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GTfje Cfjerato Chronicle ??? "Tie Not la Mortal* to Command Succeas, but We'll do Mora, Sempronloua, We'll Deserve It" Volume 16 CHER AW. CHESTERFIELD COUNTY. S. C., JULY 4, 1912 Number 36 10DR0W WILSON I PRESIDENT ON fiEW JERSEY GOVERNOR IS UNAf PRESIDENCY BY THE DEI\ IN BALI tONfi DEADLOCK ENDS AFTE -.'Senator Bankhead of Alabama Withdr V v Was Nominated by Acclamat Exciting Scenes in the < ^ Convention Hall, Baltimore, Md.? 'Governor Woodrow Wilson of New I Jersey was nominated for the presi^ dency here on the forty-sixth ballot. The fortyflfth ballot showed that he needed only 95 ballots to nominate him. Underwood's name was withdrawn, and Alabama cast her vote for Wileon. The name of Foss was withdrawn and Massachusetts swung into line for Wilson. Clark's name was also withdrawn and New York moved that the nomination be made unanimous. Chairman James directed the calling of the roll for the forty-third time. In Arizona on the forty-third vote, Clark lost one vote to Bryan. Connecticut showed a gain of two for Wilson. They left the Clark col-umn. f / Lin Idaho Wilson gained 1 1-2. k! Tho feoll troa ntilnf o a T11(n/>ia was 4 ****** "?0 MO IMIUVIO TT Q C | . ,*'. ached. ^When Roger" C. SuHivajMrfj H Pchal'iWn James "ponnded the table ^wuh his gave] and finally quietd the 'uproar. "Illinois, under the unit rule, casts 58 votes for Wilson," he announced and another cheer greeted the shift. This gave Wilson a clear gain of 58 vo^es in Illinois. The New r > Jersey goverrior continued to gain. In Iowa he added 1 1-2 to his total vote. I , When Kentucky was called and the vote was announced 26 for Clark, one af the delegates demanded: "I want to know if Kentucky can vote for Wilson if a majority of the delegates desire to do so?" Governor MeCreary, chairman of the delegation, argued that the instructions of the Kentuckians would not allow a break. The Wilson men did not press the point, although evidently confident of a vote in the delegation. The New York delegation had decid?d in caucus to continue to cast its jn votes for Clark. The vote in the :aucus showed for Clark. 78; for Wilson. 10. and for l*rdei-wood. 2. V.'itsor Gains. When Virg'nia was reached. Sena:or Swanson arose to explain the tare's vote. He ass -rt-d that at a ?r.ucns the delegation had decided to inforce the nr.it nil for the first time. Wilson had secured a majority of the ielegation and the state's 24 votes aere cast for him This gave Wilson a gain of 10S anc Clark a loss of 101. Underwood lost! five and a half. The announcement j of this vote started a Wilson demon | stration. "Conte on you Wilson!" shouted the Jersey delegation, and they leaped tc their chairs. The ballot left Wilson 124 votes short of the necessary two-thirds to nominate. Forty Fourth Vote. Once more the call of the roll he-: can. it was the lo'-ty.fmrh ballot' and Wilson in th> '. .. r. '...i gained' 1 in Arizona: Ol . . ! ,.ilo ! aboard "the laud Wi.-"..' gS im '..'ikon a: gain of !>. T : ma !.> tr. v< 10 to | 2 for V :!-f... Or of ?V- two was j Mrs. At i'.- Tb.zer. .-ic.er-in-law of Speak- . C'lai In Idaho cn this ballot Wilson lost half a vote. I \t he gained '2 as Tnliana's vote was cast solidly for him. j It was rumored on the convention floor that Gov nor Mar.-hall of Indi* aaa would Lo a candidate tor vice j president if Wilson wore noniinaud., Wilson gained ? li in Iowa, and Louisiana gave him 1 more. The 31ississipn; den-cation was in fc NOMINATED FOR FORTY-SIXTH BALLOT JIMOUSLy chosen for the 10cratic convention riMORE. R RECORD-BREAKING FIGHT ew Underwood's Name and Wilson ion on the Forty-Sixth Ballot. uonveniton nan. caucus when called on the fortyfourth ballot and was passed. Maryland gave Wilson a gain of 1 1-2 and Ohio gave him a gain of 1 more. The forty-fourth ballot put Wilson 96 1-2 votes away from a nominal. His vote waB 629, a gain of 27 as compared with the forty-third ballot. Clark dropped from 329 to 306. The situation led to the belief that Wilson would be nominated on the forty-fifth ballot. An effort was made at the end of the forty-fourth roll call by the Washigton delegation to vote proxies on a poll of that delegation. Chairman James insisted upou maintaining his position, formerly a taken, that no proxies should be voted In the convention. Row in Washington. An appeal was taken from convention, but the chair was sustained by i roaring vote, which seemed almost jak with half's vote each, absent, jutting Washington's vote in the convention to 11 1-2. On the poll, eight these were cast for Clark, and 3 1-2 'or Wilson, but Washington being unler the unit rule, fourteen votes were eeorded for Clark. Two of the Southern negro delegates who recently played a starring engagement in Chicago had evidently got the convention spirit running so madly in their blood that at their own expense they decided to go to Haitimore to see with their own eyes waat the Democrats were going to flo to one another They strolled into the bar at Nixon's about nine o clock, when the restaurant was practically deserted. Tiny called lor drinks and the liarkeeper served them. Then one of the m ( mhnlflpnail hv tlio fir tit tlic play of courtesy, which they had experienced in Baltimore, exclaimed to his running mate: "Supposing we dine heah, Charles? What do you say? It's too fur to go all de way back to de Belvidcrc, and anyhow, after dose splendid meals we had in the Pompciau room at the Congress in Chicago, the JMvidere don't somehow seem to lit my fancy. Did you notice that coffee tiTrsy had amazement. Hut casually, quite by Why, it was muddy, yes it was; positively muddy." By