Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-06-28
Col. Pendleton in &c
stasy as He Casts the
State'sVote for South
ern Manic ra p hic
Story of the Conven-
ton Turmoil and De-
monstration forClark.
BY JAMES B. NEVIN.


BALTIMORE. June 2S.-The Georgia
delegation was enthused and highly
elated today over the showing Under
wood made in the first ballot in the
convention recorded at 7:l0 this morn
ing. Underwood polled. under the alb
rogation Of the unit rule. something
like 20 more votes in the first ballot
than the Georgans expected He is
generally regarded not only by the
Georgians themselves, but scores Of
delegates from other delegations. Us by
far the most conspicuous so-called
dark horse possibility before the con-
vention now.
The Georgians confidently predict
that Underwood will show ever finer
form on the second and third ballots.
although they do not look for his nom
nation on an early ballot. of course.
From the very first the Georgians have
received encouraging reports from the
New York delegation. and Tom Tag
CART this morning said his Indianans
look not with any degree of disfavor
on Underwood as an eventual PROPOSE
tion
Talking Underwood Only.
The Underwood organization inside
the convention is compact and aggres-
sive. Wherever it may GO should a
break from the Alabaman come. it isn't
talking anything but Underwood for
the nomination today 1t is generally
understood that Champ Clark will get
Georgia's vote when Georgia switches.
II she does switch, as has been poir ed
out before but the delegation sees no
switching point in sight right now.
If Clark should show up strone On
the second ballot and Underwood fall
off, it is possible that Georgia might
swing into the speakers column on the
third ballot. 1t seems more likely how
ever that it viii not swing away from
Underwood to anybody soon Strageti-
cally the Georgians believe Under
woods position this morning to be
ideal
A Crazy Night.
one wonders at the futility and ut
ter uselessness of adjectives when he
attempts to tell In intelligent language
OF that wild, crazy. thrilling. wearisome
awful night here in the Fifth regiment
armory in old Baltimore town, lust
passed into history
| Whatever Bedlam was or is. that was
worse A man sitting next to me along
about midnight said there were 2s.0no
people in the building it struck me
as rather curious that he didn't say
29'4O' or 2S,99S, or something like that.
Tor all he knew. Long ago some matbe-
NAUTICAL and otherwise wise phiIosophe,.
SAID II was impossible for the human
mind to conceive million of anything
thought last night Of him. and won
dered il there might not be. really. a
million people in that armoly. one
knows that all Baltimore was not in
there of course besides the visitors for
outside there was jam terrific. and
down town the streets were crowded
early in the evening with thousands and
thousands Watching a sufragette IN .
rade
think the adjective that fits thu
needs of this reportoria moment more
nearly than any other is crazy. Last
night was a crazy night alunatic night
perhaps In that unatic is said ia
nave perfectly safe and sane intervals
at tunes. Anyway. | marveled thai
men could lose all seeming sense If
propoil ton upon 50 little provocation
row ana then and behave so much like
monkeys and very small children with
out IN calmer retrospect. any actually.
compelling cause
The Clark Upheaval.
however that. may be. leave to
heads more clear. to pens more snrc
ana to tongues more confident Than
nine to say this morning. NV emo
Wons' along with those Of the crowd.
ran the whole scale over and over
again cot mad, and then got glad
almost went to sleep time and again.
ana J enjoyed long between noddine
intervals when felt as if Sleep never
more should come to me and for that
/ was thankful When Champ Clark 6
name was mentioned for the nomina
ton that thing that breaks loose in
Georgia Al times broke loose good and
proper here. Believe me. that's fact
There was one hour and FIVE minutes
OF It, or five hours and one minute OF
IT, | don't know which. and don't
care II was the eIaziest thing | EYER
saw, and Vet was for 1t. strong and
militant, and | got into it, right I'M 10
the neck. because a part of IT, ana had
rafting good time while il lasted
previously had taken a hand in the Tn
de'wood demonstration, too. was
right there with the goods when nj
came to demonstrating last night. one
would have thought that the demon