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MORRISON'S VICTORY
CONCEDED BY BIGGS
: BY LARGE MAJORITY
Returns From Ninety - Five
' Counties Give Mecklenburg
Man a Lead of 8,000 Over
0. Max Gardner '
JUDGE STACY GETS
TWO TO ONE VOTE OVER
LONG IN 55 COUNTIES
B axterrham in Sam Coun
ties Hat Total of 37,821 to
29,808 of J: P. Cook; Heriot
Clarkson; Closes His Office
. and Leaves for. Home in
' Charlotte With" Thanks For
Everybody; Calls On Demo
orats of North Carolina To
I Rally Around Morrison As
Party Standard-Beater
i Judia Jf. Crawford Bigg, manager for
O. Mai Gardner in tb Dcmoerstie
gubernatorial campaign, last night eon
ceded the nomination of Cameron Mor
Tiaon' in Saturday' primary "by "
atantial majority." S
- Beturnsreomplet ani ineomplcte,
Irom-ln,cty-fivo.eeuntie in the State,
compiled by tha New and Observer,
give Morrison 63,038 and Gardaer 84,
8M. The indications are that Morri
son's majority . will be well over the
8,1 T3 shows in these figures.
The five counties from which. no. re
turns have been ' received are Arery,
Camden, Granville, Macon and Tyrrell.
In these Gardner' majority over Mor
rison in tha first primary' was 297. In
tho ninety-fire counties heard . from,
. Morrison led in the first primary by 384.
In fifty-flvo counties. Judge W. P,
Stacy, of Wilmington, has received
44,171 Wote to the 7,251 for his op-
. nnnntr iudffo B. K Xoni, Of State
ville. for- associate justice of th Su
preme court. The i giro palter
n I. Olivet. - 1a ail av., J. P.
Cook, of Concord, forBtate lflditorrtiy
V t vote of 37,821 t 29,808.
; UK : Hcridt:artis6H manager" for
Morrison, closed his headquarter yes
terday assured of victory, and last night
' left for his home in Charlotte.
Clarkson i Makee Statement
' Before leaving ' he issued the follow
ing statement:
"The battle of ballota between Demo
crats is over, and it is now the duty
of ns all to forget differences; buckle
" on our armour t -unfurl our flag and go
forward United party against a com
mon foe, the Bepublican party. The
Democrats have nominated ita standard
bearer by the people; the Republicans
" by a coterie, a favored few one repre
sents the people, the other a political
cblignrchy. We must maintain the
treat principles of the great Democratic
party equal and exacts justice to all ;
' equal rights to all, special privileges
:' - to none, equality of opportunity for
all, these principles are immortal as
the ideal ef the Golden Bule, "Do nn
. to others as you would have them do
" tinto yo." These principles have been
illustrated in practice in recent years
by the Democratic party by enfranchis
ing tb monetary system, by establish
' ing all over tho nation twelve regional
banks, thua destroying the monopoly
f the few in controlling the money of
our country; by the Farm Loan Bank,
giving the farmers an opportunity of
home ownership and by many other
beneficial lawa in th,Xnterest of the
people. We have had no class trouble
in our, beloved Southland, and we want
none. ' The time has come when, la a
spirit of fairness, we must look into
the needs of the toiler ana Dreaa-win-er
and see that righteous laws are en
acted in his favor. .
Appreciates Coarteaie
"I appreciate sincerely the courtesies
shown me by the people of Baleigh and
tht Rale-igh reporters and the press of
the Btote. I desire to express my hearty
appreeiati.in - of the courtesies abown
mo by Mr. Chas. Boss, manager of the
rimpaign of thnt Christian gentieuaa
and statesman. Hon. Bohert N. Pace.
7 desire heartily to thank Mr. Thad 8.
Pnge, a worthy son of a noble tiro, lor
many kindnesses and courtesies abown
me. . ... . -
"The relation existing between Judge
-J. Crawford Biggs, manager for Has,
0. Max Gardner,. and myself haa OMa
- cordial and pleasant and I appreciate
I; in many courtesies. I have known Hon.
