The Washington times., 1912-06-30

underlying sentiment Of the delegates
was expressed. Clark could not hold all
his strength some of the Underwood
people Joined with Wilson against the
adjournment; Massachusetts votes its
solid thirty-six in the negative: Illinois
and New York voted for the recess.
Indiana was against II.
There was a short-lived demonstration
by the Wilson people when they knew
they had carried their point They knew
now that It was their convention. They
might not muster the nominating two
thirds, but they had strength enough to
prevent anv parliamentary kicking
around of their little houn' dawg that
has been growing so fast, and now had
complete set Of full-grown teeth.
Indifferent to Appearances.
The haloting was resumed. Under
conditions that were almost unbearabls
The hall was frightfully hot. almost
ncDody had coat or collar on. Men
raced arouni the aisles with suspenders
! over their hips collars thrown away.
aud shirts open at the neck Armfull
Of sandwiches and pies, were lugged in
and distributed. The spectacle OF an
almost unshirted. red-faced. apopletic-
Looking delegate. mounted a chair with
piece Of cherry pie in one hand and
bunch of emphatic gestures in the
other. was no ordinary that 1t did not
! create a real laugh. go
The convention had gotten down to
huslress in deadly earnest Clark was
conceded. after thc defeat on ADJOURN
ment. To be 4 beaten man.
But whom could the convention nom
mate? Wilson, II the Underwood ,peo-
not. They did not. Wilson was making
most Of his gains at the expense Of
! Clark and Harmon. Underwoods troops
fought straight ahead.
Underwood Men Stand Firm.
Time and again, afternoon and night,
report said that Tammany was going to
switch off from Clark and try out Un-
| der~ood by giving him its strength for
series of ballots. The Clark people
pleaded with Murphy not to do II. 1t
meant the end for them. The Under
wood people. sure II must come sooner
or later. hung on like grim death.
Murphy, they knew, could never go to
Wilson, after what Bryan has said
about New York's support. There was
nowhere else for II to go except to
Underwood Nowhere. that is, unless
| the Fos sor the Kern boom should take
/ But nothing took form. The Clark
men held on to every shred of strength
the Wilson men were at their thr oats
every minute; 1t was case Of no
else except these two camps of raging
1 madmen was really in the fight.
I So 1t stood at the hour OF adjourn
ment. shortly before midnight. From
that time till morning. three distinct
! efforts were in progress. representing
| three different interests.
The Wilson people were lining up re-
! cruits for the big assault they expect
\ to make tomorrow afternoon, and which
| now seems certain OF success. The
i Clark people were trying desperately
| to hold what they had. The big bosses
| who had come here with careful plans
| of running the whole show were trying
! to save their faces by arranging a
! way to land somewhere with a winner
| whom they would seem. at least, ia
have helped make winner
Fail In Their Efforts.
The bosses and the Clark managers
, failed in their respective efforts because
the Wilson organization won in its
| fight.
| That Is the whole story.
! The Underwood supporters had not
abandoned hope today. They were still
sticking to the notion that some inter-
vention of Providence might yet give
them a chance to make a combination
that would win. They hoped for New
York. Illinois. and enough of the frag-
ments OF Clark support to put over their
man, but it was hoping against hope.
| The Foss boomers clung likewise to the
| responsibility of their man becoming a
! meeting point of disareeing minds and
programs So did the eKrn boosters.
| But after all II was Wilson; that's ALL