The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

leiuSGu 10 answer uLlGHS IL were
made 0 explicit.
Another asked whether he consid.
cred a refusal to support a candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal to support for president
a mar nominated with Murphy's sup
rtort,
Does not the law make a differ
ence," replied Mr. Bryan, between
the lawyer who defends a criminal
after the crime has been committed.
and the man who assists In the com
mission of crime
Mr.. Bryan then announced his vote
for Woodrow Wilson and retired to
his seat in the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued to cast his vote for
Wilson throughout the night,
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
cations and the two-thirds rule as ap-
piled to the nomination were made
previous to the Saturday night ad-
Journment. The first Of these applied
to Ohio and was successful, the move
adding ten votes to the Wilson
strength. But the resolution that APP
piled to Ohio did not cover other
states, and the enforcing Of the rule
led to wrangles on every ballot,
At the close Of the tw%enty-fifth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Stone
of Missouri asked unanimous consent
for the consideration of a motion prot
yiding that beginning with the twenty
eighth ballot the lowest mar should
drop out Of the race, and on the final
ballot the candidate receiving the
majority of the votes cast should be
the party nominee. The Texas dele
cation offered immediate objection,
and the long, tedious calling OF the
roll Of states continued.
With Monday came two important
and interesting features. One was
the apparent cracking Of the deadlock
in favor of Wilson. Despite the des-
peFate endeavors of the Clark forces,
the governors vote increased steadily
on every ballot until, on the thirty
ninth, 1t stood at 501h. After the
fortieth ballot the Wilson vote fell
off to 494, his net gain over the first
ballot being S7H. When Wilson was
at the high water mark on Monday.
Clark had slumped to 422 but went up
again to 430 before adjournment. At
this time 1t seemed that the Illinois
delegation held the key to the sltua-
tion.
The other big event of the day was
the excoriation of Bryan by John r.
S%tanchfeld of New York. This was
Murphy's first return blow, and 1t
was a hard one. Praising the New
York delegation, Stanchfeld said:
1T is by common consent the most
representative delegation that ever
came to a national convention from
New York. If these be the puppets
Of wax that Mr.. Bryan refers to, we
say to that money-grabbing, Office
seeking, publicity.hunting marplot of
Nebraska"
Stanchtield could not conclude the
sentence. 1t was drowned In a burst
OF cheers.
While the speaker delivered this
attack Bryan sat quietly in his seat.
He watched Stanchfeld closely and
occasionally smiled.
Il desire to say again, the vote Of
New York is vital to success" contin-
ued Mr.. Stanchfeld. And no man car
go forth from this convention stigma
tized and branded with the mark of
Organism upon him and come within
half a million votes of success.
When Mr.. Bryan makes the state
ment that these delegates from New
York are under the influence of Nor.
gan and Ryan and Belmont. the pluto
Gratis of this convention, he omits
one name. Outside of the three he
has named. the richest and most pow
erful plutocrat on the floor IL the
gentleman from Nebraska himself"
All day the delegates were in fight.