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Show VICE PRESIDENT NOMINEE TO BE NAMED I DEMOCRATS NiE I OHIO'S GOVERNOR I ON 44BALL0T I Deadlock Unbroken Until Attorney At-torney General Palmer Releases Re-leases Pledged Delegates j McADOO FORCES FIGHT IN VAIN TO STOP COX Struggle Exceeded Only by Bitter Convention Fight in 1 Baltimore in 1912 COLUMBUS, Ohio, July t. Congratulations from president.. V 11 von were received by Governor I Cos iiiis morning upon his nouii- ' nation. The message from tho White House received at the governor's gov-ernor's office in ( olarobus this morning and trahsmlttted to his home at lav ton n-ad 1 Please accept mv heart congratulations con-gratulations and cordial best wishes. SAN FRANCISCO. July 6. James M. Cox, three times governor of ( 'hlo, IH was nominated for the presidency earl) this morning by (he Democratic national convention in tho break up of one of the most prolonged dead-locks dead-locks In the history of uatioi. . poll-tical poll-tical patties. It look forty-four ballots to make a choice and It was not until the thlr-ty-eighth, when Attorney General Pal-mor Pal-mor released his delegates, that the i long succession of roll calls showed I any definite trend. In the turnover of the Palmer dele-'gates dele-'gates Cox gamed the advantage ov- William (. .Me.Vdou and that advan-tags advan-tags never was lost. With its choice made, tho conven-tlon conven-tlon adjourned to noon today to name fH candidate foi tin vice presidency. ROOS1 i l l MI N I K)N ED. Should it be decided to give second place on the ticket to the east Frank-lln Frank-lln D. Roosevelt of New York, assist-ant assist-ant secretary of the navy, seemed to be a favorite but if the nomination fH goes to the west there are several pos- f nihilities talked about by the leadeis On the forty -second ballot the ac- FH i sslon of most of the Palmer strength to - OX put him well ahead and alter thai state delegates went Into IhS COX IH column In a procession. On the forty-third forty-third he got a majority lor the first time of all the votes cast and on the forty-fourth he was plunging toward fH the requited two-thirds when Colorado changed its vote to him and made the nomination obvious it was made Unanimous on motion of Sam B Anil-dou Anil-dou or Kansas, a leader of the McAdoo foices. 1 FIGHT TO STOP IT. I As the Cox total passed that of Mc- fH Adoo and surged upward the McAdoo I managers made a desperate fight to stop It in time. Their candidate twice had held the lead and lost it, however. J 'and many delegates supporting him had given up hope that he ever could be nominated. On the last four bal- H lots McAdoo lost Steadily) several solid .state delegations deserting his banner for that of the leader. Besides, the scattering Palmer dole- gates who at tlrst nad swung to Mc- Adoo drifted over into the Cox camp in Increasing numbers und he began H to take a commanding place in the balloting. Once ho had more than a majority H the fight was e;usy. When the con- H Ventlon made the nomination unanl-niOUS unanl-niOUS with a roaring shout, a terrific uproar followed. The whole mass of delegates threw themselves into a fl-nal fl-nal wild demonstration, greater than any of the orgies of noise that had J preceded. HADE WITHOUT PROMISES. In the midst of the din, Chairuwa Robinson succeeded In restorCgjJI i 1 semblance of order to get the adjourn-uu adjourn-uu nt until noon so that Governor Cox's wishes us to his teammate could be E. H. Mooie of Voungstown, Ohio. national committeeman from that state and leader of the tireless and uphill fight that won the nomination lor the Ohio governor, suld it had been made without promises. The struggle was exceeded in vot-ing vot-ing duration In Democratic annals only J bj the tight In Baltimore In 1913 which gave President Wilson his first nomination on the forty-sixth ballot. GALLERIES JAMMED. When Hie convention reassembled last night galleries again were Jammed and delegates were keyqd up to a point where shouts and cheers greeted changes of a single vote. A slight con-fthued con-fthued gain for McAdoo on the first night ballot sent his partisans off into roaring, gesticulating parade about the hall In which western and south-ern south-ern state standards were prominent but which no amount of shouting could induce New York or Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania to join New York had reached a division of 20 for McAdoo and TO for Cox on winch It stuck throughout while Pennsylvania as steadily had voted 73 of Its 7t". delegates for Pal- With Hie thirty -seventh ballot. how ever, Palmer strength tool' another drop. Amidst wild jubilation by McAdoo Mc-Adoo supporters, chairman Robinson foug'ul for order and led fgrnitu' Rep i, seiilative Curlin of Virg-inln. Palmer Pal-mer s manager, up to the speaker' stand The crowd hushed. It recog' ! Tii.rd Otrlin and knew that his appearance ap-pearance forecast only one thing, the release of the Palmer delegates uxd a loea-up in tho long deadlock. Men ' t ! halted where they stood in tho aisles (Continued cn page Two.) Democrats Name Ohio s Governor On 44th Ballot onllnued Krom Page one to listen, f'orrldors poured back hui-dredS hui-dredS of loungers to the floor to pack the doorways and Jam even the entrances en-trances to the galleries. An electric feeling of eapeetancy was in the DKLEGATE8 RBI BA8ED. Carlln itriefly stated that Xttorney General Palmer was not willing longer to dela a nomination and authorized (he complete und unconditional release re-lease of his delegates. A shout went UP only to be quiokly stilled, while Chairman Robinson announced a twenty mlnule recess so that delegations delega-tions might be polled for new alignments align-ments and the change In the situation be considered before another vote was taken. MeAdoo and Cox workers worked up to the maximum effort to take ad-1 vantags of the break The floor hummed and whirled like the stock exchange on a panicky day