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pH? Trums roUNDBD im
WHOLE NUMBER 19,032.
RICHMQNT), VA., SUN DAY, JUNE 30, 1912.
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TOB WEATHER TO-nAY?Filr. PRTCiFi FTVT?, ntt NTS ,
Still Hopelessly Deadlocked After Taking Twenty-Six Ballots,
Democratic National Convention Adjourns Until 11 oXlock Monday
)f - - ?
CLARK AND WILSON,
WHILE FAR IN LEAD,
DOOMED TO DEFEAT
Believed Now That Neither Will Be Able to
Secure Necessary Two-Thirds Vote, and
Some Man on Whom All Factions of
Party Can Combine Must Be Selected.
SPEAKER PUT OUT OF THE RUNNING
BY STEADY LOSSES OF YESTERDAY
Underwood's Friends Are Confident That He Will
Yet Be the Nominee?As Situation Stands
Now It Is Anybody's Fight and "Dark Horse"
Has Even Chance With Leaders In the Race.
Congressman Hal Flood Is Boomed for Second
Place On the Ticket, But Virginia Man Who
Defied Bryan Is Working for Alabama Candi?
date and Says He Is Not Looking for Office.
nv Alexander forward.
Baltimore. Md , June 1"?.?.Steady gains made through the day and night by
Governor Wilson apparently had eliminated Champ Clark as a presidential pos?
sibility when the Democratic National Convention adjourned to-nlghl until
Monday. It Is generally understood that the constant recurrence of loss of
tvotea which heretofore have been cast for Clark Is a sign of Inherent weakness
among his delegates All stampedes planned to ewlng the convention to the
?peaker failed of the desired effect. New York'? ninety votes are merely wait?
ing for the signal to go to somebody else. Even before the balloting began It
was the feeling that Clark must be nominated early In the game or not at all.
While William Jennings Bryan does not and cannot control the convention,
tie has sufficient support, combined with those who are bound up with other
candidates, to make Clark's nomination a practical impossibility. Many pro
jrrefslvef. believing that Clerk measure* up ?o the standard Just as well as
dot j Wilson, fear th' Biymlte defection In ??se he Is the nomine.,.
Nor does it seem that Weoilrow Wilson can win. Just why the conservative
forces are so determinedly opposing him does not fully appear. In argument,
t*>- c.mnot point to any Intense radicalism on his part to Justify their atti?
tude, hut It is certain that unless a considerable portion of the conservative
element yields. Wilson never ran secure the two-thirds vote which Is teiiuired
J>y the rules and which the cenvenrtnn refused to-day to break.
When the balloting reaches the stage where Wilson has a majcrity of
the votes, which seems inevitable very soon, the Clark people and the friends
cf the other candidates will ss strongly oppose abrogation cf the two-thlrda
I-ule ss did the Wilson adherents when Clark was In possession of a majority.
I nderv*ood'a Friend* Confident.
Friends of Oicar W. Underwood claim an apparent confidence to-night that
tie will yet be the nominee It Is said that New York and Texas are ready to
go to him when the signal Is given. An Underwood demonstration and at?
tempted stampede was expected to-night, but was postponed until Monday.
Congressman Flood, an Underwood manager, said .to-night that the Alabama
Hian will be the next President of the United Stales.
Only one thing can be said with certainty. No one has the slightest idea
ftvho will he the nominee of the Baltimore convention. Foss's chances are as
srood as anyhody's, and he has never even heen formally placed in nomination
Home of the Virginia delegates left to-night for their homes, and some of
them will he hereafter represented by their alternates. Most of them will slay
Jn Baltimore over Sunday.
?During the afternoon session to-day a boom of no inconsiderable propor?
tions wa? In progress looking to the nomination of Henry Delaware Flood, of
rVIrginla, for the office of Vlce-President of the United Stales. Virginia's leaders
took it up ?with enthusiasm, and at or.ee indicated not only ther willingness,
?tut their earnest desire to do a.11 in their power to gain such an end. |
During the past two days many delegates have approached Mr. Flood ort
the question, and such a consummation has been discussed in many quarters.
KJs spirited response Thursday night to the attempted censorship of Vir?
ginia's election of delegates by William Jennings Bryan made him one of the
leading figures of the convention.
Puch suggestions were Invarialbly negatived by Mr. Flood himself. He]
toa^ .11 along been actively connected 'with the campaign of Oscar W, Ur.rtor
iWx ad, of Alabama, and was. in f .nct, one of its leaders. Being so si'tuatexi.
(he would not consider becoming a candidate for any office before the conven?
tion. Besides, the nomination of Mr. Underwood, t.nother Southern man. would
practically make his own impos?ible on the samp ticket.
