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LEAVE MORRISOf
LEAD UNCHANGED
' Majority Stands At 5,557 In
Returns Compiled From
i 73 Counties
GARDNER FOLLOWERS '
ARE STILL HOPEFUL
Believed that 27 Counties Yet
- Unheard From Will Slightly
Increase Mecklenburg Man's
Majority ; Stacy and Durham
. . Maintaining Lead Over Cook
and Long ,
Additional and supplemental report
of the vote in Saturday' primary com
piled by The.Kews and Observer yes
terday, covering 73 of the 100 epuntlu
increased the total vote eeounted for
to 85,957, but did not serve to materially
alter the ratio of lead for Cameron Mor
ritoa over O. Max Gardner, hi oppon
ent for the- Democratic nomination for
Governor, Morrison ia leading by
1,557 vote. The count standi:
Morrison, 50,757; Gardner, 45,200.
Only meagre report were receWed
'during the day for the two other Btate
contests, and the leads . of Saturday
night's favorite was not appreciably
affected. Stacy eontlnoea to lead Long
for the Associate Justiceship ef the Su
preme Court-by 10,738. Baxter Dur
ham's lead orer J. P. Cook for State
Auditor was stationary during the day,
although the vote for both was alightly
increased. The rote for thetwo offices
follows t . ' 1
Supreme Court: Stacy, $1,965; Long,
81.229. - - - ---
. BtatO Auditors Durham, 26,865; Cook
10,298.
Gardaer Still Hopefal.
Judge J. Crawford Biggs, State msn
ager for Mr. Gardner, eaid last night
that with practically one-third f, the
precincts not heard from, it war. lnt
possible to determine who is nominated.
Ia 85 counties, be stated, Mr. Gardner
had made a net gain of 5,385 yotet orer
Mr. Morrison, based upon their vote In
the first primary, and that in SO coun
ties, Mr; Morrison had made a net gam
of 6,795 votea over Mr. Gardner, or
net gain to Morrison, in 55 counties, of
1,410, based upon returns in hand.
, Without going especially Into figures,
Herlot Clarkson, State manager for Mr.
Morrison wa claiming the nomination
of the Mecklenburger by 10,000 votes,
when the entir 100 counties are heard
i!i - xV . -Avnm In ftll that
. sieaouy aa "i - - -
" "He expect -1rt '--i- -llnb
front Mr. Morrison wui bt m ib-u ma.
bears oat their most sanguine predic
tion. No word" reached the capital city
from ither of the candidates them
selves. .'-'' ' ' ".' ' ,
The lead lor Morrison given in the
Srst paragraph, above represenU re
turns, complete and incomplete, from
seventy counties. The official vote in
the first primary ia the thirty counties
not represented in the above returns
was as follows: Gsrdner 8,293, Morri
son 8,795, Page 4,881. This would in
dieate that the Morrison lead ia Satur
day primary, ahown by these "turn
from these seventy counties, will be
slightly increased by returns from the
thirty missing eouuuea,
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140
1.121
512
220
142
74
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288
14
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Naah 1.S67
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Pitt 1,4S
Polk SS
, Randolph .1.000
Rlrhmona l.Oll
401
284
150
1,471
84
420
72
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Bowaa 70
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481
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86
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rignrea Taken aa final.
With the reading of the New and
Observer yesterday morning, most peo
ple turned their backs upon the pri
mary with a sigh of relief. and their
fsee toward the general election ia
November, confident that Morrison had
won the nomination- Some few parti
san here and there still clung to the
hope that something wonld happen dur
ing the day when more returns were in
turn the tide of majority backward
toward- the-Shelby candidate.
Most of the several thousand peopi
-. XContlnicd ea fag Two.J il
t ! ' -. - - ..
VICErPRESIDENT AND HIS WIFE : ; J :
ATTENDING FRISCO CONVENTION
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Photograph show yice-President and Mrs. Marshall at Del Mont, Cat,
Just before the "big show opened. : During the balloting Marshall's homo State
gave ,him a number of votes, whilel several other Btate handed him a few. With
the convention now deadlocked, the Vice-President is being talked to some axteat
a a probable, dark horse compromise. "
BRYAN TO SUGGEST
SOME DARK HORSES
Says
Convention Should Go
Outside List of Candidates;
- Mentions Brandeis -
. San Francisco, Ca4, ; July iWi--liam
J. Bryan said tonight that hl con
sidered it expedient , for the . cdaven.
tion to go outside- of the list of candi
date already -before it for a nominee,
and that he would luggest a number of
men. '
. It is hardly fair for the friends of
the prominent candidates to assume
that the Democratic party is insolvent.
