Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1912-05-23
IOWA DEMOCRATS FOR CLARK
State Convention at Burlington Last Thurs
day Develops Strength for Missourian.

day Develops Strength for Missourian.
Burlington, May 17.-Iowa's twenty
six votes in the national convention at
Baltimore will be cast for Champ Clark
of Missouri.
After showing under a motion to
send an uninstructed delegation vote
to instruct for the Missourian was TAX
en- by acclamation. The roar of ayes
was tremendous On a further motion
to make the instructions unanimous
not delegate in the convention raised
his voice against such instructions
when the noes were called for.
Only 1911 votes were musted by the
anti Clark forces on their vote for a
free delegation The total against the
move was 1884,. Six delegates passed
their vote on this roll call. Besides be-
ing instructed for the speaker of the
house the delegation is bound by the
unit rule.
The test of strength came in the
convention late in the afternoon upon
the question of seating the Woodbury.
county delegation, after the convention
had waited until o'clock for the com
mittees on resolutions and credentials
to prepare their reports.
During the squabble on the floor re-
sulting from the report of eight of the
eleven members of the credentials
I committee favoring the seating of the
Clark delegation from Woodbury.,
which the friends of Governor Wood
row Wilson contested on the grounds
the caucuses We're carried by fraud.
the uproar in the convention seemed to
indicate great sentiment for Wilson.
This quieted quickly when the roll
call travelled down the list of counties.
The Clark delegation headed by W. H.
Farnsworth was seated in the conven-
ton by vote of 612 against 3S5 votes
mustered by the Wilson men
The Clark men had five delegates
here from Woodbury. county. Headed
by Judge A. Van Wagenen of Sioux
City. the Wilson clan had full dele
cation of twenty, which headed the
final proceedings of the convention as
innocent bystanders.
Claude Porter read off the names of
the slate of eight candidates for dele
gates -at-large proposed by the Clark
Headers, and then introduced Congress-
ii man, |. S. Pepper of Muscatine, who in
a complimentary speech for each one
of the delegates and the action of the
convention and the remarkable en-
thusiasm shown here by the party
moved the election of the slate.
Realizing the convention was abso-
lutely in the hands of the Clark men.
Col J. H. Mozambique of Mason City,
who has been following Wilson before
Clark, moved the suspension of the
rules and unanimous ballot for the
election of the delegates. Here again
the Wilson men showed they had no
sore spots. Polk county, which in
structed for Wilson, joining in the vote
for unanimous instructions Last night
there was no bitterness expressed
among the Friendly rivals about
headquarters. The feeling is for united
effort and a big vote for the democrats
in Iowa in November.
The delegates elected follow:
Claude Porter. Centerville.
N. D. Ely, Davenport
w. w. Marsh Waterloo.
Frank A. O'Connor, New Hampton
Farley Sheldon, Ames
N F. Reed. Ottumwa.
Emmett FINLEY, Council Bluffs.
M. F. Healy, Fort Dodge
Only three districts, the Third. Sew.
enth and Eleventh were controlled by
the Wilson men, Committeeman from
these districts on credentials and reso-
buttons made minority reports opposed
to the majority reports made by eight
Clark members. Delayed in opening
by the time consumed by some of the
caucuses held DOWNTOWN it was after
noon before the morning session of the
convention adjourned. Then the dele.
gates had to make the long ride from
Grape Park, where the convention was
held in the coliseum, back to the city
for dinner. Altho the committees got
to work Immediately they made no
Roadway in the credential committee
until after two hours of discussion.
during which the arguments of both
Wilson and Clark men from Woodbury.