The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-28

Clark"
BALTIMORE, Md. June 2s.-After
one fruitless ballot following an all
night session the Democratic national
convention at 7:10 O'Clock this morn
ing adjourned until o'clock this aft
ernoon when the great struggle for
the presidential nomination will be re
sumed. In the first ballot there wes
neither sign nor token of what would
be the last chapter of the story. Votes
were cast for eight men. The total
columns showed under the several
candidates. these figures:
Clark, 44O12: Wilson. 324; Under
wood, 1171a; Harmon. 14s; Marshall
81; Baldwin. %; Bryan, 1; Sulzer, 2;
Absent, l; not voting, 1.
Something Must Give.
And in this line of totals there was
no radical departure from the estimat'
ed votes sent out by the National
News Association yesterday and nc
changes that could be made the basis
for a new deduction on the face OF
the actual figures. The net result of
the balloting was that all OF the ele
ments of the convention were left in
tact and unbroken in strength and il
was obvious that something mus have
to give way under strain or pressure
before the complexion of the days
news changed as to the figure making
Chief among the unknown quantities
that were in part solved by the earl'
morning vote, and which Qualification
is here first made plain, was the un
instructed list This list. originally
containing 1S4 votes, had been re-
duced to 17S by the dropping of the
Philippines from the total, which
tics changed the total vote of the
convention 1888 and made the mum
ber essential to a nomination 725 Ia
by the two-thirds majority rule of the
. convention.
Here is how the uninstructed vote
ware, 6 for Wilson; Maine, / for
Clark, for Wilson, for Underwood !;
New York, 80 for Harmon; North
Carolina, 16 and one-half for Wilson,
one half for Harmon, seven for Under.
wood: Vermont, for Baldwin, Hawaii
for Clark, for Wilson and one for
Underwood Total, 17S votes.
1t will be noted that this unknown
quantity vote gave to Wilson thirty
four and one-half votes: to the com.
bined Harmon and Underwood, which
may be taken collectively as the con
servative element, 100h, and to Clark
three. The conservative vote from
the unknown list therefore besomes
of the utmost importance in making
can take place in event OF long
drawn out combat.
Bryan Winds Vote.
Putting further the meat of the po
liticaI breakfast before the fruit of the
early morning of struggle, with its
picturesque spots, daring stories and
brilliant sidelights, and the moments
when the spotlight could not be turn
ed rapidly enough to do justice to all
of the leading actors, the net result
shows that 1863 votes, held cohesively
will prolong the convention indefi.
nitely. II shows that Wilson. general
ly conceded to represent the Bryan
i last ditch strength. needs thirty-nine
votes to same sure of this deadlock
And it is remembered that Bryan, on
the lowest of his test votes of strength
since the convention began. held 147
more votes than is necessary TO tie
up the voting until such time as he is
satisfied with the candidate
| Whether or not he can still hold
this 147 votes is a matter that no man
jealous of his prophetic reputation
would care to make the subject a def.
mite statement
AS a strong factor in this caIcula.
tion ii must be considered that a
large element of the delegates desire
victory and harmony without SO
much regard to personal issues. Tenn.
essee strikingly illustrates this ele.
ment on the first ballot when she
cast six votes each for Clark, Wilson.
Harmon and Underwood. dividing ex.
actly between the radical and the con.
servative wings OF the party voice.
New York Against sryan.
AS for the New York vote il can be
taken as no criterion of the future
action of the state. Undoubtedly il
represented the sentiment of the CON
trolling factors in the delegation. Pos
sibly il did not represent the political
Judgment of the same leaders. They