Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-05

M1SSOuI1 CASIs 30 FOIcS AOi8 IMAM
! Clark"
The Missourians cheered sud they
were given round of applouss.
The result Of the ballot vas an
nounced: Wilson, $50; Clark, Il Har-
mon, IL.
Wilson had won and the nonination
was made unanimous.
Days Of Fighting.
The Democratic convention " 1912
will go down in history as beng the
most remarkable held by the p;Fty in
the last fifty years. 1t was morJfruit-
full of sensation and excitement than
any political gathering ever held
within the memory of the oldestdele-
gate. It took seven days and thrteen
sessions of the hardest and most
strenuous fighting to pick the sand
ard bearer who is to lead the party in
the coming campaign. Forty-six tines
was the roll of states called BEIGE a
decision was reached
The first ballot was taken erly
Friday morning after an all night ses-
sion devoted to oratory on the ,art
of the champions of the different AN
didates, in which they set forth the
reasons why their particular man vas
the man Of all men to LEAD the pary's
battle for votes in November.
Story of the Ballots.
The first ballot resulted: Cla1k,
44O11; Wilson, 1874; Harmon, l4B;
Underwood, H.; Marshall, 81; Bad
win, %; Bryan, 1.
At the session Friday AFTERNOON
four ballots were taken, the net Ire
suit of which showed slight gains for
both Clark and Wilson.
Friday night seven ballots lSere tai
ken. Clark started out with AS. His
strength fluctuated during the night
but he wound up with an increase oil
four votes. His highest vote of the
convention was reached on the tenth
ballot. when he got $50 votes Wilson
started with 354 and that was his fig
ure at closing time. III
Eight ballots were taken Saturday
afternoon, with Clark's strength grad.
ually dwindling and Wilson's gaining.
The six ballots of Saturday evening
ended with Clark's vote downlto 46314
and Wilson's up to 4071s.
Eight ballots were taken Monday af-
ternoon, Wilson's gains increasing
steadily, while his chief opponent
continued to drop.
Monday night brought the total of
ballots up to AZ, with the deadlock
still tight The forty-secondl ballot
gave Wilson 494 and Champ Clark
430. The ratio of increase and de-
crease in each case being gradual
Bryan Is Storm Center.
In the matter of noise making and
tumultuous demonstrations the con-
vention equaled, if it did not actually
surpass, any political convention in
history
William Jennings Bryan was the
storm center of most of the exciting
Incidents. The first of these was
when he made his bitter fight against
the election of Judge Parker as tenn
porary chairman and lost out.
Thursday night Colonel Bryan
threw bomb into the convention and
started the biggest uproar that had
broken loose up to that time when he
introduced a resolution declaring
Morgan, Belmont and Ryan enemies
of the party. and placing the conven-
ton squarely on record against the
nomination of any person who was in
any way connected with these men or
their interests, or in any way under
their influence. Bryan made a re
markedly fervid speech, denouncing
the predatory interests and Morgan,
Belmont and Ryan in particular.
The resolution was carried by a
vote of 899 to 100.
Attacks Murphy.
Saturday Bryan again threw the
convention into disorder when, in
changing his vote from Clark to Will
son, he made an attack on Murphy of
New York and again roasted the so
called "Ryan-Morgan- Belmont crowd"
He declared emphatically that he
would support no candidate who owed
his nomination to the vote of the New
York delegation.
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