Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1912-07-10

| ferred to his resolution which the con.
vention had passed on Thursday night
and said no candidate the party might
New York delegation voting as a unit
under the direction of Murphy would
be in position to carry out the prom.
Uses of that resolution.
The reading of his statement was
interrupted time after time before il
was completed, and when completed a
hundred or more delegates were on
the floor clamoring for recognition.
will you support the nominee OF
this conventions" yelled one delegate
II do not expect to bolt" parried
Mr.. Bryan.
Another succeeded in asking a long
hypothetical question, which Bryan
refused to answer unless it were
made more explicit.
Another asked whether he consid-
cred refusal to support candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal to support for president
a man nominated with Murphy's sup
port
Does not the law make a differ
ence," replied Mr.. Bryan, between
the lawyer who defends a criminal
after the crime has been committed
and the man who assists in the com
mission of crime
Mr. Bryan then announced his vote
for Woodrow Wilson and retired to
his seat in the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued to cast his vote fol
Wilson throughout the night.
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
cations and the two-thirds rule as ap
n piled to the nomination were made
previous to the Saturday night ad
journment. The first Of these applied
to Ohio and was successful the move
adding ter votes to the Wilson
strength But the resolution that ap
Piled to Ohio did not cover Other
states, and the enforcing Of the rule
led to wrangles on every ballot.
At the close of the twenty-fifth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Ston,
Of Missouri asked unanimous consen
for the consideration of motion pro!
viding that beginning with the twenty
eighth ballot the lowest man SHOULD
drop out of the race, and on the fna
ballot the candidate receiving tn
majority of the votes cast should b.
the party nominee. The Texas dele
cation offered immediate objection
and the long, tedious calling of tn
TOLL Of states continued
With Monday came two importan
and interesting features. One wa
the APPARENT cracking Of the deadloc
in favor of Wilson. Despite the des
rerate endeavors of the Clark forces
the governors vote increased steadil
on every ballot until. on the thirty
ninth, it stood at 5011a. After tn
fortieth ballot the Wilson vote fel
off to 494, lis net gain over the frs
ballot being 871a When Wilson wa
at the high water mark on Monday
Clark had slumped to 422 but went u
again to 430 before adjournment. A
this time it seemed that the IllinOi
delegation held the key to the situa
ton.
The other big event of the day wa
the excoriation Of Bryan by John E
Stanchfield of New York This wa
: Murphy's first return blow, and
was a hard one. Praising the Nev
York delegation, Stanchfeld said;
1T is by common consent the mos
representative delegation that eve
came to a national convention from
New York If these be the 'puppet
Of wax that Mr.. Bryan refers to, W
say to that money grabbing, Office
seeking, publicity-hunting marplot 0
Nebraska-''
} stanchfeld could not conclude tn
sentence. It was drowned in a burs
Of cheers.
While the speaker delivered thi
attack Bryan sat quietly in his seat
} He watched stanchfeld closely am
occasionally smiled.
II desire to say again, the vote o
New York is vital to success" contir
ued Mr.. Stanchfield. "And no man cal
} 60 forth from this convention stigma
tized and branded with the mark 0
Organism upon him and come within
half a million votes of success.
when Mr. Bryan makes the state
ment that these delegates from New
York are under the influence Of Nor
gan and Ryan and Belmont, the pluto
Gratis Of this convention, he omit
one name. Outside Of the three h,
has named, the richest and most pow
erful plutocrat on the floor is tn.
gentleman from Nebraska himself"
All day the delegates were in fight