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IS DELEGATES ARE
IADOO AND
11100 AND MEREDITH
LEADING PREDICTIONS
William Jennings Bryan Gets Greatest Ovation
In His History Even in Defeat - Delegates
Tired and Want to Go Home Decision Looked
For Today - New York Is Stumbling Block.
(By The Associated Press.)
AN FRANCISCO, July
Ttfe
ground cleared of preliminary ballots,
.and a rolling administration victory in
the platform fight, the democratic na
tional convention reassembled this morn
ing at' 9: 30 o'clock to conclude the work
of selecting a presidential nominee.
Predictions of a McAdoo victory on an
early ballot filled the air and they were
aeeompaniedTy a desperate stiffening of
resistance against nis uuuiiiiuiiuu.
McAdoo or Cox and McAdoo and Co
were the leading predictions, coupled with
talk of McAdoo and Meredith. On the
other hand, the forces pitted against
.McAdoo pointed out in aaewer to the
President Wilsons son-in-law, that he
had failed in the two ballots already
taken "to make the gains that were claim
ed for him; that Cox in fact made
greater accessions in the one day 's ballot
ing than did McAdoo, and that so far
there had been no tangible evidence of
the McAdoo landslide his supporters have
been predicting.
The FaTmer people made no particular
claims, but although in the one day's bal
loting they gaineJT ten votes, they lost
more than that from their original dele
gates and replenished the loss from their
reserve.
As the convenfibn went inlo wmft
promises to be the final phase of the bat
tle, the McAdoo forces reiterated their
predictions of early victory and the Cox
people, apparently confident, declared
they would not only hold their lines but
would make accessions and demonstrate
that the McAdoo strength would stop
short of the necessary two-thirds (or a
nomination.
The night was given over to confer
ences and planning among the field mar
shals of the opposing forces. Efforts to
find a Harding for the San Francisco
contention had been unavailing, but de
spite the fact that the movement in op
position to McAdoo had failed to produca
a rallying point, or to "coalesce "as its
enemies declared, the opposition was still
there, seemingly of formidable propor
tions. While it did seem to offer no slate
for beating McAdoo, still it continued to
. - - . . . m a I
occupy a position whore the McAdoo
forces had produced no tangible plan for
beating it.
There the situation lay for the conven
tion to take it up and fight it out in the
battle of the ballots when it resumed to
day. One consideration which seemed to
make it Hfffieult for the anti-MeAdoo
forces io make progress was that there
was no way to trade McAdoo out of his
position by direct methods, as none of
the men in charge of his campaign here
had any authority and there was nothing
to be offered him in way of a place that
would interest him. 3"he McAdoo appeal
was today being directed to larger states
such as New York, Pennsylvania and IHr
nois and much missionary work was being
done.
McAdoo supporters in the New York
delegation, said to number anywhere from
15 to 30, did nothing in the opening bal
lots to antagonize the Tammany leaders.
They Toted solidly for Governor Smith.
This situation, Tfc was pointed out, gave
JJ outside appearances of Murphy being
u control.
Another consideration being capitalized
by the McAdoo supporters was that Bun
day and (Monday are holidays and the
tired delegates want to start home.
. gJVUF Wl fll J w u-B F
by McAdoo supporters to represent more
than enough votes to block th conven
tion, aT a meeting last night pledged
themselves to rota Indefinitely for fSelr
candidate regardless of any turn the convention-might'
take.
S During? the early hours there were
many, reports as to what certain delega
tions would do. One of these was that
the Georgia men might leave Palmer
after a ballot or two and go to McAdoo.
Aio&er was that Nebraska would give
COX OR
four or five votes to Owen and the re
mainder to McAdoo. Virginia, it was
said with some show of authority, would
tick to Senator Glass for while and
then also swing into the McAdoo column.
Scattered delegates were talking of!
first making a drive witfi Palmer and"
with Cox. Illinois wets were considering
trying out Cox if Palmer's chances ap
peared hopeless. New Jersey and In
diana delegates, it was whispered about,
were also considering going along with
I he ox pro(.e88ion.
Bryan Gets Tribute.
White with fatigue, wet-eyed with emo
tion, deafened by the roaring tribute of
thousands, V. J. Bryan last night stood
before the convention at a new crossing
in his quarter century of public life.
