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®be Atlanta Cvi -Weekly STmtrw VOL. XXII. NO. 98. GEORGIA DELEGATION (I FRISCO WATCHES FOR “BANDWAGON" Agree After Caucus to Quit Palmer at Psychological Moment Some Favor Cox, Others for McAdoo ROGERS WINTER (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) SAN FRANCISCO. July s—Geor gia’s delegation held a caucus Sun day night in the Hotel Chancellor, where they have headquarters, for the purpose of deciding on a course of action for Monday in the expect ed event that Attorney General Pal mer should continue his decline. Al though the caucus lasted for two hours, and practically every member of it had something to say, no de cision was reached. Hollins N. Ran dolph and Clement E. Dunbar held out for Palmer, while Clark Howell and W. T. Anderson were strongly inclined to switch to Cox. Other members of the delegation believed the best plan was not to make a switch on any given ballot, but to hold themselves in readiness to swing with the tide should a tide develop, or, what would be better, to start the tide swinging by a switch at the psychological moment. The latter plan was finally agreed to, and it was further agreed that the delegation should vote as a unit straight through to the finish, not withstanding the fact that they are not bound by the unit rule except in eo far as they have voluntarily placed it upon themselves. As one member of the delegation re marked to the correspondent, they are self-appointed, self-instructed and self-directed by the unit rule. Instead, therefore, of deciding to leave Palmer on the first or the sec ond or any given ballot to be taken Monday, the delegation decided to switch whenever a majority should wish to switch, and to do it without debate, but merely on a roll call to be taken in their seats. McAdoo Men Meet While the Georgia delegates were holding their caucus at the Hotel Chancellor, there was in progress in the grill Iroom of the Palace hotel a rousing rally by the McAdoo forces presided over by Cone Johnson, of Texas, a native of Lumpkin county, Georgia, who has become quite a fa mous orator and influential politi cian in the Lone Star state. It was an unusual and Interesting sight see a big grill in a fashion able hotel packed with cheering dele gates and hand-clapping women on a Sunday evening. As one old grizzled politician congently remarked: “The tifiies are certainly changing in poli tics.” Among the speakers at the McAdoo rally, in addition to Cone Johnson, were Secretary of Agricul ture Meredith, of the lowa delega tion; ex-Governor Brewer, of the Mississippi delegation; Francis J. Heney, the famous San Francisco prosecutor; Governor Cooper, of South Carolina; Senator Nugent, of Idaho; Dr. Burriss Jenkins, the Kan sas City publisher, who placed the name of McAdoo in nomination last Tuesday. Secretary Meredith with very se vere in his criticism of certain “hand picked delegates” in the lowa delega tion who were holding out against McAdoo. He denounced the unit rule and said he would never again be a member of a delegation that was bound by it. He served notice on his fellow delegates from lowa that un less they fell in line for McAdoo in one or two ballots Monday morning, he was going to get even with them within the party when he returned home. The latter statement created quite a great deal of comment in the hotel lobbies. It was construed, with other straws which have been blow ing in the wind here, thatt McAdoo is the choice of a majority of the cabinet. Expect Swing to McAdoo The McAdoo meeting was in all re spects a rousing success. The key note sounded by all speakers was that McAdoo’s delegates are going to stand together like p. rock wally Ex- Governor Brewer, of Mississippi, an nounced that a change or two in votes in his delegation, which is bound by the unit rule, would switch them from Cox to McAdoo. He ex pected the switch to come early Mon day. Secretary Meredith -was like wise confident that he would swing the entire lowa delegation into line for McAdoo. The same criticism of ’’hand-picked delegates” in the California delega tion was made by Francis J. Heney, that was made by Secretary Mere dith concerning some of his obstrep erous brethren from lowa. Hope was expressed by more than one speaker that Georgia’s 28 votes would soon swing into line for Mc- Adoo, a native Georgian. All of Sat urday afternoon and evening, and throughout Sunday, the Georgia del egation was under tremendous press ure from the managers for Cox and the managers for McAdoo. Both can didates have a considerable following in the Georgia delegation, with Mc- Adoo probably in the majority, al though Clark Howell and W. T. An derson are favorable to Cox, and have exerted themselves in his be