The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-03
Way Votes We're Cast
That Nominated Wilson
illinois Starts Break by Withdrawing Support
from Clark, and Pennsylvania Ends
Matters by Change

Baltimore, Nd. July 2-woodrow VIII
son, Governor Of New Jersey and at one
time president Of Princeton University,
was to-day nominated as the Democrat
ie candidate for President Of the United
States.
The nomination came after one OF the
most sensational struggles ever witness
ed in a national convention. 1t was a
long tight The convention was in its
eighth day. The fight was between
Speaker Champ Clark and Wilson. At
one time Clark had more than half Of
the Loss delegates. Then Wilson began
to creep I'D on him. On Monday Will
son passed Clark. When the convention
convened to-day the opening roll call
was the forty-third. Wilson's nomina-
ton was accomplished in the forty-sixth
ballot The vote was:
Wilson, 800; Clark, 81; absent, ?. Il
required rs to nominate. This roll call
was finished at 3:S1 o'clock. The nomi-
nation was made unanimous two min
utes later The convention adjourned at
40, until 9 o'clock. There remained yet
as the work of the body the nomination
of a Vice President and the adoption OF
a platform. The platform was ready.
1t had been written, practically, by Will
lam J. Bryan.
Illinois starts Break.
Last night there was talk to the eff
feet that the deadlock which had held
for four days could not be broken
Some talked Of a months adjournment.
This feeling was dissipated when Illinois
was reached on the first ballot taken
to-day. II was very quiet when this
State was called. Roger Sullivan arose
and announced the ballot.
Illinois: IS for Clark; 20 for Wilson"
he cried.
Under the unit rule the entire IS votes
were put in the Wilson column. The
big break had come. II was the begin
ming of the end. Wilson was in the
air Michigan caught the spirit. She
gave Wilson 8 and Clark ,. This was
gain for Wilson of s. Other States as
they were called helped some. Virginia
voting for the FIRST time 6nder the unit
rule gave her entire vote to Wilson.
This boosted him a. One OF the Viz
ginia delegates was Thomas F. Ryan,
whom Bryan attacked in the convention.
Missouri, seeing what was coming. be-
gan to sing in a sort Of ''Houn' Dawg"
tune:
Ryan and Bryan, Ryan and Bryan!
Don't take the Wall Street candi-
date
West Virginia for Wilson.
West Virginia got in the game. She
swung TO Wilson with her Is, subtract
ing them from the Clark total. which
was now quickly disappearing.
The two chief rivals had started the
cay with this vote:
Wilson. 4g4; Clark, $50. When the first
ballot Of the day was counted il was
found that Wilson had gained los and
Clark had lost 1Gl-
Colorado came to the bat for Wilson
on the next ballot. She switched votes
from Clark to Wilson. Pennsylvania
had been voting right along: Wilson, "a:
Clark, >. She gave the whole vote TO
Wilson. Utah followed suit, adding her
S votes. Wisconsin gave her Is votes to
Wilson, although half a dozen of the
delegates had been voting for Clark.
When the forty-fOurth ballot was an
nounced Wilson needed only 81 votes to
win. This was the result OF the forty
fifth ballot
Wilson, 655; Clark, SOS; Underwood,
81; Foss, 2; Harmon, 25-
When the forty-sixth ballot was about
to begin Senator Bankhead Of Alabama
took the platform
Mr.. Underwood entered this contest"
said Senator Bankhead. hoping that he
might secure The nomination from this
To Eradicate Sectional Feeling.
But I desire to say for him that his
first and greatest hope was that through
this movement he might be able to elm
mate and eradicate for all time every
yestige Of sectional feeling in his coun-
try.
Mr.. Underwood to-day would willing
ly forego this nomination If he had
and If the country had con-