PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
DETAILS OF THE: DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. MR McADOO LEADS IN FOUR BALLOTS. By Telegraph— Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received July 4, 5.5 p.m.) NEW YORK, July 3. At the Democratic Convention in San Francisco the preliminary balloting for the Presidential nomination resulted:— First ballot: Mr McAdoo 266, Mr Palmer 254, Governor Cox 134. Second ballot: Mr McAdoo 289, Mr Palmer 264, Governor Cox 159. Third ballot: Mr McAdoo 323 J, Mr Palmer 251 J, Governor Cos 177. Fourth ballot: Mr McAdoo 335, Mr Palmer 254, Governor Cox 178. The Convention has adjourned. The "New York Times" correspondent says the convention unanimously adopted the platform as proposed by the platform committee. Mr Bryan's prohibition plank was decisively beaten by 929 to 155 . A plank under which each State would be able to determine the alcoholic content of beverages was defeated by 726 to 350. • A plank' proposing recognition of the Irish Republic was defeated by 676 to 402. .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZTIM19200705.2.55.1
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10633, 5 July 1920, Page 5
Word Count
161PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN New Zealand Times, Volume XLVI, Issue 10633, 5 July 1920, Page 5
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.