Silent, with sober eyes, his heavy fig
ure in wrinkled black alpaca under tTie
merciless glare" of the spotlights, he
heard a sonorous chorus of "Noes"ne
by -iie strike down the issues he had
raised.
Hut there was no gainsaying the gen
uineness of the tribute he received even
in ilef eat. It was given to the man wifc
an utter abandon, without aid of bnnd
I or pipe organ or other trappings of or
j ganized political demonstrations.
I It sprang from tde galleries, the vote
j less multitude that made the moment its
I own and swept into tumult of Fts adinTra
I tion for the man. Hut there were others
who sat unmoved. They formed a solid
block in the center of the floor about
which the sea of sound and feeling raged
unheeded, ami even as Bryan grasped the
Nebraska standard thrust up to him from
yelow and lifted it high on the speakers
stand, it must haV been given to a wis
dom born of his long political career for
the man, who was the center of the grea
scene, took now fhat it was admiration,
not agreement, that moved the people;
that defeat, not victory, awaited him.
From the moment when reading of the
platform was finished and he took the
stand nmid cries of "Bryan, Bryan,
Bryan,"' to present the planks for which
he proposed to fight, the old leader was
keyed for the eff jrt of his life. Against
him, he knew, were giants of debate. For
that reason he divided his time, swiftly
presenting the outline of his case, then
yielding to others who would pave the
way for the climax he,, had planned for
himself. It was plain that it was the
bone dry issue on which Mr. Bryan would
center his effort to swrrp the convention
off its feet. He had something to say
for the league of nations program of
ratification with reservations which he
proposed. On this he flatly differed with
the president at the Jackson Tay dinner
in Washington to set gofng the struggle
that ended in yesterday's sweeping vic
tory for the president. He paid lavish
Jrihute to Mr. Wilson's place in history
and to his leadership; he talked force
fully of three lesser issues he had
brought to the convention for decision ;
but it was the dry plank on which he had
staked every vestige of magnetic power
over men's hearts he possessed.
In the twenty minutes of dramatic ap
peal which closed his crusade, he reached
new heights of fervor. His audience was
swayed until it seemed that he played
upon its emotions at will. When he
hurled his last defiance at the liquor traf
fic with a prediction that when the veD
was torn aside. When the women of the
nationwere given full political liber r
through the ratification of the suffrage
amendment by another state, they and the
children would be found battling for the
cause he championed, a great shout went
surging up into the vaulted dome of the
roof In an endless sea of sound. ,
It urged into action a Texas delegate
who' pulled the state standard from the
floor and drove through-the aisle to the
platform front. A battle was fought
aronnd the California standard' and it
kwas smashed to fragments. A woman
delegate from California finally was ear-
(Coatlaned from pax .)
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THE GAZETTE TO FURBISH RETURNS
FROM PRIMARY AND CONVENTION
Results from the second primary in North Carolina will be announced
by The Gaiette tonight from the office on West Main Avenue. Through
arrangements with the North Carolina News Service at Raleigh, tele
graphic dispatches will be received as fast as the returns come in to Ral
eigh from over the State. It is estimated that by 10 o'clock a fairly ac
curate count can be secured, or at least enough to indicate which of the
two candidates for governor is leading in the voting.
In addition to this service, The Gazette will also receive special Asso
ciated Press bulletins from San Francisco on the results of the balloting.
If a nomination is reached by a reasonable hour, before Gastonians re
tire for the night, The Gazette will issue an extra edition giving the de
tails of the final ballots. This extra, if issued, will be for street sales
only and will not be delivered to regular subscribers.
TRUCK DRIVERS WITH
500 GALLONS HELD IIP
(By The Associated Press.)
PATERSON, N. J., July 3. Drivers
of three motor trucks, bound to New
York from Baltimore with SOO cases of
whiskey, valued at $100,000, reported to
the police today that they had been held
up on the Lincoln highway near here
early this morning by three gunmen who
at first represented themselves as prohi
bition enforcement, agents.
The truckmen, all of whom live in
Washington, said the highwaymen op
erated in two automobiles. Stopping the
trucks and asking to see the federal per
mit for transfer of liquor, the robbers are
said to have suddenly levelled revolvers
it the truckmen and ordered them from
their seats.
The quintet, sahl they had leen taken
. a two hours' motor ride and finally
deposited in Patterson, while other mem
lers of the gang made away with the
hquor.
