New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-30

| eight votes be cast for Clark, for Kern
| 2Ia not voting.
The vote on the seventeenth ballot was:
Clark, 545; Wilson, 1921; Underwood,
| 1929; Harmon, %; Marshall, 80; Kern T2;
| Bryan, I.
This left Clark with a loss OF votes,
Wilson, Underwood. Harmon and Marshail
unchanged Kern gained 212 votes.
The eighteenth ballot proceeded as FAR
as Tennessee before there was any consid-
cradle shift Twelve and one-half votes
were gained by Underwood, 10 votes from
Clark and 2l2 from Wilson. The result was:
Clark, 535; Wilson, 361; Underwood, 125;
Harmon, 20; Marshall, 30; Kern, 3I2;
Bryan, I.
This was a loss OF 10 for Clark loss Of
IL for Wilson and gain Of 1914 for I'm
derwood.
Clark Below Majority.
This ballot brought Clsrks vote down be-
low the majority. which he had gained on
the tenth ballot, and which his managers
counted on to help force his nomination.
The nineteenth ballot was then taken, and
on this Idaho's Kern vote broke for Bryan,
giving him OF the S votes OF the state.
Clark received 2
The result Of the nineteenth ballot was:
Clark, sa2; Wilson, $50; Underwood, 1870;
Harmon, %; Marshall, 80; Kern, i Bryan, T.
This showed n loss Of 3 for Clark, loss
Of for Wilson, a gain for Underwood OF
and a gain OF for Bryan.
During the twentieth ballot Mr.. Bank
! head manager Of the Underwood forces,
received a telegram from Representative
Underwood saying
We control the situation. hope my
| friends will stand firm.
The twentieth ballot resulted:
Clark, 512; Wilson, 3ssIa; Underwood,
f21Da; Harmon, 29; Marshall 80; Kern, /;
Bryan, l; Foss, James, 3.
This was a loss OF 20 for Clark. a gain
Of 3Oi2 for Wilson, loss Of 81 for Under
wood. Foss and James were each placed
or the roll on this ballot.
At 6:lO o'clock the twenty-arst ballot was
begun On this ballot Wilson men in the
Washington and wyoming delegations de-
manded rolcals Clark had majOritlcs In
each delegation and under the unit rule tHe
entire vote Of both went to him
Clark's loss and Wilson's gain continued
on the twcnty-Hrst ballot. the result Of
which was:
Clark, 500; Wilson, 3o5l?; Underwood,
11sIz; Harmon, %: Marshall so; Kern, I;
Bryan, |; Foss, 5.
This was a loss Of for Clark. a gain of
: for Wilson and a loss Of : for Underwood.
Wilson Men Defeat Recess.
Ex-Governor David r. Francis, Of the
take a recess until $3.50 O'Clock The Wilson
forces encouraged by their steady gain
through the afternoon. objected. and Sen
ator Lea. Of Tennessee, demanded a roll
call.
After a recapitulation Of the rollcall,
which consumed twenty minutes, the vote
was announced as ayes, 529i9, and noes.
| 547.
The convention thus refused 10 adjourn
and the twenty second ballot was begun.
| When Massachusetts, was reached Mayor
Fitzgerald Of Boston tried 10 obtain unani-
nous consent 10 make a statement. II was
refused and Fitzgerald announced
| Massachusetts casts thlrty.fou votes for
| Foss; two for Clark.
An uproar followed and the Massachusetts
! delegates protested that they should be al
lowed an opportunity to place Foss In nom
| nation.
William Sulzer. in the chair. used his
gavcl and the rollcall proceeded.
| When Ohio was called the Harmon vote
of that state went TO Clark. Twenty eight
and one half votes were recorded for Clark
end a half vote went from the Harmon col
umn 10 Wilson
Vermants entire vote. eight. on this call
went tosFoss.
Harmon's Vote Disappears.
The result OF the twenty-second rollcall
was:
1885, Marshall, so; Foss, %: Bryan, /;
Kern. 1.
Clark lost M Wilson gained /; Under
wood lost 21a and Foss took a place on the
roll Harmon's % In Ohio were eliminated,
| 2s15 going to Clark and half a vote going TO
Wilson.
The twenty-third ballot was begun at
7:45 o'clock, and resulted as follows:
Clark, 4sTLs Wilson, $685. Underwood
| 1141a; Marshall, 80; Foss, IS; Bryan, l;
Gaynor, !.
This was loss OF three for Clark. a
gain OF three for Wilson and loss OF half
a vote for Underwood
It was 500 o'clock when the twenty fourth
| ballot was started.
Iowas delegation demanded a poll. The
delegates stood for Wilson and 10 for
Clark. Sulzer, in the chair. ruled that the
vote must be cast for Clark. and an Iowa
delegate appealed from the decision.
Representative Hughes, the Wilson leail-
! er, demanded a rollcall on the appeal, and.
amid disorder, the clerk began the call.
Finally the appeal was withdrawn.
On the twenty-fourth ballot the vote
stood:
Clark, 1876; Wilson, 4o21a; Underwood,
| ISL; Foss, +3; Marshall, 80: Bryan, I.
This gave Clark a loss Of IL. Wilson a
gain Of S1a. Underwood a gain OF and Foss
a loss Of 2.
Wilson had passed the 400-mark for the
first time, and when the vote was an
nounced the Wilson enthusiasts cheered
loudly.
Senator Stone, OF Missouri. took the stand
! to ask unanimous consent TO an agreement.
| II ask unanimous consent" he said, that
after two additional ballots on the third
ballot the candidate receiving the smallest
vote on that ballot be dropped from the ball
lot; on the next ballot, the candidate receiv-
ing the smallest number OF votes, and 80
| on"
A chorus OF boots and jeers greeted this
proposal. and Representative Burleson Wig
| orously objected
Bryan left his seat with the Nebraska
delegation and hurried through the crowd
to the front OF the platform, where he