has done interferes with the ra pidity of the movement. When it is remembered that Secretary Colby and Ambassador Davis are being mentioned in connection with the highest office within the gift of the people of the world- it does seem strange that it should take so long to make known their recommenda tions. The suddenness of' their comet-like entrance into the politi cal sky recalls a story used to illus trate immature ambition. At a ward caucus in the city of New York a local politician placed a candidate in nomination for alderman. An ol-i resident rose to inquire about the individual naTncd, saying, "I have lived in this ward for 20 years and I have gever had the honor of meet ing the gentleman." The sponsor of the aspiring candidate immediately explained by drawing frm his pocket a letter with a huropean postmark and signed by the pro posed candidate. It readsomcthing as follows: i "My dear sir, I beg to say that if nominated and elected I will "be there in time to qualify." 4 Plan to Form Federation Of Irfsh Trade Unions Dublin, July 5. Delecatrs repre senting 26,000 trades unionists in conference here today resolved to form a federation of Irish trade unions on a national oasis. John -Mooncy, chairman of the conference, charged that an army of occupation was trying to break down their lines and that on their flank the British trades unionists, under the guise of friendship, were helping to feed the furnaces for their destruction. N Sure-: Relief Vi. ! v ELL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief E LL-AftSS FOR INDIGESTION 1 Company 13 n is ' r r- J
