The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-01
Thirty Ballots Taken With No Choice and Excel
lent Prospects for Thirty Thousand More
Ballots to Be Taken.
FIGURES SHOW But VERY SLIGHT CHANGES
National Democratic Convention Appears Have
Picked Out an All Summers Job in the
Selection Of Candidate.

most of them urge the recipients to
name Wilson Anti-Wilsonites de-
clare that the majority of these tele-
grams are indirect appeals sent broad
cast to the Wilson leaders in every
locality on Saturday asking that Will
son sentiment be created for the
good of the cause, the managers of
the New Jersey governor say that
these kilograms actually reflect the
sentiment of the rank and file of the
party.
Wilson managers predicted early to-
day that Maryland, North Carolina
and Iowa would be solid for the gov.
ernor on about the second or third bal
lot and that Roger Sullivan, the Him
ois leader, would swing his state on
the third or fourth.
Wilson Band Wagon.
The moment the Jerseyite passed
the 500 mark the flood gates would
open, his hackers asserted, and the
rush to climb aboard the Princeton.
ian band wagon would start. Failing
! to get this break the Wilson men ad
united taey VITA probably suffer the
fate of Speaker Clark who Reached his
high water mark after New York's sc
votes had been cast, only to imme
diately start slipping.
The Wilson men made much Of the
declaration of Senator O'Gorman OF
New York, one of the men suggested
by Bryan in his statement last night
as presidential timber that he be
lieyed Wilson would be nominated to
/ day.
| All attempts to date to secure a
compromise candidate have failed
Senator Kern, endorsed by Bryan, has
as yet kindled no enthusiasm for his
boomlet, although the Indian contin-
gent is waiting an opportunity to
| plump its vote to him.
The Foss boom has apparently col
| lapsed. The attempt to swing Bryan
1 into line for it failed. The Nebraskan
listened patiently to the emissaries oi
the Massachusetts governor, it is
| said, and then opined that, while Foss
was undoubtedly power, still demo
/ cratic convention could hardly be ex
pected to nominate as the head OF Its
/ ticket man who admittedly had new
er voted for democrat for president
The Marshall boom has never taker
seriously.
Bryan's Selections.
AS for the Bryan selections, Culber
son of Texas is popular but man!
4 feel that he comes from too far south
to be factor. Rayner of Maryland
is opposed because his attitude on ths
tariff is unsatisfactory to some fac
tories. O'Gorman, while having goot
progressive record IN Washington, Is
looked upon by many as a Tammanl
man despite Bryan's endorsement
and Ollie James ability to get the
united support of his own state IL
j questioned, while some Of his publish
ed views on the fourteenth amendment
would be a serious handicap in bit
I6T Cduipdl6u.
! Underwood has been eliminated b,
Bryan in his public discussion of tht
candidates, but there is still consider
able strength for the Alabama con
4 gressman. His followers claim the.
will get most of the Clark delegate.
who were not given double instruc
4 Itions. They also claim that the Ha"
mon strength, not far from formidable
+ will come to them. New Yorks 81
votes they have already refused, be
cause they did not care to risk de
nunciation by Bryan-np to this time
at least. But they insist that wher
, the time comes for the earnest effort
the Underwood strength will surprise
the opposition.
The Gaynor supporters were mucl
IN evidence today. Much literature
!, sounding the praises of New York.
! mavor was in circulation and coterit
.fof clever politicians were sounding
: the delegates to see whether the timt
!, had not arrived for launching thu
mayors boom.
:. A situation troubling the leaders to
lday was that the delegates are run
d ming short of funds. Some have al