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THE DAY BOOK 50t0 S. PEORIA ST. 398 TEL. MONROE 353 Vol. 1, No. 239 Chicago, Tuesday, July 2U 1912 .One Cent PROGRESSIVES WIN WILSON NOMINATDy Woodrow Wilson, governor of New Jersey, was nominated as Democratic candidate for presi dent on the forty-sixth ballot this afternoon. " - It was a great victory for Wil liam. Jennings Bryan, a great vic tory for the progressives. It was a great defeat for the bosses, or the Old Guard of the Democratic party, that had ruled so long. It was a great defeat for Wil liam Randolph Hearst, who threw all his eggs in one basket Champ Clarkr and then found the basket had no "bottom. It was a great defeat for the 'Associated Press, which distorted the news of the convention, and this morning called Wilson's" can didacy dead. , It was the nding of the most bitter, and one of the longest deadlocks that ever tied up an American national convention. When the convention was call ed to order one week ago today, Boss Murphy came out with this: "New York will never, never, 'never vote for Woodrow Wil son. It was known why Murphy did this. The Ryans and the -Bel-monts had given out they would not contribute to Wilson's cam paign fund. LAST NIGHT'S BALLOT Wil- Under- Har Ballot. Clark son wood mon" 34 447y2 479H 101 35. ,....433494 101J4 36 my2496y2 9sy2 37 432y2496y2 iooy2 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. .425 .422 .423 .424 .430 498J 106 501 106 50iy2 106 499y2 106 494 104 29 29 29 29 29 29 28 27 27 TODAY'S BALLOT 43 329 602 98 28 44 306 629J4 99 27 45 306 633 97 25 46 84 990 0 12 Foss received 27 votes on 43d. 44th and 45th ballots. Wall street did not want Wil son. Wall street wasfraid ol Wilson. v ' Then William Jennings Bryan went to the mat with Wall street over the temporary chairman ship. He was defeated, and nearly every newspaper in the country promptly and joyfully ."eliminat ed" him. But Bryan wasn't eliminated. He came right back. He would not say whether he .was for Clark r Wilson. m r"-"Y i - - i iii fnMfia