The Daily Missoulian., 1912-07-03
BEGINNING Of THE END IS FORE7O[D
WHEN DAYS FIRST BALLOT IS TAKEN
Forty Ihird Roll Call Marks the Start Of Landslide to
Governor Wilson and the Forty-Sixth Settles Contest
When New York's Ninety Go to the Jersevman.

ment Of this vote started a Wilson
demonstration.
Como on, you wilson, yelled the
New Jersey delegates.
The ballot left Wilson 12i short of
the necessary o-thirds to nominate
Once more the roll cali began. II
was the 18th ballot, and Wilson In the
beginning gained one In Arizona, and
Colorado climbed aboard the band
wagon. giving Wilson gain of nine,
This made the vote 10 to 2 for Wilson
One of the two was Mrs. Anna b.
Pttzcr. sister -in-law Of Speaker Clark.
In Idaho In this ballot Wilson los,
half vote. but he gained two. as In /.
diana's vote was east solidly for him.
1t was ruTored on the convention
floor that Governor Marshall of In
diana would be a candidate for vice
president II Wilson was nominated.
Wilson gained az in Iowa, and Louis :
lana gave him one more.
/ Wisconsin swung into line with It's
26 solid votes, and a cheer from the
| Wilson adhercnts greeted the gan or
+! four votes.
The 4lth Ballot put Wilson osh
votes away from nomination. His
vote was 629, a gain OF u. as com :
pared with the 43rd ballot.
Clark dropped from 32s TO 3oe 49,
situation led to the belief that Will
son would be nominated on tho 45th
ballot.
The Mississippi delegation was IN
caucus when called for the 44th bal
lot and was passed. Previous to n.
conclusion Of the 4ith ballot II was
said thatiin the event of Mr.. Wilson /.
nomination he would be agkcd to vis-
1t the convention. ana II was OK.
pected he would accept the invitation.
Under the new order the presenta- :
tton Of the platform was postponed
until after the nomination of the can
didate to permit him ~ inspect tho
declaration Of principles In advancs.
OF It's adoption. The leaders think the
candidate can give better attention tv
the matter here than at his home.
Maryland gave Wilson a gain of "
and Ohio gave him a gain OF more
Pennsylvania's two Clark men swung
into line and Wilson received the solid
rs from that state
In Tennessee. Wilson gained one.
Utah cast It's eight votes for him. a
gain of ~ votes.
wisconsin swung into line with its
rs solid votes and an effort was mads
at the end OF the 44th roll call by
the Washington delegation to vote
proxies on a poll OF that deegati
Chairman James insisted upon ma IN :
tanning his position formerly taken.
that no proxies should be voted In
the convention.
An appeal was taken to the con-
vention. but the chair was sustained
by a rls ng vote which seemed almost
unanimous.
The poll Of the Washington dele
CATION showed five OF the 2S delegates
with half vote each absent, cutting
Washington's vote In the convention
to 11h. On the poll eight were cas-,
for Clark and 3h for Wilson. bu. as
washington was under the unit rule
IA were recorded for Clark. An ex-
pected break In the solid Alabama
vote of "a for Underwood d not take
place on the 45th ballot. The Wilson
people were anxiously awaiting
change In the Alabama vote In the
hope that It would start the final
landslide for their candidate.
Less Disorder.
There was less disorder I'm the con-
vention today than at any other ses-
sion this week and demonstrat tIons
which marked other sessions wer.
missing In the early ballotins today.
Although Wilson made slight gains
early In the 45th ballot tore were no
serious breaks In the Clark ranks.
During this ballot the Wilson lead
ers worked like braves to secure the
Underwood strength for the New
Jersey man. A. Mitchell Palmer.
leader OF the| Wilson forces. urged
the Alabama delegation to throw their
votes to Wilson. but ne could secure
no agreement.
A poll OF the New Mexico delega-
ton on this ballot showed an in
cltnation to break the solid eight
Clark votes. but they were held by
the unit rule.
New York Still for Clark.
New York's 80 again went to Clark
and hope Of nomination on this bal
lot was lost
In Ohio Wilson gained. the vote be-
ing: Harmon. 25: Wilson. %. The
change In the 45th ballot was slight,
Clark remaining at 3oS. Wilson ad-
vanced from 602 to 633. Wilson's prog
ress at this point had not been so
steady while the Clark forces en-