The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1912-06-29
VERMONT'S EIGHT VOTES
GO TO WOODROW WILSON
Convention Adjourned at 3.05
This Morning Until | O'Clock
This Afternoon, in the Hope
That a Conference May Set
tie Matters.

Dditiilloie, June -o.r--tiflng up all ~
tempt to break the existing deadlock, the
leaders in the Democratic party at 3;05
o'clock this morning decided upon an
adjournment until / o'clock in the after
noon, in the hope that some sort of an
agreement might be reached as to pres
idential nominee. Many of the delegates
protested against the delay caused by
the adjournment, but apparently there
was no hope of settling the nomination
by conferences on the convention floor.
Twelve ballots were taken. Champ
Clark made a sensational gain on the
10th, when New York's solid block of
30 votes went to him. On this ballot
Mr.. tClark's total reached high-water
mark of 500, clear majority, but no
votes short of the necessary twot thirds
to nominate.
On the llth and 18th ballots, Clark
fell away to 554 and $40.
Governor Woodrow Wilson held shis
forces steadily together and during the
nights voting there were but slight fluc-
tuations in his totals. Votes lost in some
delegations We're made up in Others. Will
sons ldSt TOTAL was 00i.
Governor Harmon on the last ballot
dropped to 20 votes cast by members of
the Ohio delegation. New York's deser-
tion brought the Ohio executive rapidly
down.
The long night and early morning ses-
sion was marked by several noisy demon
strations. The first came from the
Clark adherents, when New York shifted
to the speaker. Then came counter
demonstration from the Wilson people
when 10 Wilson delegates from Okla
homa declared they would not be
dragged into Tammany hail." The New
York vote cast by Mr.. Murphy was near
" always greeted with mingled Kisses
and cheers.
Leaders in the convention viewed the
situation with some concern when the
night session adjourned. The Clark
strength seemed to have been fully test
ed, and he was still far short. Governor
Wilson did not make the gains that his
managers expected.
There was a report at adjournment
time that the New York delegation had
agreed to vote for Clark only on three
ballots, giving the speaker fun oppor-
tunity to display his greatest strength.
It also was said that New York next
would go to Underwood This viii
serve as a further test of the ability
OF Wilson to hold his votes. If he con-
tinues to do so, New York will eventu
ally go to him. The Clark people assert
they have sufficient ''rock-ribbed" votes
to prevent the nomination of any other'l
man.
The situation was apparently as badly
mixed as ever as the tired delegates filed |
out Of the convention hall shortly before |
daybreak this morning to seek a little
rest before going on with the struggle |
in the afternoon.
Chairman James at AIS yesterday |
afternoon announced that the roll call |
for the presidential nomination would be |
resumed at once.
Eight votes went to the Wilson stand |
ard on the second ballot amid wild |
cheers when Vermont was called. The
entire vote had been given to Governor
Baldwin of Connecticut on the first bal
lot
The fifth roll call was begun at $3.50
o'clock. The first breakup in the "fa-
vorite SON. delegates came when Con-
necticut was reached. Underwood got !
nine, Clark four, and Wilson one of the
IA votes that had gone to Governor
Baldwin on the four preceding ballots.
The Connecticut change of vote was
hailed with cheers by the psrtisans of
the candidates who profted by the
switch.
Kansas Under Unit Rule.
When Kansas was reached, where
Clark had received the solid delegation
of 20 in the preceding roll calls. the vote
was challenged by j. w. Orr, a Wilson
Chairman James ruled that "as long
as two-thirds of the delegates from Kan
sas have not decided that Clark has no
chance for the nomination" the Kansas
vote must be east for Clark ''in its
entirety"
A poll of the delegates showed that
they stood: Wilson, II (; Clark, Q. Chair
man James held that the entire vote
must go to Clark under the unit rule.
After the announcement Of the result
OF the fifth ballot, Chairman James rec
ognized a motion to recess until $3.50 last {
evening. There was a chorus of dis
approval when the motion TO adjourn
was put, but James declared il carried.
The convention adjourned at 7;ls until 4
p:30. h
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