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Show I Democrats Begin ! Balloting For j Their Candidates The official vote on the first ballot was McAdoo, 260. Cox, 134, Palmer, 256; Gerald. 21. Cummings, 25; Owen, 38; Hitchcock, 18. Meredith, 27, Smith 109, Edwards. 42; Davis, 32; Glass, 26 1-2; Simmons, 24; Harrison, 6, Williams, 20; Marshall. Mar-shall. 37 Wood 4, Champ Clark, 9; Underwood, 1-2; Hearst, 1. Bryan, Bry-an, 1 Colby, 1 . Daniels 1 Official totals second ballot Palmer, 264; Cox. 159, McAdoo, 298, Cuxnmings, 27, Gerard. 12; Edwards, 34, Owen, 29; Davis. 311-2; Marshall, 36. Hitchcock, 16, Bryan, 1, Clark, 6; Danels, 1; Meredith, 26, Smith 101; Harrison, 7, Simmons, 25. Glass, 25 1-2. I AUDITORIUM, Ban Francisco. July j. to ballots on presidential candidate candi-date were taken tonight i- ihe Democratic Dem-ocratic national convention. and with .tcAdoo. Palmer and Cox running at the heart of the list in the order named, but all a lonK waj from the nomination, nomina-tion, a recess wan taken until tomorrow. tomor-row. The McAdoo people, asserting they gjere certain to put their candidate over on the fourth ballot, opposed the adjournment, whh h was taken on motion mo-tion of former Ri presentatlve P"ltsgr-ald P"ltsgr-ald of New fork. When It was put to a vote there was a loud chorus on each side of the question, and Chairman Chair-man Robinson dcciaied it adopted, while some of the McAdoo supporters were clamoring for s roll call. The three IcartiiiK wi'iidair- i i named on the SSCOnd ballol St the ex-psnse ex-psnse of the big field of favorite sone, a score of whom received some support. sup-port. Balloting on the presidency started late In the evening after the, onventlon had adopted the platform is framed by Its committee, rejecting the bone, dry proposal Of, William J. Trvan. the beer arid wine plank of the. New York Democrats, the plank for Irish recognition backed bj several oi -ganlxatlona of ln-m t-y uipathlzcrs. and several other planks which Were brought up on the floor after they had ecn rejected In the committee The result of the prohibition batllt was to leave the platxorm without reference ref-erence to the subject. AH three of the leaders made gains on the second ballot. McAdoo picking up 23 and making his total 289; 1'al-l 1'al-l oxer receiving 10 additional making 214, while Cox gained 2i, giving htm a intal of 169. SAN FRANCISCO, July 2 The combination against William (j. McAdoo Mc-Adoo found Itself tonight, to use the language of one of the administration leaders, without any candidate) on whom to coalesce. Mr m. Adoo'a supporters sup-porters continued to predict nomination nomina-tion for him somewhere near the fifth he 1 1 r.t While the convention was encaged en-caged in the demonstrations and discussions dis-cussions of the platform fight. McAdoo leaders were working to make accessions acces-sions from the field Voting on Candidates lit gms With tho platform adopted, the convention con-vention was up with :t. schedule an voting on presidential candidates began. be-gan. Alabama, the first statu to be called, split Its strength many ways, but Adoo got the lion's share of It, nine L votes. In Arizona, too. Mi. Adoo had a wide edge, taking four out of six votes. Cox got more than any other i candidate In the Aik.inn.is d' legation. I n of California's twenty-six went to McAdoo The first state from which Pa mer got a. plurality was Colorado i fiho gave all of her eight to M Adoo. Many of the states WCN distributing their strength a a compliment to varl ous candidates There were some hisses when Massachusetts cast one of her thirty-six for William R Hearst a flash of hand-clapping followed the announcemeni of ih first vote foi a J. Bryan It came from Michigan The chairman of the New Hampshire delegation announced three votes for wood. He m ... . ,i, . mands to kno s shethei the candidate i was General Wood. A lot of good-1 I natured ralllei- followed, and ! nen It I was explained that the vote were for( I Chandler M. Wood of Uoston. prosi-i dent of the Metropolitan Trust company. |