The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1912-07-04
'PR0GRESS|VES IN
FIRST VICTORY
az 5e5.4s1 VOTE PRocREssIvEs IN
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON.
vENTION CLAIM VICTORY.
CLARK BOOM IS EBBING
New Jersey Governor Regards Vote az
Favorinq Their Candidate
Demonstration Lasts 80
Minutes.

Baltimore, Maryland.-The Progress
sives in the Democratic national con-
vention claimed a notable victory
when they carried motion abrogat-
ing the rule by which some state dele
cations were bound to cast their votes
as unit.
The fight for and against the unit
rule was waged particularly about the
state Of Ohio, where 18 district dele.
gates had been instructed by primaries
to vote for Woodrow Wilson, but
where the state convention, controlled
by the Harmon forces, had invoked
the unit rule binding all Ohio dele
gates to the Ohio governor.
The convention, by vote Of b651h
to 491h voted that no state delega-
tion should be bound by unit control
except in such cases where a state
law was mandatory on the subject.
Wilson supporters in the convention,
who earlier in the evening had carried
on demonstration lasting 80 minutes,
regarded the vote as distinctly favor
ing their candidate. The Wilson boom
had been growing throughout the day.
Wilson gained and Harmon lost 10
votes from the Ohio delegation as
result of the fight. It was said the
abrogation of the rule might lead to
breaks in other delegations and this
left the presidential nomination race
in greater doubt than ever.
~
was cast in favor of continuing the
unit rule amid Kisses and groans.
Missouri, the home state of Champ
Clark, split 20 to in favor of the
unit rule and this result also was re-
ceived with groans.
| When Nebraska and Kansas voted
solidly for the abrogation OF the unit
rule, there were cheers from the Will
son forces. Pennsylvania, a Wilson
state, gave a big majority for abroga-
ton.
The fight over the unit rule carried
the evening session we'll along toward
midnight. The report from the COM
| mittee on credentials then was re-
ceived.
AS there was minority report, re-
! quiring discussion, an adjournment
was decided on until noon Thursday.
With the nominations due to be
made, the situation with respect to
presidential candidate is as COM
lex and uncertain as at any time
since the delegates began to pour into
Baltimore. There was much talk of a
subsistence in the Champ Clark wave
which reached it's crest Tuesday night
and Wednesday morning, but the
speakers campaign managers were
not willing to admit there had been
any wavering in their forces. At the
same time they went to the conven-
ton hall with thu expressed purpose
of offering the issue at the first oppor-
tunity.
The opposition forces, hearing Of
this plan, prepared to block it. They
did not wish the nomination to be
made until later, hoping the situa-
ton might clear little. The adher-
ents of Woodrow Wilson claim that
their candidate has made distinct
gains during the day. They assert
without giving details that some of
the Clark sentiment is turning to-
ward the New Jersey governor and
are in a more hopeful mood than at
any time during the convention period.
Ozark horses" were being discussed
everywhere by the leaders and dele
gates, but there appeared to be some
difficulty in crystallizing sentiment as
to which one of the dark horses" was
darkest.
The one outstanding fact in the sit
uation seemed to be the absolute i'm
possibility of any candidate having a
sufficient number of votes on the first
ballot to nominate" The two-thirds
rule prevailing in Democratic conven-
lions always makes the picking of a
candidates in advance a difficult prob
lem.
Friends of Mr.. Bryan practically
ceased to boom him as presidential
candidate, though they were reported
alert to take advantage of any psy-
Geological moments that might happen
along. 1t was reported that many Bry-
an buttons and banners had arrived
in town, but they we're not distributed
It was everywhere agreed that the
nominee would be an out-and-out Pro
that only in this way can they hope
for success. The growth of Wilson
sentiment found expression in the con
vention in a prolonged demonstration
when his name was mentioned.