The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1912-07-10

to be fnisQuOted. IL was a scathing
arraignment of Murphy and the inter
ests Bryan claims Murphy represents
and another effort to read Tammany
out OF the Democratic party. He re-
ferred to his resolution which the con-
vention had passed on Thursday night
and said no candidate the party might
nominate with the assistance of the
New York delegation voting as a unit
under the direction OF Murphy would
be in a position to carry out the prom
ises OF that resolution.
The reading OF his statement was
interrupted time after time before II
was completed. and when completed q
hundred or more delegates were on
the floor clamoring for recognition.
will you support the nominee
this convention" yelled one delegate
81 do not expect to bolt" parted
Mr.. Bryan.
Another succeeded In asking Ions
hypothetical question. which Bryan
refused to answer unless it were
made more explicit.
Another asked whether he consid-
cred a refusal to support a candidate
receiving Murphy's support the same
as a refusal TO support for president
a man nominated with Murphys sup
port.
Does not the law make differ
ence." replied Mr.. Bryan. between
the lawyer who defends criminal
after the crime has been committed,
and the man who assists in the COM
mission of crime
Mr.. Bryan then announced his vote
for Woodrow Wilson and retired to
his seat in the Nebraska delegation;
and he continued to cast his vote for
Wilson throughout the night.
Numerous efforts to break both the
unit rule as applied to instructed dele
cations and the two-thirds rule as ap-
piled to the nomination were made
previous to the Saturday night ad-
journment. The first of these applied
10 Ohio and was successful, the move
adding ten votes to the Wilson
strength. But the resolution that ap-
piled to Ohio did not cover other
states, and the enforcing OF the rule
led to wrangles on every ballot.
At the close OF the twenty-fifth bal
lot late Saturday night Senator Stone
of Missouri asked unanimous consent
for tho consideration of motion prof.
vidins that beginning with the twenty
eighth ballot this lowest man should
drop out OF the race. and on the anal
ballot thu candidate receiving the
majority of the votes cast should be
the party nominee The Texas dele
CATION offered immediate objection.
and the long. tedious calling OF tho
roll of states continued
With Monday came two important
and interesting features. One was
the apparent cracking OF the deadlock
in favor OF Wilson. Despite the des-
perate epdeavors OF. the Clark forces,
the governors vote increased steadily
on every ballot until. on the thirty
ninth It stood at sofa. After the
fortieth ballot the Wilson vote fell
on to 494. his net gain over the first
ballot being s7M. When Wilson was
at the high water mark on Monday.
Clark had slumped to 422 but went up
again to 4S0 before adjournment. At
this time II seemed that the Illinois
delegation held the key 10 the situae
tion.
The other big event of the day was
the excoriation of Bryan by John b.
Stanchfield OF New York. This was
Murphy's first return blow. and IT
was hard one. Praising the New
York delegation. Stanchfield said:
1T is by common consent the most
representative delegation that ever
came 10 national convention from
New York II these be the puppets
OF wax that Mr., Bryan refers to. we
say 10 that money.grabbing. ONCE
seeking. publicity-hunting marplot OF