The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-02
Delegates Commenced Climbing Into the Band
wagon on Forty-fourth Ballot When Vic
tory Appears Almost Certain.
CLARK LEADERS WERE in A PANIC
Fever Spread Through Convention Hall as Viii
son Began to Pile Up the Votes and Clark
Following Began to Dwindle.

TUnited Press Leased Wire Service.]
BALTIMORE. July 2.-On the forty
fourth ballot Colorado gave Wilson
ten votes as against one heretofore.
cast for him. Just as this shift came
Charles F. Murphy came down to the
Missouri delegation and engaged in
earnest conversation with Dave Fran
els and Francis was assuring the Tam
many chieftain that he would be able
to hold his forces intact from now on.
Indiana came solidly into the Will
son camp on this ballot, a gain Of two
for Wilson.
In Iowa Wilson gained 3M votes.
Pennsylvania recorded itself solid
for Wilson on this forty-fourth ballot,
the two that had been holding out
swinging into line.
Utah a moment later came In solid,
following Pennsylvania example. and
piled its eight votes to Wilson.
Wisconsin caught the fever and
voted solidly for Wilson.
Before the result of the forty-fourth
ballot could be announced some OF the
Washington delegates demanded q
poll OF the delegation. The chairman
bitterly denounced the demand, de-
claring that 1t came from some dele
gates who wanted their names in the
papers.
James ruled that any delegation
could demand \ roll call at any time.
When an attempt was made to vote
proxies in this delegation, Chairman
James ruled that they could not be
used. Washington's chairman appeal
ed to him to make an exception in this
case.
THE state of Washington has no
alternates," he said, "and we have
universally recognized each others
proxies from the beginning
James stuck to his ruling.
so long as the chair has no chal-
lenge made CT proxies it cannot in
terfere," he said THE delegation
had no right to create alternates II
the convention that created 1t did not
name any. The chair must rule that
no proxies can be recognized here"
A Washington delegate shouted at
James:
II appeal from the decision OF the
chair which is part Of the fraud
which has been practiced in this con
vention' ss
Ollie James Gets Mad.
Ollie James became white with an
ger.
III the gentleman has any opinion
that any of the directors of this con
vention practices fraud he has rem
edy and hereby invite him to appeal
from the decision of the chair shout
ed James.
Il do so appeal was the reply.
From a dozen sections of the hal
came motions to lay the appeal or
:. @the table. On viva voce vote there
was chorus Of ayes and very few
scattering noes from the Washington
reservation.
James smiled 1t was an expansive
smile that mantled his face from cal
to ear.
THE ayes seem to have It," ne
thundered amidst laughter and gen
eral applause. "The appeal is tabled
The roll call OF the delegation ther
proceeded.
The vote resulted, Clark s1s; VIII
son 1919; two absent. Under the uni
rule James directed that the vote bt
cast for Clark.
With only ninety-seyen needed Z
nominate after the forty-fourth ballo
was taken the Wilson managers begal
concerted search for the needed
tallies. They proselyted actiyel.
among all of the delegations and seem
ed confident that there would be
real break in the next few ballot
which would land the nomination TO
the governor.
While this was going on the Clarl
leaders were following the Wilsoi
men around endeavoring to straightel
out each dent as soon as it was made
They were working desperately to ge
combination that would check tn
Wilson nomination and claimed to b
confident OF success.
Underwood Withdraws
Senator Bankhead of Alabama, tn
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