The Rice belt journal., 1912-07-12

Missouri delegation, which had re
NAMED faithful to Clark TO the end,
then moved that the nomination be
made unanimous. There was a great
chorus of approval and the long fight
was over.
Only four ballots were necessary
to reach nomination. ~, ,-s,
Deadlock Broken at. Last.
When the convention adjourned
Monday night it seemed to be in all
but hopeless deadlock. Wilson had
begun to lose ground on the last te"
ballots and Champ Clark had made
few temporary gains. This encour
aged the speaker to rush over to Bal
tilnore from Washington in the, nope
of still further turning the tide and
rallying his forces to a final stand
When he reached there. however. ne
learned that the Illinois delegation al
an early morning conference had de
cided to switch from Clark to wilson
This meant a change Of flfty-elght
votes. and was as fatal to Clark
chances as it was inspiring to the
Wilson forces Illinois had been ex
Dected to break" all day and there
was deep gloom in the Wilson camp
when it failed to do SO,
Wilson Forces Hopeful,
With the change Tuesday morning
however, the Wilson forces went to
! the convention hall at noon in the
firm belief that the New Jersey gov
ernor would be nominated before an
other adjournment was taken. AS they
had anticipated, the vote OF Illinois
marked the beginning of the end
West Virginia joined hands, Illinois
going over TO Wilson on the forty
third ballot. the first cast Tuesday
Wilson jumped from his final vote
OF 494 Monday night to COZ on the
! first ballot Tuesday. The figures told
their own story. The Wilson dele
gates were jublant as Chairman
James directed the second call of the
| day--the forty-fOurth Of the cOnven
ton. The most important change Oh
! this ballot was in the Colorado dele
CATION, which had been voting clever
! for Clark and one for Wilson.
Colorado Comes Across.
| This time Colorado divided ten t
two in favor OF Wilson Altogether
the ultimate nominee gained twenty
seven votes on this ballot. TheI
came the forty-fifth 1t was disap
pointing in a way, for Clark held his
own and Wilson made gain of onl,
| four.
There were few in the hall at this
time who did not believe that Wilson
would win. but they feared it woulc
take a long while for him to affair
the 725 1-3 votes necessary to nomi
nate 1t was realized that there mus
be decided break" in the Under
wood vote, which had held firm from
the beginning, before any man coulc
win.
The Winning Ballot.
The forty-sixth ballot which hac
| been ordered meant results Senator
Stone of Missouri. who had been ii
consultation with Speaker Clark
climbed to the stage, and when ht
could make himself heard, released
in the name Of the speaker all of the
delegates who had been pledged t
him.
AS for Missouri. however" he add
ed. she will cast her thirty-six vote:
for old Champ Clark to the end"
That was the beginning of the end
| it became apparent that Woodrow
Wilson would be nominated. and hi.
nomination followed shortly after
| ward.
Convention in Uproar
| The convention was in an almus
continuous uproar The Wilson forces
already were celebrating their victory
There no longer was any doubt as tc
the result, Mayor Fitzgerald with
| drew the name of Governor Foss oI
Massachusetts from further considera
tion and declared that the "old Ba,
State" would fall into line for Wood
row Wilson.
Then second Fitzgerald was rec
ognized. This time ii was the con
gresham from Brooklyn. membe,
| OF the New York delegation. He made
plea for harmony and ended by sug
gesting that further roll call be dis
| pensed with and the nomination O,
Wilson be made by acclamation New
York. ne said, was ready to vote fol
the man the great majority OF the del
egates desired as their nominee.
| The faithful Missourians objected tc
| this plan because of their desire tc
vote a last time for Speaker Chang
Clark.
1t was foregone conclusion wha,
the result would be as the last cal
Of the states began.
Texas Part Ii Fight. ''.9
With the silken folds fof the Lone
Star banner of Texas. waving above
her head, little Mary Francis Hall
the pretty daughter of Delegate Ed