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I iwiinia ill Published Weekly ABBEVILLE, 8. C. Most of the recent aeroplane re ords have been death records. The stepless car Is highly popular In these days of hobble skin-. Now a lot of people are hearing the first call to the old Bwlmmlng hole. The passing of the horse Is a ca lamity?when you've got money up on him. The Chicago girls are right, the old-fashioned kiss is the sweetest and best. Another infallible sign of the ap proach of summer is the mad dcg scare. One way to drive away every s^u of rain Is to buy a new umbrella or raincoat The Inventor of the black dress ehlrt was no doubt behind on his laundry bilL . ' > A counterfeit $20 bill 1b reported in circulation, this being one of the perils of the rich. A German company has Just launch ed the biggest steamship In the world. It's England's move. The English sparrow may be a sav ory dish, but It would cost too much to put salt on Its tall. Smallpox lurks In false hair, says an exchange. Get the back of her dressing chair vaccinated. In Duluth the author of a popular song is running an elevator. The pun ishment hardly seems adequate. Some optimist has discovered that a cold spring is good for the black berry crop. Now let us all cheer up. The new one-half cent piece approx imates the feelings of the man who appears in public with the first straw hat A man with but one leg is trying to walk around the world. He might be pardoned for calling it a stumping tour. America's hens last year laid 217 eggs for each Inhabitant And yet we look upon the eagle as the nation al bird. An actress is writing a series of ar ticles on "how to stay married." We can do it In lour words: Don't sue for divorce. The strike of German aviators leads one to suspect that the wages of the birdman are not breaking any altitude records. America now has three women aero plane pilots. May there be no subtrac tion by accident from that mystic number. An Ohio man started to dig a gap den and turned up a chestful of treas ure, but few gardens are quite so profitable. A New York policeman, while off duty, arrested two burglars. It might pay New York to give a few more cop pers a vacation. "Knee-deep In strawberries," ejacu [ lates a Baltimore paper. Yet one can think of several pleasanter things than that kind of wading. , Massachusetts has forbidden by law the explosive "Joke" cigar, showing clearly that the Bay state knows when a Joke is a misdemeanor. More than 1,000 metal articles were removed from the stomach of a Cali fornia woman by a surgeon the other day. Probably a souvenir huntress. An English gypsy queen has Just died at the age of 101. She was an Inveterate pipe smoker, which, no doubt, accounts for her early taking off. A New York court Includes baseball bats In the category of deadly weapons and a Chicago Jurist adds automobiles. Justice, however leaden footed. occasionally overtakes the pro cession. i An eminent alienist declaree that for a man to liken his wife to an an gel is not an indication of insanity. Once in a while, one of those alienists does show some signs of human' In telligence. Now that pleasant weather has ar rived tni^RR how lone it will be before i the water companies get out their an nual warning against a water famine, with all sorts of threats against the man who uses the hose too freely? The eastern farmer who has spent $1,00( In a suit over a $20 cow has rea son to kick about the price of beet ' The statistician who asserts that the population of New York Is too dense probably has no money to be eeparat ed from, or else tie nas never been there. A Louisville doctor says that man can stand more suffering \nd endure It longer than woman. That doctor ought to wear a woman's toggery for a wnlle. A mule's kick has restored speech to an Altoona man. Still many persons might prefer to remain speechless. "An unknown gentleman created considerable excitement in London by appearing at the opera in a black dress shirt." Probably he came from Pittsburgh. There are other good reasons for disliking the proposed %-cent piece besides the obvious opening it would give the mean man when the contrl' ;bution plate is passed. , * 0. JAMES' SPEECH IS THE FEME CHAIRMAN SOUNDS REAL KEY NOTE OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY. WHAT CONVENTION IS DOING Delegates Came Prepared For a Long and Excited Session.?Was Expect -J o- ri-.,, ni riima* ?Rnomers CU IU UW wcaj VI Ready to Start Demonstration. Convention Hall, Baltimore.?Dele