I shall include in my Cat the name
of men from " various sections of the
United States, including the South.
I have always insisted that the sec
tional objection like the so-called sec
tional advantage, i very largely over
estimated.. As far back as 1896, I
told party loaders . that I had . no ob
jection to a Southern man on the ticket
with ine.
"Sixteen years sgo at St. Louis I
seconded the nomination of Senator
Coekrell, of Missouri. My theory is that
the people are much more interested
in the. platform a man stands on than
ia the section in which he lives."
Bryan Mentions Brandies.
In connection with his list of possible
candidates, Mr. Bryan mentioned Jus
tice Louie D. Brandeis, of the Supreme
Court.
"While I believe in the eleventh hour
entry into the vineyard,' provided a
man Droves himself to be a convert
to progressiveness," ' said Mr. Bryan,
"I think that the. credentials of such
an aspirant ought to be carefully exam
ined whether he now comes into the
party or into the field of reform."
"Mr. Bryan today was receiving visi
tors constantly; many of whom urged
him to engage actively in the prasiden
tial contest. He reiterated te all, how
ever, that he was making no effort to
organize a fight either for or against
any one. . -.-,-.;,.
. ''I doa't object to tolling the good
points, whether fourteen' or less, of any
candidates," said Mr. Bryan, "but I
refuse to share the responsibility for a
man whom I consider unavailable. When
a delegate rushed to me with a warning
that if I did not help-nominate Mr. So-
aad-So, Mr. Blank would be nominated,
I aaid I do not think it wise to do wrong
imply because someTiody else may do
so. I am not responsible for anything
except my vote or influence, and that
will not be iised for anyonei who, in my
judgment, would be less than the most
available man I know among those who
are candidates.' " ;j
Object to Cox and McAdoo. K, ,
j, Mr Bryan declined i enter at length
upon a discussion of the merits of the
present candidates, and contented him
self with repeating bis objection to Gov
ernor Cox, of ! Ohio, and "William G.
.McAdeo. . ,. .
"Mr principal objection to Governor
Cox," he said, "is. that he ia wet and
I think we- have .-passed, the time for
the nomination of a wet candidate,' es
pecially - jsinee the convention voted
against a wet plank by more titan
two-thirds' majority. .
"I also have expressed myself to
the availability of Mr. McAdoo, giving
a my principal objection hia relation
ship to the President. I still hold to the
opinion, because I think it would divert
attention from any such merit as he
had." .
Three Organisers Killed.
Charleston, W. Va July 4. Three or
ganizers of the United Mine Workers
of America were, killed in a fight with
mine: guards at Boderfield, McDowell
county, today, according to a telegram'
received by C. B. Keeney,.ditrict presi
dent here. - " "v: J
TV0 KILLED WHEN
AliTO HITS TRAIN
One Other Dangerously Injured;
.Crash Occurs At .Crossing
- Near Spencer
....... ..... .-- ,ar.
Spencer, July f Bobert Keaerly and
Jurti Wood are dead, and John Mich
ael 1 in a Salisbury hospital danger
ously injured as a result of another
grade crossing accident on the main line
ef the Souther, five mile north of
Spencer about midnight last night.
Thd' party was ia a ' Ford r, re
turning from a' barbecue and ink fry
on the Yadkin river and drove the au
tomobile . aquare into the fast south
bound express No." 47, striking the
train between the second and third ear
from the engine. The auto wa torn to
shreds and Mr. Kenerry was killed la
stantly. Wood and Michael were) pick
ed up by another southbound train and
rushed to Salisbury for treatment.
Wood died a few honrs later without
regaining consciousness.
Mr Michael, aa employee of a mill at
Lexington, aged 36 years, is injured
about the head and limbs and it is
thought he will recover Mr. Keaerly
was 45 years old and is survived by
several children. Wood was '85 year
old and is survived by a wife and ev
era! children.
. The accident happened at a farm road
crossing on a stiff curve and the
wrecked car wa struck by another
northbound freight train before it
could be removed from the double
tracks. Two ears in the express train
were damaged in, the accident and re
Mi rs were necessary- at Spencer.
