The new era., 1912-07-04
WILSON LEADS
ON42ND BALLOT
MISSOURI DELEGATION DIRECTS
MENACING DEMONSTRATION
AGAINST WIN. J. BRYAN.
ILLINOIS GOES WILSON
WHEN CONVENTION ADJOURNED
MONDAY NIGHT VOTE STOOD
WILSON 494; CLARK 43o.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Baltimore Missouri delegation
In a frenzy OF rage over the steady de.
cline OF Speaker Clark's vote since
the attack upon him by w. J. Bryan
| on Saturday, directed menacing
demonstration late Monday afternoon
against the Nebraskan. Only the
| prompt Interference OF the police
saved him from personal injury.
For several minutes the maddened
| Missourians fought and struggled to
get to the platform. where Bryan was
standing. Police, le::.c-IyS by news
paper correspondents, struck out right
and left at the oncoming Clark men.
Down In the body OF the hall Ne
| braskans were coming to the defense
| Of the threatened leader.
Fist fights started In Massachu-
sets and Connecticut, and for mo
| ment 1t looked as though panic had
seized the convention and reason had
departed.
The fights were precipitated by tho
display of banner before the Ne
braska delegation on which were
printed huge letters OF an endorse
ment given by Bryan OF Speaker
Clark more than one year ago. Bryan
demanded the right to reply to the in
| dorsement II the demonstration was
| authorized by the Clark leaders In the
Missouri delegation.
The Illinois delegates held a meet
ing Just after the adjournment Of the
| convention and decided to cast their
fifty-eight votes for Governor Wilson.
1t is reported that Speaker Clark
has been taken to u snnitarium where
he Is said to be suffering from nerv-
Gus breakdown.
The deadlock was not broken whea
the forty.second ballot was pollcd. and
the Democratic convention adjourned
| at 12:43 n. m. Tuesday until noon.
Governor Woodrow Wilson made
| steady gains all day Monday. reached
the high-watcr mark Of 501h on the
| thirty.ninth ballot. then lost ground
| slightly until the last. when he re-
| ceived 494 votes.
On the thirty ninth ballot the Colo
RADIO delegation broke-J. a. Ferris Of
| Golden casting his vote for Wilson.
II was predicted that Illinois woald
| follow. but the temper OF the crowd
had by this time reached the limit cf
| Its endurance. and adjournment
could no longer be held off. They sat
| almost In n siupor OF exhaustion
1t Is predicted that when the con
vention Is convened Wilson will be
nominated before many ballots ar"
| cast. His followers are already jubi-
liant over his expected success. and
say that nothing can stop his ult.ma'e
triumph.
When the result OF the forty.second
ballot was announced Delegate Wal
lace OF Washington secured the floor
and moved to adjourn until TUESDAY
| noon In the midst OF disorder. Sen
ator stone CT Missouri seconded the
| motion. and A. Mitchell Palmer de
manded a roll.call.
Delegates Began to Leave.
The roll call had scarcely begun he.
| fore the weary delegates. seeing that
| the motion was certain to prevail. be-
gan to crowd from their seats and out
OF the hall The aisles were jammcd
before half dozen states were called
and the call proceeded In disorder.
BY the time the last state had been
called less than half the delegates
were In their places.
The end of the call was finally
reached and at 12:43 n. m. the con.
vention adjourned until noon Tues
day.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the
lowest ebb OF his candidacy on the
ballot where Wilson reached n crest.
He went down to 422 votes ut that
time, but Immediately began to pick
up and had gone to 430 when adjourn.
ment was taken.
The speaker came over to Baltimore
during the evening and was guest
at the home of Mayor Preston. near
h1 Gon ~ayp n
Washington shortly before midnir.:..
Almost a full week of controversy
between rival factions had sorely tried
the patience and tempcrs Of the dele
gates and the crowd which gathered
was ordinarily nn irritable and en-
citable one. The tensity Of the situa-
tion had shown itself In a semi.riot
on the floor during the afternoon when
William Jennings Bryan found himself
in the midst OF half score of fist
fights.
Police were warned to exert extra.
ordinary vigilance In the future. The
slow, vacillating rise and fall Of the
vote of favorite candidates throughout
the day had increased the steadily
growing bitterness OF the past week
and the match OF offense. touched
to the extreme. would have set the
entire convention ablaZe.
1t was on this situation that many
Of the leaders based n hope of fina!
vote and n nomination before tho
night was over. They argued that
the weary delegates tried by week
of work would break from the hard
and fast lines they have been holding
and throw enough votes to one of the
candidates to end the agony of sus