Evening journal., 1912-06-28
BaLofng TO be Resumed at O'Clock This Afternoon.
Nebraskan, in Face of Great Opposition, With
drew Part of His Resolution Calling on Ryan
and Belmont TO Withdraw as Delegates
CONSERVATIVES FACED FEAR
THAT BRYAN WOULD LEAD BOLT

FIFTH REGIMENT ARMORY. BAL
TRlORE, MD, June 28.-The Demo
cratic National Convention failed after
a session that lasted from s o'clock last
night until 7l5 today, to nominate a
candidate for President on the first bal
lot --s,..
The ballot demonstrated oonclusively
that the contest is still far from settle
ment and the race an open one. The
leading candidates we're Speaker Champ
Clark. of Missouri, and Governor Wood
row Wilson, of New Jersey. Clark's
total vote was 440is as compared with
the 725 needed to have him named as
iDemocracy's choice. Wilson polled 324
votes. Both men showed little change
from the bedrock figures of their cam
paign managers. Congressman Oscar w.
Underwood. of Alabama. received ll7h
votes; Governor Judson Harmon, OF
Ohio. l4s; Governor Thomas Marshall,
of Indiana. 81; Governor Simeon +. Bald
win. of Connecticut, p.
Congressman William Sulzer, of New
York, received two votes, Bryan received
one and two delegates declined to exer-
else their right.
As soon as the result of the ballot was
known and it was seen that the fight
was certain to be long drawn ont. the
steering committee forced an adjourn
ment until o'clock this afternoon, when
the balloting will be resumed. This ac-
tion infuriated many of the delegates.
who voted in the negative and appeared
70 have had lung power enough TO de-
|. feat the motion. but Chairman Ollie
James sustained the ayes.
For hours previous to the voting, tie
convention session was marked with fer
vid oratory. unprecedented demonstra-
! tions for favorite sons and general tu-
multi which at times utterly blocked the
. wheels of convention routine.
J RIVAL CLAIMS GALORE, .......
Immediately following. announcement
of adjournment, the Clark men went into
conference, uisinning that they would
force the Speakers npplination on either
the second OF the third ballot. They
have. they said, assurances that New
York's ninety votes viii 90 to them just
MS soon as it is certain that they will
be sufficient TO force Clark's nomination
They also asserted that the Baldwin
many Of the Underwood votes, as well
as a majority of the Harmon delegates
would be recorded for Clark early in the
fight. Former Governor David R. Fran.
h'cis. who is assisting Senator William
Stone. in leading the Clark forces, in
\ sisted that he had pledges enough to in
cure the speakers nomination, If not OF
the second, then on the third ballot.
The Wilson forces were greatly en-
4 couraged over the fact that they main
tained their strength in the face of
! desperate effort by the Clark managers
4 10 split their forces Just before the vot
Hing by insisting that Wilson had beer
cognizant of the Bryan move to put the
party on record in his money trust reso
I Illution
The general expression of experienced
4 politicians was that the convention wa
" facing long, drawn-oiit battle, in whicl
tftho chances of a "dark horse" nomine
we're far greater than had even been anti
lcipated before.
There was only handful of the man,
n thousand spectators who last night file
every nook and Granny in the grea
VI building still in their seats when day
II light broke But the rank and file of tn
delegates were still at their task. Fo
! hours they had been listening to tn
M flow of eloquence-and near eloquence-
l|l urging the claims of various candidates
III Three great demonstrations had delay
M ed the labors and set the program 5
far back that all calculations had bee
upset But the majority Of the delegate
Y retained their good temper and, Will
\ there was much horseplay, especially
the case of speakers who insisted o
IA making "spread-eagle" speeches, thos
who really had a message to deliver wer
IN accorded a patient hearing.
VI SHIRT-SLEEVED THRONG.
When the sun replaced electric light
the convention was a remarkable sigh
Most of the men in the building were
"a their shirt sleeves. Many were noddin
3 In sheer exhaustion as they leaned bac
n in their chairs and waited Smoke frol
flash lights taken by newspaper photol
raphers earlier in the session, still foai
II ed lazily about among the cloth-covere
III rafters. In the private boxes in the res
Of the speakers platform were some {
the women who have not missed a SCI