gates to the democratic national con vention filed into the convention hall Thursday prepared for a long and ex cited session. It was expected to be the climax day, the end of the long campaign wage'd by the presidential aspirants. But as they came into the hall these delegates apparently were as much at sea as ever as to who would be the nominee. Boomers of the various candidates were ready to start demonstrations and counter de monstrations and it seemed certain that the delays would be such as to throw the actual balloting late into the evening. All sorts of rumors were afloat as to -leals and combinations during the forenoon, but not one of these seem ed to have a trustworthy foundation. The supporters of Woodrow Wilson, heartened by the so-called Wilson Bryan victory in their fight for abro gation oi the unit rule that would have bound all the members of a state delegation to the views of a majority, were claiming that the New Jersey governor would sweep the convention and secure the nomination. Tney ex pressed the hope that Mr. Bryan might be induced to come out square ly for Wilson and felt that Ijf this could be brought about ultimate vic tory was certain. The order of business as the con vention met was further consideration of the report of the committee on credentials. The majority report was presented Thursday night, the minor ity findings being delayed until Friday. Then the report of the committee on permanent organization was scheduled to be taken up with the convention ready to ratify by acclamation the choice of Senator-Elect Ollie M. James, of Kentucky, as permanent chairman. These things disposed of, the delegates looked forward to the long series of nominating and second ing speeches and finally to the ballot ing on the presidential candidates. Senator-Elect Ollie James of Kentucky, who Is permanent chair man of the national convention, In his keynote speech Thursday, spoke in part as follows: "The Republican party, flushed with many victories, imperious as a tyrant, unheeding the demands of the people, took the reins of the government In 1908 under the solemn promise that they would revise the tariff in the In terest of the consumer. .Instead of keeping this promise as they should havo done because it was their bond of honor, they betrayed it. They rais ed the tariff higher than ever before until it reached its maximum of pro tection, being 47 per cent. "The story of this base betrayal is known to all men. The Democratic party appealed on their record in the sixty-first Congress on the Payne-Al drich tariff bill to the American peo ple and w.e received from them a ver dict of guilty against the Republican party and the bestowal of power upon ourselves. How faithfully we have kept our promises to them is but a resume of our official action." Mr. James reviewed at great length the tariff revision legislation passed by the Democratic House and referr ed to the bills vetoed by President Taft. Referring to the veto of the wool bill, he said: "And today the wool trust stands not behind a majority of the law Wilson Men Win Another Victory. Baltimore.?The Bryan-Wilson pro gressives won another victory in the democratic convention Thursday when the delegates overturned the report of the credentials committee and seat ed ten Wilson delegates from South Dakota, The Wilson supporters claimed that the nomination of Wood row Wilson was a certainty. The vote stood Wilson 639 1-2; Clark 437; not voting 5 1-2; absent two. New York's votes which went to the Clark Harmon combination were cast in a block for Wilson deelgates. Renewed Talk of Bryan. T3o 1 + Tmnrn Thoro TirQ o rori owoH talk" UUltllUUl A V " WW ? VMV ?? vv? of Mr. Bryan himself as the nominee, some of the so-called conservatives being quoted as saying that so long as the naming of a progressive seem ed inevitable it might be just as well to have Mr. Bryan lead the fight. Some of Mr. Bryan's friends indicated that the Nebraskan apparently was content wit hthe position he now oc cupies, the right to name the candi date being all but conceded to him. Supporters of Champ Clark are as confident as ever. A Tumultuous Demonstration. Baltimore. ? A lively controversy arose as Theodore Bell of California championed the Clark delegated in the Pouth Dakota case, delegates chal lenging his statements from the floor, while shouts for Wilson generally brought on a tumultuous demonstra tion. Great waves of cheering swept the ball as the demonstration increas ed to a storm. Banners were borne through the aisles, delegates standing on chairs and madly waving hats and flags. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas swung Wilson banners. makers of the republic, but behiud th? veto of the President and the eleven more than one-third of the represen tatives of the American people pick ing the pockets of the shivering poor and ragged people of America. The Republican party became so arrogant and confident that this character of robbery would continue to meet the favor of the American people that they boldly wrote into their plat form of 1908 a declaration that the tariff should not only equal the differ ence in the cost of production at home and abroad, but should be high enough in addition to this to give a profit to the manufacturer here. "President Taft has the lone and singular distinction of being the only President in the life of this republic who ever vetoed bills cheapening clothing to the people, lumber to the homeless and meat and bread to hun gry Americans and free farming im plements to the toiling farmer." Mr. James referred at some length to the tariff Doara ana saia: "When does a demand for a report of a tariff board come to our ears? Tt's when the tariff has already been fixed so high that they know, they can get it no higher and if the 'people's representatives' were allowed to speak they would reduce it. Then we are told the tariff board must report. This great right of taxation must be taken out of the hands of the people and lodged in the hands of a board of five men and their report must be await ed by the suffering people of the United States." Other legislation passed by the Democratic House, he pointed out, was the income tax, publicity of campaign funds and direct election of Senators. He declared for vigorous anti-trust laws and said in part: "We are not opposed to big busi ness. We recognize that In a big country there must be big business, but we say with all the emphasis of our souls that big business must obey the law. "We would strike from these trusts every character of protection. We would write a tariff law strictly for revenue only and place the tax first upon the luxuries and if that did not produce sufficient revenue then upou the comforts of life, and lastly we wou'.d lay the burden of taxation upon the necessities of life. The infant in dustries must be weaned. Infants they began, but are mighty giants to day which have coalesced . their sirengm?iu unve Bnjmoiu mc wui. of living and oppress the people." The latter part of the chairman's speech was devoted to severe stric tures on President Taft's administrar tion. Platform Pleases Full Committee. Baltimore.?The platform to he adopted by the Democratic convention was under consideration during the entire day Thursday, first by Mr. Bry an and Senator O'Gorman of the reso lutions committee, later by the sub committee of eleven of wbich Senator Kern of Indiana is chairman, and in the end by the full committee. Immediately after their task was assigned to them, Messrs. Bryan and O'Gorman shut themselves up in the committee room, doffed their coats and collars and continued until about 6 o'clock, when they announced that their work had been completed. The sub-committee was called in at that hour and immediately began a care ful reading of the document. Mem bers of the sub-committee found lit tle ground for criticism, all of their corrections being merely verbal. They were sufficiently satisfied with the sit uation to announce a meeting of the full committee at 10 o'clock to have that organization pass judgment upoD the document. As has been announced, the plat form is a flat and positive declaration for a tariff for revenue only, but there is no pronouncement in favor of free raw material. The tariff .plank comes immediately After a general declare tion of Democratic principles, witb which the document opens. There are strong paragraphs against monopoly. Candidates Are Named. Baltimore.?Oscar W. Underwood ol Alabama, and Champ Clark of Mis souri, had been put in nomination be fore the Democratic national conven tion at 12:30 a. m., Friday, and at that hour other nominating speeches were in order. There was no idea of reach ing a vote during Thursday night, however, an agreement having been reached to postpone the balloting until noon Friday, or possibly later. Effect of Decision on Unit Rule. Baltimore.?The effect, of the demo cratic convention's action in amend ing the rule which would have bound delegations to adhere to the unit rule, was the subject of wide discussion. Though different views were express ed, the actual effect was explained by Charles Crisp, who is acting as parlia* mentary clerk of the convention. "The action of the convention in adopting the report of the committee nn rnlf>s." sfLirl Mr. CrisD. "will be to bind to the unit rule all delegates se lected by state conventions. Dark Horse Talk Died Away. Baltimore.?"Dark horse" talk died away a little Thursday and while many candidates were mentioned, there appeared to be a consensus ol opinion that the light lay among the supporters of Wilson, Clark and Bryan Mrs. William Taft at Convention. Baltimore.?Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the President, was a visitor al the convention Thursday. She was entertained by Mrs. Hugh Wallace, wife of a delegate from the state ol Missouri. Thomas Ryan's Cat Detailed. Baltimore.?W. J. Bryan remarked before leaving to attend the delibera tions of the resolutions committee that "the convention clipped off the tail of Thomas F. Ryan's cat." The Nebraska leader previously had de picited Mr. Ryan, the New York finan cier, as cracking a cat-'-nine tails over the convention. "Then the course of progressivlsm is moving along more smoothly?" "Well, the proceedings," replied Mr. Bryan, "would indicate that they had not made any inroade on us." i PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONVENTION ! FLOOD OF ORATORY BURIED THE DELEGATES TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. , I WORK DONE ON THURSDAY * 1 More Than a Dozen Spectators Deliv ered Typical Campaign Speeches? Melody of Southern Airs From the Band Brings Forth Many Cheers. Baltimore.?A flood of oratory bur ied the delegates to the Democratic national convention under rhetorical waves Wednesday. The convention marked time through the entire day session because the committee on credentials has not prepared its re port. The convent-ion agreed to meet at 8 ! o'clock Wednesday night to take up the problem of permanent organiza tion, receive the reports of the cre dentials committee and possibly be-1 | gin the nominating speeches of presi | .dential candidates. j It had been decided at the request I jof Mr. Bryan to defer the drawing of j ;a platform until after the nominations. | More than a dozen spectators deliv | ered typical campaign speeches at I Wednesday's session. At 12:25 Wed nesday Chairman Parker pounded his desk with gavel and the sergeant-at , j arms aided by the police set out to clear the aisles. Slowly the confusion subside^ and the convention got under way. Bishop Murray offered prayer. Former Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri was introduced aa the first speaker. "The nominee of this convention will be the next President of the Unit ed States," said Folk. The delegates grew restless in the course of Folk's speech and Chairman Parker was forced to admonish them to be quiet. Folk's speech was very brief and Senator Rayner of Maryland, was call j ed on. He also predicted success for the | Democratic nominee and discussed the 'division in the Republican party and i declared that the motto of the Taft faction would be "We will react and j retrogade." The motto of the Roosevelt party, i he quoted as "Thou Shalt Not Steal." j "Our motto in this campaign will be 'We Shall Progress,'" shouted Sen ator Rayner and the crowd cheered. When Rayner concluded Chairman j Parker asked for more speakers. A : shout for Congressman "Tom" Heflin of Alabama, went up from the floor. | But Parker introduced Congressman Henry D. Clayton of Alabama, chair man of the House judiciary commit | tee. The delegates seemed to enjoy i what one of them termed "a spell of spell-binding." After he had spoken for several minutes in denunciation of Republi can principles and predatory wealth, Mr. Clayton turned to Democratic prospects. "I do not know upon whom the nom Refused to Serve on Committee. Baltimore.?Because ne is not m sympathy with the forces "seemingly in control of the Baltimore conven tion," William Jennings Bryan declin ed to accept the chairmanship of the resolutions committee unanimously tendered him. Senator John W. Kern of Indiana was elected after Mr. Bry an twice refused the honor. When the convention met Wednesday Mr. Bryan was not present. His absence was disconcerting. No one appeared i to know what the Nebraskan's atti ! ture was to be. Ollie James Permanent Chairman. Baltimore. ? Senator-elect Ollie , James at a harmony meeting Wednes ' day was