INTEREST CENTERS IN
SETTLEMENT CONTROVERSY
(By Tho Associated Press. j
WILLIAMSON, W. V:i., July :. -Interest
in the strike of Mingo county.
West Virginia, and Pike county, Ken
tucky, coal miners, called by the United
Mine Workers last Wednesday, today cen
tered about efforts of federal mediators
to settle the controversy.
The families of many of the stiikini;
miners, recently evicted from company
houses, are quartered in tents throughout
the Tug river v'alk-y. Many cj the fami
lies are from Pike county. ; Kent inky,
across the river. The largest tent colony
is at Nolan, a few miles from here,
where 120 tents house as many families.
Other colonies have Ijeen established at
Itawl, Sprigg and Matewan.
The special grand jury investigating
the recent shooting at Matewan, during
which seven private detectives, the mayor,
a miner and a boy were killed, continues
its daily sessions here.
BAPTIST MOBILE SCHOOL.
Oastonia Baptist Messenger.
The Mobile School for -Gaston Coun
ty Association will be held in the Cnral
school building, July IH 'S.i. The Baptist
churches of Gnstonia will entertain the
school on the Harvard plan. The faculty
will be Ir. C. L. Jackson, of Wades
Iwro; Dr. J. L. Vipperman, of Dal
las; Rev. T. A. Hicks, of Charlotte;
Rev. H. K. Morris, of Wake Forest;
Rev. J. D. Moore, Raleigh; Mrs W.
C. Barrett, Oastonia.
TAR HEEL DELEGATES
IN DEMONSTRATION IN
FAVOR Or SUFFRAGE
North Carolinians Happy But Ready to
Start Home When Convention Ends
Standing for McAdoo.
(H. E. C. Bryant, in Charlotte Observer.;
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 2
North Carolina delegates carrying the
state standard joined the demonstration
for ihe suffrage plank today. The banner
was carried to the rostrum by R. O. Ev
erett, of Durham, and around the hall b
John H. Pearson of Morgan ton. '
The (North Carolinians are happy but
ready to start back home when the con
vention is over. They are impatient over
the delay. They stand like a stone wall
foT McAdoo. Their first choice is Sena
tor Simmons, and they gave him a hearty
boost yesterday when his name , was
placed before the convention by W. C.
Newlands. , - ' -
In addition to the delegates and alter
nates, about 75 North Carolinians are at
tending the convention. ' It looks bette
for McAdoo at 2 'dock, coast time.
Rev. WVC. -Barrett, pastor of the
.First Baptist ehurch, will preach Sunday
afternoon at threeVeloek at 8t. Paul's
Baptist chorea, colored. . - - -
TO VOTE FOR HI
N. C. NEGRO SERGEANT
WINS OLYMPIC PRELIM
(By The Associated Press.)
HT. LOUIS, July .1. Track events and
aquatics held the center of the stage at
the army athletic meet here today.
The meet, which was started yesterday,
will decide the departmental champion
ships, and in addition will furnish con
testants for the Olympic trial finals, the
winners of the various, events being eli
gible to enter.
Every branch of the service is repre
sented, the participants being drawn from
all of the sectional departments of the
army.
Representatives of the southern. depart
ment won two of the four events in which
finals were held yesterday.
The southern department winners are:
Private Joseph Bush, 1 liMh infantry,
San Carlos, Ariz., winner of the 10,000
metre run, in .'57.39, and Sergeant E.
Carolina, negro, 25th infantry, New Lon
don, N. C, who won the hammer throw.
His distance was 15fi feet ! inches.
In the scoring for the departmental
championship, the southern department
was first with 2(1 points, central finished
second with 14; army of occupation third
with 7, western, o ; Hawaiian. 4; eastern,
; ; northeastern, 1 .
' WALL STREET REVIEW
(My The Associated I 'res?..'
NKW YOI.'K, July .-.Trading in
stocks this week was smaller in volume
and scope of any similar period for al
most two years, but the bond market was
relatively active and variably higher on
moderate mid-year Investment buying.
The turn into the second half of the
year witnessed a further tightening of
credits. This was especially marked iu
the rate for commercial loans, which rose
to eight per cent on all bul prime paper.
This is the highest quotation for such
accommodations in almost thirteen years.
While well informed banking opinion
still inclines to the belief that money
will soon become less stringent, it is
generally recognized that the credit situ
atiou, as affecting industrial conditions,
calls for further corrective measures.
