Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-06-29
Speaker Had 4401a to 324
for New Jerseyan When
Vote Was Taken at Z
O'clock This Morning.
BRYAN RESOLUTION
STARTS WARM FIGHT
Declaration That Conven-
tion Opposed Candidate
Favored by Morgan, Ryan
or Belmont Raises Storm

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ting all through the night the demo.
cratic national convention reached the
first ballot on the presidential nomin-
alton shortly before Z o'clock this
morning. There was no choice. In
fact. all of the candidates were 50 far
away from the two-thirds votes nec-
essary to nominate that the delegates
today looked forward to long, hard
fight.
After the first ballot, the convention
at 7:16 a. M, took recess to 4 o'clock
this afternoon. In the meantime thers
Will be much studying of the figures
OF the test vote and conferences
among the leaders. As was expected
Speaker Champ Clark led all the other
candidates on the first ballot. He
received 44Oh votes to 1924 for Wood
row Wilson, his nearest rival. Thia
however, left the speaker 2S6h votes
snort OF the necessary two-thirds,
Gov. Judson Harmon OF Ohio, aided
by New York's solid block OF 80 votes
was third with 14S. Representative
Oscar w. Underwood OF Alabama. re-
ceived 1171a votes @
William J. Bryan Of Nebraska. rot
one vote from the Ohio DELEGATION.
Some OF his friends had expected that
he would receive more scatterina
votes but the fact that he did not
show any strength whatever on the
first ballot did not discourage them.
They still felt that n the event Of
deadlock--which early today seemed
more than probable-Mr Bryan might
be turned to again to lead his party
In the presidential race.
The All Night Session.
The all night session Of the conven.
ton was picturesque in many ways.
IN all there were about eight hours
OF oratory and demonstrations. The
Clark and Wilson forces were the prin-
cipal contestants in the struggle to SEQ
which could keep up the cheering
longest. The Clark demonstration, tho
first big one of the evening, lasted ono
hour and Ave minutes The Wilson
people when their turn came declined
to quiet down until after they had
passed the Clark record and added
about ten minutes to 1t.
After day had broken and the artin-
cial lights in the big armory were Civ.
ing way before the gray shafts stream.
ing through the windows the pangs OF
hunger and the fatigue OF the long sit
ting drew upon them and they began
to call to the speakers to make what
they had to say as brief as possible.e .
The wiser men among the scheduled
orators needed this advice. Others
who attempted to make the eagle
scream and the flag wave in wordy
pictures were treated with scant
courtesy.
It was 6:43 a. m. when the last state
was called and the last speech had
been made.
It required half an hour to call the
roll and figure the results. Then came
the motion to recess and it was car
ried despite the throaty-voiced pro-
tests Of some delegates who were
ready to 60 on with the ballot to the
bitter end. The session over, the big
hall was emptied in few minutes.
Before the result OF the roll cali was
announced half dozen states shifted
votes to the aye column and others
followed. Shortly after the vote was
announced as ayes, 8S9; hayes, 1896;
not voting 2; absent 1.
Bryan Explains Action.
At the conclusion Of the roll call on
his resolution Mr.. Bryan had the fol-
lowing to say:
This vote eliminates all Of the re-
dictionaries, and we can now proceed
to the election Of progressive, put
him on a progressive platform and 20
out and win. There are scme things
which think it would be wise for the
candidate to do, but they need not be
announced until his nomination"
At an early hour this morning the
democratic national convention was in
session endeavoring to reach a first
ballot in the fight to nominate presi-
Dental candidate
Underwood Is Nominated.
When Alabama, the first state on the
roll, was called, the chairman OF the
delegation announced that William B.
Bankhead, son Of Senator Bankhead,
would speak. He placed In nomination
Oscar w. Underwood
Bankhead concluded at Ills p. m.
and the Alabama delegates leaped
cheering to their seats, joined by the