Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-06-30
Deadlocked, Adjourned to Monday
Wilson Gained Steadily, While Clark Lost

/ presented IT IuIlntf Iullhkh were
impartial, ,
The result OF the poll Of idaho
the end OF tho roll call gHyu
eight votes OF the state 10 Clark
Tho result Of the sixteenth : l
was: Clark 55l. Wilson 362i f, n
derwood ll2h; Harmon 20, n ml
80. Bryan ]. Kern 2.
ON this vote, Clark lost one, Wilson
remained unchanged.
Harmon and Marshall Remained
unchanged,
The seVenteonth ballot was bogur
at 4;35 y. m, with the hall I'm dis.
order. Idaho caused trouble again
and was passed and AT the end Of IA,
call demanded a poll Of the deleHa'
ton. Five delegates voted for Kern
four for Clark and seven were alb.
sent Each delegate had half "a vote
Chairman James ruled that ih'
delegation was controlled by tho votes
of the delegates present and directed
that the eight votes be cast; Two ioi
/ Clark, for Kern, 2 y not voting.
/ The vote on the seventeenth ballot
was almost identical with that on the
sixteenth ballot
Ths result was; Clark 5i5 Wilson
. t.
and Marshall unchanged; Kern gain
ed 2ia votes.
The eighteenth ballot proceeded as
far as Tennessee before there was any
considerable shift, Twelve and "A
half votes were gained by Underwood,
ten votes from Clark and " from
Wilson.
The result was; Clark j35; Wilson
I36l; Underwood 1875; Harmon ~;
Marshall 80; Kern 3l2 Bryan !.
This was loss of 10 for Clark, a
loss of ~ for Wilson and gain Of
l2A for Underwood.
This ballot brought Clark's vote
down below the majority which he
had gained in the tenth ballot and
which his managers counted ON to
help force his nomination. The nine
teenth ballot was begun.
ldahos Kern vote broke for Bryan,
giving him six of the eight votes or
the state. Clark received two.
The result Of the Nineteenth ballot
was Clark 532. Wilson 33S. Under
wood 1870. Harmon 20. Marshall 80.
Kern /. Bryan 7.
This showed a loss of three for
Clark, loss Of three for Wilson, a
gain of five for Underwood and again
Of six for Bryan.
During the twentieth ballot Senator
Bankhead, Manager Of the Under
wood forces, received a telegram from
representative Underwood saying;
I'VE control the situation. | hope my
friends viii stand firm"
The twentieth ballot resulted;
Clark SIP; Wilson 3SS1a Underwood
121h; Harmon 20; Marshall 80; Kern
j. Bryan l. Foss 2; James 3.
This was a loss Of 20 for Clark;
gain of w for wilson loss of y
for Underwood. Foss and James were
each placed on the roll on this ballot
The twenty-first ballot started at
6:1O. Wilson men in the Washington
and Wyoming delegations demanded
roll calls. Clark had majorities in
each delegation, and under the rule
the entire vote went to him.
Clark's loss and Wilson's gain CON
tinued on the twenty-first ballot. The
result was: Clark sos; Wilson 395 ";
Underwood 49,; Harmon 30; Mar
shall 30; Kern /; Bryan Foss 3.
This was "A loss of four for Clark,
a gain of seven for Wilson and loss
of three for Underwood.
Former Governor David r. Francis
of the Clark forces, moved that the
convention recess until $3.50. The
Wilson forces, encouraged by their
steady gain through the afternoon,
objected and Senator Lea Of Tennes-
see demanded roll call.
After a recapitulation Of the roll
call, which took twenty minutes, the
vote was announced: Ayes, 529 Y
Noes, SAT.
The convention thus refused to ad-
Journ and the twenty ballot
was begun. When Massachusetts was
reached. Mayor Fitzgerald Of Boston,
endeaVored to get unanimous consent
to make a statement. 1t was refused
and Fitzgerald announced "Massachu-
setts cast "a votes for FOss. Two for
Clark"
An uproar followed and the Mass
achusetts delegates protested that
they should be given an opportunity
place Foss in nomination.
William Sulzer, in the chair, used
his, gavel and the roll call proceeded. /
When Ohio was called the Harmon
vote of that state went to Clark |
Twenty y-eight and half votes were
recorded for Clark and half a vote |
went from the Harmon column to
Wilson.
Vermonts entire vote, eight on this
all went to Foss.
The result Of the twenty call /
was: Clark 5006; Wilson 396 u : /
Underwood 1l5; Marshall 80; Foss 43 |
Bryan / Kern 1.
Clark lost Z Il votes; Wilson gained .
! : Underwood lost 3 X and Foss took .
a place on the roll. Harmon's 20 In |
Ohio were eliminated, 2Sh going to .
Clark and half a vote going TO Wilson.
The twenty-third roll was begun at
7:45 p. m.
The result of the twenty-third bal
lot was; Clark 497'; Wilson 500; I'm
dprwood NAYS Marshall 30; Foss
40; Bryan 1; Gaynor !,
The twenty-fourth ballot was be-
gun at 500 p. m. 1owa's delegation,
which had been passed, demanded a
Wilson, 19 for cmfyweptaoincmfw
roll call. The delegation stood for
Wilson, 10 for Clark. Sulzer. in the
chair, ruled that the vote must be cast
,or Clark and Iowa delegates appeal
d from the decision of the chair
Hughes the Wilson
eader, demanded roll call on the
ppeal and amid disorder the clerk
legan TO all the roll.
Finally the appeal was withdrawn.
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