The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-27
Clark Out Of Race.

Clark Out Of Race.
New York voted soiidly to seat the
Wilson delegates from South Dakota.
This was taken as an Indication that
Murphy has at last decided that
Clark can not be nominated and is
now manucverIng to be In position
to dominate the situation when the
break from the speaker comes. .....
UNITED Press Leased Wire Service.
BALTIMORE. June 27.-No compro-
mise was the slogan today of the pro-
gressives In the democratic national
convention. With the ancient and
time honored unit rule shattered so
far as the state of Ohio and all others
where delegates were chosen In direct
primaries are concerned, the progress
sives were insisting that they would
yet show that this was a radical gath
erlng, both so far as the candidate
and platform we're concerned
This rejoicing was confined to the
rank and file. The leaders, while very
hopeful. were still convinced that the
conservatives were far from being
completely routed. They believe that
n ! siiey VIII try TO regain nauch Of their
lost ground by abandoning everything
else and concentrating all Of their
strength on the nominee.
Leaders pointed out while a pro-
gressive platform will be an excellent
thing, unless the man named
is in absolute sympathy with the
cause there will be no assurance that
its pledges will be enforced. They
called attention to the fact that the
combined conservative strength added
to Clark's pledged votes, would make
the necessary two-thirds. The Clark
managers are admittedly worried over
the charge that they have tiled UP"
with the conservatives in order to
nominate their man. Positive and
emphatic denials of these charges
have been issued, but to each the VIII
son men point to the vote against
Bryan for temporary chairman and the
vote in the national committee against
Ollie James for temporary chairman
and show that either OF these reverses
would have been victory If the Clark
men had voted with the progressives.
That Clark must be successful early
in the balloting is the admission by
his closest lieutenants They are bend
ing every energy to that end. They
have approached the leaders of the
big state delegations that are suppos-
ed to be ION the fence" and have
asked them to line up their men be
hind the speaker. They have made
personal appeals to delegates. sup
posed to have leanings to other candi-
dates but who are neither pledged nor
instructed. to cast complimentary
vote for the speaker while making UP
their mind"
Clark Men Busy.
Today the managers of the speak
er's campaign are again endeavorine
to encourage sentiment to have abro
gated the two-thirds rule whereby nc
candidate can be named unless he is
the choice of two-thirds of the dele
gates. They are button-holing dele
gates and are telling them that, mas
much as the traditional unit rule has
gone by the board, the two-thirds rule
should follow. Some of the Clark mer
were openly declaring that ii the
speaker polled majority of the dele
gates on the initial ballot, which 1t Il
expected would take place tonight
motion will be made to rescind the
two-thirds rule.
The Clark men claimed that on sucf
proposition they would have the sup
port of all the followers OF other can
a;aates, with the exception of tht
Wilson men. But democrats who are
In favor cf no particular candidate ga,
that If the Clark men try this, there
will break about their heads storm
that will destroy their candidate.
is pointed out that the two-thirds rule;
was adapted to prevent stampedes, O
trading of delegates, and that tn
rank and file of the party would bit
terly resent any abrogation.
When tho convention resumed a
noon today there was much worl