East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-07-01
EXHAUSTED DELEGATES
HALT ON 18TH BALLOT
CHAMP CLARK STILL
LOSING AT ADJOURNMENT
Saturdays Session OF Democratic
Convention Hats After Strenuous
day-F'orces Were Still I'm Deadlock
Jersey Governor Seemed FaVorite.

Baltimore, Md, July 1.-The dem
ocrats are still without a standard
bearer for the coming campaign. AZ
ter two days of wearisome balloting
during which the roll of states was
called 26 times, the 1888 delegates
were forced to give up on Saturday
until Monday. They left for their
hotels, respondent and discouraged.
The convention was seemingly in
state of hopeless deadlock. No
one candidate is now enjoying q
commanding lead. The majority
which came to Champ Clark, follow
ing the shift of the New York dele
gates to his camp, had been wiped
out and on the last ballot taken Sat
urday night Clark, while still in the
lead. had only 463 1-2, as against
son, of New Jersey, his nearest rival
Physical limitations forced the ad-
journment of the convention at 1907
p. m. until IL o'clock today.
From / o'clock Saturday afternoon
until IL o'clock at night the dele
gates battled in a blazing heat which
seemed well nigh unbearable. An at
tempt to force a dinner adjournment
failed. The Clark men wanted 1t to
rally their weakening ranks. The
Wilson men prevented 1t because they
believed that II they could hold the
convention together few hours the
break they so anxiously awaited would
come.
Their calculations were strong. The
Clark ranks, although giving stead
lily before the onslaught of the oppo-
sition, were still holding on desper-
ately The Wilson gain was in ones
and twos and threes. And last all
the leaders agreed that there was no
hope of immediate settlement.
A reces until Monday was the con-
clusion and the representatives of
every candidate who was being voted
on agreed to II.
The final ballot showed the strength
OF the candidates as follows:
Clark 463 1-2, Wilson 4O7 1-2, I'm
derwood, 112 1-2. Harmon 80, Mar
shall 80, Foss 43, not voting 1-2.
Clark had entered the contest with
a total vote OF 440 1-2 as against 324
for Wilson. There was little change
in the totals for the speaker until
his managers made their desperate
effort TO put him across" on the
tenth ballot, when they swung New
York into line for him.
His high water mark was 556 and
II was then that his sponsors insist
ed that 1t was all over but the shout
ing. They had told Murphy that there
would be an immediate break in the
Harmon and Underwood strength, but
they were wrong.
With the eleventh ballot the Clark
men began to wane. Wilson gained
consistently but slowly.
More Dark Horse Talk.
Because of this belief the talk of
dark horse" candidates throughout
the late hours following the adjourn
ment was general. No one man was
accepted as filling the bill.
Middle western leaders were round
ing the praises of John w. Kern OF
Indiana. Eastern democrats were
suggesting Mayor Gaynor of New
York.
Massachusetts launched the boom
of Governor Foss as a compromise
candidate.
But Foss failed to arouse much en-
thusiasm and it was generally con-
ceded that he has no chance.
Bryan is absolutely eliminated
Idaho threw his hat into the ring
on one ballot Saturday but the re-