Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1912-07-11
WILSON WINS ON
THE FORTY-S|XTH
DEADLOCK FINALLY BROKEN AND
HoNoRs GO TO NEW JERSEY
AND INDIANA.
Withdrawal Of Candidates on Last
Ballot Makes Nomination of VIII
son Possible, While MarshaI's
Opponents Quit After Second.

Baltimore.-After breaking all rec /
ords Tor the number of ballots taken I
at national convention for a nre,i. |
Dental candidate. the Democratic
delegates finally settled upon a candi- /
date on the forty-sixth 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 vice-president.
The nomination OF Governor Mar
snail Tor vice-president came as some
thing of surprise for when the bal
loting began it seemed that the Bryan
Wilson contingent in the convention
had definitely settled upon Governor
Joseph f. Burke Of North Dakota.
There was not much OF fight. how
ever and when two ballots disclosed
Marshall easily in the lead, Governor
Bdrke's name WAS Withdrawn and Mar
shall was proclaimed the nominee by
scciamation. 4 minute later the con
yention had adjourned sine die.
The delegates. worn. weary, made
their way out Of the big convention
hall singing and happy to start for
home.
Governor Wilson was nominated at
the afternoon session on the forty
/ sixth ballot. and his nomination, like
that Of Governor Marshall. was quick
/ ~ made unanimous. The best OF feel
/ Ing pervaded both sessions and both
( delegations seemed to be in a good
frame OF mind.
Mr. Bryan had announced his in
tention OF introducing resolution in
effect discharging the national com.
/ mittee from conducting the coming
campaign and allowing Governor Will
son TO appoint his own campaign man.
ager. He was dissuaded from this
courses and. instead OF making a
move that might have stirred up
strife he made a little speech which
he termed "valedictory." and in happy
vein turned over the mantle OF his
former leadership as a presidential
candidate TO Governor Wilson.
lie pledged his faithful support to
che presidential nominee and ended by
urging that either Governor Burke or
Senator George Chamberlain of Ore
eon be nominated for vlce-president.
The Nebraskan was understood par
toularly &c favor Burke as a type OF
the modern progressive.
When. after the first ballot. some
one moved 10 make the nor nation of
Marshall unanimous. Mr.. Bryan start
cd fol 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The motion was withdrawn before he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.
TIE platform hewn out in commit
tee several days ago. and warmly
praised by Mr.. Bryan. was adopted
with a whoop
Many of the delegates went directly
from the convention hall to specia
trains.
The Democratic convention at Its
final session Tuesday night was il
many respects almost the direct op
poste Of the sessions that had pro
ccedcd It. II was marked by the &C
|. fOmNlSUlutUI 81 Iih'u bhFlhtNo WIN
out very much noise. In one respect
, Il was like many of its predecessors
William Jennings Bryan made {
speech
The Democrats took two votes oil
the yice-presideni aud were taking
third roll cal. when Governor Rurk'
OF North Dakota was Withdrawn ant
Governor Marshall was named by &C
! clamation. The platform had alread,
I been adopted when this came. and il
, a minute or two after the reclamation
, motion had carried. the convention
was adjourned
/. Only four ballots were necessary ol
Tuesday to reach n nomination 70
president. When the convention ad
iourned Monday night It seemed to b
in an all but hopeless deadlock. WI
son had begun to lose ground on tn
last few ballots and Champ Clark ha
made a few temporary gains
on the first ballot on Tuesday-th
forty.second Wilson jumped from 40
votes to COZ.
Then came the foriy-ffth. II wa
disappointing in a way, for Clark hel
: his own and Wilson made gain 9
ONLY four. There were few in tn
I hall at this time who did not believ