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®be WMteWto Sounuil VOL. XXII. NO. 99. DEMOCRATS NAME GOVERNOR COX AND ROOSEVELT ■ieim nines VICE PRESIDENT BY UNfiNIMDUSftCTION Roosevelt Is Accepted by Tammany and Other Can didates Are Withdrawn. Delegates Are Leaving SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Dele gates to the Democratic national convention, their work done and the big gathering adjourned in a last roar of enthusiasm for the party standard bearers, Governor James M, Cox, of Ohio, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New York, were scrambling today for train accom modations homeward. Every string of departing sleepers heading east, north or south was loaded to ca pacity and men who will play impor tant roles in the fight for election of the ticket were hurrying away to delayed vacation*, and on sight-see ing tours in the west preparatory to the struggle ahead. Mr. Roosevelt was due to leave during the day for Dayton, 0., to consult with Governor Cox, where preliminary plans for the campaign will be mapped out, subject to amendment later, when the party machinery is organized and the nec essary advisers selected. The assist ant secretary intends to resign from the navy department as soon as he can clear up his desk and will spend ten days or so in Washington for that purpose before shaping his plans for the campaign. Democratic leaders were elated over the spirit of harmony which marked the last hours of the con vention. There has been good feel ing and tolerance shown throughout the long struggle to reach a presi dential nomination, it was said, but In the nomination of Mr. Roosevelt by acclamation following withdrawal of all other candidates, these lead ers saw evidence of differences bur ied and a determination to work hard for victory in the election. Final Demonstration It was generally agred that the convention had been a great success. If noise and unflagging display of enthusiasm were a gauge of that success, there was ample ground for their view. Up to the last the dele gates were ready to cheer or to demonstrate at every opportunity. In away the scene yesterday when Mr. Roosevelt was nominated rivaled that of the break-up early in the morning of the McAdoo-Cox deadlock and the nomination of Gov ernor Cox. What it lacked in the tense expectancy of the last ballots, after the action of Attorney General Palmer in releasing his delegates broke down the barrier that had held the convention helpless through thirty-eight balolts, the Roosevelt nomination made up in the swiftness with which the decision was reached. Nominating speeches were again the order of the day when the con vention assembled at noon. Half a dozen candidates were put forward, land there was evidence that a strong [movement was on to name a man Ifrom the west. The speakers ap pealed for recognition of the west’s [share in Mr. Wilson’s second elec- Ition. I Just before that, however, a final (demonstration had followed the read ling of a telegram from Governor Cox E>y Chairman Robinson thanking the [convention for its expression of faith Bn him. For the last time the dele gates ripped up the state standards, Jnany of them showing scars of .scrim- Inages that were fought around them [during the nomination fight. A few [of the standards were slow about Ltarting out. Nebraska held out quite L time, but finally it was grabbed fcy a delegate, and the parade [through the aisles went ahead to the tattling accompaniment of the Cox tattle song of “Ohio, Ohio,” thundered [out by the band. Around and around ■he hall the whole string of stand ards were carried in quick-step time, ■n sharp contrast to preveious demon strations, when crowded aisles block ed the march. I Roosevelt Named by Acclamation I With order restored, nomination Hos vice presidential candidates went ■ahead while on the floor a flurry of ■activity among delegation leaders ■showed that something was in the ■wind. It centered about the New ■York delegation where Roosevelt’s ■big figure had loomed up early but ■was now noticeably missing. The ■word got about that Governor Cox liad thrown his influence to the as sistant secretary and that Tammany ■objections to his nomination had ■been sunk in the desire for party Biarmony. | A moment later Chairman Robin- Ison recognized • Governor Smith, of Is’ew York, who made his way to the ■platform amid cheers. S A sweeping , indorsement of Mr. ■Roosevelt’s candidacy by Governor ■Smith set the ball rolling. As speak er after speaker reappeared to with draw opposing candidates and sec- Knd the Roosevelt nomination, a ■wave of cheering swept through the Biatt. The end of the convention was ■it hand and when former Senator drancis, of Missouri, signalized with drawal of his name by moving sus pension of the rules and nomination d>f the New Yorker by acclamation. ■The shout of "aye” that ratified his jetion shook the roof of the massive jivic auditorium for the last time jnd the exodus of delegates was in j/rogress even before formal ad journment was taken. 