Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-07-04

clark 49,. $50. .30t
WILSON, 80. -. -. -. '.'.'..oot
Underwood ....... -. y
EdrMOn -. -. -. -. ..... q
foss ........ 80. -. ......... n
The forty-sixth ballot resulted
LARK -. ............ o
w iisoH ..............' -. -. n Sst
Harmon =. ..............,...... l:
Ausent ................:
Flight In Iowa Camp
Fist fights in the Ohio. Iowa, Kan
sas, Missouri and Maryland delega
ttons enlivened the proceedings of the
Democratic national convention yes
.terday
The trouble in the Iowa >amr
came on the thirtieth ballot, when
Chairman Claude Porter announced
a division OF opinion which could be
settled only by poll The poll was
taken and 1t showed fourteen for Will.
son and twelve for Clark. N. D. Ely
w. W. Marsh and William Mullaney
questioned the accuracy OF these fig
ures and the delegation was asked to
verify them.
Walter Dewey, Bryan and Wilson
man, got up on his seat to vote for
Wilson the second time and some one
back Of him pulled him down. He
houndered about and struck out wild
ly, hitting no one, and then, sur.
rounded by his friends, was put back
in his seat and kept there.
The feeling in the, Iowa delegation
is at white heat, and since the
'Parker-Bryan temporary chairman
ship fight the delegates have been &C.
cusing each other of trickery and
treachery. Now the Wilson and Bry-
an men have gained the ascendency
and have broken the instructions Of
the state convention to stand by Clark.
The Clark men seize every oppor-
tunity to squabble with them.
Split In Iowa Delegation.
Weary and worn, the Iowa delega-
ton returned to it's quarters In the
Rennert Saturday night after almost
three days of continuous work in the
hall. Sunday was welcomed
as day Of rest.
Although instructed for Champ
Clark, many Of the Hawkeyes came
to the opinion on Friday night that he
could not be nominated. Early Satur-
day morning when Charlie Murphy
cast New York's ninety ballots for the
they changed little and
hope was restored. When, however,
Champ Clark was thrown aside by
Bryan on Saturday afternoon they
anne to the conclusion that even If
nominated he could not be elected.
There the matter rested when ad-
|ournment was taken.
Foff TO- To t1 fho
refusal Of his friend, Oscar Under
wood, to give him any support. Under
wood has been sitting about as tight
IS it is possible for any man to sit,
/ little tighter than any democratic
for the presidency has sat
since the civil war The result is that
Clark has lost out.
A poll of the Iowa delegation was
demanded on Saturday night and IA
were in favor of sticking by Clark and
IL OF going to Wilson. Although the,
members had previously voted to
waive the instructions Of the state
the chair ruled, on point
II order Of Mr.. Mulveney Of the 18th
district, that the entire 26 votes must
be cast for Clark until majority Of
The delegation turned against him.
Clark Visit Showed Desperation.
Champ Clark's coming to Balti-
more Saturday night proved the des-
peration of his cause. A wholesale
switching and trading was planned at
the conference he had with his fol-
lowers and then after it was all over
everybody feared that If the plans
were carried out Wilson would be
named The whole thing proved the
of large bodies more
than ever before, for
while the leaders knew what they
wanted to do, it was hard matter
Tor them to explain 1t to their men,
and there was where the rub came,
Tor many of the latter we're ready to
get up on their hind legs and kick.
The whole idea OF the Clark leaders
was to prevent the naming Of Wilson
Or Underwood. The latter they knew
10 be next to impossible, but from the
the balloting started Wilson
began to accumulate progressive votes
md when it ceased on Saturday night
he was far in the lead Of Clark had
New York's ninety been taken away
rom the latter The danger Of taking
hat ninety away and giving it to I'm
lerwood lay in the fact that it might
a wholesale stampede to
Wilson.
During the dickering in the hall, a
Georgia delegate started to inform the
owans that If they would sit tight
|. little longer they would beat Will
son and then name Underwood. 1--WE
lon't want Underwood" he was
yrimly informed by the whole dele
cation. Then Billy Marsh Of Waterloo
cot up and said: "Sit tight; let me
ell you something. You go and get
he biggest picture of Woodrow Will
son you can find and stick 1t on your
shirt front. He's going to be the
nominee of this convention Just as a
result of your foolishness."
The Georgian started to protest and
argue further when Marsh said: II
I'm just as good a Clark man as any
me in the hall; I have stuck with him
his far and am going to stick with
lin until the end; but you guys have
brown him down. You have played
his game like babies" The south
,rner replied that the Iowans had
,layed II like something else and al