Nevertheless, some conferences wer,, held lor king to giving the Congress?
man fiom tlx Tenth Virginia District the Fecond place on the ticket In the
event of the nomination of Champ Clark.
Mr. Floo". was busy as usual throughout the day looking after Underwood's j
fchanevs and predicting the Alabamtan's nomination as a ft nail solution of the
deadlock.
Virginia's vote ivas changed lemswhst on to-day's ballot. The Ninth
District delegates, w;th Senator Swanson, Joined George B. Keezell in voting
tfor Clark, making three In all. This continued until the Underwood cause;
ttook the midafterno?n bracer, when Altred B. Wllllamr, who had bfen voting'
tor Wilson, changed to Underwood.
Governor Mann voted steadily for the floor leader of the House of Rep- |
resentatlves.
Eed by Speaker Byrd. the Wilson people fronv Virginia loudly cheered
Bryan's change of vote from Clark to Wilson, it. T?te Irvine and Hairry St.
George Tucker are tall enough to be seen from the floor, and contented them?
selves with waving their fans and shouting, but Mr. Byrd, who wa* not quite
so many Inches, mounted his chair.
Thomas F. Ryan could not hear W. J. Bryan well. "He is saying." said i
(Senator Martin to Mr. Ryan, "that he assumes this convention will not nomi?
nate a representative of the Morgan-Ryan-Belmont interests."
"I don't think It will, either," responded Mr. Ryan, "at least 1 hope not."
Senator Martin httr, displayed not the slightest interest in the outcome,
Except to express his hope that Wilson would not w>In, All Attempts on the
(part of the convention leaders to confer with Sonator Martin evoked only
the utmost indifference. He voted steadily for Underwood, mid discussed .the '
(psychology of the convention crowds with Governor Mann airid bu-eeds of
?anllch cows with Clyde W. Sa und era. Onoe ho became really aroused. This
ftvas when a young man pan down an a Isla throwing handful* of olrouiar*
tunong the dologatios. Th<s polios looked on smilingly. IndUgrnawt, Seebor
. Martin looked for the police- ofnosr in charge to ivava the offender arooeouted.
DECLARES BRYAN
TRAITOR TO PARIV
Speaker Clark Makes Spirited
Reply to Attack of
Bryan.
NOT BEGGING NOMINATION
Says Nebraskan Is Last of All
Men Who Should Besmudgc
His Friends.
Baltimore. Md., June SO.?Champ
Clark, of Missouri, broke with Wil?
liam Jennings Bryan to-night. Has?
tening over from Washington, intend?
ing personally to denounce the Ne?
braskan to the convention for Bryan's
charge that Clark had 'dealt" with
I Tammany to obtain the presidential
nomination. Clark arrived h^re to find
the session adjourned. He conferred
with his lieutenants here, a,nd at 2
o'clock this morning issued a state?
ment demanding that Bryan retract
the asperlons that Clark had entered
into an alliance with the prlvllege
BeSK'ng interests.
The statement was as follows:
"To-day In the national convention
! nn nutriiKcoun nnpersioii waa cimt up?
on me, nut) thruugU ror upon the Dciii
orrntlr party by one nhn, of nil mrli,
ought to he the 1mm to lirsruiidge or
I betray his friends or his party. .So
; far nn I mil personally concerned It
In enough to nay that the rhurgr
tvlilch rellectM upon my personal or
pnrty Integrity Ik utterly und ohnn
| Imply false. I might ntTortl to forget
myself, hilt I nm hy the choice of the
Dctnocrntlc majority of the House of
llrprrarntntlvcM the ranking otllclnl In
national public life. f ennnot be fnlHe
or corrupt without reflecting upon my
pnrty In the moat decided way.
'?Any man who would enter upon
un alliance with any aelflHb Interest
I Of privileged class of this ron.it,> to
gain the nomination for the pre"l
detttlal nomination 1? unworthy of the
presidency and of the npenlierahlp of
the Houae. If I have not entered Into
auch an alliance, then the Deniot-rnt
who wantonly chars-en me with thin
net la a trntor to the Democratic
party' and to hla professed friendship
to nie
4?I nm not here to plead *or a nom?
ination or to attempt' to influenee any
mnn'a political action. Let every mnn
proceed In this convention according
to hla oonvlcllona nnd the expressed
I (Continued oin Seventh Page.)
IsrBJfD THE FOUTtTIl AT WBHT I'DINT,
Two trains, 0:00 A. M. and <:J0 P. M , via
'Pentium Railway. Mo, xo\&i *rlp,
woonnow Wilson.