9 After Governor Smith had second jd Mr. Roosevelt’s nomination, the jand wagon movement got into full jorce and one after another the other j (Continued on Page 7, Column 4) MDRECOMFORTFOR LEAGUE FOES SEEN M.OJ’J’UMN Senator Reed Expresses Confidence in American ism of Governor Cox and His Victory in the Fall SAN FRANCISCO, July 7.—Support of the Republican party “with "a can didate standing four-square upon the platform” is the only choice left “those who believe in safeguarding, protecting and preserving our Amer icanism,” Senator Hiram Johnson, of California, declared in a statement at his home here today. “For more than a year the contest over the president’s League of Na tions has been waged in congress,” Senator Johnson’s statement said. “It has been the all-engrossing and para mount issue. Os necessity, this is sue came to the conventions of the great political parties. Both Repub licans and Democrats, in their plat forms, have indulged in the usual political verbosity, but nevertheless these platforms, in direct opposition to each other, sharply define and clearly present the question for de cision in the November election. "The Republican party declared that the president’s covenant ‘failed signally to accomplish /its purposes’ and contained stipulations ‘not only Intolerable for an independent people, but certain to produce the injustice, hostility and controversy among na tions which it proposed to prevent, and repudiated to a degree wholly unnecessary and unjustifiable the time-honored policies in favor of peace declared by Washington, Jeffer son and Monroe.’ ” “The Republican party stands, therefore, firmly against the presi dent’s covenant, as presented, de nounces it as breeding war rather than promoting peace, and reaffirms the time-honored, nation-old policies of Washington, Jefferson and Mon roe. "The Democratic party, on the other hand, rejected every effort to modify or qualify the president’s proposed League of Nations, indorsed the president’s attitude and took its position in favor of the league as presented. It is true that the Dem ocrats, in effort to placate, say some thing about reservations which make clearer or more specifio/the obliga tions of the United States, but the language is meaningless and does not at all alter the essential position of the Democratic party for the league as presented. “The two parties acted in similar fashion in one respect, but from dif ferent motives and for different rea sons. Both rejected the pleas for adoption of the league with reserva tions, the Democrats because they were for the league as presented, and the Republicans because no reserva tions devised by the human could anticipate the contingencies which might arise in the future from an instrument of such potential pos sibilities for harm. “Thus the issue finally comes from the forum of congress to the final arbitrament of the American people. The overshadowing question in the campaign, therefore, is whether we enter the maelstrom of European and Asiatic politics and diplomacy and become a part of the cynical imperial ism of the old world, or whether America shall live her life in her own way, Independent, unfettered, mindful always of her obligations to humanity and civilization, but free to act as each crisis shall arise, and maintaining always the policy- of Washington and Jefferson and Mon roe, of friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none. “With a candidate standing four square upon the platform, the is sues leave those who believe in safe guarding, protecting our American ism but one choice and that is to support the Republican party.” Two Men Burned to Death for Murder PARIS, Tex., July 7.—Authorities today were convinced Herman and Irving Arthur, brothers, burned at a stake here last night, were the murderers of J. H. Hodges, farmer, and his son Williim, whose bodies were found in a negro hut last Fri day. The two negroes were burned to death after a mob stormed the jail here. The victims were taken to a spot where the woodpile had been prepared at the foot of a flagpole. Bank Messengers Robbed of SIO,OOO CHICAGO, July 7. —Two bank mes sengers were held up and robbed of SIO,OOO while on their way to a bank here today. The robbers drove along side the messengers, jumped on the running board of the messengers’ au tomobile, snatched the bag contain ing the money and escaped. 