The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1912-07-02
CHAMP CLARK IS
FAST LOSING
GROUND
Woodrow Wilson Now Steadily
Creeping Up on the
MiSsourian.
THEIR VOTE NEARS A TIE
Speaker to Make Answer to
Bryan's Charges in
Person.
THEIR VOTE NEARS A TIE

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Juno 3d.
After desperate struggle in which
woodrow Wilson'S strength increased
gradually until his vote nearly equaled
that of the Speaker Of the house, the
convention adjourned late last night
until tomorrow morning at eleven
o'clock, without having been able to
reach any decision in the fight for the
presidential candidate
In all twenty-six ballots were taken,
the vote at the last standing: Clark,
465Ka; Wilson, 4o7h; Underwood,
1929; Harmon, 2s Marshall, so;
Bryan, /; Foss, 43. This showed tho
distinct gain made by Wilson during
the latter part of the fight and his fol-
towers went to their beds tired but ex-
ultant, and declaring that he would I'M
doubtedly win out in the struggle Mon
day.
1t certainly looks as though tho
deadlock is breaking. The twentieth
ballot gave Clark 512 to Wilson'S 1888,
and the twenty-frst ballot gave him
sos to Wilson'S 1896.
BRYAN SENSATION.
William Jennings Bryan caused q
sensation earlier in the day when he
declared that he would cast his vote
for Wilson against Clark and would
continue to do SO as long as the New
York delegation voted for Clark. He
declared that the Empire State dele
gates represented the will of Charles
Murphy and that the boss of Tammany
represents the same interests that
sought to dominate the Republican ua-
tional convention at Chicago" His
address, eloquent and impassioned, sent
the convention into an uproar.
1t did more. 1t has started Champ
Clark here to answer the charge in
person. Clark's managers here held a
conference as soon as Bryan had fin
ished and decided that the best plan
would be to have the Speaker come
to the convention hall tomorrow and re-
ply in person to the accusation that he
is accepting the support of the big in
terests behind Tammany hall. This, it
is hoped, will serve to bolster up the
failing Clark vote.
Clark himself, in statement made
late last night, after conference with
William Randolph Hearst, who has been
supporting the Missourian during the
latter's campaign, said that Bryan's
charge is utterly false and that he will
expect the Nebraskan to produce his
proof of what he says or retract in toto.
He will, he adds, expect Mr.. Bryan to
meet the tissue fully and fairly
BRYAN SILENT.
MIR. Bryan had retired last night be-
fore the news of the Clark statement
reached him. When 1t was read to him
he declined to make any reply
The eighteenth ballot showed as fol-
lows:
, Clark, 5S5; Wilson, SOL; Underwood,
, 1876; Harmon, 30; Marshall, 80; Bryan,
L; Kern, 3l2; absent, 3I2.
: On the fourteenth ballot Hawaii g
delegation switched its vote slightly,
casting one vote for Wilson, four for
: Clark, and one for Underwood, and con-
tinued this lineup on the succeeding
| ballots.
J 1t Is the general belief among the
political wtseacres that Bryan has now
eliminated any chances he may have
> had of being serious candidate, and
that he has offended not only the Clark
2 forces, but powerful Democrats more
> closely identified with the Tammany
l interests.
No nomination was even approached
: on the nineteenth or twentieth ballots.
On the twentieth, the Kansas dele
gates deserted Clark for Wilson amid
( cheers from Wisconsin.
: The Underwood delegates are now
. regarded as the pivotal point of the
Q convention. Underwood has CONTROL I'd
4 from ITO TO 1875 delegates since the bal
. loting first began. The candidate to
! whom he casts his strength should be
a able, it is asserted, to pick up enough
8 more votes to get the necessary two
thirds.