The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-07-01
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North Carolina Wilson 17h I'm.
derwood 61a.
North Wilson, 10.
Ohio-W Wilson, 10; Harmon, 20.
Oklahoma Clark. 10; Wilson. 10.
Oregon Wilson, TO-
Pennsylvania Clark, 4; Wilson. ~.
Rhode Island Clark, 10.
South Carolina, Wilson, is.
South Dakota Wilson, TO-.
Tennessee Clark. 1872; Wilson, s;
Underwood, az.
Texas Wilson, 40.
Utah Clark, X; Wilson, 61b.
vermontFoss s.
Virginia Clark, 8; Wilson, 90; I'm.
+ derwood, liz.
Washington Clark IA.
West Virginia Clark, 1s.
Wisconsin Clark, 6; Wilson, 10;
Bryan, /.
Wyoming Clark, s.
Alaska Clark, 6.
District Of Columbia Clark, 6.
Hawaii Clark, 2; Wilson, s; Under
wood, 1.
Porto Rico-clark. "; Wilson, Az +;
Underwood, /.
Official total 2sth- Clark, 1851;
Wilson, 437ls; Underwood, 112h /;
Harmon, 30; Kern, i /; Bryan, i; Foss
3S; absent, Y.
Twenty-Ninth.
On the goth ballot Indiana cast only
2s of its votes for Wilson, four going
to Kern in order to keep the senior
senator in position where he could
be considered candidate.
When Iowa was reached the chair
man of the delegation announced the
delegation stood II for Clark and
for. Wilson, Chairman James ruled
that as the majority were still for
Clark the vote must be recorded as a
unit.
The Wilson men in the delegation
argued that a majority of the dele
gates had signed a resolution adopted
absolving the members from the unit
rule. James ruled that this could not
be done and. the entire 26 Iowa vote
was cast for. Clark.
When Kansas was reached the
chairman asked that the state be pass
ed. A dozen of the delegates were or
their feet in protest.
THE majority of the delegation are
for Wilson, the members shouted
"but there are interests here trying
to interfere with their honest express.
sion of opinion
This thrust was directed at Theo.
dore e. Bell of California, who was
whispering to members of the delega-
ton.
Despite the long and continued pro
test of the delegates who objected to
the polling James insisted on it being
done.
The poll showed that the delegates
stood Wilson, 49, Clark, 6 and one
absent. James started to rule tina,
the two thirds vote of Kansas should
rule in this case, and the entire dele.
cation be cast for Wilson.
Theodore Bell had come to the plat.
ofrm and raised the point of order
that, as two-thirds of the delegates
had not voted for Wilson the vote
should be cast in Its entirety for
Clark. The Kansas delegates shouted
objections hit James, Clark sun
porter, declared that Bell should be
heard
Kansas still objected, and made the
point of order that Bell had no RICH,
to speak on the subject. Similar OBJ
jections were raised by Congressman
Hayes, and Senator MARITIME.
James insisted that Bell was with
in his rights. and directed Bell to pro
coed. A dozen delegates continued tc
object, but Bell continued saying.
The question is how the Kansas
convention resolutions should be in
terpreted-"
Here the noise became SO great Bel
appealed to the delegates for hear
ing, but they hooted and laughed al
him.
He read the resolutions as adopted
by the Kansas state convention
amidst cries of 1--WE heard it, we
know what 1t says" He stopped read
ing after he had made Mhe point thai
they were instructed to vote for Clark