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.) CHOICE OE RUM MATE FOB COX IS Bl MOR EVENT “Roosevelt” Would Be Mag ic Name With Some Vot ers —Selection Made to Suit Eastern Campaign BY DAVID lAWSENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.), SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., July 7. Picking a vice-president ordinarily is about as interesting as inaugurating one. He is/indistinct in the picture. But the select! or? of Franklin D. Roosevelt, assistant secretary of the navy, to go along with Governor Cox on the Democratic ticket, was an episode in national politics of no minor importance. Under the rostrum where nominat ing speeches were being made for a half dozen vice presidential aspirants, Charles Murphy, of Tammany hall; George Brennen, of Illinois, who is the successor of the late Roger Sul livan; Jim Nugent, of New Jersey; Fred Lynch, of Minnesota: Wilbur Marsh, of Iowa; Norman Mack, of New York and Ed Moore, the cam paign manager of Governor Cox, gathered for a conference and in full sight of onlooking correspondents held an informal debate on the merits of Edward Meredith, of lowa, secretary of agriculture; Victor Mur dock, of Kansas, member of the fed eral trade commission and bull moos er of 1912, and Bainbridge Colby, sec retary of state and also a Roosevelt progressive. Governor Cox wisely left the choice to the managers here. Mr. Hearst would have liked to see Colby named and there was some thought that the support of the Hearst newspapers would be easily assured if Colby were chosen. But while Tammany favored Colby and gave indication of burying the hatchet with Hearst in the com ing effort to re-elect Al Smith gov ernor of New York, the leaders ar gued with Murphy that Roosevelt’s name would be worth more votes to the ticket and that his selection would please the McAdoo forces which had been led by Roosevelt. Met Issue Figures The western men—Meredith and Murdock—were eliminated when- it was decided that on account of Cox’s wet leanings the campaign had bet ter be waged in the east. Roosevelt, it was contended, would give assur ance to westerners that the ticket was progressive. Furthermore, it was suggested that he was popular with navy men. Os course Roosevelt’s anti-Tammany record in New York state will help get independent Dem ocratic votes for the ticket. It is an interesting sidelight that many here venture the opinion that the name of Roosevelt would appeal to those voters who may not exactly confuse Franklin D. Roosevelt with Theodore Roosevelt, but who would consider that all Roosevelts must be worth-while folks. As a matter of fact, the vice presidential candi date whom the Democrats have named is a second cousin to the late Colonel Roogevelt. It is a coinci dence that the colonel started in as an assistant secretary of the navy, too. and resigned that job to go into the war after which he entered pol itics on a large scale as governor of New York. The name of Frank lin D. Roosevelt has often been sug gested for governor of New York and the independent Democrats were this year thinking of naming him for the United States senate to oppose Wads worth. Franklin Roosevelt is popular with the newspaper men in Washington, who knew him throughout the war as the man who was continuously urging a'naval offensive. There has been some talk that Roosevelt didn’t agree with Josephus Daniels in the management of the navy department, but all thoughts of discord were swept out of consideration by the fulsome speech made by Secretary Daniels for Franklin Roosevelt after the latter had been named by ac clamation as the vice presidential candidate of the party. Roosevelt Kelps Ticket One after another the vice presi dential aspirants withdrew from the race as soon as the conference under the stage of the auditorium was over. All the leaders and bosses agreed that the ticket would be helped im mediately by the addition of Roose velt and though some observers note a confession of weakness in the dis cussion about a western candidate, the decision to fight it out in the east Is a bold one. The leaders ask ed what vice presidential candidate could carry western states that Cox himself couldn’t carry and few seem ed to think the addition of Murdock or Meredith would contribute as much as would be gained by the po litical advertising already given the 1 name Roosevelt and the known exec utive ability and independence in pol itics of Franklin Roosevelt. The vice presidential choice help ed to lighten the disappointment of the McAdoo group from the east, though the westerners shook their heads and shrugged their shoulders as they faced the prospect of cam paigning for a man who had won his nomination through the support of wet states. But the eastern de mocracy confidently smiled and said that the election would be won or lost in the east anyway. It is too soon to say which view point is more logical, but the lead ers will probably find on consulting Governor Cox that he will wisely decide to make as vigorous »a fight in the west and far west as he must make in the east. Dry Measure Opposed BOENUS AIRES, July 6. —Govern- ment opposition to the prohibition bill recently introduced in congress was announced today by Finance Minister Salaberry. He assured rep resentatives of wine interests from Mendoza and San Juan that the ex ecutive department would use legal resources against the measure. ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, JULY.B, 1920. POWDERED MILK BILL IS DEFEATED IN STATE SENATE Amendment Offered by Sen ator Glenn! Who Charged Dairy Interests With Effort to Increase Price The house bill of Representative Sibley, of Greene county, providing for the regulation of distribution and manufacture of powdered milk was defeated in the state senate Wednes day by vote of 32 to 11. A sharp division of opinion as to the merits of the bill developed and a heated debate consumed the major portion of the morning session. Sen ators Veazey and Nix led the fight for the advocates of the bill. Sena tors Ellis and Elders made strong speeches in opposition. Senator Glenn offered an amend ment, stating that in its present shape, the effect of the bill would be to raise the price of milk to the con sumer. He charged that the dairy interests had introduced the meas ures solely for the purpose of ad vancing the price'. "They are seeking,” he said, " to restrict the sale of this powdered product. Opponents of this bill are not opposed to labelling their prod uct but they are opposed to paying the license fee provided." Senator Glenn’s amendment pro vided that the bill apply only to pow dered milk when mixed with other ingredients. Passage of the Sibley bill would have required manufacturers of pow dered milk to label their products, obtain from the state veterinarian a license, and hotels and restaurants, using powdered milk, to post con .spicuous notices to this effebt. 9 Measure Warmly Debated Senator Allen, of the Thirty-fifth, spoke at length against the passage of the bill. “I ( am tired and so are the people of Georgia,” he said, "of this pestiferous interference with private business. A federal food law fully covers powdered milk in Georgia and its manufacture and dis tribution is also controlled by ade quate state food laws. . milk is necessary in many emergencies,” continued Sena tor Allen, who cited figures showing that during the war Camp Gordon alone used more than 10,000 pounds of the product. “It is also very necessary in large cities,” he declared. “No legislation is needed.” Senator Smith, of the seventh, de clared that poiydored milk had been tested by the government and found to be pure. He urged the senate to kill the bill. Speaking for th© measure, Sena tor Reed, of the Thirty-seventh, maintained there was nothing vicious in it, and that the interests of the people demanded its passage. CAPITAL MOVING BILL INTRODUCED AGAIN IN SENATE The ancient and annual battle for the removal of Georgia’s seat of government to Macon was precipi tated for the first time at this ses sion of the genera! assembly in the senate Wednesday, when Senator Dixon, of the Seventeenth, intro duced a new phase into the fight by seeking to have the whole matter referred to the voters of the state in the Democratic primary in Septem ber. His novel plan got before the sen ate in the form of an amendment to the capital removal resolution in troduced at the last session and im mediately precipitated a debate that promised to grow real fiery by the time the senators had unlimbered their vocal artillery. As soon as the amendment was read, Senator Barrett, of the Thirty sixth district, arose to a point of or der to the general effect that the resolution didn’t mean anything. It offered, he declared, no direct method of effecting capital removal and would have absolutely no legal effect should the majority of Democrats vote for the proposal in the pri mary. President Olive overruled the point of order on the general ground that the senate could talk and vote on anything whether it had any possible effect or not. Favors Referendums This caused Senator Flynt to make the charge that the opponents of cap ital removal were afraid to present the question to a primary or any other kind of election in which the people could express their feelings on the matter. As far as he personally was con cerned, he declared that he was in favor of all sorts of referendums. He