New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-07-02
CLARK SLOWLY GIVES WAY,
FIGHTING FOR EVERY VOTE
Delegates Grow III Tempered Night Session Drags On,
but Are Too Weary to Do More Than Cheer
or Jeer Feeby Instead Of Making
Real Demonstrations

Baltimore. July IA weary. bedraggied.
peevIsh aggregation of delegates and alter
mates drlfted into the convention hall TO-
night with a long. dreary session in pros
poet. They confronted the same n'cnoto-
nous grind of hallotlns that had continued
from last Friday morning. Whom the first
yoto that developed the deadlock on
Presidential nomination was cast after an
all night session
Almost a full week of controversy be-
tween the rival factions had sorely tried
the patience and tompers Of tie delegates,
and IN. crowd was irritabl" and Hxcitabl".
The tensity OF the situation had SHOWN it
self IN - semi-riot on the moor during the
afternoon when William Jennings Bryan
found himself IN the midst OF nalf = score
Of fist hchts Police wcr" warned to exert
extraordinary vigilance In the future. Tho
slow yac,llating rise and fall OF the vote
OF fayortc candidates throughout the day
had increased the steadily growing bitter
ness 81 last week and tonight match OF
offence. touched 10 the excitement. might
| have set the entire convention sblaze.
| l. was on this situation that many OF the
LEADERS based a hope NJ nomination be
fore tho night WAS over They argued that
|
WORK. would break from the hard and last
!iner they had been holding and thro"
enough votes 70 one Of the candidates to
/ end tho agony 81 suspense. Others con
I tented that tho situation made lInrossinI"
an acreemen, on any one Of the candidates
now before tho convention. They pointed
70 tho physical clash between the Clark snd
| Wilson forces in the afternoon as an 'Vi'
donra that the feeling between tho two "o'
60 tittor neither would allow enough votes
! 10 20 90 tho other ~ nominate.
Tho galleries were crowded rs the time
nesred for the calling Of the soll for IN"
| thir, nth ballot They had been thrown
opsu TO tho general public and Baltimore
/ too. advantage Of the chance 10 geo the
| lolsgates ~ work
I Chairman James DID not reach tho stand
urru sen O'Clock \ momeut later he
! dropped ris gavel ana prayer was onerei
| by the Rev clayton " Ranck. Trio
r~aver was short. and Il was vigorously
appauded.
1 Chairman James ordered tho doors cl,sed
- prevent further ovsrcrowdinE lie
warned the galleries against disorder. ard
/ declared tho slightest evidence of a demon
s'r,tior would result IN IN" immediate
! earring ~ any section. He then ordered
go. roIcau Tor tho thirty-hfth ballot
! Tho rollcall was interrupted nv the on
'rarr. OF william !. Bryan. whose adNen-
sac greeted ly cheers.
The break I'm tho Michigan delega ion
came according 10 schedule. The Wilson
delegates cheered ~ the vote Was an
nouncad Wilson q; Clark. T. thus r.v-
ing Wilson nftenn additional votes, taking
| them from the Clark column.
Tho steady gain which Wilson had been
! making al day continued on the thirty
| df'l ballot tho New Jersey Governor sc
= curing /. votes net clark lost II. Under
wood g. vote remained al lolis. Kern lost
ono. Tic vote on this ballot w1s.
! Clark. 433 ,: Wilson. 4edl ?; Underwood
| tOr2; Harmon, 2oi Foss. %; Kern, I; alb.
| sent, p,
Speaker clark received only 1891 votes on
this ballot. his low mark since the begin
ming Of the contest. ON the first ballot he
received i+o,l votes. and hls vote increased
! SLOWLY until the tenth ballot. when it
bounded upward as the result Of New
| york'a ninety votes going to him In
body. After he received 4 majority vote.
however. his forces struck stone wall in
|
opponcuts openly boosted that the MIS-
souriau's strength would disntcgrdtc rapid
'. from thir point. where he had lost part
II his opening vote.
ON tho thirty sixth ballot the change was
immateriaL Clark gained single vote and
Wilson secured two additional votes, the
figures being:
Clark, 43al,; Wilson, 1867; Underwood,
9sI2; Harmon, %: Foss, p; Kern, !; ABB
sent e!
After the thirty-sixth ballot Chairman
James surrendered the savel 10 Senator
O'Gorman. Of New York. A cheer greeted
the Senator as he began presiding.
on the thirty seventh ballot Clark lost
I'VE. Wilson's vote remained unchanged.
Underwood gained two. The shift Of two
from Clark To Underwood was the only
change on this ballot the totals being:
Clark. 4321; Wilson, 1867; Underwood.
1901: Harmon. %: Foss. rs; k2rn, I: alb.
sent, -.
when the thirty-eighth ballot was taken
Underwood gained four from the Clark
column in Connecticut.
When Florida was called poll was de-
manded The call showed that of the
twelve delegates. two were for Wilson and
ten for Underwood.
Senator O'Gorman I'm the chair ruled
that the resolution abrogating the unit rule
in cases where A preferential primary had
been held applied TO the Florida delega-
ton and the vote was recorded as Under
wood, 10: Wilson, .. The ruling caused
considerable disorder. which Senator OGor-
man had some trouble IN queting.
The result OF the thirty eighth ballot was:
Clark 425: Wilson, 1852; Underwood.
1866 FoSs, 2S; Harmon. 20; kern, I; Al.
sent, -,
| As the night wore on and ballot after bal
lot was taken without result the temper
OF the delegates grew worse. Every shift
| ing vote every demand for the poll OF
delegation. awakened the bitterness that
Hay beneath the proceedings Kisses, half
hearted cheers and jecrs greeted the Few
! changes on each succeeding ballot.
| This spirit was also shown at times in
the audience. and tho police were forced
| to remove offenders who became involved
| in quarres.
| on the thirty-ninth ballot the first break
came I'm Colorado. Wilson received one OF
the twelve Clark votes OF that state.
| While the Colorado delegates were IN
strcted % vote for Clark until released
by him" Chairman James held that there
vas no unit rule involved and that the