Great t c!usteis of Cox and MeAdoo workers gathered about the I'alme;' groups Struggling for attention and to enlist under their own standards the utn.y about to Lo disbanded. EF1 EX i MITK l Alll l Hack In their seats again under the banging urge Of the gavel, the delegates dele-gates awaited the thirty-ninth roll call The effect of Mr Palmer'S release re-lease to his friends wus notloeahlc once. By twos and threes and larger -.roups delegates previously voting unchangingly un-changingly tor him wont to other candidates. can-didates. Each change that brought In to MeAdoo or Cox let loose a new lioar. The faithful Pennsy lv v n I ns Insisted on casting ono more vote for Palmer as a final tilbute to him. The delegation chairman's statement went unheeded for the most part and the j,rcat block of votes wont down for i'nlmer ninld a surprised hush. The announcement of the whole bal-l lot however, started another tumult! led by Cox adherents it showed he' had outstripped MAdoo In the raco for Palmei delegates and again reach-j ed the lead. COX BATTLE SONG. The Cox forces scented victory right there. The Cox band trooped into the 'gallery und hurled the strains of the Cox battle song 'Ohio. Ohio" down! Into the din below Again time wus, required to Kl quiet enough to sturtj a new roll call. When Pennsylvania was reached the delegation asked for u poll One by one a big MeAdoo majority In the Pennsylvania ranks was disvlosed and fox Supporters looked a little dls- turbed The drift to the Ohio stand-a stand-a rd was on. however, and even the I more than two scoro Palmer men who Joined fiom the Pennsylvania forces, could not push MeAdoo back into the1 lead. A motion to adjourn at this time went down to defeat in a manner that left no room for doubt that the con-i ventton intended to fight it out then. The fortieth ballot was started Both MeAdoo and 'ox gained ground andl MeAdoo supporters due themsolves In grimly determined on a last dllchl fight. The forty-second roll call wosi started It showed new drifts to i'o. as the votes were shouted back to the! platform from the unsuppreegibie murmur mur-mur amonKT the delegates now regardless regard-less of the fatigue of the prolonged fight although the preat galleries!, above them were by then almost va-li cant. Great blocks of empty seats showed whore worn-out spectators ! had Klven it up bv midnight and gone i home expecting unother day. .i Kt.l V VOTE! kST. When Georgia was reached tho delegation chairman leaped to hla chair and shouted that his state for-I for-I marly in MeAdoo ranks would join ' hands to Ohio "to name tho next president." presi-dent." He cast the solid Georgia vote ! foi Cox nnd the shout that followed seemed to rock the building. MeAdoo followers were still holding grimly. Again tho Texas block of 1 forty votes went In for him The ! western states which led tho way in 'his drive stuck hard und even the fact that Cox had swept beyond tho first majority vote recorded for any candidute did not shake them loose. The forty-third roll call begun In a riot of noise that made tho poll audible audi-ble only as tho surges of sound paused 10 let tho figures roach the clerks. I.lttle bv little tho drift to the Cox column continued gaining momentum as It ran. Get into the wagon" roar-1 ed a man In the galleries and the Cox rooters took It up. Votes for other' candidates than Cox or MeAdoo brought yells to "Come out of it" and' "wake up." In tle New York delegation, a challenge chal-lenge for a poll sent a dozen men Scurrying to argue with tho challon-i ger. He was the center of a fire of argument and adjuration ho could not! resist. Finally, uftor a new move by MeAdoo supporters to adjourn had been roared down tho Inst ballot be-i gan. MX VOTE FOR COX The result was forecast with the first vote. Alubuma swung solid to COX StatS by stute, delegations who had stuck out for MeAdoo with di-' vlded determinations followed suit I The tide had set In and there w.is no stopping it. The convention had its mind set lo nominate on that ballot Up and up mounted the Ohloan's total' of votes. As it passed the 700 marl with tho necessary two-thirds just! ahead, the tumult Increased minute by minute u'Uil the last votes wore heard onh vaguely on the platform Penn-I sylvanla went over and tho Colorado chairman leaped to his chair to change the vote of his state to Cox. Half a dOSen other chairmen were waving for' recognition lo make similar announce- j ments Chairman Robinson hurried to Jitsji U?k with Sam B. Amldon of Kansas,; UeAdoo chief. who he presented!, nly aftei n furious assault with the gavel forced a partial lull In the I heering. Through a continuous racket 1 Vmidon moved thut the rules be sus- i .pended and the nomination be made m 'unanimous All over the great halt fcj i' I nu ri climbed upon chairs to wave aL ! their arms for silence nnd then stand fs poised like college yell leaders to slg- 'v ual tho answer to the question. v' banging his gavel on a final thump. i; i Chairman Koblnson put tho question F- end the answer roaiod back at htm Sf' I with all the volume of a thousand &W" rolcea in shouting the tremendous i& , Ave' that made Govornor Cox tho a1 ! Democratic nomlnes PT. The forty-fourth ballot never was & completed. In the great voice of ac- j clamation it was swept away as un- " necessary Many or the changes which Ii would have been made had tho vote U been carried thiough were never re- W corded and on the face of that ballot ay. Governor Cox received officially 702- ,j i-.' Votes but thov were never totalled i ' ' for he was nominated by the dnanl- f mous voice of the convention. f The nomination of Governor Cox means that the two great parties not only have gone into the same state foi their candidates, but have picked men who for years have been asso- ggflsf 1 elated more or less closely in the same Wm profession Like Senator Harding. Oovemor Cox Is a newspaper man and their home (owns In Ohio are not far IsV i apart. tM |