The Ordway new era., 1912-07-04
WILSON. LEADS
ON42ND BALLOT
MISSOURI DELEGATION DIRECTS
MENACING DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST WIN. J. BRYAN.
ILLINOIS GOES WILSON
WHEN CONVENTION ADJOURNED
MONDAY NIGHT VOTE STOOD
WILSON 494; CLARK 43o.
wes,ern Newspaper Union News Service

| Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baltimore.-The Missouri delegation
In a frenzy Of rage over the steady de-
cline OF Speaker Clark's vote since
the attack upon him by w. J. Bryan
on Saturday. directed menacing
demonstration late Monday afternoon
against the Nebraskan. Only the
prompt Interference Of the police
saved him from personal injury.
For several minutes the maddened
Missourians fought and struggled to
get to the PLATFORM. where Bryan was
standing. Police. fe:.-.-IvS by news
| paper correspondents, struck out right
and left at the oncoming Clark men.
Down In the body Of the hall Ne
braskans were coming to the defense
| OF the threatened leader.
Fist fights started in Massachu.
| sets and Connecticut, and for mo-
| ment 1t looked as though panic had
seized the convention and reason had
departed.
The fights were precipitated by ttc
display of n banner before the Ne
braska delegation on which were
printed huge letters of an endorse
ment given by Bryan OF Speaker
Clark more than one year ago. Bryan
oShAuuSu tuS ii6ht " iSpiy w thS sA
| dorsement II the demonstration was
authorized by the Clark leaders in the
Missouri delegation.
The Illinois delegates held a meet
ing Just after the adjournment Of the
convention and decided to cast their
| fifty-eight votes for Governor Wilson.
1t is reported that Speaker Clark
has been taken to Il sanitarium where
he Is said to be suffering from nerv-
GUS breakdown.
The deadlock was not broken whoa
the forty.second ballot was pollcd. and
the Democratic convention adjourned
| at l2:43 n. M. Tuesday until noon.
Governor Woodrow Wilson made
steady gains all day Monday. reached
the high-watcr mark OF 501k on the
thirty-ninth ballot. then lost ground
slightly until the last. when he re-
ceived 494 votes.
| On the thirty ninth ballot the Colo
RADIO delegation broke-J. a. Ferris Of
Golden casting his vote for Wilson.
II was predicted tina; Illinois woald
follow. hut the temper of the crowd
had by this time reached the limit cf
its endurance. and adjournment
could no longer be held off. They sat
almost In n stupor OF exhaustion
1t Is predicted that when the con
vention Is convened Wilson will be
nominated before many ballots ar"
cast. His followers are already jmbi.
liant over his expected success. and
say that nothing can stop his ultima"
triumph.
| When the result OF the forty second
ballot was announced Delegate Wal
lace OF Washington secured the floor
and moved to adjourn until TUESDAY
noon. In the midst Of disorder. Srn-
ator Stone CT Missouri seconded thu
motion. and A. Mitchell Palmer de
manded a roll.call.
Delegates Began to Leave.
| The roll call had scarcely begun he.
fore the weary delegates. seeing that
the motion was certain to prevail. be-
gan to crowd from their seats and out
| OF the hall The aisles were jammcd
before half n dozen states were called
and the call proceeded In disorder.
BY the time the last state had been
called less than half the delegates
were in their places.
The end of the call was finally
reached and at 12:43 n. m. the con.
vention adjourned until noon Tues.
day.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb OF his candidacy on the
ballot where Wilson reached n crest.
| He went down to 422 votes at that
time, but Immediately began to pick
up and had gone to 43O when adjourn
ment was taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
during the evening and was guest
at the home OF Mayor Preston. near
the convention hall. HI. "a."rncd TO
Washington shortly before midn,I.:..
| Almost a full week of controversy
between rival factions had snrely tried
the patience and tempers Of the dele.
| gates and the crowd which gathered
was ordinarily an irritable and en-
citable one. The tensity OF the situa.
tion had shown itself In semi-riot
on the floor during the afternoon whcn
William Jennings Bryan found himself
in the midst of half score of fist
fights.
Police we're warned to exert extra.
ordinary vigilance in the future. The
slow. vacillating rise and fall of the
vote of favorite candidates throughout
the day had increased the steadily
growing bitterness of the past week
and the match of offense. touched
to the extreme. would have set the
entire convention ablaZe
| II was on this situation that many
Of the leaders based hope of fina!
vote and nomination before the
night was over They argued that
the weary delegates tried by week
| OF work would break from the hard
and fast lines they have been holding
and throw enough votes to one of the
candidates to end the agony of sus.
pense. Others contended that the