nominated for permanent 1 chairman of the democratic conven ' tion but Urey Wilson, secretary of the national committee and from time Immemorial secrtary to succeeding | j democratic conventions, was defeated I for that office by E. E. Britton, a news 1 paper man of Raleigh, N. C. The , choice of Mr. James was unanimous, but the roll was called on the secre taryship, Mr. Britton winning 24 to 18. Dean Heads Big Committee. Baltimore, Md.?The committee on permanent orgonization selected H. H. Dean of Gainesville, a delegate-at large. charman of the committee on permanent organization. The selec tion was unanimous and is reckoned , among the high and much-prized po* , sitions. Mr. Dean's name was placed ; before the meeting by a Kentucky I , delegate, and his election was without opposition, and was by unanimous vot< ' of The members of the national ex ecutive committee on permanent or ganization. ination of this convention will fall,' he said. "Underwood," shouted an Alabama delegate. "Clark," shouted a man from Mis souri. , "Wilson," came in answering chorus from New Jersey. "Harmon," called the Ohioans. In a moment the entire conventior hall was swept by the shouts anc cheers and songs of the adherents o! different candidates. The band join ed in the demonstrations. Chairman Parker made little efforl to quiet the enthusiasts. Mr. Claytor stood smiling at the speaker's desk. A melody of Southern airs from th( band brought out increasing cheers. Some of the delegates attempted tc uproot the state standards, but the policemen by quick work prevented it The aisles became choked with dele gates and it seemed many spectators had invaded the delegate section. Byt this time Chairman Parker anc the sergeant-at-arms were making frantic but efforts to restore quiet. "New. Jersey, please sit down," call ed deputy sergeant-at-arms. "Missouri, please give the speakei a chance," called another. Mr. Clayton at last made himsell heard above the din. He deciarec that whoever the candidate was hf would be the next Persident of th( United States. A round of cheers greeted Senatoi Gore of Oklahoma, who was next in troduced. He was unable to proceec with his speech for some time be cause of the uproar. "Let us have peace," said Mr. Gor< in the course of his talk. "Let us have peace at any price, at any sac rafice save that of honor. Let us hen put every Democrat under bonds tc keep the peace." "Nothing can save the Republicai party from self-slaughter except Democratic suicide," declared Senatoi Gore. "We cannot live half progres slve and half reactionary. Theodon Roosevelt endeavored to breathe th< breath of life of modern progress intc the petrified remains of the Republi can party. He failed. The mummj would not move." Senator Gore closed with a plea Governor Wilson Gets the News. Sea Girt, N. J.?Governor Woodrow Wilson kept in touch with t&e leaders of his campaign in Baltimore Wednes day by telephone and over a telegraph wire strung through the trees sur rounding New Jersey's "little white house" to a tent on the lawn. During the forenoon he disposed of a batch of correspondence and saw. no callers. He planned to spend the afternoon at golf. The governor had no comment to make on the result of Wednesday's vote in the convention. Champ Clark's Steam Roller at Work. Baltimore.?The Champ Clark forces in the credentials committee, by a vote of 28 to 23 overturned the action of the national committee in the South Dakota contest case and seated the contesting Clark delegates. T. M. Simmons, the South Dakota member of the committee, announced that a minority report would be made, and the flght carried to the floor of the convention. The twenty Roger Sulli van delegates from the congressional districts in Cook county, Illinois, were seated by the credentials committee. Decorations Were Fine. Convention Hall, Baltimore. ? A wealth of decoration in white and gold and the national colors greeted the early arrivals on the scene of the Democratic national convention. The big hall, ordinarily a huge steel-beam ed, brick-walled armory, was trans formed by thousands of yards of bunt ing. The ugly steel girders under the roof were hidden by a false ceiling of light netting. From the galleries hung the banners of the various states. The crowd came slowly. for harmony which called out much enthusiasm. "Fellow Democrats,", he added, "let the candidate of this convention be your candidate." John Temple Graves of Georgia and New York, came next on the long list of orators. Former