The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-07-06
WILSON AND MARSHALL THE
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

which met at Baltimore on Tues
day, June 25, concluded its dellbera.
tions at 1856 O'Clock a. m. last Wed
nesday, July 8, having made new
record for the length Of time re,
CURED by such a convention to &C.
complish the work of constructing
platform and nominating party can
tlldates for president and vice pres1-
dent.
The struggle for the presidential
nomination did not eliminate until
the forty-sixth ballot, taken between
3 AND o'clock Tuesday afternoon.
when Gov Woodrow Wilson Of New
Jersey received 800 votes, Speaker
Champ Clark "a, and Gov. Judson
Harmon of Ohio II, two delegates
being absent.
The last ballot taken Saturday
night was the tWenty-sixth, which
gave Clark 4631s, Wilson 407R, I'm
aerwood 1127@, Foss 43, Marshall 80
and Harmon 20. Up to that time
Clark's highest vote had been 556 On
| the tenth ballot, when Wilson received
35O1a. Thenceforth the speakers
strength slowly declined and that of
| the New Jersey governor correspond
! illgly increased
Col. Bryan, who was prolific Of
sensational speeches during the mem
| orab1e convention, sprung another
one on Saturday under the pretext
of explaining mis- vote, He virtually
served notice that the party and the
country would not stand for any can
didate who owed his nomination to
the New York delegation, and as
New York's 80 votes had been trans
| ferred from Harmon to Clark, infer
cntially iii return for the Clark sup
1 port of Parker for temporary chair
man, the effect Of this declaration
was naturally very hlrtful to the
/ CLARK cause Mr.. Clark's friends
summoned him from Washington to
meet this attack in person, but the
] convention had adjourned before he
reached Baltimore, and he contented
himself with a published statement
that there had been no bargain or
understanding between himself and
the New York delegates.
It was expected that the party
leaders might get together Sunday
ind arrange a plan by which a
speedy termination of the deadlock
could be reached Oh Monday, but
/ Ills expectation was disappointed
The first ballot taken on Monday
showed 469 for. Clark and 1867 fo1
Wilson. The last Monday ballot, the
1 for y-secend, gave Clark 430 and vii
son 494, the latter having passed his
lprincipal competitor on the thirtietf
& ballot, Wnen the vote stood 455 fol
Clark to AGO for Wilson.
The foriy-tnird ballet, Tuesday az
ternoon, gave Wilson 602, Clark 329
} Underwood 9S1a, Foss II and Har
mon %. There was little change il
1.-THE next two ballots, but when The
, forty sixth was about to be begun
the name Of Underwood was with
drawn, followed by the announce
ment that Illinois would change he
fifty-eiSht votes from Clark to WI
t son and that Speaker Clark released
his friends from further obligation t
s support him. It was all over but thu
shouting then, but there was pient.
of that. An attempt was made t
stop the roll cali and declare Gov
Wilson the nominee by aCclanlatlon
but this was ruled out Of order o.
the objection Of Missouri and Obi
{ delegates who wished TO carry gu
| their pledges to vote for their re
spectiYe favorites. Clark ana Harmon
: as long as their names were befor
!, the convention. This did not inter
fere with unanimous concurrence /
: the result.
9 At the last session Tuesday nighi
! The committee on resolutions sui
mitted a long report. which wa
\ adopted without dissent. If spac
l permits, summary OF the platforl
will be published III today,s Chief
otherwise it will appear in next il
y sue.
The nomination of a candidate f.
vice president was then proceede
! with. An attempt was made to &c
: Speaker Clark to take second plae
on the ticket, but he replied by telt
y phone from Washington that undo
no circumstances would he conside
such proposition. A number {