The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1912-07-12
WILSON WINS ON
THE FORTY-SIXTH
DEADLOCK FINALLY BROKEN AND
HoNoRs co TO NEW JERSEY
AND INDIANA.
Withdrawal Of Candidates on Last
Ballot Makes Nomination Of VII.
son Possible, While Marshalrs
Opponents Gut After Second.

Baltimore After breaking all rec.
ords for the number Of ballots taken
at national convention for prcsi.
dental candidate. the Democratic
delegates finally settled upon candl.
date on the iorty.siNth ballot. Cover.
nor Woodrow Wilson being the choice
Of the convention
The ticket was completed at 1856.
when after two ballots Governor
Thomas r. Marshall OF Indiana was
nominated for yice.presdent.
The nomination OF Governor Mar
shall for ylce.prcsdont came as some.
thing Of a surprise for when the bal .
lotlng began It seemed that the Bryan. .
Wilson contingent in the convention
had definitely settled upon Governor |
Joseph + Burke OF North Dakota
There was not much OF a fight how. |
ever. and when two ballots disclosed /
Marshall easily In the lead. Governor |
Durkc's name was Withdrawn and Mar.
shall was proclaimed the nominee by
reclamation. a minute later the con.
yentlon had adjourned sine die
The delegates worn. weary. made
their way out OF the big convention
hall singing aud happy to start for
home.
Governor Wilson was nominated az
tho afternoon session on the forty.
sixth ballot. and his nomination. like
that OF Governor Marshall. was quick
~ made unanimous. Tho best OF feel.
ing peryadod both sessions and both
delegations seemed TO DO In good
frame OF mind.
MIR Bryan had announced his In.
tentlcn OF introducing resolution IN
effect dlscharglng the national com.
mittec from conducting the coming
campaign and allowing Governor vii.
son to appoint his own campaign man.
ager. lie was dlssuaded from this
courses and. instead OF making n
strife, he made little speech which
he termed "yaledIctory." and in happy
vein turned over the mantle OF his
former leadership as presidential
candidate TO Governor Wilson
lie pledged his faithful support 10
che presidential nominee and ended by
urging that either Governor Burke or
Senator, George Chamberlain OF ore.
gon be nominated for vlce.prcsldent
The Nebraskan was understood par.
ticulnrly to favor Burke as q type OF
the modern progressive.
When. after the first ballot. some.
one moved TO make the nor nation Of
Marshall unanimous. Mr.. Bryan start.
ed foi the stage TO make n statement.
The motion was withdrawn before he
could speak When the motion was
renewed after the second ballot, Mr..
Bryan did not protest,
The platform hewn out In commit
tee several days ago. and warmly
praised by Mr.. Bryan, was adopted
with a whooD.
Many OF the delegates went directly
from the convention hall to special
trains.
The Democratic convention at it's
, final session Tuesday night was in
. many respects almost the direct op,
r poste OF the sessions that had pro.
ceeded II. II was marked by the nc.
/ complishment OF much business. with.
, out very much noise. In one respect
It was like many OF It's predecessors
William Jennings Bryan made a
speech,
The Democrats took two votos on
the ylce.presdent, aud were taking a
third roll call when Governor Burke
OF North Dakota was withdrawn and
/ Governor Marshall was named by ac,
slamatlon. The platform had already
been adopted when this came and IN
n minute or two after the reclamation
, motion had carried, the convention
, was adjourned,
, Only four ballots were necessary on
Tuesday to reach a nomination for
D president When the convention ad.
0 journed Monday night It seemed to be
in an all but hopeless deadlock VII,
/. son had begun TO lose ground on the
/. last few ballots and Champ Clark had
! made a few temporary gains
! on the first ballot on Tuesday-the
forty.second Wilson Jumped nom 49i
. votes to 600,
. Then came the foriy.ntth, i was
3 disappointing In way. for Clark held
r his own and Wilson made q gain OF
= only four There were few In the
p hall M this time who did not believe
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