half. The chairman of the Georgia delegation, Pleasant A. Stovall, of Savannah, is favorable to McAdoo. Senator William J. Harris is hard at work for McAdoo. He sits imme diately back of the Georgia delega tion and has kept them under a con stant fire of McAdoo pressure, some what to the irritation of Palmer leaders in the delegation. Senator Harris was scheduled to leave Mon day for the Hawaiian islands and the Orient, accompanied by his wife and little daughter. Watching for “Band Wagon” Most of the Georgia- delegation feel that they have discharged their obli gation to Attorney General Palmer. They have stuck to him as faith fully as if he were a native son can didate for whom they were bound by ironclad instructions. They real ize that he has no chance, and are ready to leave him whenever they see an opportunity to make their votes count for the best effect on (Continued on Page 7, Column 5) DEMOCRATS'FAILURE TO SELECT M'IDOO Washington’s Wise Ones Cannot Understand Why Their Supposedly Infallible "Dope” Didn't Pan Out (The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 623 Riggs Building,) BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON, D. C., July s.—The McAdoo shouters of the national cap ital spent the Sabbath lamenting the near-sightedness of their fellow Dem ocrats at San Francisco and specu lating upon the error committed by man when he attempts to prognosti cate. Here in Washington, where every one is supposed to be more or less politically wis§, there had been gen eral confidence that by Sunday the voteless residents of this capitol would be quietly celebrating the nom ination of William Gibbs McAdoo. Instead, Sunday came and went with out a nomination and left Washing ton a mystified and rather disgrunt led community. Mr. McAdoo is popu lar here and, without detracting from the other candidates, it may con servatively be estimated that seven out of ten folks encountered expect him to “walk in” at San Francisco. That twenty-two ballots were .cast without the nomination of Mr. Mc- Adoo nonplussed the wiseacres who had it all “doped out” days ago and were willing to back their judgment with a little money. The capitol just assumed that Mr. McAdoo had the rail position in the presidential race, that no dark horse could crowd him out and that after a few com plimentary ballots for such candi dates as Cox, Palmer and Governor Smith, the others would be elimi nated and they could begin the prep aration of their congratulatory mes sages to the nominee. Washington Surprised At midnight Saturday the average Washingtonian analyzed the seven teenth ballot, went on to bed and awoke early Sunday morning in the expectation of reading “McAdoo nom inated.” Surprise land a feeling that perhaps this town isn’t so wise as it claims to be were the emotions really present when the favorite morning paper was scanned and the familiar word “deadlock” -once more held the front page. There is no particular reason why Washington picked McAdoo—but it simply did. Despite the silence of the White House, the impression here was that high government officials, including a cabinet member or so, reflected White House expectations, and that in these high places Mc- Adoo was the best bet. This en couraged the man on the street to “go along,” and consequently this became a McAdoo city. At that, however, there has never been anything official justifying the belief that the White House was for McAdoo. Instead, it may besaid, some of the McAdoo adherents thought the administration and cer tain members of the Democratic com mittee leaned a little too much to ward Palmer as the favorite son. There is reported to have been some complaint about this, and also the president certainly hasn’t turned a hand to do anything for his son-in law. He may not have done any thing for Attorney General Palmer, except to tell him to go ahead when he wanted to enter the Georgia pri maries in April, but those on the in side know there has been consider able rivalry between the supporters of Palmer and McAdoo and each side has been watching the White House and the Democratic committee for manifestations of anything approach ing indorsement. Now all the Vdope" is upset, so far as Washington 'is concerned. There were expressions of amazement and almost incredulity heard about chibs and other gathering places late bat urday night as succeeding ballots but accentuated the deadlock at ban Francisco, and McAdoo failed to land on the fifth, sixth or even the tenth, as predicted. -Some Democrats “cussed” the delegates assembled at San Francisco, calling them “bone heads” and other names, and allud ing to the belief that the party was in for a good licking because it didn’t have sense enough to nomi nate McAdco, who will get the labor