Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-07-02
Wilson Still IN The LEAD
ON TnE FORTIESH BALLOT HE
POLLI.D MORE THAN FIVE
HUNDRED VOTES,
CLARK IS IN THE RACE
Speaker Lost Ground ai First but Was
Again Creeping Up at
The Finish.

BALTIMORE, July 2.-The dead
lock in the democratic national con-
Nention over presidential nominee
seemed more complete than ever when
adjournment was taken at 12;i3 "A.
m. until noon today. Woodrow Will
son had made steady gains during
Mondays ballotng until he reached a
high water mark OF sol Y votes on the
thirty-ninth ballot lie remained sta .
tlonary on the fortioth ballot but be
gan to lose ground. The last ballotwas
the forty-second, when Governor VIII
son polled 494 votes.
Clark Lost and Gained.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb Of his candidacy on the bal
lot where Wilson reached crest. lie
went down to 422 votes at that time,
but Immediately began 10 pick up, and
had gone to l30 when adjournment
was taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
during the evening and was a guest
of Mayor Preston, near convention
hall. lie returned to Washington
shortly before midnight.
Wilson Started Strong.
The evening started auspiciously for
Wilson with the thirty-fifth ballot. and
on the thirty-ninth he had passed tho
five hundred mark with one and half
votes to spare.
Speaker Clark in the same ballots
lost III votes. On the fortieth call Of
the roll Wilson's 501h remained the
same, ana Clark gained single vote,
giving him 423. Meantime the vote
far w TfpHnr.rnAI taI
within ten votes OF the one hundred
mark.
by the time the fortieth ballot had
been concluded there was seemlnly no
hope of a nomination tonight. The
delegates sat in a sort OF stupor. Tho
roll call clerks entered the vote me-
chanically, often without waiting for
the response of the various states. At
the end of the fortieth ballot a tired
Alabama delegate moved to adjourn,
but When roll call on the motion was
demanded by the Wilson forces, he
withdrew 1t.
Another attempt was made to ad-
journ after the forty-first ballot and
again 1t failed.
weary, bedraggled, peevish aggre-
CATION of delegates and alternates to
the democratic national convention
drifted into the armory tonight with
long, dreary night session in pros
pect.
They confronted the same monot-
onous grind of balloting that had con
tinued from last Friday morning,
when the first vote thatdeveloped the
deadlock on a presidential nomination
was cast.
Almost a full week of controversy
among rival factions had sorely tried
the patience and tempers of the dele
gates. The crowd which gathered to-
night was an irritable and eXcitable
one, The tense elements of the stu
alton had been revealed in near riot
on The floor, when William j. Bryan
found himself in the midst Of half
score Of fist fights The police we're
warned to exert extraordinary vigil
ance in the future. The slow, Vacil-
lating rise and fall of the vote of ia
vorite candidates throughout the day
had increased the steadily growing
bitterness of the past week and to-
night a match of offense touched to
the excitement would have set the en-
tire convention ablaze.
1t was on this situation that many
of the leaders based a hope of a final
vote and nomination before the
light was over.
They argued that the weary dele
gates tired by a week of work,
would break from the hard and fast
lines they have been holding and !
throw enough votes to one of the cam
didates to end the agony.
May BE Third Man.
Others contended that the situation
made impossible an agreement on
any Of the candidates now before the
convention. They pointed to today's !
physical clash between the Clark and
Wilson forces as an evidence that the !
feeling between the two was so bit
ter that neither would allow enough
votes to go to the other to nominate.
The Wilson forces, however, encour-
aged by their steady gain through the
day, ere optimistic. They asserted
that in time they would get a major
ity of the convention and that then, |
the delegates, ready to do almost any
thing to end the struggle, would flock |
to the Wilson standard.
Another attempt to reach some sort |
of an agreement among the leaders
failed today. The so-called conserva-
tives were in conference. National
Chairman Mack, Charles II. Murphy, |
Colonel George w. Harvey, John Fitz-
gerald Of Kentucky and Roger G. Sui |
livan Of Illinois. dined together After
the talk, Chairman Mack declared |
that every one seemed Sitting tight"
II do not believe that either Wilson |
or Clark can be nominated now" de- !
clared Mr.. Mack just before the con-
vention was called to order.
Doors Thrown Open.
The galleries were crowded as the |
time neared for the calling of the
roll for the 35th ballot. They had |
been thrown open to the general pub
lie and Baltimore took advantage of
the occasion.
The calling of the session was de- !