O. Max Gardner from early manhood.
virile splendid North Carolinian,. The
contest is oyer. Let n forgive and for
get. By tha partisans on both side I
know much has been said ' . the heat
of the contest that is regretted. I ap
peal to both aides to make amends hon
orablea gentleman cannot afford to
do otherwise. I thank with all my heart
the supporter of Hon. Cameroa Morri
son for the unselfish self-sacrifleing de
votion to hi eaur:.' I never expect to
again see such an army of faithful fight
er in any one' behalf. Their trus.t
(Contlnaed an Page. Tea.) ,
EIGHT KILLED AS RESULT
OF REAR-END COLLISION
Caleiter, Okla, July 5. Eght per
sons were killed, twelve seriously .in
jured and ten other suffered minor
Injuries when a Missouri, Kansaa and
.Texas freight train amashed iato the
rear end af a carnival company's special
in- the Atoka yards, about., SO miles
south f hor last sight., ,
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TABLE SHOWING KK8ULTS
OF FORTY-THREE BALLOTS
. Saa Francisee, Jaly SwTka alts.
Uoa la tha fcalloUag la tha Demo.
eratie National CeaveaUoa eantlaae
to rosamblo that at Baltimore eight
years ago. Ferty-thrv ballses hire
so far failed to develop saffldeaf
strrnftli far aayoao caadldata to get
the aossiaaUoa. -
- Tha hallotinf kaa aa yet eeaslled
tha record af tha Baltlsasre eoavsn-ttoa-wssr-t
aalUt war asrasasry.
to bring Waadraw WUaea eat as th
aaaslaca, bat present prospects aetat
to aa jaal iiaktr at Frtsca, or
saayb saara, aa taa deadlock; batwcea
tha "bis Urea" McAdaa, Palsser
and Can apaoara far fraaa kelag
brokea.
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Marion, Ohio, Makes Home
coming of Her Distinguished
Son Great Occasion
Marion, Ohio, July 5. Marion today
paid tribute to Senator Harding, the
Republican candidate for the presi
dency, upon his return, accompanied
by Mrs. Harding,1 to hit home her from
Washington for the first time since hi
nomination. It was a big day for the
little Ohio city aad one that will go
dowa in history.
1 The celebration began early in the
dc. and lasted ttatU tonight, when in
the presence of a crowd of home folk
that crowded th spacious lawn of the
Herding residence and overflowed to
th opposite aid of the tret, Seaator
Harding " oficially welcomed by Dr.
Criaainger, president of tha Marion
Civic Association. Th Senator replied
in a brief speech ia which ha opposed
a one-man government aad urged
restoration of normal condition a a
steadying force for civilization, which,
he said, "has boen revered V the
supreme upheaval of all the world."
' "Let me say to you friend and
neighbors," laid the BepubU. in nomi
nee, T I belie. ed ia one-man, govern
ment, if I believed th Mpennaa were
neeesuiry to appeal' to th sober sense
of re.mblie and ask cur people to
plant their feet ia secure and forward
path nc more, I would not be here
in tha capacity which haa ; inspired
yo grectirg. y , ''
"Let na pledge ourselves anew on
and til, that this .heritage handed to
us th.ough th heroism and aacrifice
of the fesBding fathers shii. be held
saered, unabridged aad andimaaed, and
Ar jrican --tionality shall be th in
srratioa of the myriads of Amerieani
of the fut even as it stir aar heart
today.,-..;. . U ,
Partisanthip took as part ia today's
eelebratioa aad both apeakera carefully
(avoided any reference to polities. Mr.
Crissinger ia hi speech paid a tribute
to Mrs. Harding ia eoaaeetioa with th
ineees attained; by th Senator while
to Senator Harding ia concluding intro
duced h: wife aa a "faithful friend
who knows my faults but haa stuck
to me." Mrs. Harding blushingly; ack
nowledged the tribute and bowed while
the crowd cheered.
, Harry M. Daughertyv ef Columbus,
manager ia the pre-eoaveatioa cam
paign, was also introduced by the Sen.
ator ae "jne of, th beat scrappers ia
th -world,"'' '
TRAIX ON WHICH PRINCE OF
WALES WAS RIDING DERAILED
Bridgetown, West Australia, July 5.
A train oa which th Prines f Wale
was traveling was derailed near her to-dap,-
Two ef tha royal coaches were
thrown off the tracks but Bobody wa
injured. ' J
REED TAKES SHOT
AT LEAGUE AGAIN
Back Home,. From 'Frisco,
Where He Was Denied Seat;
Denounces Convention ?