DRAMATIC ENTRANCE
OF SPEAKER PLANNED
HOLD UP PLANS
FOP, NEW PARTY
Rqosevelt Defers Statement,
Awaiting Developments
at Baltimore.
Oyster Bay. June 29.?It Is Just a
game of '"puss In the corner." said
Colonel Roosrveit when he heard of
the happenings in Baltimore. The
Colonel had been plcnlctng all day and
did not know whnt hau been
going on till he returned He was
told that William J. Bryan had de?
clared he would not he a. party to the
nomination of a candidate supported by
Charte* F. Murphy, and laughed
heartily.
"It is very funny." he paid, "hut of
cours. . it la preposterous to think of a
convention In which Bryan and Ryan
are in good standing."
Plans for the formation of the new
parly are still being hold up to await
developments ai Baltimore.
"1 expected to b.e able to say some?
thing definite n day or two ago," said
(Continued on Seventh P?se.)
Record Is Broken
The protected balloting of (he
Democratic National Convention in
Baltimore break? all Democratic
record*, Sever before bnve ho ronny
ballot- hern required to nominate
In n Democratic political conven?
tion, Seymour, nominated on Hie
twenty-second ballot In isns, held
the record "i> to now. Ilcrp |n Hip
record, showing In each case (he
your and the winning; ballot:
l-III'f.lk. on ninth.
IMS?Cans, on fourth.
1KS2?Pierce, on ninth.
isrwt?liiichnnnn, on seventh.
ISno? Douglas. On sr-rond.
18?4?Meridian, on first.
IdllS?Sejmniir, on twenty-second.
1872?Orcrley, on flrst.
187??TUden. on second.
1RN0?Hancock, by ncclnmntlon
nftcr second.
IHM?Cleveland, On seooail.
lfW?Cleveland, by acclamation.
1802?Cleveland, on first.
180.0?Bryan, on fifth.
inoo?-Bryan, hy ncclamatlon.
infM?Parker, after first, by
changes,
1006?-Bryan, on first.
r
It Was Proposed That Clark
Should Confront Bryan
in Convention.
REACHES THERE TOO LATE
His Camp Disrupted and Feeling
Against Nebraskan
Is Bitter.
t Bait'more, Md.. Juno 29.?Speaker
Clark came to Baltimore to-night in
response to the urgent request of for?
mer Senator Frederic T. Dubois, his
campaign manager, and George Fred
W illiams, of Massachusetts, who repre?
sented th*t the Missouris it's candidacy
ha,i suffered hy reason of an "attack
upon hU honor" made by W'llla.m J.
Bryan. Th[> convention, apparently
hopelessly deadlocked, had adjourned
until Monday before the Speaker's ar?
rival.
Ba. k of Mr. Clark's coming was a.'
rumor of disruption in his political
cam-p. Senator Stone, former Governor
Francis and the main'body of the M's
souri delegation were said to be stren?
uously opposed td the Speaker making
any appeal to the convention In his
own bohialf, They objected to the ac
?trivity of DllbOlS and Williams. h,s th?y
believed the convention would mi-in?
terpret Mr. Clark's appearance on the
pla t form.
Feeling Is Hitter.
It was no surprise, therefore, when
Governor Francis, of the Clark forces,
seconded the motion of Representative
I A. Mitchell Palmer, of the Wilson
I rump, that an pdjotirnment over Sun
da} should l?e taken,
j .Mr. Clark's train left Washington at
;ln o'clock, and the adjournment was
, taken w ithin fifteen minutes: of the
I time the rows reached the convention
.floor. There in a great deal of hitter
; ness against Mr. Bryan among the
Clark adherents. They feel that the
I Nebraskan ha?l no right to attempt
to place a Morga n - Belniont - nynti
Ihrar.^ on the Speaker just because the
iNew York delegation trave Its support
, to him They hue ntlcmplol to off?
set the effect upon the' thre.it made by ;
|Mr. Bryan's statement that he would i
withhold h|s vole from the Mlssourlan
I so long as. New York's vote went to :
him. At the same time, they argued
I thai he could not wipe out the In?
jury without attacking Mr. Bryan in
I the forum, where Mr. Bryan's assault
was delivered. The majority of the
Missouri dclcgntes fell .that while Mr.
Clark would he Justified In facing Mr.
Bryan and defending himself before
the convention, his opponents would
charge that his nppearanco tvaa for!
(Continued on Seventh Page.)
