The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-06-30

lot was then begun at s:b5 D. m
 On the fifteenth ballot Montana's s eight votes up to that lime cast. soldily for Clark. split. Six went to Wilson, two standing by Clark
 It took just 10 minutes to call the roll the fifteenth time and the tally clerks had some trouble following It. The result was
 Clark 552, Wilson S621s, Underwood l10h, Harmon 29, Marshall 30, Bryan 2, Kern 2.
 This gave Clark a loss of l, Will son gain of E, Underwood a loss of one vote. This gave Wilson just one sixth of a vote less than one-third of the convention.
 Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth
 There were few changes on the six teenth ballot, which resulted as follows Clark 551. Wilson 36219, Underwood 1l21s Harmon 29, with several scattering
 On the seventeenth ballot the same old lines held fast in the main with Clark losing slowly. The result was; Clark 545, Wilson, 3621R, Underwood 112;, Harmon ,29 with the same scattering vote.
 The eighteenth ballot showed only minor changes. It was as follows: Clark 535, 1 Wilson S6l, Underwood 125, Harmon 29 with the same scattering vote Under wood gained 12la on this vote and Wilson gained slightly. Clark lost to both of l them.
 The nineteenth ballot was begun. Idaho's Kern vote broke for Bryan glv- | ing him six of eight votes of the state l Clark received two. The result of the ninteenth ballot was Clark 532. Wilson 33S, Underwood 13O, Harmon 29, Marshall 30, Kern l. Bryan 2.
 This showed a loss of three for Clark a loss of 3 for Wilson, a gain for Under wood of five and a gain of six for Bryan.
 Underwood Telegraphs Bankhead
 During the twentieth ballot Senator | Bankhead. manager of the Underwood forces, received telegram from Repre- 1 sentative Underwood saying;
 We control the situation. I hope my 1 friends will stand firm"
 The twentieth ballot resulted: Clark 512, Wilson 3SSh. Underwood 121l5, liar mon 29, Marshall 30. Kern 1, Bryan l. ;, Foss 2, James g.
 This was loss of 20 for Clark. gain of 3o1s for Wilson, a loss of Sls for Un- derwood Foss and James were each placed on the roll on this ballot On the l twenty-hrst ballot, started at 6:10 D. m. l Wilson men in the Washington and Wy oming delegations demanded roll calls Clark had majorities in each delegation and under the unit rule the entire vote of both went to him. Clarks loss and
  l first ballot.
 The result was Clark sos, Wilson 395H Underwood 1lSls, Harmon 29 Marshall 30 Kern 1, Bryan 1. Foss 5.
 This was a loss of for Clark, a gain of for Wilson and loss of for Under i wood.
 Former Gov David R. Francis of the Clark forces moved that the convention l recess until S:30 D. m The Wilson forces encouraged by their steady gain through the afternoon objected and Senator Lea of Tennessee demanded a roll call
 After a recapitulation of the roll call | which took 70 minutes, the vote was an l nounced--ayes 529.s. noes 547. l The convention thus refused to adjourn and the twenty-second ballot was begun When Massachusetts was reached Mayor I Fitzgerald of Boston endcasyred to get unanimous consent to make a statement l It was refused and Fitzgerald announced Massachusetts casts 3i votes for Foss, ? | for Clark" An uproar followed The ] Massachusetts delegates protested that they should be given an opportunity to place Floss in nomination.
 Ohio Goes to Clark William Sulzer. in the chair. used his lgavel and the roll call proceeded. When Ohio was called the Harmon vote of that state went to Clark Twenty eight and half votes were recorded for Clark and half a vote went from l the Harmon column to Wilson. Yer mont entire vote, eight, on this call, went to Foss.
 The result of the 22d roll was: Clark 5O0ls Wilson S961a Underwood | 115; Marshall. 30; Foss. lS; Bryan. l; Kern. l. Clark lost : i5 Wilson gained 1; Underwood lost F, and Foss took place on the roll Harmd.a's 29 in Ohio were eliminated. 2s1s going to Clark and half vote to Wilson The 2Sd roll was begun at 7:45 ?. m. The re- suit was: Clark. 4971 Wilson. sa9; Underwood l14is: Marshall, 30: Floss. t5 Bryan, I Gaynor l.. | This was loss of three for Clark and a gain of three for Wilson. and loss of F for TTnderwoodf The 2ltl ballot was begun at S:09 D. m. Iowas delegation, which had been passed de- manded to poll. The delegates stood for Wilson, 19 for Clark. Sulzer in the chair, ruled that the vote must be cast for Clark and an Iowa delegate ap- pealed from the decision of the chair Appeal Withdrawn
 Representative Hughes. the Wilson leader, demanded a roll call on the appeal and amid extraordinary din the clerk began the call. Finally the ap- 1 peal was withdrawn On the twenty l fourth ballot the vote stood Clark 49f. ! Wilson 402H. Underwood 1l5is. Foss l is Marshall 80. Bryan l. This was a | Clark loss of lis. Wilson gain of d3i5, an Underwood gain of l and Foss lost 9 Wilson had passed the 400 mark for the first time and when the i vote was announced the Wilson en- thusiasts cheered loudly.
 senator Stone of Missouri took the stage to ask unanimous consent to an agreement.
 l ..r aslx ,,napinous consent" ha said 1 that after two additional ballots on the third ballot. the candidate receiv- ing the smallest vote on that vote be i dropped from the ballot: on the xt ballot the candidate receiving the small est number of votes. and so on for l ward
 ] A chorus of hoots and jeers greeted this proposal and Representative Bur leson objected vigorously. Bryan left his seat with the Nebraska delegation and hastened through the crowd to the front of the stage where he leaned with one hand cupoed over his car to