The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-06-28
WILSON GIVEN
BACK THE TEN
VOTES TAKEN
Credentials Committee Over
ruled in South Dakota
Case; New Workers Get
Into Progressive Wagon.
~ ALTIMORE. June 27.-The
X Bryan Wilson progressives
- won another victory in the

X Bryan Wilson progressives
- won another victory in the
Democratic convention today
when the delegates overturned the
report Of the credentials commit
tee and seated ten Wilson dele
gates from South Dakota.
The Wilson supporters claimed
that the vote made the nomina-
ton Of Wilson practical Ger
tainty.
New York's ninety votes, which
yesterday went to the Clark -Har
mon combination, were today cast
in a block for the Wilson dele
gates. The announcement Of New
York's vote was greeted with
cheers from the Wilson delegates.
Great cheering greeted Illinois an
nouncement of 5S votes favorable to
Wilson.
The vote was 6331a for wilson and
437 for Clark. with 1872 not voting, in
cluding South Dakota, and absent.
The report of the credentials COM
vote on the question of the Philippine
delegates being reserved for separate
vote Senator John Sharp Williams
made a point of order against votes of
the Philippine islands delegation on
the ground that the supreme court has
ruled the islands are not 3 part Of the
United States.
The Philippine delegates were ex,
cluded on a viva. voce vote. The six
then excluded
BALTIMORE. Convention Hall, June
27.-The third day of the Democratic
national convention opened at l2:45
p. m, amid scenes of great animation,
with the floor and galleries Of the vast
hall filled to their utmost capacity.
Eager expectancy was manifested on
nll hands at the apporach of the strug
gle for the nomination. Mrs. Taft,
wife of the president, occupied one of
the front boxes, the guest Of Mrs.
Mack. wife of the Democratic national
chairman.
After the prayer was delivered today
the convention plunged into the South
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sylvania submitted the minority report
from the credentials committee favor
ing ten Wilson delegates.
Discussing the minority Mr.. Morris
said he was sure the committee on ere
dentals had misapprebended the facts
in the case. He said it was ridiculous
that the committee should take the
votes Of two entirely separate sets of
so called Clark delegates, added them
together and thus claim majority for
one set Of Clark delegates over the vii. J
son delegates.
William McCorkIe of West Virginia !
supported the majority report. He ar
gued that the Wilson Bryan Clark -
ticket had been publicly pledged to !
Champ Clark, When the third ticket, |
the second Clark set Of delegates, was
placed in the field McCorkle said the |
Clark people endeavored to have il |
Withdrawn and the vote concentrated |
under the second ticket. The secretary |
Of state OF South Dakota. be said. re. !
fused to allow the ticket to be with.
drawn, saying that both the second and |
third tickets were publicly known as |
favoring Clark and that therefore the |
vote of both should be accredited to |
Clark.
Cheers for James
Mr.. McCorkle concluded with vipor
Gus defense OF the Clark action in
South Dakota and Senator Luke Lea
yielded to NJ. M. Crane of Texas for
the minority report
The vote was impatiently awaited
and after the first two speeches CITES