The automobile is supposed' to have
struck near the front of the line of
passenger eoaehes . a the first ' indica
tion of a wreck wa discovered by a
car inspector at the Spencer yards who
found a part of the automobile top
banging on the passenger coach and dis
covered that ..the coach had been so
damaged aa to make it necessary for
repairs.- A north bound train ran into
the debris of the automobile a little
Inter, and stopped.' Its crew picked up
the dead aad Injured.- ' -
M'ADOO CONTINUES HIS
SILENCE ON POLITICS
Not Even 22 Ballots of Dead-
' locked Convention Could '
Chang JUiitndw -
Huntington, N. X July 4.Not evei
the 22 ballots of the deadlocked Demor
eratie National. Convention could break
today ..the , sUcnco. Wiliiam Gibbs. .Ur,
Adoo haa steadfastly maintained on po
litical event. Hi seemingly iadiffcr-
, ent attitude towards ,th : convention
proceedings, was unchanged.'
. Mr. McAdoo went to bed at 11:15 last
night. He got. up. after 0 thia mora-
'ing and for the first time apparently
evinced a little interest by shouting to
Osear Price, kis attorney aad confiden
tial adviser, ia aaother part ".of the
house: - "What the newsl --t
Price sent to the Tillage for the morn
ing newspapers aad after Mr. McAdoo
had read them -he -went' to St. John's
church -.with Mrs.. McAdoo. aad' his
daughter, Mrs.. Nona Nohrensehildt,
Ia the afternoon Mr. McAdoo add
Mr. Price took a long walk in the vi
cinity of ' hia 1 country placet ?then re
turned home where he remained for the
evening and went to bed early. ;;
Nti Conference f Presatera.
Brussels. July 4. The allied premiers
held no conference today and evea
the expert did not meet. Premier Lloyd
George made a visit to Waterloo while
Premier Miilerand went to Lonvaia.
lil
ARION READY TO
WELCOME
Little Ohio Town Is Gaily Be
decked For Greeting Its Most
Honored Citizen
NOMINEE NOW ON WAY ' 7
' HOME VIA AUTOMOBILE
Home of Senator Hardinf Not
able For Lack of Dliplay of
Anj Kind, Although It Will
Be It erve Center of Bepnbli
oan arty; Advance Xetinne
of lfomlnee Arrives
Marioa, G July 4-It was mor thaa
Sanday aad Fourth of July for Mar
ioa citizens today. It ' was a day
crowded with anticipations Of the home
eoming tomorrow of Senator Warren
G. Harding, Marion's most - honored
citizen, the Bepublieaa eaadidate -for
President. . . . ' '
To most Marioa people the ' eye
of the natioa are straining to- get n
intimate view of the Ohio city that gave
th Be publican party it presidential
candidate. They were somewhat ner
vous,; though they admitted it to be
a happy Bute. -'
The city t flag-bedecked, - and pic
tures, large and small of th Presi
dential candidate hang ia most. homes
aad business places. At the Harding
homo la Mount Vernon Avenue, how
ever, there is no show and to th atran
ger paaaing the house there is nothing
to indicate it soon is to be th nerve
center of the Bepublieaa party of the
nation. - Even at the adjoining home of
George B. Christian, the Senator pri
vate secretary, which hae been trans
ferred into an administration build
ing, the same scheme ef simplicity pre
vails. A picture of Senator Harding
aangt in the front .window.
Expect To Arrive Today.
Senator Harding and - Mrs. Harding
are expected to arrive during mid-af
ternoon by automobile from Washing
ton. They will go direct to th Hard
ing home, where a few intimate friends
will welcome them. A short interval for
rest will be 'allowed before the for
mal "welcome home" is extended. This
will be in the hands of the Marion
Civie. Association, the welcome address
being delivered by; D. B. Orissinger,
president of the association. Senator
Harding will reply in a short address
from the front porch . of hia horns,
wkane- anaay political eenfereaeea will
be held daring the campaign. The
crowd will march from dowa town be
hind i baad. - ' rr-"T7?' '
Advance Retinae On Hand.