Governor Campbell of Ohio denounced the. Republican party in no uncertain terms. He was the last speaker. An effort was made from the floor to upset the arrangements for Thurs day's session and adjourn the conven tion until 2 o'clock In the afternoon. The attempt failed and at 2:17 the convenion adjourned until 8 o'clock Thursday. Outline of Platform In Part. Baltimore.?The committee on reso lutions Wednesday began preparing a platform for the consideration of the ' Democratic national convention. The committee sat during a large part of the day and with approach of night turned over to a sub-committee of eleven the detailed work of preparing . the document for the consideration of . the full body. In addition to voting to recommer<i 5 that the platform, should not be pre* J sented to the convention until after the nomination of a presidential can didate, the committee began a series of hearings devoted to the presenta/ tlon of pleas for platform declarations. In addition to verbal suggestions, oth er planks were sent in, and in some J instances entire platforms were pre 5 sented, among the latter one from the New York delegation and another 5 from Senator Newlands of Nevada. ' Other features of the hearings in cluded a lively tilt between Senator 1 Culberson of Texas and Congressman Brantley of Georgia. Mr. Brantley, a member of the national employers' liability commission, took issue with * some of the Texan's references to the 5 workmen's compension bill supported ' by that commission. The New York platform which re ceived careful consideration, gives first places to the tariff, declaring it 1 to be a fundamental principle of the " Democratic party that the Federal government has "no right or power to collect tariff duties except for purposes of revenue." There is a demand that the collection of tariff taxes shall bo limited to the necessities of govern ment w?ien Honestly ana economically administered. There i3 a declaration for imme diate revision especially on the neces sities of life. President Taft's action in vetoing the woolen, cotton chemi cal and the farmers' free list bills of the last .session of Congress is de nounced. Rigid enforcement of the anti-trust laws is promised and such additions j as may be necessary to make the laws j effective are promised. While opposing the establishment of a central bank the opinion is ex pressed that there should be legisla- ; tion under Democratic auspices look ing to the creation of a flexible bank ing law which would prevent any smad group of financiers or politi cians from controlling the banks of the country. Declaration is made for an income tax through constitutional amendment ; for election of Senators by direct i vote and for a single six-year term for ; President. Police to Enforce Order. Baltimore.?Scenes such as those ' which marked the opening of the convention Wednesday, when disorder in the galleries forced a recess, ser iously delay business and strain the temper of delegates, who already ar? j talking of getting home. Better or- j er prevailed at night because the po- I lice were there to keep the aisles i clear and suppress the noisy specta- j tors. The assistant sergeant-at-arms 1 had demonstrated that they could not i maintain quiet even among them? selves. Urge Bryan to Accept Nomination. Lincoln, Neb.?Nebraska supporters of William J. Bryan to the number of 150 have sent him a ielegram at Bal timore, in which they urge him not to refuse the presidential nomination at Baltimore in the event it s tendered J T /~W ^AlAflrrQm CO M in T"1Q rt IU 111 111 J,UC IClCglUiU ouiu iu |/Ui v. "It is important that the Baltimore convention nominate a candidate up on whom all progressives can unite, j Knowing the implicit confidence in , which you are held, we take this i means of urging that you do not re? ! fuse to accept the nomination." States of Candidates Favored. The committee in charge of the con vention arrangements had given the most prominent place on the floor to the states having avowed presiden tial candidates in the field. To the right of the stage was Missouri, home state of Champ Clark. To the left was New Jersey, with Woodrow Wil son as a favorite son. Back of Mis souri came Ohio with Governor Har mon in the field. Back of New, Jer sey was Alabama, home of Represe* tative Oscar W. Underwood. yvsW;M ' ::-m IRK OF FRIDAY NDICATIONS POINT TO DEAO LOCK WHICH MAY LAST FOR MANY DAYS. CLARK AND WILSON IN LEAD J "a'mnn Prnm 197 Down to 29 Votes?Underwood la Holding His Own in Contest?To Be a Fight to the Finish. .v'' . 