declared that he was even willing to have Senator Barertt’s suffrag<* bills presented to the voters. This drew a pertinent inquiry from Senator Ivan Allen, of the Thirty fifth, who wanted to know what would be the use of a house or a senate or any other deliberative law making body if everything was sub mitted to a referendum. Senator Flynt, evidently puzzled for an answer, said that the best reason for referendum votes was that Georgia hadn’t produced a man in ten years who had nerve enough to announce what he stood for when he declared for public office and the people had to elect blindly. Senator Fowler then asked unani mous consent for a suspension of. the rules in order that the senate might keep deliberating until the removal question was decided, but the hour of adjournment having arrived and the senators being hungry, decided to abide by the rules and promptly called it a day. The question will be up for further discussion Thursday. THEY’RE OFF! Latest Portraits of the Republican and Democratic Presidential Candidates IF 'si .. t a? X/ Ji > »wL COX. Cox Is Regular Democrat When He Rides Grey Mule Bird Hunting in Alabama BY FUZZY WOODRUFF If any Atlanta Democrat wants to get the real up and down on Governor James M. Cox, the party standard bearer, he should go to the Terminal station, grab an Atlanta and West Point tram and get off at Cheehaw, Ala. There he can hire a mule or an automobile or other means of lo comotion, and proceed over the Ma con county fillls to the old D. E. Las lie place, where for three winters, the Democratic nominee has hunted birds and generally relieved him self from the tedium of a public of fice by leading the life of a typical southern country gentleman. At the old Laslie place he can find Mose Harris, who is long and lean and chews tobacco and ,knows all about game birds and bird dogs, and during a part of the winter season he can find James M. Cox, w’ho is likely to be president of the United. States. On his every hunting trip, Mose is the close companion and sportsmanly advisor of the governor and the governor rejoices in Mose’s homely humor and his knowledge of the ways of the partridge. Mose will tell you that there is no, more simon pure in tht» whole world than Governor Cox and that he is a Democrat in everything the word implies. Mose will tell yon that the DemoOratic nominee can and will cast aside his statesmanlj’ habiliments and don an old canvass shooting coat and corduroy breeches and ride a mule all day. He will tell you that he doesn’t care how sticky the red clay mud is if a covey of patridges can be flushed ev’ry now and then and he’l) tell you that when the birds do get up, some of them invariably come down when Cox’s gun goes to his shoulder. He’ll also inform you that he’ll trudge all night long behind a bay ing pack of hounds in pursuit of the wily possum, the combative coon, or the’ fiery wildcat or ride as hard as the most enthusiastic hunter in all the south in pursuit of the elusive fox. Governor Cox first became identi fied with the south in 1917, when he came to Montgomery at Christmas time to be with the Ohio national guard ‘division, encamped at Camp Sheridan. During that visit he w r as enthusiastically received by Demo cratic leaders of Alabama, who rec ognized him as the power who had not only carried Ohio personally, but who had brought it three times into the Democratic column in 1916, the only one of the great middle western states to go for Wilson. It w r as Wil son’s Ohio vote that contributed very largely to his reelection, and Cox was the leader who had turned the trick. Among other features of enter tainment provided for the Ohio exec utive, he was taken to the Macon county shooting preserve of Mr. D. E Laslie, of Tuskegee, a prominent planter and banker of East Alabama. Governor Cox enjoyed the shooting so thoroughly that he bought a tract of land from Mr. Laslie and main tains it simply as a shooting field. He is always host to a large group of southern sportsmen, who declare that he is a sportsman in the truest sense of the vrord. He is a member of all the lead ing social clubs of Montgomery, and is considered just one of them by the people of Alabama’s capital. Just a few weeks ago he made a trip south to attend the w r edding of Miss Anne Kilby, the daughter of Governor Thomas E. Kilby, of Alabama, and on this trip he spent a day or two in At lanta. Mr. Laslie loves to tell a story on the governor that happened during his shooting expedition of last year. His mount was a grey mule of un certain years and steadiness. Along with Mose Harris, the governor was riding through an open field behind a brace of steers and keeping his eye on the dogs rather than on his