The Hawaiian gazette., 1912-07-02
CLARK LEADSO |
. EVERY ROLLCALLl
So FAR TAKEN
Twelfth Vote Shows Hin,
lSl Short of Number !
To Nominate.
WILSON IS SECOND
Yesterdays Session a
MonotonouS Series
of RoIIcaIIs.
WILSON IS SECOND

BALTIMORE, June 29.-Champ
Clark, in the lead on every rollcaIl.
but lacking a minimum of one hundred
and seventy four votes Of securing the
nomination, was the result of yestor-
days g session of the Democratic nation
al convention. From the assembling
of the delegates at four O'Clock yes
terday afternoon until FIVE minutes
after three o'clock this morning. there
was nothing but monotonous series
of rollcalls, with very little to distract
the attention of the delegates and OF
the thousands who sat through the
session from the sweltering heat of the
afternoon and night.
The result of the final rollcall for
the session, the twelfth, was announced
at three O'Clock this morning as:
Clark, 549; Wilson, 354; Underwood,
1913; Harmon, 90; Marshall, 81; Kern,
l.; Bryan, /; not voting 1.
Following the welfth vote, when it.
was apparent that no nomination could
be arrived at Immediately, the conven-
tion took an adjournment until one,
clock this afternoon.
NEW YORK SWINGS TO CLARK
New York State delegates, who until!
the tenth rollcall had voted consist
emily and solidly for Harmon, fur
nished sensation by switching for
Clark, on this ballot the Missourian re-
ceiving the highest vote so far record,
ed in the session, his total being an
nounced at five hundred and fifty-stx..
other changes were slight.
There was no speech-making to sig
Nifty, no dark horses sprung upon the
convention, nothing at all approaching
excitement. The delegates sweltered
and voted and then sweltered and vot-
ed again.
HARMON LOSING STEADILY.
Governor Harmon, ohio's favorit 2
son, lost steadily from the first roll
call, in which he received one hundred
and forty eight votes. An occasional
vote was recorded for Mayor Gaynor
of New York.
FIRST ROLLCALL RESULTS.
The first vote following the nomina-
tion speeches was recorded shortly be-
fore seven o'clock yesterday morning,
after the delegates had spent the en-
tire night at work. It gave Clark
440Ha, Wilson 324, Underwood 1l7Ha,
Harmon 148, Marshall 81, Baldwin 22r
Bryan 1, Sulzer 2, not voting 2.
HAWAII'S VOTE UNCHANGING.
On the first ballot, the delegates from
Hawaii divided, three voting for VIII
son. two for CLARK and one for Under
wood. This vote was recorded from the
Hawaiian delegation on every vote,
from the first to the twelfth.
On the second vote, Wilson gained
materially on Clark, his total being SS9
to 446, while the third showed him
still stronger, with 345 only ninety y-six
behind the Speaker.
AIR FULL OF EUMoRS.
Throughout the afternoon and even
ing yesterday the air was thick Wlth
rumors of trades and deals and de-
cided shift was looked for at every
vote. 1t was thought when New York
suddenly swung into the Clark column
that the long-predicted break had come
but no other State followed the NOW
Yorkers' lead.
BOSS Murphy, the chairman Of the
New York delegation, in responding to
/
that the delegation had been polled and
that eighty-one desired to vote for
Clark. Under the unit rule, therefore,
he cast New York's ninety votes as In
structed by the majority
Those who are in the confidence OF
the New York delegates say that the
switch for Clark does not mean that
they desire his nomination, but Waa
done in order to give more weight to
the movement when the later and 70
rious switch comes.
BRIsTIING PLATFORM
The platform committee has conclud
ed its work and is only waiting to sub
Q nit the platform to the nominee OF TN
convention for his endorsement befor'
submitting 1t. The platform Is prist
ling with progressive planks, numDo
l. la ,..htch ava .adfaal IN fha awtraIn9