' Kansas City, July 8. The League of
Nation was denounced a a "leagu of
treason '. aaid , eovenant of national
death" by Senator James A. Beed, who
returned her today from Baa Francisco,
wher h wa rfacd a seat aa a dele
gate to th Democratic National Con
vention. Senator' Beed, addressing a
mass meeting in a convention hall here,
declared, that he was privately assured
"by grape-viae messages" whils hi eas
wa being heard, that th credentials
eommittee of th convention would seat
him if he would agree to keep ailtnt ia
regard to the league of nation on th
convention floor. Hi refusal to make
uch an agreement was responsible for
hi being denied a seat, he said.
Deasaaeea Friscs Conclave.
' If there is on leuon that this coun
try needs to learn," Senator Beed said
ia hi speech, "it is that this is not a
one-man country. It i a 110,000000
men country. If yon would keep this
republie safe yon must do your own
thinking. You, the people, ar th source
of all power. The sooner you exercise
it, th better it will b for you and for
th country." Senator Beed denounced
the Democratic convention at Ban Fran
cisco aa a "convention afflicted with in
ternational blind staggers."
Without direct personal reference to
anyone, Senator .Reed -declared that
there was a difference between the doc
trine of the Divin Bight of King "and
th modern doctrine that a man elected
to office becomes thereby a leader, and
that all who differ with him are excom
municated and. outcast."
Robert Lansing, former Secretary of
State, described a a man whom the
President took to France with him who
knew anything about international law
and about tha only on who bad ordi
nary common sense;'' and he asserted
that Lansing's removal front offle wa
the result of his "insistence upon warn
ing the people of the true meaning of
this league with treason," this eovenant
of national -daatli.": -.-;-:; v"t
. They Shall Know th Truth."
' Senator Reed declared that' "this in
fonsatiea la regard to what th iaagu
really mean is going to the people and
they Shall know th truth." :
Beed was received with enthusiasm
and a resolution adopted by a rising
rote denouncing th action of th Demo
eratie Natioaal convention "in denying
representation to this community in re
fusing to seat Senator Beed" and en
dorsing th Senktor'i stand, waa tele
graphed to th Democratic Convention.
Senator Beed aaid that th Demo
cratic convention oa Independence Day,
1920, "i sitting, not to determine it
will never . surrender sny American
rights, but that it will surrender all Th
American rights it can.1'
LETTER CARRIERS MEET
IN WINSTON-SALEM NEXT
Charlotte, July 8. The North Caro
lina City. Letter Carriers Association
met in annual session hers today. The
address of welcome was delivered by
D. B. Smith, the response by W. G.
Erwin for the clerks and Ward B.
Threat for the carriers, W.B. Brad
ford, assistant postmaster, spoke on
fUTlee." and C. F. Roberts, superin
tendent of mails, on "Co-operation."
Jobn F; Foley, of Boston, representative
of the Natioaal Association of Letter
Carriers, spoke oa the recent salary ad
vance and retirement plan. Officers
elected for the year were: E. L. Neal,
Greensboro, re-elected president; Ward
B. Threat, of Charlotte, elected vice
president; Will Kiger, of Mount Airy,
re-elected secretary treasurer. Winston
Salem is selected a the meeting place
ia 1921. ,. : , -
NEGRO IS TAKEN FROM
OFFICERS AND LYNCHED
Enterprise, . Miss, July 8. James
Spencer, negro postal clerk who seri
ously stabbed - Otho Parker, a white
postal elerk oa a , New Orleans and
Northeastern mail ear Friday evening,
waa taken from the officers who were
taking him to Quitman for trial-thia
afternoon and lynched to a nearby
tree. 1
The officers and their prisoner were
met outside of Enterprise aad tha negro
token front them without difficulty;
AMERICAN STEAMER HITS
ROCK; IN DANGER SINKING
Halifax, N. 8., July 8-The American
steamer Lak Elwia ha (truck an na
eharted reek ix mile off Eddy Point
light house ia th Gut of Canto, ac
cording to wireless mcsssges this after
noon, 8he ia reported' "ia danger of
sinking" and asked for aid.
. Catter Gee j Reaen.
Boiton,. July a. The coast guard
cutter Ossippea left her lat today to
go to the assistance of - the. steamer
Lake Elwin, reported in distress : off
Eddy Point light house. - ; i:
Polish Csaaell af Defease.