vote, is a littlfe bit moist, and so on.. More Discontent The Sabbath brought more mut terings of discontent, due in part to the apparent hope and belief of most of the folks in Washington that Mc- Adoo is the man, and again to dis appointment over the fact that as prognosticators of political events Washingtonians are not as full or wisdom as claimed. The average pol itician here does not regard the over- Sabbath adjournment as P a j;t lc ularlj advantageous to McAdoo. He thinks now that it looks more like Cox or a dark horse, although not relin quishing the psychological time tor a stampede to McAdoo as figured here, was between the fifth and tenth ballots. With Burleson, Meredith, Glass and other McAdooites on the ground, friends of the former secre tary of the treasury and railroad administrator are utterly unable to understand why the slate dim t g thpolfticians, officials, minor office holders and plain disfranchised vot ers of the national capital discussed little else but the situation at ban Francisco all Sunday, and the spec ulation extended on into Monday. Senator Harding, the Republican nominee, did manage to stay on the front page by leaving in an automo bile for his home in Marion, posing for the moving picture men, and per sonally turning the key in his Wash ington residence for the summer. But, beyond that, Democratic politics and Washington’s fluke as a prog nosticator were the principal topics of heated discussion on the streets, in the clubs and in the homes of this mystified city. HEALS STOMACH TROU BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee. Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind of worms, send him your name and address today, as this notice may not appear again.—(Advt.) W ■■ , ■*»,. ■.' •J * P * wMaßgfer^^M|M||B|g r a >33 saK^^HHJHSrJ^O^Bffl[l®aP^aMK®wH» ' mT ; wtsf^* a UBrfWagtey :!I w;S.T-”, > w^g ■■«■ ' AMERICAN TROOPS AND GERMANS ON FRIENDLY TERMS BY MILTON BRONNBR COBLENZ, Germany. —Do the Yanks who fought like bear-cats in the Argonne, display any hatred to wards their late foes? If they do, you can’t notice it in this capital of the American zone of occupation. Ta all outward appearances, the American troops and the German civilians get along as comfortably as a big foot and a soft old shoe. Many American Kiddies Most of the officers have brought their families here and American kiddies are all over the city. Go about at night it looks almost a« if every American "non com” and private had a fraulein on his arm. Some have been to church, others to picture shows and still oth- ( ers to restaurants where they can dance and sing. I was in a restaurant one night when an old, sweet-faced motherly woman came in to sell bouquets of lilies-of-the-valley. Nearly every man with a woman, bought flow ers which sold for two marks. The flower vender, I learrted,' lost her three sons in the war and is now sup porting grandchildren. The Yankee keeping watch on the Rhine is certainly not a good hater. It must be added, however, that there is absolutely no fraternization be tween our officers and the natives. The Americans in charge of our army naturally must keep aloof from peo ple with whom we are still officially at war. Don’t Like Trench How about the Germans? I suppose they love us more than they do their other late foes. But I also imagine they hope to make more out of us by being openly friendly. They certainly prefer us to »the French. I asked Germans- of all classes whether they would rejoice the day the Yanks finally pulled up staked and left for home. The answer a vigorous negative. They feel fnatg the day we leave the rench will enter?; Unlike our men, the French poilus' do not fraternize v.’th the populace. In the terrace gardens where drinks and food are served outdoors,- they may be frequently seen, because it reminds them of their beloved Paris boulevard drinking places, but always keeping to themselves or in company with their Allies. Few Tilings “Verboten” American occupation rests lightly upon the people even though Ameri can officers are billeted/ in the best homes and some hotels and restau rants have practically been taken over for our needs. In the former land of “verboten” few things are verboten now to the natives so long as they behave them selves. Among the American verbotens to the Germans are: They may not burn gas in their homes after a certain hour. This is to help them save precious coal. They may not drink liquor In the cases and bars after a certain hour. This is to help preserve order in the town. They may not hold parades in which the red flag or Bolshevik ban ners are displayed. American occupation was followed by American white flour and other food which the natives had not seen for years. It was also 1 by a flood