The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1912-07-06

William J. Bryan at the afternoon ses-
sion attacked Clark. and had said he
would vote for no man willing to ac-
cent a nomination at the hands of
Murphy of Tammany Hall" 1t was
the plan of Mr.. Clark to appear De-
fore the convention and answer this
In this way the managers hoped TO
bolster up the falling vote.
Clark 463L2. Wilson 407Ha.
The ballots Saturday ran from the
sixteenth to the tWenty-slxth. VIII
son began at 356k and ended at 4O7k.
net gain during the day OF 81 votes
Speaker Clark began at 554 and fell
to 463h, loss of 90k votes. The
anti Clark leaders in the convention
called attention to the fact that tnis
almost exactly offset the ninety votes
given to Clark by the New York dele
cation. Breaks to Governor Wilson
were coming from many delegations
as the balloting closed. His man
ayers believed that once he had over
taken Speaker Clark the switching OF
delegates would become general.
The Clark forces plan to make a
desperate effort to win back some
of the delegates lost. and in this work
they probably will have the personal
direction of the speaker himself.
The Wilson forces in the meantime
expect to fight, not only to hoid their
gains. but to induce more to desert the
other candidates.
Elimination Motion.
Senator Stone of Missouri made
motion to eliminate the candidate re-
ceiving the lowest number of votes on
each succeeding ballot after the twen-
ty-seyenth until one-the winner
was left in the race. There was
storm Of objection and the subject
was pressed no further.
The Harmon delegates from Ohio
threw their support to Speaker Clark
on several ballots. but did not ma
terially help him toward the neces-
sary two-thirds vote because OF the
gradual inroads made by wilson,
They then changed back to Harmon
and remained there until the last bal
lot Of the evening.
The great bulk Of the Massachu-
setts delegation deserted Clark and
started FOss boom. 1t created little
excitel. mt.
Remarkable in History.
The deadlock confronting the con
vention is the most remarkable in the
history of modern politics. There
was no one in the convention Satur-
day able to recall another instance
in recent years in Which it had re
ouired ANYTHING like the number of
balle,s to nominate that so Tar have
been taken without result.
The Clark people are still confident
that enough of their delegates viii re-
main steadfast to constitute the nee
essary one-third to prevent a nom'na
tiou. Many of the delegates were
hopeful that an early decision might
he reached, but the two leading can
didates were 80 far short Of tle 10 y.
votes necessary to nominate that the
nrohlem ahead seemed a most difti-
cult one.
Proceedings OF Fridays Convention
Baltimore. Md-Cheers greeted the
arrival OF Chairman James at All
o'clock, The gavel fell just one MIN
ute later
Rev. w. NJ. Harton. pastor oil Brant'
lev Baptist church OF Baltimore oi'
fered prayer.
The prediction OF oeHlocia.'1 ooe
cess met with approval expressed ih
an outburst OF applause at the cohciu
sion OF the prayer
Chairman James at 4:lS announced
that the roll cali for the presidential
nomination would be resumed at once
Several minutes were required "
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