El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-02

/ delegation gave a cheer which was
echoed in the galleries.
State after state fell into line fol
Wilson, lnsuring his nomination by ar
overwhelming majo.ity.
Delegate Moore, of Ohio, took the
/ platform and released the Harmon
delegates
Confusion During BaIIOting.
Great confusion interrupted the roll
call Tneo. Bell, Of California, attempt
ed TO explain CALIFORNIA; vote and was
howled down.
The convention was eager to hear the
encouragement Of Wilson's nomination,
which had now become apparent
bryan was a center of interest as
wilson nomination became certain.
he SAID he had wanted most of all the
nomination of a progressive.
Wilson Nominated.
wilson was nominated at 3:15 when
Pennsylvania cast her 76 votes for him.
making his total at that time 1888. The
entire 10th ballot, official, was:
clark, 81; Wilson, $50; Harmon. u:
Senator Stone, Of Missouri. moved to
MAKE me nomination Of Wilson by &C
Wilson's nomination was made unan-
California stood by Clark to the last,
tut announced it would move after the
ballot to make the nomination unan-
imOus
Chairman James formally declared
nominee
convention for president of the United
states, at 1886 o. m.
tremendous demonstration fol-
lowed the announcement of Wilson's
nomination by reclamation Cheer
aIter cheer swept the hall and was
taken up by the crowds outside.
Convention Adjourned
The convention adjourned until q n
H. LOT nomination of a vice president
Last Nights Session.
Inc deadlock in the Democratic ma
tlonal convention over a presidential
nominee seemed more complicated than
ever when adjournment was taken a.
1z:45 a. m. until noon today. woodrow
Wilson had made steady gains during
Mondays balloting until he reached a
nigh water mark Of 5O15z votes on the
SSth ballot. He remained stationary
on the 10th ballot and then beran to
lose ground The last ballot was the
42d, when governor Wilson polIed 494
votes.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb of his candidacy on the
ballot whete Wilson reached a crest
lie went down to 422 votes at that
time, but Immediately began to pick
up and had gone to 40 when adjourn
ment was taken.
The evening started auspiciouslv for
wilson with the S5th ballot and on
the 18th he had passed the 500 mark
with one and a half votes to spare
Clark in the same ballots had lost IL
Wilson's 5O11a remained the same and
Clark gained a single vote leaving
him 1923 Meantime the vote for oscar
W. Underwood fluctuated within 10
votes of the 100 mark.
By the time the 4Otn ballot had been
completed, there was seemingly no
hope of a nomination last night The
delegates sat in a sort of sturor The
roll call clerks entered the vote me-
chanically, often without waiting for
the responses from the various states.
At the end of the 40th ballot a tired
Alabama delegate moved to adjourn,
but when a roll call on the motion
was demanded by the Wilson forces,
he withdrew it. Another attempt was
made to adjourn after the 41st ballot
and again it failed After the 42d the
motion carried.
Delegates All Weary.
The weary, bedraggled, peevish ag-
gregation Of delegates and alternates
drifted into the convention hall last
night with a long dreary night session
IN prospect They confronted the same
mOnotonOus grind of balloting that had
continued from last Friday morning.
The tensity of the situation had shown
itself in q semi-riot on the floor dur