of American money spent by doughboys. This was good for shop-keepers, but bad for other classes of people. It caused prices to shoot up. The people who fare best are the frauleins who are fortunate enough to have a Yankee private for a beau on monthly pay-day. He thinks noth ing of blowing the girl off to a big “feed” at a good restaurant and top ping it off by buying her a 700-mark skirt or blouse that she has long coveted. Ten Cars Derailed On L. & N. Sidetrack SMYRNA, Ga., July 5. —Ten freight cars of a northbound freight on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, jumped the rails at Bel mont station here Sunday afternoon, when the train took the siding to allow a northbound freight to pass. It is believed that the rails on/ the side track gave way, causing the cars to leave the track and turn over the bank. No one was injured, al though considerable delay was caus ed the southbound train. The over turned cars were not damaged to any great extent. A wrecking crew suc ceeded in getting the cars back on flip rails. Three Reported Injured In Mining T own Clash CHARLESTON, W. Va„ July s<-- State officials today were endeavor ing to learn details of a clash be tween officers and miners at Roder field. W. Va., late yesterday, in which three McDowell county deputy sheriffs are said to have been wounded. Prospects of clearing up facts con cerning the battle were slight, how ever, as communication with Roder field and Williamson has been im possible almost for the past few days. Storms have impaired wir« communication. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 6, 1920. THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN SESSION AT FRISCO INDIA REGIMENT OF IRISH DECLINES TO CONTINUE DUTY LONDON, July s.—There is no likelihood of spreading of the mutiny o$ the part of a Connaught regiment at Jullundur, India, which surrender ed arms and ammunition to the col onel upon receipt of news of events in Ireland, in the opinion of officials at the Indian office today. , It was pointed out that the incident had not taken the form of a violent upris ing, but was merely a protest against conditions in Ireland. The report of the incident, con i' in a dispatch from Simla, said three-fourths of one battalion of Con naught rangers had handed up their arms and ammunition to their com mander, “respectfully regretting their inability to continue on duty.” There was no activity on the part of Protestants. They were removed to another camp, there they remain ed under guard of a British regi ment. Reports from Solan said that when news of events in Ireland reached an Isolated detachment of Irish rangers there, some of the men at tempted to seize arms and ammuni tion. Guards fired, killing two ahd wounding several others; Order was quickly restored. At the India office, it was said the disaffections were the result of ginn Fein agitation and steps which was' taken to prevent Irish national ist propaganda being spread in Irish united stationed in the East. >The situation at Jqtogh, a ! few miles from 'Simla, ' where " several Irish battalions are on duty, was quiet. Jndgpendence Day Message Delivered to Legion by Pershing ‘¥j®|KGTON, July s.—General ’Pershing, former commander in-chief of the American expedition ary forces, in an Independence day ffitssage to members of the American Legion and other former service men, said: "The anniversary of our national independence brings to our minds and hearts the obligations that rest upon us s<.s a people. The sublime conception of our forefathers created upon this continent a new nation founded upon human liberty, which they left for us to perpetuate and strengthen. The spirit of consecra tion that enabled them to overcome in this great cause should be invok ed that we in turn may transmit to posterity the sacred principles for which they fought. “To the men of the legion whose blood and sacri s have proved their devotion, we owe the deepest debt of gratitude and it is to them that we look for constant inspira tion that our efforts to maintain for ever a country where all men shall be free an dequal may be supported by the same patriotism that gave thei. -e victory in the great war.” Four Boys Injured In Shell Explosion NEW YORK, July s.—Four boys were injured severely Sunday by the explosion of a one-pound tank shell, a war relic that had been used for months as a penny savings bank, by removing the detonating cap and using the partially empty shell chamber. Last night the young owner of the shell screwed the capital back on, after satisfying his mother that it was apparently a “dud.” Today, while celebrating the fourth with his playmates he dropped it. The shell burst and scattered fragments of shrapnel among the group. Law rence Reinhardt, four years old, Is not expected to live. Mutes Discuss Convention Here CHATTANOOGA. Tenn., July 5. The' national convention of mutes, which will meet in Atlanta in 1921 was discused here today by mutes from all sections of the south. They will remain in session here until Tuesday. Morrison Has Slight Lead Over Gardner CHARLOTTE, N. C.. July s.