Th advance of the. Senator's personal
retinue came in from Washington this
morning in a special ear. Betides Mr,
Christiaa, elerks and stenographers, a
aamber of newspaper men were on the
train. Hundreds out of town people
had arrived during the day and each
incoming train brought more. - It is
estimated that 25,000 people, mostly
from Central Ohio, will be present to-
shar ia extending a welcome homo to
Senator and Mrs. Harding.-
The welcome will be void of political
teueh. It ia to be a welcome extenf.ed
by friends to- a friend. Mr. Crisainger,
who will deliver the welcome address,
is a. Democrat. No national political
leaders will be present except probably
H. M. Daugherry, the Senator s pre
convention campaign manager, who is
expected.
SECRETARY BAKER PAYS
TRIBUTE T0GEN. G0RGAS
Says Death of Former Surgeon
' General Cloies Career of
Great Distinction
Washington, D. G,' July 4. Tribute
to the life and achievement of Major
General William C. Orogas, who died
yesterday ia London, was paid by Sec
retary , Baker oday ia the following
statement: ;
"The death of Major-General Grogas
closes a career of great distinction.
The works "of General Grogas in the
Canal Zone made the completion of the
canal possible and Bared thousands of
live. It would be impossible evea to
estimate the Jives saved by his subse
quent pursuit of yellow fever preven
tion. His work has practically made an
historic disease of what wss once viru
lent plague. ';..
"Although a physician and scientist,
General. Groga wa in every eense a
soldier. Military men and military
things had hi sympathetic interest, snd
he carried over into hi scientific and
humanitarian pursuits, th xeal and
eourage-of the- soidlerv He-was eowrteeut,
high-minded, scholarly, aad sealous, and
the withdrawal of hia fine enthusiasm
is a distinct loss to modern medicine,
just as his great career is pin inspire-
.W .W. U M. . .
TWO i CONFESS TO THEFT r
OF MARINES' PAYROLL
August, Ga July 4. The authorities
here aaaoaaeed that tnest Hart, a
taxieab driver, W. J. Quattlebaum, a
farmer living eix miles ,.out iff the
country, and Jtiuedgo Derrick, the ex
press messenger in the ease, have con
fessed to the robbery of th express
sue on tfte unarleston aad Weatern
Carolina railway train Wednesday
morning, when the payroll of a59.725
for the Paria Inland Marine was stolen.
- About one third of it- Onattlehanm'a
snare, aa Dean recovered, it wa said.
CotUa Crop at 1U24.I41 Bale.
Washinirton. Jul 4 Pinal 4tn,.
the last cotton crop, baaed on revised
ianinar reiMirta fna thm
the output at 11,324,541 running' bales,
ruunuuo rouna ana nair . riaina ha
Census Bureau announces. That quality
wa equivalent to 11,419,797 bale of
500 pounds gross weight or 10,923,512
HARDING
METODAY
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.oio os ow youaus net' weight, ,
SAYSCOIiriATi
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RATE ADJUSTMENT
?::- -' ' "r '
Matthew Hale Urges Governor
VBickett io Heip rroiect
; ,. South's Interests .
SUGGESTS A CONFERENCE
TO PLAN COUNTER-BLOW
President of - South Atlantic
Maritime Corporation Sayi
The British-New York Trunk
Line Combination , Planning
Secretly To Deprive Sonth
era Portf of Bate Victory
News aad Observer Bureau,
803 Distriet National Bank Building.
By R. E. POWELL.
(Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 4. Charging that
the export rate readjustments which
place the Ave South Atlantic ports on a
parity with New York; and North At
lantie port are threatened, with "a
dangerous submarine attack, . being
waned by ' a British and New York
trunk line- combination, Matthew Hale,
president of the' South Atlantis Mari
time Corporation, today appealed to
Governor Blckett of North Carolina to
call a conference of the Governors, Sen
ators and .railroad heads of South Caro
lina, Georgia and Florida for deter
mining upon a course for repelling an
"attempted compromise" of the recent
rate victory. -.: v.-?.1 '
"Driven by the force of publicity to
give up thoir open and public attempt
to secure th cancellation of the rates
snd infringe upon the right of th
Southern ports," Mr. Bale says th
British and New Torn trunk line com
bination haa concentrated upon a cam
naia-n on subordinate officials of South
ern railroad lines to get a compromise
"which would once more shut off from
th ' South Atlantic porta the op
portunity to draw traffic from ' th
whole eastern hair ..or tn new ter
ministration.1
SalDnlaa- Head at Work.