Need of concerted and effective ac
tion in this respect continues to be stress
ed by the federal reserve board, as well
as by private financial interests with
country-wide connections.
In conservative quarfers there was fur
ther evidence of a tendency to confine re
discounts to essential loans, and to con
centrate on financing for crop require
ments. Banks in the agricultural sec
tions have recently drawn heavily from
their reserves at this center to meet
harvest demands.
Philadelphia and Gastenia.
Greensboro Dai'y News.
All the same, it has a sort of impor
tant sound: "The population of Greens
boro, N. C, will be announced at 9
o'clock tomorrow night." It is only the
more considerable cities, we submit, that
get that kind of notice, the only preced
ing ones that we call to mind having beek
Philadelphia and Gastonia.
ADDITIONAL CHURCH NEWS.
Rev. John A. Clement will conduct
the usual services at the First Wesleyan
Methodist ehurch corner East Franklin
avenue and Church street, tomorrow.
There will be no preaching at the
Piedmont and Osceola mills tomorrow
and all the members are expected at the
communion service of the First Presby
terian church at 11 o'eloek. v , t
An' eight-day meeting will be com
menced tomorrow at the Methodist taBer
naele at the Victory Mill, 6outk Oastonia.
Rev. P. I jSTTore, tLe pastor, will do ioe
preaching. TThere will be services each
night ' ' -; .
IDE
PALMER AND COX MEN
CONCEDE NOTHING TO
McADOO MANIFESTS LITTLE
INTEREST IN CONVENTION
(By The Associated Press.)
HUNTINGTON, N. Y., July 3 Wil
liam G. McAdoo after remaining in bed
until long past the hour at which he
usually rises, this morning announced his
intention of spending the day at his home
here.
Mr. McAdoo manifested little interest
in what the San Francisco convention
hsd done during the night,' learning the
results of the first two ballots from the
morning papers. He had retired last
night before the first vote was announc
ed. HARDING EN ROUTE TO
HOME IN MARION
(By The Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, July 3. Senator
Harding, tjio republican presidential can
didate, planned to leave Washington to
day for his Marion, Ohio, home. The
trip is to be made by automobile and the
nominee will be accompanied by Mrs.
Harding. He expects to reach Marion
Monday about I p. in., in time for the
homecoming exercises planned by his f'el
low townspeople.
GREENSBORO NEWS FORECAST
PRIMARY VOTE- TODAY
First district -Gardner, .",7l."; Morri
son, 4,4."iO.
Second district Gardner, fi,0.il; Mor
rison, 6, 1 Go.
Third district Gardner, 4,200; Morri
son, 5,550.
Fourth dist rict Gardner, 5,SIMI; Mor
rison, 4,!O0.
Fifth district ---Gardner, ti.70 ; Morri
son, 4i,.")tlli.
Sixth district Gardner, 7,l)Oil; Morri
son, 7.IKMI.
Seventh distriit -Gardner, ','.''; Mor
rison, 51,550.
Kighth district -Gardner. ."..tioO; Mor
rison, 5,200.
Ninth district Gardner, 7...00 ; Morri
son. S.100.
Tenth district Gardner, 4.050; Morri
son, f).!O0.
The forecast adds the prediction that
Morrison will carry 5S counties, and
Gardner 30. and that three counties will
be evenly divided.
HORNSBY GETS 100TH
HIT OF SEASON
(By The Associated Press.!
CHICAGO, July 3 Roger Hornsby,
the St. Louis star, banged out his 100th
hit of the season in Wednesday's game
against Cincinnati, the first player in the
National league to touch the century
mark. lie slipped slightly in his bat
ting, but continues to bold a comfortable
lead an g the regulars who have par
ticipated in thirty five or more games,
according to averages released today and
which include games of Wednesday. The
St. Louis cracks is topping the hitters
with an average of .380, which was
made in sixty-five games in which he
was at bat 263 times. Hornsby 's total
base mark of 157 is the highest in the
league and includes nineteen doubles, ten
triples and six home runs. In addition
to this record, Ihe St. Louis favorite is
sharing run scoring honors with Max
Flack, of Chicago. Each has registered
46 times.
