Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 160, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 July 1920 — DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

McADOO, PALMER AND CQX LEAD ON FIRST TWO BALLOTS. —— — The democratic convention in San Francisco on Friday adopted without change the platform which the committee had prepared. The Bryan dry substitute was defeated by a- vote of 929 to 155. A wet substitute offered by W. Bourke Cdchran, of New York, was also defeated, the vote being 726 to 356. Indiana voted 30 votes against the Bryan dry amendment and on the Cochran wet amendment it voted 4 for and 26 against. A plank offered to recognize the Irish Republic was defeated by a vote of 676 to 402%. Two ballots were taken Friday afternoon with results as indicated below. . The convention adjourned Friday evening to meet at 9:30 a. m. Saturday.