The further charge that the bead of
the Canard Steamship line and North
Atlantic port interests are working ss
eretly "to befog th plain, simple ele
ments of justice in a cloud of railway
rate technicalities" is , also contained
In the bill of particular furnished the
North Carolina Goverbor.
After a long fight the South Atlantic
ports recently secured from the rail
road administration rate on export
business from the Middle West which
enabled them to eompete with ' the
North Atlantic port. Thi victory, Mr.
Hale siys, is aow endangered by the
British-New Xork trunk line eomDina
tion attack, , ...', ,
Letter to the Governor.
Mr. Hale's letter to Governor Bickett
follows: . -v. .
"A very critical situation ha arisen
in regard to th opening up of our
South Atlantic port and th develop
ment of the foreign trade of the South
Atlantic State. Boeognizlag your very
keen interest! a this matter and reel
keen iaterest in this matter of vital In
terest to everybodp la the State, I am
lavin thi before you. ' .
'The export rate readjustment which
place the South Atlantis port on
oaritv with New York and North At
lantic port hav been in effect since
December. last and tho benefit from
them are just becoming evident. These
rate were won sfter a bitter fight be
fore the Bailroad Administration and
over the protest of all th North At
lantie port and great eastern . trunk
lines. Immediately alter they went
into effect, an alliance of eastern trunk
lino. New York steamship companies
the New Tork Chamber of Commerce
and the British interests, represented
by tbs Cunsrd line, formed a commit
tee to fight the rate readjustment
which had been gained and upon which
rests the economie freedom of the South
Atlantic ports. The chairman of thi
committee is the operating bead of
the Cunard Steamship Company. This
attempt on the part' of British steam
ship interests to prevent development
of American ports was denounced by n
in a public statement immediately upon
the formation or the committee.
Start Sabmarrae Attack.
- Driven- by tkfr fore -of publicity to
give up their open and public attempt to
secure the cancellation ' of . the rate
and infringe upon the rights of South
Atlantis ports, this British-New Tork
trunk line combination has started a
most dangerous submarine attack. They
determined that what they could sot
HREATENS EXPORT
get openly and above hoard they would
try to get secretly. They concentrated
their esmpaign on the' subordinate offi
cials of the Southern railroad lines
in the hope that they could get these
men to agree upon a compromise which
would once more shut off from the South
Atlantic ports the opportunity to draw
traffic from the whole eastern half of
thi' new territory opened up to us by
the Bailroad Administration. They have
been .working secretly In committees
and upon individuals attempting to be
fog the plain, simple elements of Jus
tice in. a rloud of railway rate techni
calities. While tlicy are conducting this
offensive fight to prevent the South
Atlsnti ports from hsving aeeess to
this territory, they' sre conducting a
defensive , .fight to protect the rates
they have always had from this same
territory to' Halifax and 8t. Johns
British port even further' dbtaneo
thsa the South Atlaatie ports.
Blaring lp Friction.
"One feature of this attack, equally
aa dangerous as the attack itself, ia the
insidious sttempt to stir up friction in
the South and to rause..us to feel that
Southern . railways are aot working
whole-heartedly for the development
of South. W know that the president
of these companies and 'the head offi
cials are in sympathy with what is be
ing done by these States. We cannot
believe when this matter i brought to
thlir attention, that they will tolerate,
any one attempting to incite treachery
J) (Coatiaaed oa Page Two-V
DAY OF REST BRINGS
NO HOPE OF
DEADLOCK
BALLOTING RESEMBLES THAT
AT BALTIMORE S TEARS AGO,
Sa rraaclaco, Jaly tWTh aitaa
tlea la ta Democratic convention
with respect to the balloting Is mach
the am a It wa at Baltimore eight
year ago. .-;','
Ia that ceaveatloa the dead-leek
caased the ceaveatloa to adjourn
over Sanday.