—ln complete returns in the Democratic run-off primary from thirty-five counties. iiheluding Mecklenberg, Compiled by the Charlotte Observer, give for governor; Morrison, 24,634: ■Gardner, 22,500. Train Goes Through Bridge; Four Killed ALBERT LEA, Minn., July 3. Four passengers were instantly kill ed and six others fatally injured to day when Minneapolis and St. Louis passenger train No. 1 went through teL bridge over a creek near Arnold, Race Lies Between Cox and McAdoo, Dark Horse Having Been Eliminated BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright. 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. — (Suiday.) Anybody who attempts to say what will happen tomorrow in the Demo cratic national convention may be basing his prediction on the sound est judgment’ at the moment he ex presses that opinion, but he ruhs the risk of having all calculations upset by any of the dozen or more turns of fortune which convention strategy and tacticians may evolve before the balloting is resumed on Monday. Governor Cox unquestionably has the lead. The band wagon idea has been spread by his supporters all day with a consequent effect upon wobbling delegations which may put the Ohio executive over the top in four or five ballots. But the chances of Governor Cox rest upon the de cision of Attorney General Mitchell Palmer and Representative Carlin, of Virginia, his campaign manager. If the Cox and Palmer forces reach anr understanding the race is over and the Ohio governor wins. There is no chance of an agreement between Cox ahd McAdoo men, for the latter are determined to die in the trenches. Furthermore, they. believe a repeti tion-of the Baltimore convention of 1912 is coming, and that mere stick to-it-iveness will triumph in the end. No Votes for McAdoo But while there is abundant confi dence in the McAdoo camp, there isn't any demonstration of votes. And to forge ahead, McAdoo must gain from delegations that are not now thinking of supporting him, but going to Cox. For instance, Kansas has been held under the unit rule for Mc- Adoo by a margin of one vote. North Carolina has been twice reported as shaking in its loyalty to McAdoo. There’s a fight inside the Georgia delegation. Clark Howell is said to be eager to go to Cox. New York wants to go to McAdoo, but the Palmer instructions will probably hold Georgia for a few ballots any way. The same split occurs in Vir ginia, which will stick for Senator Glass as the easiest solution for the time being, at least until it is evident what the outcome will be of the fight between the main contend ers, especially since there is a vague hope that Glass may prove a dark horse. West Virginia, operating under the same illusion, is holding its sixteen votes for John W. Davis. But the adjourfftient over Sunday did a good deal toward squelching dark horse ideas. For while a candidate may be sprung in the first fifteen or sixteen ballots, the endurance of the main contenders is such that in the end one of them must win. Furthermore, the leaders liave had a chance over Sunday to figure out who the dark horse might be and all conclusions usually revert to the fact that as vote-getters the Democrats must pick either McAdoo or Cox. Strategy Planned It lies in Mitchell Palmer’s hands to destroy Cox if he wants to, for instance, there was talk all day of a drive being made for Palmer. Shrewd McAdoo managers are said to have been encouraging Palmer to believe he can win. What they want un questionably is a drive for Palmer so as to compel Palmer votes which have gone to Cox to go back to Pal mer again and thus cut down Cox’s long lead. In that case, Palmer would go up to second place and Cox would go to third and McAdoo’s supporters would try a drive for victory. But as this is written there is nothing to show that Mitchell Pal mer will do anything of the kind. If he -releases his delegates, the impres sion is that he will not endeavor to guide them. In that event many of them will go to Cox. Then the big question is whether the, psychologi cal effect of a break in Pennsylvania will be sufficient or insufficient to budge the McAdoo phalanx. Os course, the McAdoo minority can deadlock this convention indefinitely. It’s a fight between the eastern and western Democracy. The west ern states know McAdoo better than Cox and believe that the former sec retary of the treasury inherits the idealism and vision of his distin guished