Show DEMOCRACY CRA C V ENTHUSIASTIC S TIC OVER 0 VER PLATFORM PLA J I 1 A Y r 0 RI y 1 I I Ii Ir It t r i d df f 1 S r r- r io I 1 A r I FAVORITE SONS FALLING OUT AS r l- I I 1 I 1 I I I I Adhesions to to Column o of New Yorker Greater rester I Than an Those Acquired by His is R Rivals Iva vals s 7 but Slide to Him Fails t to 0 Materialize AUDITORIUM San Francisco July 3 Cox 3 Cox took the lead in inthe inthe I the he race during the eighth ballot for the first time today and passed McAdoo Cox held the lead only a short time however however until Texas flopped in her forty for McAdoo and put him him ahead again uain I The close of the eighth ballot showed the three leaders standing stand- stand ing g McAdoo Cox Palmer The shifting during the balloting showed Palmer losing 5 a 51 Cox gaining 19 2 and McAdoo losing 4 The eighth ballot showed the first loss McAdoo has sustained I Cox in the whole balloting had shown a a. steady rise from on the the first to on the eighth and his supporters were jubilant I The Virginia delegation which had about decided to break to somebody decided not Dot to because conditions did not justify it 1 Capturing the biggest portion of the New Jersey and New York votes on the seventh ballot Governor Cox of Ohio moved up into second place next to McAdoo Cox gained sixty-eight sixty in New York and nd twenty-five twenty in New Jersey The Ohioans Ohioan's sensational spurt was marked by a big demonstration On that ballot the three leaders stood unofficially McAdoo Cox Palmer 2671 The changes on the seventh ballot showed Cox gained a 1001 votes McAdoo gained fifteen and a half votes and Palmer gained two This put Cox in second place for the first time All the gains i were made from the field AUDITORIUM San Francisco July 3 Vance 3 Vance McCormick said after the first ballot today that it looked like a deadlock The situation is shaping up as it was in 1912 he hp declared AUDITORIUM San Francisco July At f-At At 9 45 0 o'clock clock this morning the Democratic national convention was called to order again and Chairman Robinson ordered the call of the states to be resumed for nominations for president K McAdoo I led the gains on the first ballot of the day day but but the predicted slide to him failed ailed to materialize J ll North Carolina furnished the first break t to tr McAdoo the delegates dele dele- dele I I Rates gates swinging from Senator Simmons s. s The change was expected I 1 I RAN SAN FRANCISCO July 3 The The Democratic national conellI convention conven conell I ton tion ion ready to continue balloU balloting for a presidential nominee went t into linto Into session at 9 47 a. a m. m today I Following r two ineffectual ballots last nighta night a a tense an and I atmosphere pervaded the big bib g auditorium and the thc report I the f conclude as ah out that leaders intended to tomake make ever every effort to o Balloting today r 1 The Tho order of business provided for the thc nomination of a vice residential candidate immediately p after the naming 6 of the head of She the ticket J Th There r was seas a lot of or confusion contusion and m teh gaveling while Ch Chairman Ro Robin Robin- Jn- Jn tl n roared in a Q stentorian voice for tor j Order The galleries were still 1 only i filled tilled ae as the c alon cion started J 1 J was wall evident Ident that nil all of the dolega- dolega I lons ons had not yet arrived arrived d. d and there was wa I many any vacant seats eats on the floor Itself 1 The R Reverend James L L. Gordon of oC tho ho Firs Congregational church San o ancl o delivered red the tho invocation In t I Th The min minister aler r prayed pra for tor I f onal thoughts thoughts' in tic the a convention and 1 line on nn The Tho parlia- parlia lent ent of man the federation ration of ot tho world ivorid orld making a plea for the league of or I I nations The J prayer ayer was Interrupted b by a shout of good as the chaplain asked divine aid for tor President A Wilson After the tho prayer came the mighty Star Star- the pealing the tones tone o of organ Spangled Banner Danner as the great throng throns- stood many singing Chairman Cummings of oC tho the national I committee came camo forward with a n telegram telegram tele tele- tele- tele I gram In his Ills hand ready to read ItI it I when order was restored but there I in the around of oC mowing moving was wal a lot aisles altes II a gentle gentle- It lt ought not to require Continued on page pase 2 FAVORITE SONS Continued from page 1 man ten minutes to alt sit down shouted Robinson hammering for tor order Cummings read President Wilsons Wilson's reply to the message of or greeting sent him b by the convention There was vas Yas a tense tenso silence delegates leaning eagerly forward In their seats eals when Cummings CumminG's started reading very slowly pausing after every ever sentence Spectators were cere still arriving In the galleries at this point There was subdued hand clapping at Intervals At Wilsons Wilson's prediction of ot victory after aeter victory for the party part there was wasa a short burst of or principal principally principally pal pally on the floor The band struck up Hall to the of or the and Chief at the tho end message the tho delegates stood up and cheered for foi foia tora a tew- tew few seconds |