TU vote of th three leaders aad
the two so-called "dark bomoo"
mentloaed as possibilities In th IS
ballots were aa follows!
i ii la I
t4 184 It tt
ID Ut Sttt IT
iisa y
84 184 81 -:4
857 44 ! 11
848U (48 t ' 1
884 UVi 88 1
880 11 81 1
SS 867 '88 1
IHi T 84 1
880 It II 1
I7IL. ISI II S
848 V, 1I8H Sift
818 Vr 188 - 81 T
184V 147 81 1
187 144V4 81 I
181 174 87 1
880Vi 174H 41 1
li?H 17to It ,11
14014 178 M 1
8 144 14 T
871 li IMVi 88
6
1 st 18
I 4 ..... 18
r4 .... m
4 th 118
I th 181
4 th ..... 16
T th ISStt
I th 818
th Slltt
14th ..... 821
llth 831
11th 404
18th 418 H
14th 448H
18th 448H
lth ..... 4MVi
l?th ..... 441
18th ..... 44
lth ..... 448
10th ..... 454
la 4iV,
!2ad ..... 48
BIG GUY ROBERTS
LEADS TAR HEELS
Holds N. C. Banner High Above
Cox Standard During Dem
onstration Saturday
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE.
(Staff Correspondent.)
San Francisco, July 4. Guy Boberts,
of Madison, six feet tall, lifted the
North Carolina baunor high above the
Cox standard la front of the convention
hall last night and forced th4 Ohio man
to yield to second place.
North Caroline, delegates .voting ti
ballot for . MoAdoor -mover failed to
bring cheer and took a prominent pr-t
in th demonstration.. The delegation,
with oossiblv two sxeeDtions. is DreDarcd
to stand soUdly for McAdoo to the end.
The Tar Heels will turn to Cox only
ss a last resort.
. The McAdoo forces met tonight to
reorganize for putting him over. Thejr
candidate suffered more punishment in
the battle of ballots thaa any other
and st 11! 'remains the itroogest ma in
the raee, having ia no balloreesived
full strength, which eaa be swung bis
way. However, anti-McAdoo forces eaa
count over 400 'votes, enough to bloek
his nomination and a "dark horse" msy
be named.
First State election news from The
Newt and Observer today took first
place ia the delegation s interest at
borne. They depend on "The Old Re
liable for aews and find it squally de
pendable three thousand miles away.
INDEPENDENCE DAY IN
FRANCE IS SIGNIFICANT
Premier Miilerand Cables Pres
N ident Wilson Cordial Greet
ings Prom Prench
Paris, July 4. Cordial Independence
Day greetings to the American people
were cabled President Wilson by
Premier Miilerand yesterday. The
premier s cablegram follows:
"July 4th, the anniversary of the
liberation of a democracy dear to us,
will bs celebrated by our country like
a national fete. In our universities
snd our schools, teachers will recall to
the youth of France the significance
of your independence and the spon
taneous "co-operation "-of Franee-in- this
great event, lour flag will float over
our public monument and will be re
speetfully saluted by our people.
"We evoke the memory of your heroes
and statesmen,, associating them with
more recent remembrance of their de
scendants raised by your call for the sal
vation of the world. The government
and people of France have already
promised to venerate as their own the
Americans who died in France in 1017
and 1018. It is with the same thought
fhrt -I bow before- those who- diedf
Independence snd send this friendly
greeting to the American- nation, to
which the French democracy is at
tached by the indissoluble bondi of fra
ternal gratitude. '
GOMPERS SILENT AS TO
DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
San - Francisco, July 4. Samuel
Gompers, president of tka American
Federation of Labor, now en route to
Washington, today telegraphed the As
sociated Press this comment on the
platform" adopted by the Democratic
National Convention: ,
"From the viewpoint! of the present
impending political campaign it is too
early to say anything regarding the
declaration of the convention, which is
still in session. It will be judged by
what it has declared and- by whom it
selects as its standard-bearer. Th dele
gation of the American Federation, of
Labor which attended the convention
will shortly issue a itstement settting
rorta labor s attitude toward the plat
form adopted." ' ,s '
Mr. Gompers' denied published re
ports originating in San Frsneisco thst
fa had commented adversely on, the
platform, ., .. ... .
BREAKING
AT FRISCO
Fruitless Search For a Dark
Horse Leaves Convention '
Hoping For a Moses To ;
: Lead Them Out I v
FINISH FIGHT BETWEEN
M'ADOO AND COX APPEARS
ONLY TANGIBLE SOLUTION
After Deadlock On Twenty-Two
' Ballots Cox and McAdoo
Porces 8tiH Confident They
WUI Win; Eyes Tnrn To
White House For "Mario
.Word," But President Ap.
pears ' To Be Pursuinf a
"Hands-Off" Policy; Dark
Horse and PaTorite Son Talk
Continues -.iM?i.-.
' .'
