The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-01

When New York was called poll of
the delegation, the first since the bal
loting began, was demanded. Abraham
I. Elkins, of the Eleventh New York
district. was the first New Yorker to
vote for Wilson, and a round of cheers
greeted him. William G. McAdoo was
the second.
stanchfieId Explains His Vote.
When John B. Stanchfeld was reach
ed, he took the platform to explain his
vote.
Stanchfield declared the integrity of
New York delegates had been i'm
pugned and insulted and New YORK
lad n right to he heard.
Stanehhe1d denounced Bryan as
"that money grabbing, favor hunting,
publicity hunting, marplot from Me-
braska''
Stanchfeld's bitter Characteristic
of BRYAN was received with cheers
mingled with some Misses. The speak
err maintained that the New York dele
CATION was the ablest ever sent to
national convention.
mo man branded with Bryanfsm
can come within half million of car
rying New York exclaimed Stanch-
field, amid cheers
In conclusion Stanchfield threw the
convention into disorder with the de-
claration:
Il cast my vote for woodrow Wilson,
of New Jersey
AS the poll proceeded. it became ap-
parent that Clark would again get New
York's 90 votes under the unit rule. 1t
generally was believed the vote had
been challenged and the poll demanded
for the sole purpose of enabling StanCh-
field to deliver his attack on Bryan.
OF the four delegates at large, John
A. Dix. Alton B. Parker and Charles
F. Murphy voted for Clark. Senator
O'Gorman voted for Wilson. The dis
trict delegates who voted for Wilson
were Abraham I. Elkins' New York
w C. McAdoo New York city, John
B. Stanchfield, Thomas F. Conway.
Plattsburg, Thomas w. Meacham of
Syracuse Benedict Brooks OF Pearl
Creek and Walter FL. Edison OF FALCON
william Temple Emmett of New York
and Joseph A. Kellogg of Great FANS
voted for Underwood.
Under the unit rule. New York's ~
went to Clark. Illinois. which had oeen
passed in the roll cast 5S votes tor
Clark. The Illinois delegates filed into
their seats while the poll OF the ne"
York delegation was in progress
Illinois Stands by Clark.
Their caucus resulted in a determine
ton to stand by Clark for whom the
5S votes had been cast since the be-
ginning of the balloting.
The result of the twenty-seventh
ballot was: Clark 1853; Wilson 4Oo55:
Underwood 112; Foss 3S; Marshall SO'
Harmon 29; Bryan L; absent III.
This gave Clark a gain of n; VIII
son a loss of 1 and Underwood a loss
of - as compared with the twenty
sixth ballot.
John B. Knox of Alabama intro
duced a resolution depIoring the bit
terness of the convention and calling
for a united front in order to factlt-
tate the work of the convention. 1t
was referred to the resolutions com
mittee without reading.
The twenty-seventh roll call Went as
far as Indiana before any material
shift was made. Then the convention
went wild Senator Shively an
nounced: Kern /; Wilson 20"
When quiet was restored poll was
demanded but the demand was later
heretofore gone solidly for Marshall.
After comforting with friends Mr..
Bryan said it was unlikely that he
would reply to the speech of Mr.
Stanchfield.
ed a poll after the vote had been re-
ported eight for Clark.
The roll call showed Clark 5, Wilson
3 and under the unit rule the eight
went to Clark
The twenty-seventh ballot showed
little change from the last vote Satur-
day night. The Clark Wilson forces
remained intact, the changes being
few and not decisive.
New York's vote was pol1ed, show
ing Clark IS; Wilson 9; Underwood
and absent /, but the solid vote of 80
was cast under the unit rule for Clark.
kansas Stays BY Wilson.
THE vote was Wilson 13; Clark s;
.hsant and the vote of Kansas 20 n
ali went over into The Wilson column.
when chairman James ruled that the