Cy Williams, the Philadelphia outfield
er, slammed out another homer which
gave him eight, and Robertson, Chicago,
who was sharing honors with Hornsby
last week as runner up to the elongsyd
outfielder, also belted a circuit drife.
breaking the tie with the 8t. Louisian
and placing himself one behind Williams .
" The catchers and pitchers seem unable
to stop Max Carey, the fleet footed Pitts
burgher, on the paths. He is showing
the way to the base stealers with 25
thefts.
Other leading batters: E. Smith, New
York, 304; Nicholson, Pittsburgh, 333;
Chicago, 332. .
Buth, besides his batting prowess, is
eat for other honors. He has tied
Speaker, the Cleveland manager, in num
ber of runs scored. Each, has register-'
ed 63 times. ; :
FINITELY
M'ADOO'S SUPPORTERS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 6 Balloting
for a presidential candidate was resumed "
when the democratic national convention
met today. Two ballots were taken bes
fore adjournment last night without any'
candidate receiving more than about
one third of the requisite two thirds Totes
to nominate but as the delegates assem
bled for what is expected to be the "'
session of the convention predjdtione '
were made that a nomination would
come without a protracted struggle. -
Just as Harding's name filled the air
us the probable republican nominee, Uinta ,
weeks ago this morning, on the final day '
of the republican convention, so William
G. McAdoo 's appears to be in the as
cendancy as the delegates assembled to
day with this difference, that the Ohio
candidates had been agreed upon by the
elements in control of the situation at
Chicago while the New York man's sup-iV
porters had still to fight a stubborn op
position with no definite assurance of
success . i -
Friends of Attorney Geueral Palmer '
and supporters Governor (Qx took in-.'
to careful account the reported strength
of McAdoo, but expressed no fear that he
could win the nomination in the fact of
the strong opposition of some of the par
ty leaders. The Palmer and Cox men
ns they entered the convention would con
cede nothing but claimed they would pick
up many delegates from the scattered
candidates who are expected to rapidly
vanish .
McAdoo men admitted their candidate
had the opposition of certain leaders but
pointed out that it is not well organized
and therefore not effective in holding
down what they call the constantly gath
ering strength of the former secretary
of the trensury.
McAdoo, Palmer and Cox were the
leaders in the two ballots taken last
night. On the first McAdoo had 266
votes; Palmer 25(5, and Cox 134. Gov
ernor Smith, of New York, had 109 of
which bis own state gave him its full
quota of 90 votes.
On the second ballot McAdoo received
2K9; Palmer 264, and Cox 159. Smith's
vote dropted to 101. Reports that New
York would throw most, if not all, its
strength to McAdoo were heard early to
day. Leaders in the empire state dele
gation, however, would not discuss this
except to say they would stick to their
governor until further notice.
Another big crowd was on hand to
watch the delegates pick the party's
nominees, the final act of the convention
which has been in session six days.
ATDTORIUM, July 2, Two ballots
on candidates were taken tonight by the
democratic national convention with Mc
Adoo, Palmer and Cox remaining at the
head of 'the list in the order named but
all a long way from the nomination, a
recess was taken until tomorrow at
9:30 a. m.
The McAdoo people, claiming that they
were certain to put their candidate over
on the fourth ballot, opjiosed adjourn
ment which was taken on motion of form
er Representative Fitzgerald, of New "
York. When it was put to a vote, there ;
... i i . . . .
was u loiiu enorus on eacn aiue oi we K
;question and Chairman Robinson do
dared it adopted while some of the-McAdoo
supporters were clamoring for a ;
roll call on it. llCl
The three leading candidates all gain-t
ed on the second ballot at the expense
of the big field of favorite sons, a score
of whom showed some support. ; -
ah turee oi toe leaders made rains
on the second ballot. Mr. McAdoo pick-t ,
ing up 23 and making his total 289, Palm
while Co I trained 25. cririnv him a tntal 4-
ot 159. . V
The Palmer force who haxfopposed an
adjournment following the . adoption of
wc pisuorm, were now anxious to Cm-: ,
continue balloting, but the MeAdoe
pie- would not eoasent, aad passed H
word around that they expected their
didate to go over on the fourth ballot.
They ere determined to remain in ses
sion. ;.- - . - .
Mr.: Earl W. Bhyne, a son of Mr.
T..L- Bhyne, of Dallas, route two, i
spending a ten days vacation in Nln " -Falls
and point la Canada. Mr. '
has been employed for t!)9 -months
or more in Akre (