BKPT SERVICE TO CALIFORNIA,
I Standard or tourist. Latter personally con?
ducted without change. Barth 19. Washlnf
Ltonrtiuntet Rents, W7 Bast Mala Street,
IN VAIN STRUGGLE |
TO CHOOSE NOMINEE
Speaker Champ Clark Is Steadily Losings
Ground and When Last Ballot Is Taken
He Has Only 463^, While Wilson
Strength Increases to Total of 407 x4.
WITH NO FINAL VERDICT IN SIGHT,
WEARY DELEGATES GIVE UP EFFORTS
Wilson People Are Confident That Situation la In
Their Hands and That They Can Land Their
Man a Winner?Clark Hastily Called to Balti?
more, Where He Planned to Appear Before
Convention and Defend Himself From Attack of
W. J. Bryan and Thus Bolster Up His Waning
Strength?This Will Be Day of Strenuous Labor.
Baltimore, Md., June 20.?With Governor Woddrow Wilson
gaining on each ballot, and Speaker Champ Clark constantly losing
ground in the race for the presidential nomination, the Democratic
National Convention, at 11 105 o'clock to-night, adjourned until Mon?
day morning at 11 o'cock.
Twenty-six ballots had been taken since the first call of tha
States, and there was no hope of a final verdict to-night. It is
against all political precedent for a national convention to sit on
Sunday. To-morrow will be a day of important conferences among
the party leaders and a day of hard work' for the campaign man?
agers.
When the convention adjourned to-night Speaker dark was
hurrying to LJtimore from Washington in response to an urgent
call from his campaign manager. William J. Bryan, at the after?
noon session, had attacked Clark, and had said he would vote for
no man willing to accept a nomination at the hands of Murphy, of
Tammany Hall.
Plans to Make Answer Before Convention.
It was the plan of Mr. Clark to appear before the convention
and make answer. In this way his managers hoped to bolster the
falling vote.
The ballots to-day ran from the thirteenth to the twenty-sixth.
Wilson began at 356 1-2 and ended at 407 1-2, a net gain during the
day of fifty-one votes.
Speaker Clark began at 554 and fell to 463 -2, a loss of ninety;
and one-half votes. The anti-Clark leaders in the convention called
attention to the fact that this almost exactly offset the ninety votes
given to Clark by the New York delegation.
Breaks to Governor Wilson were coming from many different
> delegations as the balloting closed. His managers believed that
I once he had overtaken Speaker Clark the switching ot delegates
'would become general.
The Clark forces plan to make a desperate effort to-morrow to
win back some of the delegates lost to-day, and in this work they,
probably will have the personal direction of the Speaker himself.
The Wilson forces meantime expect to fight not only to hold theif,
gains of to-day, but to induce more to desert the other candidates.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, to-night made a motion to elimi?
nate the candidate receiving the lowest number of votes on each
succeeding ballot, after the twenty-seventh, until only one?the
winenr?was left in the race. There was a storm of objection, and
the subject was press no further.
The Harmon delegates from Ohio threw their support to
Speaker Cark on several ballots, but did not materially help him
toward the necessary two-thirds, because of the gradual inroads
made by Wilson.
They then changed back to Harmon, and remained there until
the last ballot of the evening.
Foss Boom Causes Little Excitement.
The great bulk of the Massachusetts delegation deserted Clark
to-night and started the Foss boom. It created little excitement.
The deadlock confronting the Democratic convention is the
most remarkable in the history of modern politics. There was no
one in the convention to-day able to recall another instance in which
it had required anything like the number of ballots to nominate that
so far have been taken without result.
Having failed to nominate within the week, it is not anticipated
that the delegates will hurry to a decision on Monday, and the fight
may be prolonged for several days. The t lark people are still con?
fident that enough of their delegates will remain steadfast to con?
stitute the necessary one-third to prevent a nomination. Many of
;thc delegates were hopeful that an early ?decision might he reached,
'but the two leading candidates were to-night so far short of the
725 1-3 necessary to nominate that the problem ahead seethed a
, most difficult one.
From 1 o'clock in the afteronon until 11 the delegates battled
in a blazing heat which seemed well-nigh .unbearable. An attempt
to force a dinner adjournment failed. The Clark men wanted it to
rally their weakening ranks. The Wilson uie-i fought and pre?
vented it because they believed that if they could hold the conven?
tion together the break so anxiously awaited would come. '
Their calculations were wrong. The Clark ranks were still
jholding on desperately. The Wilson gain was in ones and two*
and threes. And at last all of the leaders agreed that there was no
hope of immediate settlement. A recess until Monday was the. logi?
cal conclusion.
On the eleventh ballot the Clark forces began to waver anct
steadily declined. Wilson, however, gained constantly, -but slowiyy
His only big gain was late this evening, when the Kan?tai