Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-29

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gresham william sulzer with a pail
Of votes, took them away from the
Manhattan statesman and gave them
to Underwood. wheIt the clerk goi
around to New York the voice OF
Charles It. Msrphy rang out like the
crack OF a rife, New York, so, Har
mon" Murphy was making them vel
every time he pumped that big bunch
of votes for the Ohio governor.
Ohlo's family now out of the way,
the roll call droned on, 'Wilson gaining
1 In Pennsylvania. Bryan being the
sufferer. Tennessee gave Underwood
a gain of 51h, and the rebel yell split
the air. Clark lost 80 here. At this
time the muddled tally clerk was
moved to announc Ohio's corrected
vote and again got it wrong. Governor
Campbell, the Harmon leader, shouted,
"You have given Harmon / more
than we claim"
The result Of the ballot was an
nounced: Underwood. 112; Clark. 443;
Wilson, 349h; Harmon, 1861; Bald
win, ID; Marshall. 81, and Kern, 2.
Rood Pleads With Murphy. .
On the fourth ballot Underwood cap
,ured 2 votes. Clark lost 2 votes In
Massachusetts,, which were instructed
br Clark. Senator Reed, who made
the nominating speech for Clark. went
to the New York delegation and plead
ed with Murphy to shift from Harmon
10 Ctor ,y Tbara ,uar. niip1fIAnE that
the New York delegation had taken a
vote without leaving their seats and
tho next ballot the 80 votes of New
York would be thrown to Clark. This
news was whispered among the dele
gates. In Michigan, Underwood, VII
son and Harmon each gained a vote
and Clark lost /. Wilson gained 8
votes In Nebraska and Harmon lost 8.
The result Of the fourth was as fol
lows: Clark, 443; Wilson, 349h; Har-
mon, 1884; Underwood, 112; Marshall,
81; Baldwin, IA; Kern, z. b was the
first ballot that no vote was cast for
Bryan. Clark gained 2 votes, Wilson
AZ. Harmon lost 4, Underwood lost 2,
Marshall and Baldwin held their own
On the fifth ballot there was q rat
thing surprise. Connecticut dropped
the hopeless Baldwin candidacy and
split up. Underwood got 8, the lions
share; Clark 4 and Wilson l.
In a minute there were harsh words
in Kansas. Men rose up and called
each other out of their names. The
vote had been announced as 8 for
Clark and II for Wilson, but the chair
man, A. M. Jackson, threw hat vote
out Of the window and cast the whole
block of 20 for Clark under the in
structions.
But an insurrecto insisted hat they
now had a right to split up and vote
for their personal choices. The Clark
were all over the shop by
this time. There was dangerin the air.
Clark's desertion Of Bryan In the open
ing day of the convention had raised
the deuce in delegations where Bryan
loyalists were strong. Chairman James
ordered that the resolution ~instructing
the delegation be read. 1t showed that
the delegation must vote as a unit for
Clark until two-thirds of tho dele
gates voted Clark had no chance. The
delegation was ordered polled.
Murphy Sticks to Harmon.
A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania,
an ardent follower Of Clark's, moved a
point Of order that the convention had
no right to poll the Kansas delegation,
but that the Kansans must check. The
chairman ruled against him, and the
roll was called. 1t showed that IL of
the delegation had come to the con-
clusion that Clark did not have a
chance. But II wasn't two-thirds, and
so James ruled that the delegation
must continue to cast Its vote for
Clark.
The center aisle. by Murphy's chair,
was now jammed with Clark's man
ayers all pleading with Murphy to go
to Clark. "GumShoe" Bill Stone bent
ovsr one of Mnrphy's shoulders, and
Senator Reed leaned over the other,
and more Clark men besieged the big
seeching them to persuade Murphy to
drop Harmon and give New York's sc
to Clark. But Murphy was as i'm
questionable as a clam. Again when
the time came he was up, stiff as q
poker, with the now familiar announce.
ment In his metallic voice:
New York's 90 votes for Harmon"
There was a hot tip that New York
was going to Clark on this ballot, but
the Tammany leader fooled EN-. There
were several shifts in this ballot. The
vote on the fifth ballot was Clark,
443H; Wilson, 1914; Harmon, 143; I'm
derwood, 119b; Marshall, 81; Kern. 2
This was a gain Of 01a for Harmon
21a for Wilson, and a loss of IN fol-
Underwood. Clark's vote didn't change
The crowd was pleased when shortly
after the result of the ballot was an
nounced Chairman James declared ar
adjournment until $50 o'clock tonight
but the delegates who want to ge'
home growled.
Platform Makers at Work.
Baltimore, June 29.-Wiiliam j
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