The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-29

as hiiS NJ tTeN tnoukHt Ilc lltu a tHhh'V
and they believed II was time to shift
They were hisscd and boocd. A roll call
OF the oregon delegation was demanded
and the two boilers stood firm for
Clark. Clark thus gained two in ore
gon. this delegation standing eight for
Wilson. two for Clark.
The result OF the eleventh ballot was
Clark. 534. loss Of 2; Wilson, 3o@ls.
gain Of 4: Underwood. 11Sts, a gain OF
I; Harmon, 20. loss Of .; Marshall
30, a loss Of l. Bryan and Kern again
received I each.
Clark lost one vote and Wilson gained
two in Connecticut when that State was
reached on the twelfth ballot. AS the
roll call proceeded 1t was apparent that
the Wilson delegates were holding fast
and that the stampede which Murphy
attempted to start for Clark had failed
to materializc.
There was a dispute as to Tennessee's
vote. and Senator Luke Lea called for
a poll of the delegates. That showed a
gain of AZ votes for Underwood; Clark
lost 6,a.
At midnight the convention was
doadlocked after having taken eight bal
lots. The vote on the eighth. which
came shortly before i. o'clock. follows:
Clark, +4sie; Wilson. 35lis tnder
wood. l2s Harmon, 1870: Marshall. 81;
Gaynor. !: Bryan, 1. Kern. |. James. |.
Al few minutes after midnight the
convention was proccedir, with the
ninth ballot This Is said to establish
n record in the matter Of ballots for
e Democratic national convention. The
lIishcst previous record Is given as seven
ballots There seemed Ia be- no immcd-
late prospect for nomination.
Tho ballotng had been "a steady.
somewhat monotonous performance all
day long. Occasionally few of the
uninstruCtcd States would shift their
votes, but the changes werc not great
and 1t vas apparent from tho start that
the deadlock was to be drawn out for q
considerable number of ballots.
Five ballots were taken In the after
noon Champ Clark had led off with 440t.
votes on the first ballot. which was
taken about : O'Clock In the morning
after an all night session.
Woodrow Wilson had 3ai votes on
this first ballot and Harmon came next
with 1+s. Underwood had llIip. Mar
shall 81 and Gov. baldwin IA. William
J. Bryan started OF with one vote but
In the course Of the day failed to swell
his total beyond two.
Gov. Baldwin was the first of the
favor.te sons To be deserted by his dele
gates. Connccticut's fourteen divided on
the NTH ballot among several candi-
dates and continued to shift about APP
parently without any set purpose.
The afternoon session began at
O'Clock. a recess having been taken after
the first ballot had disclosed at : o'clock
In tho morning that no one had the nee
essary 1851. votes,
Within two hours after the recon
vening of the convention II was plain to
everybody that nothing definite could he
accomplished unless the leaders got to-
gcther and tried To compromise. on the
Ave ballots taken In this afternoons ses
sion Champ Clark and Woodrow Wilson
steadily gathered strength. but II was a
slow process and gave no prospect of
nomination. Clark's vote ran up from
44oL. on the first ballot to 4+3 on the
NTH. Woodrow Wilson's strength had
increased from 3ol to 35l oscar Tn
derwood had added votes to his
total, while Harmon was 6ia votes
poorer than when he started,
Leaders Cali Recess.
The leaders then decided to recess
until 2 80 O'Clock in the evening, in the
hope of being able to bring some OF the
opposing factions together. When the
delegates reentercd the hall there were
reports that some hcadwsy had been
made a; an understanding among Ger
tain Of the leaders. II was said that
Charles L, Murphy was prepared TO
| throw New York's ninety votes to
Champ Clark after II became apparent
that nothing could b. accomplished by
supporting Coy. iIarmons candidacy.
For three ballots after the convening
If the evening session. however. Muir
ply continued To vote New lork's bloCl,
solidly for Harmon and the impression
AT midnight was that he would con-
tinuc to follow this course at least for
three or four ballots more.
! 1t was understood that II Murphy ca
New iork's delegates for Champ CLARK.
oscar Underwood would throw his
| strength in the same direction. New
York and Underwood together would IN
| creas. Ciark's strength by about 2l5.
which would bring his total close to 66j.
still 60 less than the necessary two
thirds.
Al midnight things looked consider
ably more favorable for Champ Clark
| than any other candidate. but Woodrow
Wilson's friends were saying he still had
a chance.
| Bryan was inclined to believe that II
would he Clark. The best judgment OF
political observers. however. was that
the convention was so firmly deadlocked
that some radical action would have to
b. taken II any definite result was to
b.. obtained tonight.
| There vas talk amcng the leaders Of
bringing in a resolution eliminating the
| two lowest candidates and thus releas-
ing delegates IN the hope Of breaking
the deadlock.
II was IeI'oricd that the understand
ing under which Underwood votes would
be thrown to Clark was that Mr.. Under
wood would succeed Clark as Speaker OF
the HoIs" Of Representatives.
With all of the windjamming and
hooraying and sky-larking out OF the
way the Democratic national convention