The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1912-06-28
First Vote Was Taken O'clock This Morning Follow
ing an All Night Session and Following the Dead
lock the Convention Adjourned Until This
Afternoon-Wison Second in Race.
JAMES PICKS CLARK AS VICTOR

are free TO throw the vote any way
they please. and il is assured beyond
the question OF any man that it will be
thrown in subsequent ballots in that
direction which will most surely tend
to defeat Mr.. Bryan. Mr.. Wilson and
all that is allied with that element.
An exact two-thirds of the total
vote in the convention is 7a5 Is. On
almost every ballot that has been
taken. fractional votes have appeared
in the total. II is possible. therefore
that some candidate might receive
1851 votes. This would constitute the
necessary two-thirds. The question as
TO whether the fractional part of a
vote should be accepted as completing
the necessary two-thirds has not aris-
en- and il such a contingency arose. an
interesting contest would be sure TO
ensue.
Summarizing the pressing needs of
the elements. Clark. the high man will
have to add 1851. votes to his initial
; vote in order TO win. Wilson will have
to get 402 more than he has. The con-
seryative element must corral some
500 votes. taking the scattering
strength at it's best estimate. before
il can hope TO land man of it's simon
pure faith.
1t thus becomes of moment as the
main question, whence can these sew
eral elements draw the strength.
The Roll Call Begun.
The table is before you. and the
feast of mathematical possibilities is
| served. IL was 6:43 a. m. when the
calling of the roll on the first ballot
began. Weary from the night of SEN
sation, of surprise and tumult. the
delegates listened to the calling OF
the first few states with interest. in
terpecting a few stray demonstrations
OF the lung tire brand. Then they set
tied back in their chairs. many OF
them to slumber. Eyeasahat had ac-
quired black circle We sleepless
vigil of the night. - and heads
dropped. For all the world the con-
vention hall resembled huge hem
merry in which the fowls were drowsily
doing on their perches. awaiting the
chandeliers reveiIle heralding the
breaking of dawn.
And. per incident. there had been an
early morning performance calculated
to break the nerves of the most dough
ty knight who ever stormed politi-
cal castle or tilted headlong into a
forlorn hope.
The clock on the east wall had
swung by the hour of midnight The
convention was still humming with
the sensational aftermath of William
Jennings Bryan's attack upon the
citadel of finance when a delegate
from one of the states plucked his
state standard and ran before the
/ speakers stand. II was a signal that
| seemed to be understood. for almost
instantly the leaders from % states
seized their standards. and holding
them like lances at rest. rushed from
the front of the speakers stand and
massed for demonstration.
It's rallying reason-to-be was soon
apparent. In the speakers stand ap-
peared Miss Genevieve' Clark. the
! winsome daughter of the candidate
whose supporters had assembled be-
fore the stand. Her dainty. and fetch
ing blue gown was slashed with an
american flag. She pulled the flag
from her gown and waved IT,
Never did action more promptly fol-
low the flag.
Miss Clark cheered.
''Hurrah for Genevieye." called a
delegate and again and again the cry
was repeated until <he big armory re-
sounded with the cheering of the Clark
followers. The young woman stood at
the head of this tumult, as an enthu-
siastic cheer leader and whip of the
big demonstration. Forty-five shout
ing, cheering. bowling, horn blowing
minutes went by. Clark's name was
sent To the roof and echoed back again
/ in mighty chorus, governed as CON-
pIetely by the unduIating form on the
speakers stand as any great band
might have conducted by its martinez
leader.
Delegates who had not taken off
their coats did so. They tossed them
in the air. A vast rain of descending
coats obscured the vision from the
speakers stand for a moment. but
when IL had passed the Clark dele
gates were seen evoluting war dances
after the most approved fashion OF
the Sioux in the palmy days before
Nelson Miles went West with a mis-
sion to fulfill.
In the meantime New York's deiega-
tion sat at it's collective feet silent
and unmoved. The Wilson delegates.
hitherto fast TO take up demonstra-
ton challenge joined in the decorous
quiet OF the Gotham brethren Evident
Il big Hubert" Fisher of Tennessee,
scnce star center rush of Princeton,
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