Oxford eagle., 1912-07-04
WILSON GETS
sol VOTES
Passing Clark on the
Thirtieth Ballot.
MISSOURI TAUNTS BRYAN
Banner Bearing Commoner's
Praise Of Speaker Clark is
Carried in Front OF the
Nebraska Delegation

Baltimors.-Ths deadlock in the Dem
eeratse national convention over 4 pres-
idential nominee seemed more rompl~se
than ever when adjournment was taken
at i2;i2 am. Tuesday until noon. Wood
row Wilson has made steady gains dur.
ing Monday's balloting untl be reached
. high water mark OF sol IL votes on
che thirty-ninth ballot. He remained
stationary on the fortiesh ballot and
then began to lose ground. The last bal
lot was the forty-second, when Gov.
Wilson polled 4si votes.
Speaker Champ Clark reached the low
est ebb of his candidacy on the ballot
where Wilson reached crest lie went
down to ies votes at that time, but inn
mediately began to pick up, and had gone
to 43O when adjournment was taken.
Wilson. with the thirty-hfth ballot.
and on the thirty-ninth, had passed the
500 mark with one and a half votes to
spare. Clark in the same ballots lost
eleven votes.
On the forticth call of the roll Wilson's
sol i-2 remained the same and Clark
had gained a single vote, giving him i25.
Meantime the vote for Oscar W. Under.
wood fnctuated within ten votes of the
| 100 mark.
by the time the fortieth bsllot had
been conclused there was seemingly no
hope Of nomination. The delegate. sat
in sort Of stupor. The roll call clerks
entered the votes mechanically, oftcn
without waiting for the responses from
the various states.
| At the end OF the fortieth ballot a
tired Alabama delegate moved 10 adj
journ. but when a roll call on In, mo-
tion was demanded by the Wilson forces
he withdrew it.
Another attempt was made - adjourn
after the forry-frst ballot. and again it
failed.
| The prevailing sentiment from IN.
floor was that nothing definite had thus
far been accomplished to bring the dead
lock to a close. and that. il anything.
the lines were quite a. tight. or tightc-,
than before. although all recognized that
the convention has been replete with so
many sudden and sensational chlbges
that a break or a new coup sight come
at any time
Many of the state delegations nld in
formal esscu-es in the convention hall.
/ The controversy between Speaker Clark
and Mr. Bryan was the uppermost sub
iect of conversation. its probable etfee.
being generally debated. In all corners
OF the hAl men engaged in heated lc-
bate.
The thirty-third ballot found the Lead
ers practically at standstill, Wilson
merely holding his total of the thirty
second ballot. while Cark gained one
from Underwood in Virginia.
At the end of this ballot the Champ
Clark people revived their dropping spir-
il. BY displaying a big banner on which
the following tribute to Clark from W.
J. Bryan in 1910 was printed in red;
II have known Champ Clark eighteen
years. He is absolutely ineorruptibls
and his life is above reproaea. Never
in all these years have ! known him TO
be upon but one side of the question and
that was the side that represented the
people"
There was cheer as the Missourians
displayed the banner above their delega-
tion. II continued for several minutes.
Take it over TO Nebraska and show it
20 Bryan shouted some one.
Fist Fight Follows.
No sooner was this said than the Mis-
sourians acted on the suggestion. Then
came trouble.