mount. The mule stumbled into a gulley, partially concealed by black berry bushes. In most unceremoni our fasion, the Democratic stand ard-bearer went head over heels over the hard head of his quadruped. Scratched and jolted, -he rose to mount when he was stayed by a re mark from Mose “Guvner,” said Mose solemnly, “if you can’t stay on the Democratic donkey any better than you can on that 'air Macon county mule, I'll be danged if you’re PALMER CHARGED WITH USING HIS OFFICE IN RACE CHICAGO, July 7—William Arm strong, Chicago lawyer, presented to the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures today a mass of documentary evidence which, he said, would “prove that Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer has abused the power of, his office in order to influence delegates to the Democratic national convention.” Mr. Armstrong told the commit fee the documents would show Mr. Palmer had advocated pardons for criminals and prevented the gather ings of evidence in cases where there were charges of defrauding the gov ernment. Senator Kenyon said the commit tee would decide later whether Arm strong should be called -as a wit ness. not going to have a hard time being elected president.” In addition to being fen enthusias tic nimrod, Governor Cox.is a no less enthusiastic golfer. During his last southern trip, he spent some time at Augusta, stopping at the Bon *Air hotel and indulging in Scotizrs pastime daily with no less personages than former President William Howard Taft and Dr. Nich olas Murray Butler, who was an Unsuccessful candidate for the Re publican presidential nomination. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL tAc FROM NOW rAc MV TO JAN. Ist 3 V • The National Conventions of both the Demo cratic and Republican Parties have met and nomi nated a candidate for president. Now comes the campaign between these two parties trying to convince the people that their candidate is the best. There will be some “hot times” in these United States for the next three months. Keep up with them by reading The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal. Wc will now send it to you. More Than 5 Months 50c - This will pay your subscription till after the national elec tions in November, giving you all the campaign news as well as the results of the election. We are making a speciaf offer to send The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal to you from now until January 1, 1921, for only 50c. SEND YOUR 50c TODAY If you wish to secure your subscription without cost to you send us four new subscribers at fifty cents each for this offer and we will send you The Tri-Weekly Journal till January Ist, 1921, for your trouble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, Atlanta, Ga. Here is 50c enclosed, for which send me THE TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, from now until January 1, 1921. Name R. p D.. O State ' WORMS CONTINUE DEPREDATIONS IN FIELDS OF CORN COLUMBUS, Ga., July 7.—The army worm is responsible for the de struction of vast areas of corn and hay in this sectibn, according to Farm Agent Jenkins, following an investi gation in several of the big fields made barren by millions of these Ijests in Muscogee county during the past week. Mr. Jenkins says the Wt>rms have covered many sections of Alabama, and that they have just crossed the Chattahoochee river at this point. They have worked great havoc where they attacked the corn, all ages and sizes being cut and literally eaten up by the pests. All grass is also be ing devoured by the worms. Arsenate of lead is suggested as a remedy by Mr. Jenkins, who declares that this will destroy the pests. A number, of the larger farmers of the county are already using this preparation. Fifty gallons can be made from one and a half pounds of arsenate, by adding two pounds of lime. The werms are multiplying rapid ly and spreading in many sections. While there, is much concern among the farmers/ it is believed by many that they will be able to combat the pests. Already heavy damages, have resulted in several sections, the city farm having lost some $3,000 worth of food. CORN WEEVIL WORKS HAVOC IN ALABAMA MONTGOMERY, Ala., July 7. Great destruction is being wrought to the corn crop of Alabama by a corn weevil which is operating in several sections of the state, accord ing to reports reaching the city. The weevil has attacked the state’s corn crop at prison farm No. 4 and it is believed it wil be necessary to re plant about three hundred and fifty acres. The weevil attacks the bud of the small corn which causes it to wither and die. Dispatches from other sections say the weevil is causing great damage. Scents a copy* $1.50 A YEAR. OHIO GOVERNOR IS CHOSEN TUESDAY ON THE 44TH BALLOT Nomination Comes After Spectacular and Gruelling Session Lasting Nearly All Night WINNING BALLOT ( Forty-Fourth ) (Made unanimous for Cox before concluded.) COX 732 K M’ADOO 267 DAVIS \ 52 OWEN 34 PALMER 1 CODBY 1 GLASS < ABSENT 5 SAN FRANCISCO, July 6.