The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-07-02
'GR|ND
BECOMES
T|RESOME
MONOTONOUs ROLL CALLS
GETTING ON NERVES OF
DELEGATES
BALLUl5 RAPlDlf
ROLL UP TO FORTY
Missouri Banner PreclpItales an
UDPOar and Manu- FjStfj0hIs
Occur

4 Baltimore, July "A weary bed.
raegled, peeyish aggregation Of dele
/ gates and alternates to the demo
! cratic national convention drifted
into the arinorv Monday night with
a long dreary nights session in
prospect.
They confronted the same monot-
onous grind of ballotiua that had
eonsl1aBssa ESoln Esrja
'fffT, WRsn tlifd III fiiirsssF s vofe Tnaf devel-
cped deadlool on a presidential
campaign was cast
Almost a full week of controversy
among rival factions had sorely
tried the patience and tempers or
the delegates. The crowd which
gathered last Might was at once an
irritable and excitabae one. The
tense elements of the situation had
Deen revealed in a near riot on the
iloor during the afternoon when
William ! Bryan found himself III
the midst cf half score of fist
fights Police were warned To ex-
ert extraordinary vigilance In the
future. The slow. yacillatimg rise
and fall Of the vote Of favorite can
didates throughout the day bad in
creased the steadily growing bit
terness OF the past week and Non
day night 4 match Of 'offense touch
cd to the excitement would have
set the entire convention ablaze
Hope for Nomination,
II was on this situation that many
Of the leaders based d aope of
final vote before the night was over.
They argued that the weary dele
gates. tired by week Of work
would break from tine nard ard fast
lines they have Iced holding and
throw enough votes to one Of the
70 end. the. agony
Others contended that the siHu-
alton made impossible an abate-
ment Of amy of the candidates now
before the convention They polrlt-
ad TO the physical clash between the
Clark and Wilson forces as an avi-
denee thar fine feeling was 80 Sit
ter that neither wouid allow enough
I. .otes g TO 80 to tpf fyather to nomi-
The Wilson forces. however. en-
outraged by their steady gain
through the day. were optimistic.
they asserted that In time they
would get majority Of the CON
ention and that then the dele.
ates ready to do almost anything
Q end the struggle, would flock to
he Wilson standard.
Another attempt to reach some
ort ot agreement among the lead.
rs failed. The so-called conserva-
yes We're In conference National
Hartman Mack. Charles II. Mpr
ny, colonel George Harvey. Repre-
John k Fitzgerald of New
'ork and Roger c. Sullivan OF Ini-
ols dlned together After the talk
hartman Mack declared that ev-
ryone seemed TO be sitting tight.
Il do not believe that either VIII
on or Clark can be Nominated
ow declared Mr. Msck. lust be-
IRE the convention was called to
RIDER.
The galleries we're crowded as
he time neared for the calling of
he roll for the thirtyflfth ballot.
hey had been thrown open to the
eneral public and baltimore took
dvantage Of the occasion.
The calling of the session was
alayed by the failure OF the lead
rs TO arrive.
Chairman James ordered the
oors closed against further over
rowding lie warned the galleries
za'inst disorder and declared that
le slightest evidence of disorder
ould result in the Immediate clear
2 OF any section He then ordered
lie roll called for the thirty1ifth
illot
The rumored break in Illinois did
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