Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1912-07-05
Convention Completes Its Labors
of Eight-Day Session and
AdjournS Sine Die.
NO FIGHT OVER PLATFORM
Illinois Deserts Clark on Forty-Thlrd
Roll Call, Causing First Important
Break in Deadlock and Other
States Soon Follow-5ut
Two Ballots Taken for
Vlce-President.

Convention Hall, Baltimore, Nd,
July 3.-After nominating Woodrow
Wilson of New Jersey for president
and Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana
for vice-president the Democratic ma
tional convention at 1855 a. m. today
adjourned sine die after being in ses-
sion eight days The platform was
adopted by viva voce vote, no mi
nority vote having been submitted.
The nomination of Mr. Wilson came
after one of the most sensational
struggles ever witnessed in national
convention. 1t was long fight The
convention was in its eighth day
The fight was between Speaker
Champ Clark and Wilson. At one
time Clark had more than half of the
1888 delegates. Then Wilson began
to creep up on him. On Monday Will
son passed Clark When the conven-
ton convened the opening roll was
the forty-third. Wilson's nomination
was accomplished in the forty-sixth
ballot. The vote was: Wilson, $50;
Clark, S4 absent, 2.
Nomination Made Unanimous.
It required 725 to nominate. This
roll call was finished at 3:31 The
nomination. was made unanimous two
minutes later The convention adj
iourned at 4:42 until 9 o'clock There
remained yet as the work of the
body the nomination OF a vice-presi-
dent and the adoption of platform.
Tuesday night there was talk to
the effect that the deadlock which had
held for four days could not be bro
ken. Some talked of months : ad-
journment. This feeling was dissi-
pated when Illinois was reached on
the first ballot taken yesterday.
Roger Sullivan arose and announced
the ballot.
illinois, IS for Clark, 40 for Will
son." he cried.
Under the unit rule the entire SIS
votes were put in the Wilson column.
The big break had come. 1t was the
beginning of the end Michigan
caught the spirit. She gave Wilson
rs and Clark 2. Other states as they
were called helped some. Virginia,
voting for the first time under the unit
rule, gave her entire vote to Wilson.
West Virginia Switches.
West Virginia got in the game. She
swung to Wilson with her 16, sub
tracing them from the Clark total
which was now quickly disappearing
The two chief rivals had started the
day with this vote: Wilson. 494;
Clark, 4S0. When the first ballot of
the day was counted it was found that
Wilson had gained 1OS and Clark has
lost 101.
Colorado came to the bat for VIII
son on the next ballot She switched
nine votes from Clark to Wilson.
Pennsylvania had been voting right
along: Wilson, IA; Clark, 2. She
gave the whole vote to Wilson. Utah
followed suit. adding her eight votes.
Wisconsin gave her 90 votes to Will
son, although half a dozen of the dele
gates had been voting for Clark.
When the forty-fourth ballot was an
nounced Wilson needed only 81 votes
to win. This was the result of the
forty-fifth ballot: Wilson, 6S3; Clark,
3OS; Underwood. 81; Foss, 81; Har-
mon, %.
Underwood's Name withdrawn.
When the forty-sixth ballot was
about to begin Senator Bankhead of
Alabama took the platform and said
In part:
Mr. Underwood directs me, the
humble instrument through which his
campaign is conducted, to withdraw
his name. He directs me further to
thank most sincerely those friends
who stood by him so Loyalty through
this convention.
They can never be blotted from
ms memory. He authorized me to
release from their obligation all of his
friends who have been instructed to
vote for him so long as his name is
before the convention. His friends
are at liberty to vote for whom they
please"
Clark Delegates Released.
senator Stone, the manager of the
ozark campaign, then announced the
release of the Clark delegates.
The delegates have stood by him
so Loyalty" said Senator Stone. that
tney VIII ever be remembered by
him"
Governor Foss Q; Massachusetts