-—James M. Cox, three times governor of Ohio, was nominated for the presidency early this morning by the Democratic national convention in the break-up of one of the most prolonged dead locks in the history of national po litical parties. Governor Cox later sent a tele gram to the convention announcing he would accept the nomination and thanking the delegates for their nom ination. Following is the text of the tele gram: “Hon. Joseph T. Robinson, Chairman, Democratic Convention, San Fran cisco, Cal; I “Let me tiank for your felicitous message. I shall ac cept the standard from the De mocracy of America, conscious not only of the honor, but the great responsibility conferred. As Providence gives to me a strength and vision my firm re solve will be to justify the con fidence which has beeri officially expressed. The shrine of gov ernment is in the communities of the land near to the homes that / have given service and sacrifice. To them we will carry our cause * with the assurance that the faith shall be kept and that the insti tutions of a free people are al ways sufficient to the needs of time, if they are held to the causes to which we are pledged. “Please convey to the dele gates of the convention my grate ful acknowledgment. (Signed) “James M COX.” ft followed a message from Senator Robinson, permanent chairman of the convention, unofficially informing the governor of his nomination and con gratulating him. It took forty-four ballots to make a choice and it was not until the thirty-eighth, when Attorney General Palmer withdrew from the race, that the long succession of roll calls showed any definite trend. In the turn-over of the Palmer delegates Cox gained the advantage over William G. McAdoo, his rival for first place since early in the bal loting, and that advantage never was lost. With its choice made, the conven tion adjourned to noon today to name a candidate for the vice pres idency. Should it be decided to give second place on the ticket to the east, Franklin D. Roosevelt, of New oYrk, assistant secretary of the navy, seemed to be a favorite, but if the nomination goes to the west there are several possibilities talked about by the leaders. Supporters of Cox won away to the nomination by persistent batter ing at the McAdoo and Palmer forces in many states throughout a long series of shiftings and rallies Which left now one and then another of the candidates in the lead. History of Ballot Battle On the opening ballot Friday tho Ohio governor was in third place. He soon passed Palmer, however, and on the twelfth ballot went ahead of McAdoo. Then began a see-sawing between the Cox and McAdoo totals which at the end of the thirty-ninth roll call at midnight found the two virtually the same. The forty-second ballot with the accession of most of the Palmer strength to Cox, put him well ahead and after that great and little state delegations went into the Cox col umn in a procession. On the forty third he got a majority for the first time of all the votes cast and on the forty-fourth he was plunging toward the required two-thirds when Colo rado changed its vote to him and made, the nomination obvious. X? was made unanimous on motion Sam B. Amidon, of Kansas, a leader of the McAdoo forces. Os the forty-four ballots, two taken last Friday night; fourteen at the first session Saturday and six at the Saturday night session, rhere were twenty-two recorded Monday, fourteen at the all-day session and eight Monday night . Cox began the fight with 134 on the first ballot, and climbed steadily until the fifteenth, when he had 468 1-2. His lowest vote after that was on the thirty-fifth, the first taken atJast night’s session, whan it fell to 376 1-2. A curious thing in the voting for McAdoo was tnat he received 256 on the first ballot, the lowest cast for him, and 266 1-2 on the last ballot. His high-water mark was 467 on the fortieth ballot. At that time Cox had 490. Palmer opened with 256 votes. His highest vote was 267 1-2 on the Elev enth ballot. Nomination Made Unanimous A summary of the three leaders in the voting yesterday and last night is as folows: Ballot. Cox McAdoo Palmer 23d 429 364 1-2 181 1-2 24th 429 364 1-2 178 25th 424 364 1-2 169 26th 424 1-2 371 167 27th 423 1-2 371 1-2 166 1-2 28th 423 368 1-2 165 1-2 29th 404 1-2 394 1-2 166 30th 400 1-2 403 1-2 165 31st 391 1-2 415 1-2 176 32d 391 421 176 (Continued on Page 7> Column 5) . - -—" J