The Republican journal., 1912-07-04
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON
VENTION.,
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AT an early hour Friday morning the con-
vention was still in session endeavoring to
reach first ballot in the fight to nominate
presidential candidate. After six hours of
oratory and noisy demonstrations the names OF
Oscar W. Underwood, Champ Clark. Simeon e.
Baldwin and Woodrow Wilson were before the
convention. At SAB a. M, the first ballot was
taken. resulting as follows: Sulzer, New York,
=, Clark 440A, Wilson 324. Underwood !17aa,
harmon l4S, Marshall of Indiana 81. Baldwin
~, bryan l. Necessary to choice, 72S. The
convention then took recess to p. m.
The vote of the Maine delegation was, 9 for
wilson, for Underwood and l for CLARK
Bryan voted for Clark.
The results of the roll calls up to the 9th
were , discouragingly similar. None OF the
:eaolng candidates made any material gains or
losses. There was no change of more than
SIX votes in the totals up to that time. The
steady gain of the Wilson vote had eliminated
In count of 354 on the sixth ballot. On the
seventh Wilson lost II votes.
Bryan. Kern Ollie James and Mayor Gaynor
OF New York, each received one or two votes
in the course of the balloting. Harmon lost
slowly, but steadily from his l4S of the first
ballot. The heat in the hall was sitting and
the proceedings dragged heavily.
The long predicted "break" in the New York
delegation came on the 10th ballot when leader
Murphy announced 81 of 80 votes from that
great demonstration broke out among the
speakers delegates and friends
While it was in progress there were several
fisticuffs on the floor Those who claimed to
be in the confidence of the New York dele
gates predicted there would be switchaway
from Clark on subsequent ballots.
Murphy later announced that the New York
delegation showed 81 for Clark, 8 for Wilson
and for Underwood, but under the unit rule
gave all its 80 votes to Clark.
With Governor Woodrow Wilson gaining on
each ballot and Speaker Champ Clark con-
stantly losing ground in the for the pre-
sdentlal nomination, the Democratic national
convention at l1.05 o'clock Saturday night
adjourned until Monday morning at II o'clock.
Twenty-six ballots had been taken since the
first call of the States and there was no hope
of final verdict that night. 1t is against all
political precedent for a national convention to
sit on Sunday, but it a day of i'm
portant conferences among the party lead
ers and day of hard work for the campaign
managers.
Win the convention adjourned at night,
Speaker Clark was hurrying to Baltimore from
Washington in response to an urgent call from
his campaign managers.
William Jennings Bryan at the afternoon
session had attacked Clark and said he would
vote for no n an willing to accept the nomina-
ton at the hands of Murphy or Tammany
Hall. 1t was the plan of Mr.. Clark to appear
before the convention and make answer. In
this way his managers hoped to bolster the
falling vote.
The ballots Saturday ran from the 18th to the
18th. Wilson began at 356s and ended at 407b,
net gain of 81 votes.
Speaker Clark began at 554 and fell to 4635b,
loss of 909 votes. The anti-Clark leaders in
the convention called attention to the fact
that this almost exactly Offset the ninety
votes given to Clark by the New York delega-
ton.
The deadlock in the Democratic national
convention over presidential nominee SEEM
ed more complete than ever when adjourn
ment was taken at 1874 a. M, until noon Tues
day. Woodrow Wilson had made steady gains
during Mondays balloting until he reached
high water mark of 5013 votes on the Both
ballot. He remained stationary on the 10th
ballot and then began to lose ground The last
ballot was the And, when Governor Wilson
polled 494 votes. Speaker Champ Clark reach
ed the lowest ebb of his candidacy on the bal
lot where Wilson reached a crest. He went
down to 422 votes at that time, but Immediate
ly began to pick up and had gone to 4.30, when
adjournment was taken.
The Maine delegates Monday the 9th to
the BIRD ballots. inclusive, gave one vote to
Clark, nine to Wilson and two to Underwood
On the Saith ballot, Maine voted solidly for
Wilson On the succeeding ballots, the Maine
vote stood one for Clark and II for Wilson,