The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-07-12

out vi tue DeHocfauc party. He re-
ferred to his resolution which the con.
vention had passed on Thursday night,
and said no candidate the party might
nominate with the assistance of the
| New York delegation voting as n unit
under the direction of Murphy would
be in position to carry out the prom
Uses OF that resolution.
The reading of his statement was
| interrupted time after time before Il
was completed, and when completed a
| hundred or more delegates were on
the floor clamoring for recognition.
will you support the nominee of
this convention" yelled one delegate.
Il do not expect to belt" parted
Mr.. Bryan.
Another succeeded in asking a long
hypothetical question. which Bryan
refused TO answer unless it were
made more explicit.
Another asked whether he consd.
cred refusal TO support candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal 10 support for president
man nominated with Murphy's sup
! port.
Does not the Law make a differ.
ence." replied Mr.. Bryan, between
the lawyer who defends a criminal
| after the crime has been committed.
and the man who assists in the com.
mission of crime "
Mr.. Bryan then announced his vote
| for Woodrow Wilson and retired 10
his seat in the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued 10 cast his vote for
Wilson throughout the night.
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
| cations and the two-thirds rule as APP
| piled TO the nomination were made
previous 10 the Saturday night adj.
| journment. The first OF these applied
to Ohio and was successful. the move
| adding ten votes 20 he Wilson
strength. But the resolution that ap.
| piled TO Ohio did not cover other
states. and the enforcing Of the rule
led TO wrangles on every ballot.
At the close Of the twenty-fifth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Stone
OF Missouri asked unanimous consent
for the consideration OF motion pro-.
vidins that beginning with the twenty.
eighth ballot the lowest man should
| drop cut of the race. and on the final
ballot the candidate receiving the
| majority of the votes cast should be
the party nominee. The Texas dele
cation offered immediate objection
and the long. tedious calling Of the
roll Of states continued
With Monday came two important
| and interesting features. One was
the apparent cracking OF the deadlock;
in favor of Wilson. Despite the des
| perate endeavors of the Clark forces
the governors vote increased steadily
ON every ballot until. on the thirty
ninth. II stood nj 50lis. After the
fortieth ballot the Wilson vote fell
off to i9i. his net gain over the first
ballot being S1h. When Wilson was
at the high water mark on Monday
| Clark had slumped to i22 but went ur
again 10 $50 before adjournment Al
this time It seemed that the Illinois
delegation held the key to the situa
ton.
The other big event OF the day was
the excoriation of Bryan by John p
Stanchfield of New York. This was
Murphy's first return blow. and II
was hard one. Praising the New
York delegation, Stanchfield said
1T is by common consent the most
representative delegation that ever
came To a national convention from
| New York. II these be the puppets
of wax that Mr.. Bryan refers to, We
say TO that money.grabbing, Office
seeking. publiciy-hunting marplot c.
Nebraska"
Stanchfleld could not conclude the
sentence. II was drowned In burst
of cheers.
While tho speaker delivered this
attack Bryan sat quietly In his seat
He watched Stanchfeld closely and
occasionally smiled
II desire to Say again, the vote oil
New York is vital TO success" contin
ued Mr.. Stanchfield. "And no man car
20 forth from this convention stigma
tized and branded with the mark Of