The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-02

Baltimore, July 2.-With a feeling of bitterness engendered among the delegates which seemed capable oi precipitating a riot at any moment the deadIocked> Democratic national convention, today, resumed at noor it's efforts to select a prestdential
 changed from that of yesterday only in that the leaders believed, that the maximum strength of Goyernor Will son had been exposed. They insist that he like Clark, has shown his best effort and that from this time forward he will follow his chief rival along the backward trail
 Today, the fact was driven home to the men who must name the ticket
 while either Clark ~or Wilson has plenty of strength to kill off his rival neither has strength to force his own candidacy to triumph. Wearied from irregular meals and lack of sleep coupled with long hours in the stifling atmosphere of the great convention hall which is gen. orally packed beyond it's capacity, the rve-wrecked delegates were milling today, like a bunch of cattle in corral They are all at sea- The leaders who
 been unable to select the course through which to pilot Democracy's ship and the helpless individual dele
 gate who under the present conven- ton bears no relation to conditions and iii most instances is a mere pawn
 in the game, sits in his seat swelter- ing and swearing and ready TOT a
 fight at any moment
 The jockeying for position con tinued today. Individuals rom cer- tain states, whole delegations Tn oth-
 CTS. were moved backward and tor-
 ward to test the temper of the con vention. The state bosses In many instances were working in concert. The real reason for many of their moves was seldom apparent even to the onlooker who knew the game never to be uninitiated but that there was concerted action was always ob- Vious.
 A single vote, recorded for a can didate who had not been placed reg ularly in nomination. would occasion ally be cast and the effect watched as closely by the chieftains of the party as would fever chart by a doctor in a typhoid epidemic; Id;ls n,;+ The The there was little response. The dark horse" chatter continued while the leading candidates reserved the full quota of their rock bottom strength and the manipulated vote that was being temporarily diverted awaiting the pSycnOiOSlCaI moment when it was to be sent elsewhere.
 The fear of Bryan obsessed the New York delegation and the machine leaders who are in alliance with Mur- phy, of Tammany Hall. The Nebras- kan's stopping of Champ Clark had displayed strength. Early today, just before adjournment, word was brought to the New York leader that Michigan, after shifting almost its en- tire strength to Wilson to test the possibility of stampede in that di- rection, was going to throw 30 votes to the Nebraskan to see what effect this would have.
 The Murphy seat is on the middle aisle in the center of the hall and he was leaning back in his chair with his eyes closed chewing a toothpick when the word came. He was wide awake and ready in a moment. Has, tily beckoning Roger Sullivan, Theo- dore Bell was called by an IS. O. s. signal and rushed to the Michigan position. Bell was told by National Committeeman Wood that, although there had been talk of going to Bryan. the Michigan delegation that was go- ing to shift on this final ballot was