Warsaw, July 1. (By the Associated
Press.) Supreme power in th govern-
mvnt of Poland and full military
authority! has been vested in a national
council of defens created by the
Po'Uh Diet today.
rprmat oa of this council wsi de
cided npoa awing to the menace of the
Hnhhevik , nvasion or , Uspcia- and
Ukraine... ' .....'... .
PREMIERS GATHER
FOR SPA MEETING
Conference BetweerrAllied and
German Heads Most Im
portant Since War -
Spa, Belgium, July 8. (By. Th As
sociated Pre.) There waa a brief
meeting 'today of the allied and Ger
man delegates, who during th next few
day will discus matter relating to the
peaee treaty.
Tha session was held ia th drawing
room of th Villa Fraineu and the
German delegates, Chancellor Fehren
baeh, Dr. Walter Blmoni, the foreign
minister, and Herr Wirth, minister of
finance, were, seated at the left end of
the long horse shoe tabl. next to th
Japanese. Ther were no introductions
er shaking of hands,
Th president of the conference, M.
Delacroix, tha Belgian premier, arose
and immediately' opened what ia con
sidered to be the most important in
ternational event ine the armistice by
announcing the order of business,
which included disarmament, repara
tions, coal supply, th trial of German
accused of atrocities snd ths situation
at Daaxig. ,
Ta Take Part Loyally.
M. Delacroix inquired of Herr
Fehrenbach if he desired to make any
obiervatlons. Th chancellor, (peaking
in German, which waa translated by aa
official interpreter; said: 1 desire to
say in behalf of the German govern
ment and of the German people that
ws have com her to take part loyally
la th discussion of how th treaty of
pence -can be executed."
Mr. Lloyd George, aa aenior premier,
thereupon expressed the gratification of
the allied delegates, and Herr Fehren
baoh, continued:
"1 note ' that the military questions
are to be first discussed. W were in
formed of this Inst evening and tried to
telephone the Germnn minister of war,
but reachei him too 1st for him to
leave until today. He will arrive, I
think, by tomorrow afternoon."
Premier Delacroix, Lloyd George and
Millerand thea conferred and agreed to
poetpbse the div.uuloir until ti mor
row at an hour t' bo fired later.
. Dleeaulona Postponed.
SI should like also to hav Dr.
Heinre, minister of justice, hers when
wa take up the question of trials " said
Herr Fehrenbach. -' .',.y.,'.'v:-r ns.
' Tha three again conferred privately.
A few mlautea later M. Delaeroig an
nounced that tha Lard Chancellor ' of
England and th French minister of
justice would also attend on Thursday
for participation ia th' discussion.
The conference recessed until called
together by M. Delacroix tomorrow.
The proceedings today lasted just fortp
five minute.
' Dr. Simon remarked afterwards that
the atmosphere of the conference wa
cool, but correct. He believed that a
good deal could , be accomplished.
Premiers Lloyd George and 'Millerand
expressed themselves a satisfied with
th formsl beginning.
FREDERICK G. BRADLEY
; SUCCUMBS TO INJURIES
Son of, President of American
Agricultural and Chemical
Co., Accident Victim
Jacksonville, F)s, July 8. Frederick
G. Bradley, aged 80 years, son of Peter
Butler Bradley of Boston, president of
tha American Agricultural and Chem
ical Company, banker and financier,
died tonight of Injuries sustained ia an
automobile accident at nooa today at
Pablo Beach. Bradley waa a paaaenger
in his racing ear which waa being
tuned up for speed contests on the
beach during the afternoon. The car
struck quick-sand oa th course and
turned over. The injured man wa
rushed o a hospital in Jacksonville,
where he died at 7:35 o'clock.
JULY FOURTH OBSERVED
QUIETLY INJiVASHINGTON
Washington, July 6. Independence
Day was observed quietly today in
Washington. . Patriotic eieretaes were
held by a number of organizations and
by the wounded soldier at Walter Reed
Hospital, but there wa no formal cele
bration as-ia yerxpast and even --the
usual great display of fireworks at
night oa th Washington monument
grounds was abandoned.
. President Wilson spent the day quiet
ly at tha- Whits - Home Trading; lode
pendenee Day- messages from Premier
Millerand of France and the heads of
ether foreign governments and receiv
ing new from the Democratic National
Convention... .V.-,,.,
Students Msy Be dews.
Budapest, July 4. The minister of
education haa issned a ruling that only
28 per cent of th high school, student
may b Jews. At present 60 per cent
of the student ar Jew.
