Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-07-03
STORY OF THE DAY.

| Baltimore, July 2-The convention
| hall began to fill by II o'clock, but
delegates. wearied with the long night
sessions We're late in appearing. Free
admission was again an attraction for
the crowds, which filled the galleries
and massed solidly in the areas flank
ing and back of the delegates.
At 1909 Chairman James took his
place on the platform.
The clerk of the convention an
| nounced another extension of time for
the valuation of railroad tickets held
| by delegates. Yesterday an extension
To July 10, was announced and today's
announcement extended the time until
July Is.
The 43d Ballot.
At LIS James directed the call of
the roll for the 43d time
| In Arizona on the AID vote. Clark
lust one vote to Bryan. Connecticut
showed a gain of for Wilson. They
! left the Clark column. In Idaho Will
son gained Y.
I When Roger Sullivan. of Chicago
announced Is votes for Clark and 40
| for Wilson. there was great cheering
| tii1itth uiuti iHt hllfl IuiG tatSlT
IS votes for Wilson," he announced,
and cheers greeted lie shift. This
gave Wilson clear gain of 80 votes
in illinois, The New Jersey governor
continued to gain. In Iowa he added
! l2 to his total vote. In Louisiana Will
son gained two and in Michigan eight
additional votes were obtained.
| New York stopped what for a few
minutes looked like a Wilson land
slide. Rep. Sulzer announced the New
York vote as 80 for Clark as hereto
core. This dispeled all hope of
domination on this ballot North
lcarolina added two extra to the aug
mented Wilson count.
| When Virginia was reached Senator
Swanson arose and asserted that
caucus this morning, the delegation
| had decided to enforce the rule 70
The first time Wilson had secured
majority of the delegation and the
states 40 votes were cast for him,
The Wilson adherents cheered the
| vote, bur from the Clark forces there
| went up shout of Ryan and Bryan. y
| Those OF the Ryan. who was de-
] nounced by William j. Bryan. is a
member of the Virginia delegation. The
| disorder was quoted only to break out
| with renewed vigor as the entire Clark
| vote of Is in West Virginia went over
| to Wilson In wisconsin, Wilson gain
ed one more.
Tile 4Sd ballot gave Wilson COZ. Clark
| 500, Underwood 9SlA, Harmon rs, Foss
| %. Kern 1, Bryan /, absent x. This
| gave Wilson a gain of los and Clark
| a loss Of 10l. The announcement of this
vote started a Wilson demonstration
Come on. you WILSON," yelled the Jer-
sey delegation, as they leaped to their
/ chairs
The ballot left Wilson with t24 short
of the necessary to nominate.
The 44th Ballot.
| Once more the call of the roll be
gan. ii was the filth ballot and vii
son in the beginning gained one in
/ Arizona. Colorado climed aboard the
band wagon" giving Wilson nine
This made the vote 10 to 2 for Wilson
ore of the two was Mrs. Anna B. Pit
ger, sister-in-law of Speaker Clark
In Idaho on this ballot. Wilson los
half vote but he gained 2 as Indi-
ana's vote was cast solidly for him.
| Wilson gained 81 in Iowa. and Lou
isana gave him one more. The Mis-
sissippi delegation was in caucus whef
called and was passed.
Maryland gave Wilson gain of ~
and Ohio gave him a gain of one more
Pennsylvania s two Clark men SWUNG
into line and Wilson received the sol
ia rs from that state.
In Tennessee, Wilson gained
Utah cast it's eight votes for him,
gain Of 1ls votes.
Wisconsin swung into line with III
26 solid votes and a cheer from thu
| Wilson adherents greeted the gain o
4 votes.
The Nth ballot put Wilson 96h
| votes away from a nomination. Hi:
| vote was 629. a gain of ~, as com
pared with the 43rd ballot. Clark drop
ped from 1923 to S06.
i An effort was made at the end o.
the 44th roll call by the Washington
delegation to vote proxies on a pol
of that delegation. Chairman Jane.
insisted upon maintaining his posi-
/ ton, formerly taken, that no proxies
| should be voted in the convention. Al
! appeal was taken but the Chair was
| sustained by a roaring vote, which
J seemed almost unanimous.
The poll of the Washington delega
ton showed five of it's % delegates
| with half vote eacn absent, cutting
| Washington's vote in the convention
! Continued on Page Twelve.)