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
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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
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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.
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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
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