father-in-law. They like the relationship between the two and consider it an earnest of Mc- Adoo’s inclinations. Os course Governor Cox is popular east of the Mississippi and so far as progr- siveness is concerned has a splendid record, but his managers didn’t . :t busy soon enough in the western states to get that impression imbedded. As it is the support of Murphy, of New York; Brennan, of Hlionis; Nugent, of New Jersey, and Taggart, of Indiana, has given the western; Democrats the idea that Cox must be an anti-Wilson man. Cox a Wilson Man The truth that Governor Cox has always been in good favor in the White House and that President Wilson has on more than one occa sion expressed his admiration for t Ohio Yet it is doubtful whether the president will say a single word pro or con lest he offend McAdoo or Palmer or the other candidates who have supported his administration. On the other hand Mr. Wilson has taken a hand in the. platform fight and sent Senator Glass and Bain bridge Colby, secretary of state, to fight for the adoption of certain planks in the platform. That has been done. Now these same Wilson men are vetoing Cox, to that extent they involve the WilsOn administra tion. This is something which the western Democrats don’t understand, if some big Wilson men would come out‘for ’ Cox, it would help him im mediately. ’ , ; In the. Cox camp there are bets ga lore being made of certain victory on Monday, the McAdoo forces appear determined but hardly exhibit the same buoyancy that they did when the balloting began. The Palmer forces talk of exercising the veto power against both Cox and McAdoo in favor of a compromise. All night long the parleying will have contin ued with chance that on Monday the whole business will start anew with each of the three candidates imagin ing he can win if he merely holds his lines. Cox is ahead but it’s a long, long va. to two-thirds in a Demo cratic convention. German War Guilty Will Be Considered BRUSSELS, July 3.—The allied conference agreed today upon a plan to consider anew at the Spa meeting the question of German war guilt. 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Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL from now until November 10, 1920. Name R- F. D P. 0................................ State HARDING ON WAY TO MARION, OHIO, TO MAKE SPEECH ZANESVILLE, 0., July s.—With the greatest welcome of his career awaiting, Senator Warren G. Har ding, Republican presidential candi date, started for his triumphal re turn to Marion, his home town, to day. There his campaign will be touched off by the first demonstration for the candidate since his nomina tion at Chicago. His friends and neighbors and probably 25,000 vis itors from Ohio and the middle west will crowd around the Harding home in Marion to welcome the candidate. At great effort Senator Harding has insisted that his maiden speech as a presidential candidate be made to his home folks as a tribute of gratitude to them and it was with deep emotion that he rode through the scenes of his boyhood along the road to Marion today. With Mrs. Harding riding beside him, the nominee motored out t>f here immediately after breakfast planning to arrive in Marion during the after noon while the Fourth of July cele bration is in progress. At a o’clock the welcome ceremony will begin at his home on Mount Vernon avenue. Wrapped in the events of the oc casion, Senator Harding displayed lit tel Interest in the proceedings at San Francisco, atlhough he scanned the unorning newspapers carefully to note the trend, of developments. The distance of nearly 100 miles from Zanesville to Marlon is the last leg of the delightful motor trip fronZ Washington, which both Senator and Mrs. Harding have enjoyed to the utmost. Motoring through the pic turesque Cumberlands and in the his toric Spots, including battlefields of the Civil war, afforded complete re laxation from the intense excitement and strain of the past three weeks/ x Eight Killed, Twelve Seriously Injured in Oklahoma Rail Wreck McAlester, okia., July 5. Eight persons were killed, twelve seriously Injured and ten others suf fered minor injuries when a Missou ri, Kansas and Texas freight train smashed into the rear end of a car nival company’s special in the Atoka yards, about thirty miles south of here last night. Scents a copt. $1.50 A YEAB. NO NDMINUTION IN SIGHTASVOTINGIS HMEDITFIIISCO President Keeping “Hands Off” in Convention Dead lock Rival Managers Claim Early Victory - \ Today’s Program 10 A. M. —Ninth session of con vention called to order. Prayer. Roll call of states for twenty third ballot for presidential nomi lee. Presentation of candidates for vice presidential nomination. Nomination speeches. Roll call of states, balloting for vice presidential nominee. Routine resolutions and mo tions. Adjournment. , , H SAN FRANCISCO, July s.