FIRST VOTE FOR A WOMAN
r FOR PRESIDENT IS CAST
Aadltorlam, San Francisco, Jaly I.
The first vat to be east for a
wansaa for taa Democratic Presiden
tial nomination came today from th
Kentucky delegation.
Chairman Stanley east It for Miss
Leers Clay, aa . af th voatt of
tha delegation.
'8a fsr a convention ebaervera'
coald remember It Was the first vote
east for a womsa la th convention
of either af the tw great parti.
OHIO GOVERNOR GAINED RAPDLY
AFTER PALMER RELEASED ALL OF
HIS DELEGATES ON 38TH BALLOT
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE
COTERNOR JAMES M. COX, OHIO.
James Midiileten Col waa three times
governor of Ohio, sua henor aajoyed by
only one other Ohloan, Rutherford M.
Hayes. , '..n
' Born pn a farm, educated ia the-pub-lie
schools,' a printer's' devil, a school
teacher, a newspaper reporter, a pri
vate secretary to a Coagressman,
owner, manager and proprietor of two
newsiwpers, member ef .Congress for
three year and thre times Govornor
of his State is hi record to date.
Business success paralleled his politi
cal achievements aad through his own
efforts Cox has amassed a fortune. Mr.
Cox became . t be- leader -of - the Item o
cratic party in Ohio ia 1912' when he
wa nominated for Governor. . As one
who had brought . radical change in
the State Constitution, he , took the
field in ita behalf. . Hia first term aa
Governor was devoted chiefly to for
wardinc tho enactment of laws to Put
The new State Constitution into effect.
But Ohio evidently was not prepared
to assimilate aU the new laws, for Cox
waa defeated for re-election. But his
party renominated him .in 1914 and he
wa re-elected for. a third term ia 191S,
being . the only Democrat to win in
Ohio.
Legislation for which Governor Cox
.E. P. SETTLE
Widow of the Late Republican
Congressman Yields To
Extended Illness
Ashevllle, July 8. Following sn ex
tended illness, Mrs. Eliia Potter Settle,
widow, of the late Tbonwta Settle of this
city, who served ne term a Bepublican
congressman from the fifth or Greens
boro district, died this' morning at Bal
timore. She had fone'to-tha hospital
of Dr. Parker at Baltimore cvral
weeks ago and her condition continued
to grow serious almost from the tim of
ber , arrival.
The body will be taken" to Wilming
ton, her former home, for burial Tues
day afternoon, -the interment to ; take
place at Oakdalo cemetery. Several
relatives and friends from Asheville ar
planning to attend the services at Wil-.
mingtou. ..
Mrs. Settle was the daughter of th
lat Mr. William F. nd Florence De-
Rossct Potter (nee Wright), of Wilming
ton, where she wss born and reared, la
1897 she was married to the lata Thomas
8ettle, at that time resident of Greens
boro. Ia IK'S the eonpieai saevea to
Asheville where they afterward lived.
Mr. Settle . died in January, 1919, of
pneumonia) and was buried at Greens
boro. ,
The deceased was prrominent througKv
out the state, coming of a distinguished
familv nod had always been a leader ia
social and religious affairs ia this city
and in other sections of North Carolina,
During the world war she took a promi
nent nart in war work in Asheville and
wa the leader in many t rtaaetivltie
started here, v - -.
Kurvivinv is Mrs. Tench .i Coxe, a
sister, of Asheville, who waa with Mrs.
Settle st "Thy tndj Mt Settle waa a
member of 8t. Mary's fcpi,seopal rauren
of this city. Their home "Orton on
Pearson Driv, isn ox too- nness resi
dence in th city. . I
IS
DIES IN BALTIMORE
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ia best known includes a model work
men's cooipensatioa law and n child
labor law which hare been extensively
copied by ether states. Educators of
thf country say tha Ohio school code,
enacted trader uovernor uox s direction,
will live as s monument to his achieve'
meat. ' .
' Mr. Cox wss born ia Butler county,
OMo, in 1870. He attended district
school and held his first position ss a
teacher of the school in which he took
hi first lesson. He spent evenings and
holiday in a printing office. In a few
years he received his first assignment
o -the-- reportorial -staff -of ' -The- Cin-H
Cinnati Enquirer.
After 10 years with the' Enquirer, he
went-1 J Washington as private secre
tary to Congressman Paul 8nre, of Ohio.