San Francisco, July 4. Th day ef
rest brought to tho Demoerati National
Convention no release from it twenty
two ballot deadlock aad a promise of
relief tomorrow.
i ruiiiess searea xor a aara aorae
who eould win left the tired muddled
aad evea exasperated foreea with noth
ing more .tangible thaa likelihood of a ;
straight out Ught between Cox aad Mc
Adoo and growing hope that a Moss
would spring up - from somewhere to
lead them out of their wilderness, y J. .
All oar war cocked .toward j tha
Whit Boas for th magia word. For
th first tlm in twenty-four year a'
Democratic eoavention wa working:
without .the guidiag hand of Bryaa and
for seven year without th word of
Wilson. ,
There wa spirited guessing, dedue
tion and attempted eanclusioa at what
President Wilson mlht do, but appar- .
ntly nothing mora. v
Senator Glaaa confirmed report that
President Wilson was not takiag a ay
hand in the situation. "
Presldaat Haa Haado Of. '
"Th President has not eommunl- -
eaten wits, m regarding candidates,
said Mr. Glaw. "A report that, in re-
cent conversations, hs had indicated
men whom" ho opposed Is not true. As
ths situation look to m tonight each
crowd think their candidate eaa win :
and until soma on is convinced other- .
wise the deadlock will continue.' '
' The Cox people outwardly expect to
win tomorrow. The McAdoo people,
havine- eheeked their downward slide.
girded up for n new drive to break tho
Cox column tomorrow. Tho Palmer
people, declaring that neither Cox nor
McAdoo can bavo their vote, expressed
hope for themselves, but only Indif
ferently, i
AO Have Straagle Hold." "Tr' '
Each of the three appear to have a .
strangle hold on the other two. . McAdoo
forces in the late Saturday night ballot- .
ing recovered the one-third veto power -they
had lost Cox force retained
theirs steadily from th tlm they ac
quired it in th fifth ballot, althougki
their margin fluctuated. Palmer force
possessed it in fact through state dele
gations, which although held la n block .
- ir.uu r u ii. .1-
1VI nuiuu, v. w M.V mm. . u ,
contained discordant elemeats, ' which
whea released would become effocUvo -ia
adding to th deadlock.
The growing Impatience of the dele
gates, with repeated casting of solid
blocks for candidates who showed no
promise of becoming sneeooeful "dark
horaea,'' ia expected to show itself to
morrow. Late Saturday night there
were increasing evidence of temper
against the adamant attitude of thos
who would not release their votes.
The politics of their apparent stubborn -ness
was that they lost control by
abandoning th unit rule. Their posi
tion wa greeted Saturday night with
shouts of "come out of it," aad "hire a
hall," and the like. .
Cox and McAdoo Claim.
McAdoo force tonight" were banking
on th proposition that the Cos forces,
if they hope to win, must trot out .
every reserve vote they posse whoa
th balloting is resumed tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock if they hope for si
slide their wsy. The Cox people, eoaS
dent that they have McAdoo stopped -despite
hia last ballot rally Saturday
night, planned .to continue their cam
paign to wear him out. Tho McAdoo
people, declaring that the whole wsek'e
effort had been to wear out, argued
that It had been n failure
Scattered seventeen way from three .
leaders to Champ Cnuk and -Woodrow-.-
Wilson,, there wa no doubt whatevei
that the vote of th eoavention were
ready for any lucky man ' who eould
turn one of those lucky trick of con
vention legerdemain which pull a pteav
dentist nomination out of a hat. '
Keep Favorite So as In.
With th three leaders knocking theii
heads together, friends of th candidate! ,
of lesser strength showed renewed de
termination to keep their favorite it
the running.
The attitude ef the "dark horse'
backers, who da the last ballot of Satur
day night held a combined votiaf .
strength of one-tenth of tho convention
helped to lock the situatioa tighter.
For the present the task of putting ovet
any one of the big three without break
ing into that block of. votes seme
to be a remote one. '
. The list of "dark horses" for whoa
movements seemed to bo on foot stil
included John W. Davis, of West Vir
ginia, Senator Glass, ef Virginia, Sena
tor Ow a, ef Oklahoma, , Home fl
Cummings, of Connecticut, aad Bain
ridge Colby. Champ Clark wa talkc -of
by some and so was Vieo-Fresiden
Marshall. There was an Indieatioa the
Indiana, which eupported hia solid I,
JSE CeaUane4 . F.go nrjT
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