The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-29


| was danger in the air. Ciark's desertion
OF Bryan IN the opening day OF the con
vention had raised the deuce in dele
cations where Bryan loyalists were
strong.
Chairman James ordered that the res
oluiton ins,ricting the delegation be
read. II showed that the delegation must
vote as a unit for Champ CLARK until two
thirds of the delegates voted that Clark
had no chance. The delegation was
ordered pollcd A. Mitchell Palmer of
Pennsylvania, an ardent follower of the
Houn Dawg. raised the point of order
that the convention had no right to poll
I he Kansas delegation hut that the Kan
sans must check up themselves. Senator
James ruled against secret polls. which
| the Clark folks were fighting for. and
III" roll was called II showed that eleven
OF the delegation had come to the con-
clusion that Clark did not have "A chance.
But eleven wasn't two-thirds and o
James ruled that the delegation must
continue To cast its vote for Clark
For Heavens Sais, Murphy!
The centre aisle by Murphy's chari
was now jamined with Champs managers.
all pleading with Murphy 10 go to Clark
for heavens own sake. Gumshoe Bill
Stone bent over one Of Murphy's shoulders
and Senator Reed leaned over the other
and more Clark men pully hauled the
bigger men in the New York crowd
besecching them to persuade Murphy
to drop Harmon and give New York :
ninety to Clark But Murphy was as
impressionable, as a clam. Again VIII N
the time came he was up stiff as IA y ,kpr
with the now familiar announce non,
in his level. metallic voice:
New York. ninety votes for Harmon
Then for the first time Murphy really
crinned. There was hot zip that New
York was going to Clark on this ballot
hu' the Tammanv leader fooled 'em
Clark lost and Wilson gained on" in New
Hampshire. and OK Senator Smith of New
Jersey was now favOring Underwood
with The total stock Of Smith delegates
-four. There was gain Of on"haf "A vote
in North Carolina for wilson. aud Kern
gained on" in Ohio. IN Ohio Kern. Wilson
and Clark each lost n vote and Harmon
gained "n". Tn" Clark forces wore upset
when g. votes got away from him in
Tcnr~s-"" and Harmon won = Under =
wood lost half u vot" and Wilson lost
one. Maryland cast its cntr" IS votes
I for Clark. but IL becam" known that
thev were thinking ~ switching to viii
son. The delegates were Instructed AZ
IN. primaries for Clark. and under tho
law they must vot" for him until they
believe he cannot 10 nominated When
the Clark forces heard Of tho discomfort
in MARYLAND they pleaded with them and
! insisted that they should not run away
/ from Clark
I After the ballot had been taken Chair
, man James read telegram from the
Governor of Louisiana saying that Lous-
ana had ratified the income tax ariend-
/ ment
Harmon and WiIsOn Gatu.
The vo'" on the fifth ballot was: Clark
49,: Wilson, 35ii,; Harmon, i43: Under
wood. I,a'?; Marshall, II; Kern. i? This
wa- a gain of 8ii for Harmon cis for
wilson and n loss Of -, for Underwood
! Clark's vote didn't change
! For three hours Of voting. which was
mouotnnou- saw" for an occasional shout
when a candidate Onade slight gain.
! III" crowd sat in the galleries very few
wor" white shirtwa..,s. Men had removed
I their coats and some Of them were collar
i less The hall was a. hot as a Turkish
bath Tho crowd was pleased when
. Chairman James announced an adjourn
ment until a;3o O'Clock to-nignt, hut the
delegates who want to get home growed
: The Interest, in 'hc bal!o'inG was SO
keen that 10000 Ieople stuck TO their scat =
/ through N" two hours recess. Many had
! anticipated u long drawn out session and
, had prov .ded themselves with baskets of
/ lunch Others sent messenger boys sc,ir
I ryiny for coffee and sandwiches. The
/ galleries remained we'll filed and on tho
main floor the only vacant >pac. was
where the delegates and al'crnatcs sit.
; >rnts I y to $40.
/ Seats were a; still premium tonight
and 'he army of specuat or- AZ the en-
/ franc. wsr" charging fancy pricee for
Z single. coupons in some cases so for seat +
near IN" Chairman's stand
The crush out side was giving the police
ali sorts Of trouble. As happened last
! n yht IalurAtas and ,h,;r vrtx.n
! prevented from entering the hall
The out look was for "A long session. \
conference ut the leaders had failed 20
bring about an agreement on q candidate
who would be acceptable to progressives
and conservatives. and the leaders We're
, hoplng Ia get together on the hoc- and
! bring about an agreement that Won .: pre-
/ vent a deadlock and the CONSEQUENT an
novance~. Tn. talk was again of Kern as
a compromise candidate. II was whis-
per"d that BRYAN had given up hope of
; winning with Wilson and that ba intended
/ to ma ke an "NOrt TO stampede the conyen-
, tor tor tor his friend from Indiana.
Chairman lanes convened the dele
ga'e- AZ ati O'Clock. tn. PRAYER was
( mad. 10y III" Rev. pr. Georg" + Dudley.
pastor OF ~ stephens Church ot Wash
ington. II was one Of the shortest prayers
on record Just thirty seconds.
! Then Chairman james ordered the roll
called on the sixth ballot. 4 Kansas
delegate hopped mp and moved that il
was he sense of the convent ion tha, tn.
/ unit rule be- ahrogated Senator James
promptly recognized Congressman Will
; lam Hughes Of New Jersey. who pointed
I o'it that the motto was ont of order and
James whecked the hansen to silence.
! The roll call proceeded RAPIDLY. the
visitors maintaining good order
, There was no change in the standing of
candidates. until Michigan was reached
! here Wilson lost a vote The unchanged
vote WAS sufficient evidence that the
leaders had not been able to make a good
decker. The Hon. James hamilton Lewis
of Chicago came into high honor here.
Jim ham was in garments Of light tan
mat ching the famous whiskers
| New York continued to vote for HGr-
! mon, Wilson lost q vote to Underwood
in North Carolina Harmon lost one in
Ohio to Bryan. hut Ohio's vote had been
shifting and varying in this peculiar way
Wilson gained four in Tennessee and
there wGs the first cheering of the session
Clarks column was hettered g., votes.
| Nebraska corrected her vote SO rs to give
Wilson the single Harmon vote. The re-
suit Of the sixth ballot was: Clark. AS. a
gain Of 2; Wilson, 35i. a gain of 3; Under
wood. l2l. a gain of ?: Harmon. 1856. a loss
Of a.; Marshall. 81. unchanged; Kern, | =,
| IA loss of I and Rrvrn I