Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-02

loyed by the failure " the leaders 10
arrive. Chairman James did not
reach the stand until N.2O A moment
! later be dropped his guVrl ana PRAYER
was offered hy the RcN clayton ~.
Rank.
Chairman James ordered the doors
closed tu prevent further oNrrcroNd-
ing, llo warned the galleries against
disorder and declared that tho siisht-
est evidence OF disorder would result
In tho immediate clearing uf that src-
ton. He then ordered tho roll call
for The S5th ballot
The rumorcd break In Illinois ana
NOT occur. us 5S votes stayed with
Clark The roll call was interrupted
by the entrance of W, j, Bryan, whose
advent was marked by cheering
The break I'm the Michigan seloga-
tion came according TO schedule. Tho
Wilson delegates checred as the vote
was announced, Wilson 21 Clark %.
w son Got Fifteen.
This gave Wilson fifteen additional
votes, taking them from the Clark
column.
The steady gain which Wilson had
been making ALI day continued on tho
36th ballot. the New Jersey governor
securing fifteen votes net Clark lost
fourteen. UnderWood's vote remained
at lOl !A kSrnl lost one, ..
Speaker Ozark received only 433ia
votes on this ballot, his low mark
since the beginning of the contest.
on the first ballot he received 440ih
votes and his yote increased slowly
until the tenth ballot, when It bound
ed upward asl the result of New
YorlTs 80 votes going to hin in "A
body After hd received a majority
vote, however mis- forces struck "A
stone wall in the opposition OF Mr.
Bryan. Mr.. Clark's opposition open
~ hoasted that the Missourian.
strength would disntegrate rapidly
from the point whore he had lost a
part of his opening vote
On the seth ballot the change was
immaterial. Clark gained single
vote and Wilson secured two addl-
tional
After the seth ballot, Chairman
james surrendered the guVel To Sem
ator O'Gorman OF New York. A
cheer greeted the senator as he be-
gan presiding.
ON the 37th ballot, Clark lost two.
The Wilson vote remained unchanged.
Underwood gained two. The shirt OF
two from Clark 10 Underwood was the
only change on this ballot
In Connecticut. Underwood gained
four from the Clark column. When
Florida was called, IA poll was de-
manded. The call Of the delegates
showed that of the twelve delegates
two were for Wilson and ten for un-
derwood.
OGorinan RIt ed.
Senator O'Gorman IN the chhlr
ruled that the resolution abrosauns
the unit rule in eases where prefer
entail primary had been held applied
to tho Florida delegation, ana the
vote was recorL I'D. Underwood ~,
Wilson 2. The ruling produced con-
siderable disorder, which Senator
OGorman had rVue trouble III quiet
Ing. ly
in Tennessee Clark lost ga. The
gave Clark, wilson ana
Underwood eight votes each.
on the 3Sth ballot, Clark lost 12,
Wilson gained . and Underwood gain
ed u.
AS the night wore on and ballot az /
ter ballot was taken without result |
the temper of the delegates grew
worse. Every shifting vote, every
demand for the poll of delegation |
awakened the bitterness that lay be-
meath the proceedings.
Kisses, half hearted cheers ana
jeers greeted the few changes on each
succeeding ballot.
This spirit was also shown at times
in the audience and the police were
forced to remove offenders who be-
came involved in quarrels.
On the thirty-ninth ballot the first
break came In Colorado. Wilson was
given one of the twelve Clark votes
Of the state.
While the Colorado delegates were
to vote for Clark until re-
leased by him, Chairman James held
that there was no unit rule involved
and that the delegates We're respon-
sible only to their people The
single vote was counted for Wilson.
Just prior to the thirty-ninth ballot
the Illinois delegation held a caucus
on the proposition OF allowing ! split
to Wilson. 1t was decided not to al
low break at that time, and on the
ballot all the So voted
again for Clark.
Iowa gave Wilson two more Clark
votes, making the states vote: VIII
son 16, Clark 10.
In Wisconsin another vote went to
Wilson from the Clark column.
This ballot pulled Wilson's vote
above the 500 mark and his adher-
ents on the floor cheered nightly,
Clark lost three to Wilson. Under
woods vote was unchanged.
The Wilson people started a dem
but the tired delegates did /
not respond enthusiastically Aided
by the police. Chairman James soon
luieted the uprpar
On the thirty ninth ballot Clark
lad only 81 more votes than the one
.hird necessary to hold veto power
and prevent a nomination
The only net change on this ballot r
was a gain of one for Clark and a !
oss OF one for Harmon. ,
Continued on page S.)
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