Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1912-07-12

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vention had passed on Thursday night.
and said no candidate the party might
nominate with the assistance OF the
New York delegation voting as a unit
under the direction of Murphy would
be in a position to carry out the prom
Uses of that resolution.
The reading Of his statement was
| interrupted time after time before 1t
was completed, and when completed q
hundred or more delegates were on
the floor clamoring for recognition.
"Will you support the nominee OF
this convention?" yelled one delegate.
Il do not expect to bolt" parrfed
Mr.. Bryan.
Another succeeded In asking a long
hypothetical question, which Bryan
refused to answer unless 1t were
made more explicit.
Another asked whether he consid.
cred a refusal to support a candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal to support for president
a man nominated with Murphy.s Gfp-
port.
Does not the law make a differ
ence," replied Mr.. Bryan, between
the lawyer who defends a criminal
after the crime has been committed,
and the man who assists In the COM
mission of crime /"
Mr.. Bryan then announced his vote
for Woodrow Wilson and retired to
his seat In the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued to cast his vote for
Wilson throughout the night.
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
cations and the two-thirds rule as ap'
piled to the nomination were made
previous to the Saturday night ad'
journment. The first OF these applied
to Ohio and was successful, the move
adding ten votes to the Wilson
strength. But the resolution that ap
piled to Ohio did not cover other
states, and the enforcing of the rule
led to wrangles on every ballot.
At the close of the twenty-fifth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Stone
of Missouri asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a motion pro!
viding that beginning with the twenty
eighth ballot the lowest man shoult
drop out Of the race, and on the fna
ballot the candidate receiving thu
majority Of the votes cast should b.
the party nominee. The Texas dele
CATION offered immediate objection
and the long, tedious calling Of thu
roll of states continued.
With Monday came two importan
and interesting features. One wal
the apparent cracking Of the deadlock
in favor of Wilson. Despite the des
perate ~endeavors of the Clark forces
the governors vote increased steadil!
on every ballot until, on the thirty
ninth, it stood at 5O1h. After tn
fortieth ballot the Wilson vote fel
off to 494, his net gain over the frs
ballot being S71a. When Wilson wa
at the high water mark ON Monday
Clark had slumped to 422 but went u
again to 430 before adjournment. A
this time 1t seemed that the Illinoi
delegation held the key to the situa
ton.
: The other big event Of the day wa
/ the excoriation of Bryan by John E
Stanchield of New York. This wa
E Murphy's first return blow, and /
was a hard one. Praising the Ne,
| York delegation, Stanchfeld said:
: 1T is by common consent the mos
representative delegation that eve
came to a national convention fror
I New York. II these he the 'puppet
! of wax that Mr.. Bryan refers to, W
r say to that money-grabbing, Office
seeking, publiciy-hunting marplot c
A Nebraska"
Stanchfeld could not conclude tn
e sentence. It was drowned in a burs
4 Of cheers.
" While the speaker delivered thi
Q attack Bryan sat quietly In his sea
8 He watched Stanchield closely an
occasionally smiled.
n II desire to say again, the vote G
New York is vital to success" contir
e ued Mr.. Stanchfield. "And no mar ca
go forth from this convention stigm:
tized and branded with the mark 9