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Show 'COX 15 NOMINATED ON FORTY-FOURTH i i 1 GOVERNOR OF OHIO CHOSEN BY DEMOCRATS AS THEIR NEXT STANDARD BEARER. Palmer's Withdrawal and Desertions From McAdoo Starts Votes For Ohioan, Resulting in His Being Chosen by Acclamation. San Francisco. Afrer forty-three , ballots had been taken without a selec-' selec-' tion having been made, James M. Cox, governor of Ohio, w as nominated for president of the United States In the Democratic national convention at 1 :40 o'clock Tuesday morning, July G. Governor Cox was nominated by acclamation, ac-clamation, after It became evident that he would receive the necessary number of votes. When the balloting bad gotten to a point where Governor Cox had T02 votes and was rapidly approaching the necessary two-thirds of T'J9. Sam B. Amldon of Kansas, manager of the McAdoo forces and vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, took the platform and moved that the nomination of Governor Cox be made unanimous. Immediately there was a roar from the tired and worn delegates dele-gates which lasted for a full four minutes hefore Chairman Robinson could put the question on Amldon's motion to suspend the rules and nominate nom-inate Cox by ncclamatlon. Governor Cox. William G. McAdoo and Attorney General Palmer were the leaders In the race for the coveted nomination during the days of balloting. ballot-ing. After the thirty-third ballot on presidential presi-dential candidates had been taken it began to look as if the deadlock formed by Cox, McAdoo and Palmer would not be broken without the introduction in-troduction of another candidate. There were suggestions that President Presi-dent Wilson be brought linio the fight and given a third term nomination ns the only means of breaking the deadlock. |