9 Baltimore.?A monotonous succes sion of roll calls brought no nomina tion in the Democratic convention late Friday night ?when the sweltering delegates were still answering the droning voice of the reading clerk.? The results of the roll calls up to the ninth were discouragingly simi lar. None of the leading candidates made any material gains or losses. There was no change of more than 6 votes in the totals up to that time. The steady gain of the Wilson vote had culminated with a count of 354 on the sixth ballot. On the seventh Wil son lost 1 1-2 votes. Bryan, Kern, Ollie James and May or Caynor of New York each receiv ed one or two votes in the course of the balloting. Harmon lost slowly but steadily from his 148 of the first ballot. Underwood gained a trifle. The leaders of the various factions hurried about the hall. The air was full of rumors of "deals" and "trades." A shift that would throw a deciding vote to one candidate or another was looked for on every ballot by some of the delegates while others expected an all-night session. The long predicted "break" in the New York delegation came on the tenth ballot when Leader Murphy an- ' njunced 81 of the 90 \otes from that state for Clark. He got no further when a great demonstration broke out among the Speaker's delegates and friends. While it was in progress there were several fistcuffs on the floor. Those who claimed to be in the con fidence of the New York delegates predicted there would be a switch away from Clark oil subsequent bal lots. Murphy later announced that the New York delegation showed SI for Clark, 8 for Wilson find 1 for Under wood, but under the ?nit rule gave all its 90 votes to Clark. The result of the balloting was as follows: First Ballot.?Sulzer, New York 2; Clark, 440 1-2; Wilson 324; Under-, wood, 117.1-2; Harmon 148; Marshall 31; Baldwin 22; necessary 726; ab sent 2; Bryan 1. Second Ballot?Clark 446 1-2; Wil son 339 3-4; Underwood 111 1-4; Har mon 141; Marshall 31; Baldwin 14; Sulzer 2; Bryan 2; not voting half. Third Ballot.?Clark 441; Wilson , 345; Underwood 114 1-2; Harmon 140 1-2; Marshall 31; Baldwin 14; Bry an 1; Kern 1. Fourth Ballot.?Clark 443; Wilson 349 1-2; Underwood 112; Harmon 136 1-2; Marshall 31; Baldwin 14; ' Kern 2. Fifth Ballot.?Clark 443; Wilson 351; Underwood 119 1-2; Harmon 141 1-2; Marshall 31; Kern 2. Siith Ballot.?Clark 445; Wilson 354; Underwood 121; Harmon 135; Marshall 31; Kern 1; Bryan 1; total 1,088. Seventh Ballot.?Clark 449 1-2; Wil son 352 1-2; Underwood 123 1-2; Har mon 129 1-2; Marshall 31;, Kern 1; Rrvan 1 t/ltal 1.088. Eighth Ballot.?Clark 448 1-2; Wil son 351 1-2; Underwood 123; Harmon. 130; Gaynor 1; Marshall 31; Bryan 1; James 1; Kern 1; total 1,088. Ninth Ballot.?On the nlneth ballot the leaders stood f Clark 452; Wilsoa 351 1-2. Twelfth Ballot?Clark, 549; Wilson 354; Underwood, 123; Harmon, 29; Marshall, 30; Kern, 1; Bryan, 1; not .voting 2 1-2. Bryan Is Storm Center. Raitimore.?Mr. Bryan was the storm center of the remarkable fight in the convention Friday night, precip itated by him at the opening of the evening session and continuing nearly three hours, there was much specu lation as to what his purpose was when he rose almost immediately after the fall of the gavel and asked immediate consideration of a resolu tion which would have thrown Thom as F. Rfan of the Virginia delegation and August Belmont of the New York delegation out of the convention Largo Crowd Again Attends. Convention Hall.?The convention hall again became a center of anima tion toward 3 o'clock Friday in expec tation of the decisive struggle ahead. Quito a number of delegates were earlv in place despite their strenuous labors of Thursday night. The gal leries began to brim with a buttering, mass of humanity, promising a record crowd. The sultry weather brought out many women in pretty white gowns, their fluttering fans adding to the color and animation of the vast encircling galleries. Eyes on Pivotal States. Biltimore.?The ballot of Friday morning was taken as the starting point for speculation as to who will be the candidate. All eyes were cen tered on Illinois, New York and India na with their large agregate of votes. The feeling was general that the nom inee of the convention is assured of a practically solid South next Novem ber and all energies were aimed to> add to this conceded Southern power the additional strength of the pivotal: Northern States, notably New York,. Illinois and Indiana.