Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-01
WILSON MAKES BIG GAIN
PLACING HIM IN LEA
Statement Issued by
Bryan Shows Where
He Stands; Wilson
Men Are Jared.

July /.
T HE "holdfastness" of the Clark
delegates is what promise now
to prolong the convention
There is a well-grounded suspicion
that Roger Sullivan, of Illinois, Is
going to swing the ffty-eight dele
gates from that State, despite their
primary instructions, to Wilson. But
even IL ew NYork. along with Illinois
and Indiana, went to Wilson, he
would still be more than 100 short
of the necessary t~wo-thirds. But
Bryan has said that he will support
no candidate who gets over the two
thirds line by the New York vote.
The nominee. to get the 20. X OF
Bryan, must, therefore, be supported
by s16 delegates out Of LOSS in the
convention.
Having recovered from the panic
that seized them last night when
william j. Bryan suggested the
names OF five compromise candidates
to end the present situation in the
Democratic convention, the wilson
leaders were saying today that the
BRYAN statement had done them no
damage and that the Wilson forces
would remain as compact as ever.
Mr.. Bryan's latest utterance Is re-
garded as being very adroit. He APP
parentiy prepares the way for him to
head Wilson out of the race, If the
balloting of today should be futile,
as everybody expects It to be. just
what the motive of the N~ebraskar y
in trying to kill Clark sith MilFon
and Wilson with a dark horseNs not
evident 1t seems beyond all reason
to think that Bryan believes he 1as
| some chance Of landing the nomipa-
ton himself.
Congressman William Hughesi of
Paterson, in charge of the Wilson
noor forces, claimed today that
Bryan's latest attitude really helped
the Wilson cause. According to Mr.
! Hughes's diagnosis, Bryan a now
lifted from Wilson all suspicion OF
being in actual league with BRYAN In
the many attempts the Nebraskan
has made to bulldoze the convention.
Hughes said that Wilson might now
reasonably expect aid from conserva-
tive delegates who have hitherto
withheld it.
On the other hand, the Texas and
the pennsylvania delegates came into
| the convention today with doWncast
faces. They said Thai the Bryan
| statement had fallen like a wet plan
ket on them and had the effect OF
drawing the lines closer against
them.
That those in charge of the n
vention do not expect an early preak
became evident today when Theodore
N. Bell. OF. California, was authorized
to offer a motion to have a commit
tee appointed to wait upon the rail-
road ~officiaIs and have the tickets OF
all delegates extended.
The special convention tickets are
good for leaving Baltimore till july
8. If the Bell motion is really sig
nifcant it looks as if the convention
will be in session till July I.
Just before the result of the futile
twenty-eighth ballot was announced
the 4 air made known that all return
railE mi tickets had been extended
until July 10. There was a great
| howl of derision at this.
Wilson increased his strength on the
first ballot today. There was a stir
in the hall when Illinois passed on
the roll call, indicating a possible
break, and Maryland did the same.
New York's vote of 80 for Clark was
| challenged by William G. McAdoo.
When John b. Stanchfield, explaining
his vote, called Bryan a "money-grab-
bling, understanding. publicity-hunt-
s.- CanEf.1o t,,arI1ot from
Nebraska it was evident that the
lines were drawing so close that
there would be no break today.
Stanchield's roast of Bryan was a
philippe of the kind rarely heard in
public gathering. Then Stanchfeld
cast his own vote for Governor Will
son.
AS the roll of New York showed
seventy-eight for Clark, nine for Will
son and two for Underwood, the
ninety votes of the State had to stay
in the Clark column under the unit
rule.
The first setback Wilson showed
since the voting began caused a lot
of speculation among the professional
prophets. This was on the twenty
seventh ballot and was the first in
which Clark showed any gain since
the fifteenth. The increase raj one
and a half votes over the twenty
sixth. The switch in Indiana on the
twenty-eighth ballot, when the thirty
votes hitherto for Marshall split
twenty-nine for Wilson and one for
Kern, gave the New Jersey Governor
much more than he had lost. tom
Taggart had evidently decided to
start a stampede to Wilson.