The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-30
FIRST BALLOT

CONVENTION HALL. BALTI-
MORE, June Blocked in a hope
less deadlock, the leaders of Dernpc-
racy tonight decided to call II dead
heat. After the twenty-sixth vote
for me nomination of candidate sof
presto ont or the u niisds States, the
Democratic national convention adj
iourned to Monday at II O'Clock.
The, convention after the tTertty=
sixth ballot had shown candidate
with decided strength, with partisan
feeling for each aspirant so deVel-
oped that the prospect Of the success
OF get-together movement appdr-
entity our OF all prospect ana with
one dark horse movement sprung at
what was presumed to be tho psy-
Geological moment. and drawing Il
total Of only seventy-three votes
through the ballots after it appeared.
Frankly rhe leaders tonight were
puzzled. What is going to happen
none of them would say.
Three States. headed by three men
who in most national conv. ltioGs
hold almost absolute sway have suth-
Gent votes to continue a deadlock al
most indefinitely. These three States
are Indiana, New York and Illinois.
One candidate, Wilson, has de-
yeloped gradually increasing vote
that has passed the third of the con-
venrion's total Under the two-th res
rule he can block the nomination OF
any one else SO long as he can held
his strength together Another.
Champ Clark, whose vote tonight had
slipped back from the majority he
achieved in the late ballots yesterday,
but who srill displays more strength
than he had at the start, also has
more than third, He can continue
the deadlock unless his delegates de-
sert him. The other votes are srat-
tered about among re various aspl-
rants
In No Compromise Mood.
gtayg tI5rys szrtS FIEf RS sFissese
when Mayor Fitzgerald. OF Bost1n,
cast thirty four of the States thirty
six votes for Eugene Noble fcSs, gov
ernor OF the State. The convention
was not in a compromise mood EitZ-
gerald was denied the FIVE n;mutes
he asked on unanimous consent, al
though 1t was known that he wanted
In Mace the name OF Foss formally
before the convention.
Foss stretched the thirty four start
Massachusetts had given him, INTO
forty-three, and held il there, but he
could get afnrther.-- --
And so the convention was left to-
night. The gentlemen who are popu-
LARRY supposed to control Will doubt
less get together before ii begins all
over again next Monday But "hcth-
err they can plan compromise ,bat
will be adopted is one of the Ques-
tions thar is problematical in the ex-
treme.
Bryan is a factor that they cannot
reckon on Bryan has sprung an av-
erage of one sensation since the con-
veation started.
Bryan For Wilson.
He controls large following among
the progressives. Today he threw IBIS
support openly 10 Wilson In St speech
that castigated Charles r. Murphy, OF
New York, speech not expected to
make the ordinary brand OF conveH-
ton harmony any easier of attain
ment.
The delegates did their duty mai.-
fully today. They remained in their
seats from O'Clock in the afternoon
until after IL o'clock tonight. Some
OF them managed to get a sandwich
Some did not.
At 1890 tonight. they were fresh
enough to take part in one OF the
most dramatic and enthusiastic dem-
onstrations Of the noisy convention.
They were glad to go home when
the ordeal was over. But the ordeal
had not moved them to desert Fry 81
their candidates. nor to agree 10 any
compromise. What their attitu lie viii
be Sunday the leaders are trying 70
figure out
Hut tonight. as the men fled from
the hot and stufYy convention hall
one thing was pretty certain. TIC
Democratic national convention wa
facing q plain, old-fashioned Ameri-
! can deadlock. and the deleGatasf wers