—The Democratic national convention went into its ninth session and its twenty third ballot today for a presidential nominee. There was nothing to in dicate that any marked change was in prospect from the last roll call of Saturday night. The twenty-second ballot had left the four leaders: Cox, 430; McAdoo; 372 1-2; Palmer, 166 1-2; Davis, 52. A remaining seventy votes were scaf tered among the favorite son con« tenders, Owens, Glass, Cummings, with two recorded for President Wll< son and a couple for Champ Clark. Both McAdoo and Cox supporters were emphatic in claims for victory today, but they had no definite basis for their confidence to make pub lic. It has been a rule of Democratic conventions under a two-thirds nom ination rule that the first man to secure a majority, which would be 548 votes on the full roll of this convention, got the nomination. Pres ident Wilson’s first nomination at Baltimore in 1912 was an exception into which unusual circumstances eti tered. On the face of the twenty-second ballot Palmer forces were holding a key to open the door to a major ity. The favorite son votes presum ably were being withheld from th* Cox-McAdoo deadlock for some defi nite purposes. In some cases they were looked upon as lightning rods kept up in hope of a storm and a saurry for a dark-horse nominee. They may also have to do with vice presidential ambitions. The Palmer forces were the main reservoir from which Cox and McAdoo hoped to draw reinforcements to capture a major ity. Dark-Horse Talk Rife Palmer’s main guard is composed of 73 of the 76 votes of his native state, Pennsylvania, allied with Geor gia's solid 28. The Georgians made a complimentary excursion to the McAdoo ranks on the twenty-first ballot, but the twenty-second found them back in Palmer entrenchments. It was a tribute from McAdoo’s na tive state. Dark-horse speculation still was running riot today. Almost every \ living Democrat who ever got head line prominence in a hewspaper was trotted out at one time or another. It was an unusual delegate who did not have a "what about Jimmy this or Bill that” to fire at any friend he met. Leaders combed the list for availables, but of all the talk there came nothing even to suggest a name on which a new mobilization might be made. The convention assembled with prospects of more uproarious demon strating, such as has characterized it from the start. Unless some whol ly unexpected shift occurred in the twenty-third ballot, rival planned to try again, at the first opportunity, to jar the great body out of its poise and into a landslide. There was spirited guessing, de duction and attempted conclusion at what President Wilson might wish, hope or acquiesce in, but ap parently nothing more. Senator Glass confirmed reparta that President Wilson was not tak ing any hand In the 'Situation. “The president has not communi cated with me regarding candi dates,” said- Mt. Glass. “A report that, in recent conversations he had indicated men whom he opposed, is not true. As the situation looks to me each crowd thinks their candidate can win, and until someone is con vinced otherwise the deadlock will continue.” The Cox people outwardly expect to win. The McAdoo people, having checked their downward slide, gird ed up for a new drive to break the Cox column. The Palmer people de claring that neither Cor nor McAdoo can have their votes, expressed hope for themselves, but not indifferent >y. Delegates Impatient Each of the three appears to have a stranglehold on the other two. Mc- Adoo forces in the, late Saturday night balloting recovered the one third veto power they had lost. Cox forces retained theirs steadily from the time they acquired it in the first ballot, although their margin fluctuated. Palmer forces possessed it, in fact, through state delegations, which, although held in a block for McAdoo or Cox by the unit rule, contained discordant elements, which, when released, would become effective in adding to the deadlock. The growing Impatience of the delegates, with repeated casting solid blocks for candidates w?tr< show itself tomorrow. Late Satur day night there was increasing evi dence of temper aginst the ada mant attitude of those who would not release their votes. The poH cies of their apparent stubbornne*.«i were that they lost control uy abandoning the unit rule. Their posi tion was greeted Saturday night with shouts of “come out of it” and “hire a hall,” and the like. McAdoo forces / tonight were banking on the proposition that the Cox forces, if they hope to win, must trot out every reserve vote they possess when the balloting is resumed Monday morning at 10 (Contlnn*d On Pago 7, Column 4)