Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-18

out OF the Democratic party, He re
feTred to his resolution which the con-
vention had passed on Thursday night,
and said no candidate the party might
nominate with the assistance of the
New York delegation voting as a unit
under the direction Of Murphy would
be in a position to carry out the prom
ises Of that resolution.
The reading of his statement was
interrupted time after time before it
was completed, and when completed
hundred or more delegates were on
the floor cIamOring for recognition.
will you support the nominee of
this convention? 2" yelled one delegate.
q do not expect to bolt" parted
Mr.. Bryan.
Another succeeded in asking a long
hypothetical question, which Bryan
refused to answer unless it were
made more explicit.
Another asked whether he constd-
cred refusal to support a candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal to support for president
a man nominated with Murphy's sup
port
Does not the law make a differ
ence," replied Mr. Bryan, between
the lawyer who defends a criminal
after the crime has been committed,
and the man who assists in the com
mission of crime %
Mr.. Bryan then announced his vote
for Woodrow Wilson and retired to
his seat in the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued to cast his vote for
Wilson throughout the night.
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
cations and the two-thirds rule as ap-
piled to the nomination were made
previous to the Saturday night ad-
journment. The first of these applied
to Ohio and was successful, the move
adding ten votes to the Wilson
strength. But the resolution that ap-
Piled to Ohio did not cover other
states, and the enforcing of the rule
led to wrangIes on every ballot.
At the close of the twenty-ffth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Stone
of Missouri asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a motion prof.
viding that beginning with the twenty
eighth ballot the lowest man should
drop out of the race, and on the final
ballot the candidate receiving the
majority Of the votes cast should be
the party nominee. The Texas dele
cation offered immediate objection,
and the long, tedious calling Of the
roll Of states continued.
With Monday came two important
and interesting features. One was
the apparent cracking of the deadlock
in favor of Wilson. Despite the des-
perate endeavors of the Clark forces,
the governors vote increased steadily
on every ballot until, on the thirty
ninth, it stood at 50112 After the
fOrtieth ballot the Wilson vote fell
off to 494, his net gain over the first
ballot being S718 When Wilson was
at the high water mark on Monday,
Clark had slumped to 422 but went up
again to 430 before adjournment At
this time it seemed that the Illinois
delegation held the key to the situa-
ton.
The other big event of the day was
the excoriati0n Of Bryan by John B.
StanchfeId of New York This was
Murphy's first return blow, and it
was a hard one Praising the New
York delegation, Stanchfield said:
1T is by common consent the most
representative delegation that ever
came to a national convention from
New York. If these be the puppets
of wax that Mr. Bryan refers to, we
say to that money-grabbing, Office
seeking, publiciU-hunting marpIot q
Nebraska
stanchfeld could not conclude the
sentence. It was drowned in a burst
of cheers.
While the speaker delivered this
attack Bryan sat quietly in his seat.
He watched Stanchfeld closely and
occasionally smiled
Z desire to say again, the vote Of
New York is vital to success" contin-
ued Mr.. Stanchfield "And no man can
go forth from this convention stigma
tized and branded with the mark Of
begin Ru+ when will If ceaSn7 Tn