Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-07-05
Passing Clark on the
Thirtieth Ballot.
MISSOURI TAUNTS BRYAN
Banner Bearing Commoner's
Praise of Speaker Clark is
Carried in Front of the
Nebraska Delegation

| Baltimore.-The deadlock in the Dem
bcratic national convention over pres
idential nominee seemed more complete
than ever when adjournment was taken
at 1912 am. Tuesday until noon. Wood
row Wilson has made steady gains dur
| ing Mondays balloting until he reached
high water mark of sol 1-2 votes on
the thirty-ninth ballot. He remained
stationary on the fortieth ballot and
then began to lose ground. The last bal
lot was the forty-second, when Gov.
Wilson polled 494 votes.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the low
est ebb of his candidacy on the ballot
where Wilson reached a crest He went
down to 422 votes at that time, but inn
mediately began to pick up, and had gone
to 430 when adjournment was taken.
Wilson, with the thirty-ffth ballot,
and on the thirty-ninth, had passed the
500 mark with one and half votes to
spare. Clark in the same ballots lost
eleven votes.
On the fortieth call of the roll Wilson's
sol 1-2 remained the same and Clark
had gained single vote, giving him 425.
Meantime the vote for Oscar w. Under
wood fluctuated within ten votes of the
100 mark.
By the time the fortieth ballot had
been concluded there was seemingly no
hope of nomination. The delegates sat
in sort of stupor. The roll call clerks
entered the votes mechanically, often
without waiting for the responses from
the various states.
At the end of the fortieth ballot 4
tired Alabama delegate moved TO adj
journ, but when roll call on the mo-
tion was demanded by the Wilson forces
he withdrew it.
Another attempt was made to adjourn
after the forty-frst ballot, and again it
failed
The prevailing sentiment from the
floor was that nothing definite had thus
far been accomplished to bring the dead
lock to a close, and that, if anything,
the lines were quite as tight, or tighter,
than before, although all recognized that
the convention has been replete with so
many sudden and sensational changes
that break or new coup might come
at any time
Many of the state delegations mad In
formal caucuses in the convention hail.
The controversy between Speaker Clark
and Mr.. Bryan was the uppermost sub
ject of conversation, its probable effect
being generally debated. In all corners
of the hall men engaged in heated It,
bate.
The thirty-third ballot found the lead
ers practically at standstill, Wilson
merely holding his total of the thirty
second ballot, while Clark gained one
from Underwood in Virginia.
At the end of this ballot the Champ
Clark people revived their dropping spir
its by displaying a big banner on which
the following tribute to Clark from w.
j. Bryan in 1910 was printed in red:
Il have known Champ Clark eighteen
years He is absolutely incorruptible
and his life is above reproach. Never
in all these years have known him to
be upon but one side of the question and
that was the side that represented the
people,"
There was a cheer as the Missourians
displayed the banner above their delega-
ton. It continued for several minutes.
's.Take it over to Nebraska and show it
10 Bryan" shouted some one.
Fist Fight Follows.
No sooner was this said than the Mis-
sourians acted on the suggestion. Then
came trouble.
BRYAN arose and faced his tormentors
for moment. Several policemen hur-
ried to his side and with them as an es-
cort. the Nebraskan fairly fought his
way to the stage, where he demanded of
the chairman the right to answer Mis-
souri, if that delegation was responsible.
The chair asked to be permitted to an
nounce the result of the thirty-third bal
lot first.
Mr.. Bryan was impatient. He descend
ed from the stage and amid bowls and
cheers faced the Missouri delegates
"Is the Missouri delegation responsible
for sending that banner over to the Ne
braska delegation?" Bryan asked.
In the uproar which followed Bryan
stood smiling in the center OF shrek
ing, excited mob. Half a dozen police
men charged into the crowd.
Anything against Bryan" shouted
Missouri delegate, shaking his fist at the
smiling Nebraskan. From the aisles the
police escorted the Nebraskan upon the
platform. Half dozen hand to hand
fights followed as the Clark men tried