At the close o? this urvice he pur
chased The 'Dayton News, borrowing
no:: of the money to pay for it. later
he purchased The Hpringfleld Daily
News. He was first elected to Congress
in 1908. .
He recently purchased the farm near
Jarksonburg upon which he was horn,
and is making it into a modern farm
home, where he expects to live on re
tirement from public office. He married
and has four children.
C. B. ALLEN LOSES
LIFE IN THE Slf
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Allen.
Drowned Yesterday-Jvt
Wrightsville Beach
-rm
Christopher B. Allen, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Tanl Allen. 1618 W. Jones street,
waa drowned at Wrightsvilje Beach yes
terdaf , according to a telegram received
by hi parents last night ' Few details
of the drowning were available.
Mr. Allen wn, 21 '. years' .old. lTis
brother, Beverly M. Allen, was killed
ia France in his twenty-first year.
Serf Very Rough.
T Arilmingfon, July 5. Tu n very rough
snrf this afternoon n young man believ
ed to be C. B. Allen, was drowned. He
was identified by letters found in the
elothee he left at the bath house. None
of hi seqnaintaaee -apfiear -. to- Jiar
witnessed the "drowning, but those v. ho
saw him go down described him as wear
ing a bathing suit which tallied with
th one the bath house keeper rented to
C B. Alien.
COX RECEIVES NEWS
WITHOUT COMMENT.
- Dayton Ohio., uly
"I hare no atatement to
mak now," said Gor. James
M. Cox early thu morning,
when he learned, over the
Associated Press wires, that
he had been nominated by
tion. "I think you will un
derstand why, he added to
newspaper men.
t
Convention . Adjourns Until,
Noon To Nominate Candi
date for Vice-Presidency ;
and Complete Ticket ;"! ;
GOVERNOR COX SAYS HE
HAS NO STATEMENT. TO'
GIVE -OUT AT-PRESENT ?
Deadlock In Ballotinr '.Con
tinned Until' The Thirty
eighth, Following , Which
Attorney. - General Palmer
Oave His Delegates .Thler '
Liberty; Ont And Out
Fight Between McAdoo and
Cox Started, With Cox
Gaining Gradually Until He
Went Over On The rorty
Fourth; Great Exultation
Follows Breaking Of Dead
lock And nomination Is ,
Made Unanimous ' ' :
Auditorium, July 6. James
M. Cox, governor of Ohio, wag
nominated for President of the
United States in 'the Demo
cratic National Convention, at
1x40 o'clock this morning.
The nomination came at the
conclusion of a forty-four bal
lot struggle, in which , he had
steadily beaten down t he
forces of William G. McAdoo,
former Secretary of the Trea
sury and President Wilson's '
son-in-law.. ';;f f'l;'
When the balloting on the'
44th vote had gotten to a point
where Cox had 702 rotes anl
was rapidly approaching the
necessary two-thirds of 729,
Sam B. i Amidon, of Kansas,
manager of the McAdoo forces
and vice chairman of the Dem
ocratic national committee,
took the platform and moved
that " the nominatiohbe ' made
unanimous. -;- Trrr '
Immediately there was ! a
roar from the tired, delegates,
which lasted for a full four
minutes before Chairman Rob
inson could put the question on
Amidon 'a motion to suspend
the rules and nominate Cox by
acclamation.
At 1:43 o'clock this morn
ing the motion was formally
voted over, with a rolling
chorus of ayes and a crashing
of the brass bands.
State standards, whichThad
surged back and forth in the
desperate battles of the dead'
lock, raced to the front of the
hall and to m tmm L.f .L
f--w vwi v sues
platform.
ADJOURN UNTIL NOON
In the confusion and excite
ment of the nomination the
body forgot about the nomina
tion for Vice-President, but
the leaders were figuring on a
a list which included Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, of New York,
Assistant Secretary of the
Navy. While the crowd was
demonstrating its release fromf
tho deadlock the leaders ar
ranged an adjournment': until
noon tomorrow to eanvass the
question of a second place 'in
the meantime and meet again
prepared' to complete the
ticket. ; -.; - - . '
STARTED IN AFTERNOON.
The Cox band wagon .move
ment really, started Htate this
afternoon before the recess for
dinner. Durintr the interval
both sides of the tlghY made
desperate appeals . to Tam
many. Throughout" the, eve
ning New York's vote stood
the same, 20 for McAdoo and
70 for Cox. On the third bal
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