this time the bartender's mouth was hanging wide and loose from amazement. But casually, quite by accid' iit as it were, one of bis eyes rolled in the direction of the negro head waiter of the dining room, who was standing near by. Mnfiie '? eoi'd flirt linrfcnrKir "nnmO Ittli'.jo, OCIMI un; umuvihivj, vuuiv hither. I would speak with thee." Head Waiter Hands Out Kibosh. Then in a lower tone he continued: "Don't miss this. Kufus. These two colored gentlemen have just arrived from Chicago. They're talking a lot of rum stuff about the Inst days of l'ompoii and I think?I sny. T think, Kulus, they are contemplating dining here to see if our chef has got anything on Chicago." ]iy this time the two negro delegates had sauntered into the almost empty dining-room, ltut in a moment Kufus was upon them. "Keg pardon, sirs." lie said, "was either of you gentlemen inquiring tor me" "We've just dropped in for dinner. That's, of course, if you have 110 objections." "Objections! My, no sah, we don't have nc objections, only I regret to say we have not got any empty tallies." "What:" cried the other delegate. furiously. "What's the matter wit! this one My, there ain't scarcely j living soul in the room." "But dey is all engaged, sah; even one of 'em. The particular table yoi was going to sit at is reserved foi Mr. Bryan?William Jennings Bryan sah. Though I take It you is Repub licans, you may of heard of him We're expecting him and his friend Mr. Parker, to run in at any moment so yon see. gentlemen, how invpos Bible it is." And without more words Rufus bowed the two delegates out of tin door. Brisbane "Boosts" Cheer Leader. During a Woodrow Wilson demon stration in the convention hall during the Tuesday night session the wild applause was suddenly doubled. A "whoop" arose that put to shame all the previous cheering. The enthusi astic cheer leader was more surpris ed than any one else in the building As he excitedly stepped from one writing 1<jdc1i to another in the press stand his progress was checked. Tht Wilson lithogiaph he had been waving I Opnosit v _ ] The Bank Cheraj STRONGER T1IA>~ ALL OTHER 1 40 compo 0 irv savi I ^ I ^ | El 1 was dropped for a moment and then x the cheer leader was catapulted through the air into?the crowd below. When the police had taken the matter in hand, it was found that the second actor in this successful effort of arousing the crowd was Arthur Brisbane, chief editorial writer for William Randolph Hearst. He objected seriously to having his "copy'' walked en and acted promptly. " ater he said he mere';.* "boosted" offender out of the way. Nobody knew why the time at which c the demonstration began was select- c ed by the Wilson forces as the "psy. etiological moment," but the evi- \ ; dences all pointed to a well laid-out ^ [ plan to storm the convntion. I - it began when a Nov. .Jersey dele' gate climbed into the press stand sur- g rounding the platform. He was clad i t !n white flannels, and with arms s ' stretchet^ to their fullest extent he t held a Wilson lithograph. This ho s ' turned toward one side of the house md tiieu tue oilier. t \ . > ??'^ ?T 0 our money I V 9 A1 [N ====== t of Cheraw; P t: w/- S. C.i c * o p BASKS IS THE COFSTY COMBINED J n o v unded quarterly! 0 c ngs department " IE LIGHTS OE THE CONVENTION '/me Interesting Details of the Baltl* more Gathering. During an outburst talk at the sonventjon hall, Representative Hen Olr* AloKamo nno nf thft J VyItt; IUU KJL xxacaisctauc*, vuv W? ipeakers who got all ,"het up" over hings in general, made the fatal mis* ake of starting three sentences in mccesslon with the words "I know." 37 the time he got to his fourth burn* ng thought 12,000 persons started vlth him. It didn't bother him, and ie kept right on "I knowing." "I know," roared the Alabama man. "Do . you know that you've been alking fifteen minutes?" asked a man n the gallery. "If you will be patient, there are inly half a dozen more speeches," ileaded Judge Parker at the morning session, when the crowd was break* ng the anti-noise ordinance. "Let them all talk together, and hen we can go home," was a bit of idvice from the floor which raised a augh. Mrs. Taft Attends Session. The convention was watched .by tha 'first lady of the lady." Mrs. Taft, - ? ? i WM. J. BRYAN His plea for a progressive cartdU late was heeded by the Democratio :onvention. vife of tbe president, came over from Vashington, and was an early arrival n the gallery near the speaker'8 platorm. She saw an animated scene, for purred by the promise of lively acion, the early crowd took a good tart, with the result that a lively, ineresting throng was on hand an hour ooner than Wednesday. For them the first center of attrac- ) ion was Mrs. Taft. She arrived with / Irs. Norman E. Mack three-quarters ' f an hour before the convention met f There was not a ripple of applause / n the part of the incoming thousands s Mrs. Taft walked up the aisle and. ras ushered to a seat on the platorm. As the party went up the middle isle to the stage Col. John I. Marin, sergeant-at-arms, hurriedly crossd the platform. He was late, but nadc tip for his tardiness by the coriality of his welcome. Colonel Marin personally led the way to the first ow of seats reserved for the Taft arty. Her seat was in the front row of he attests' gallery to the left of the hairman's stand and immediately verlcoking the west section of the ress gallery. She had read every etnil nf thp storv of the Chieaao con ention, where her husband was reonilnated, and she was deeply intersted in the work of the opposing eonention. It was the first time in the history f the country, so far as the oldest onvention fans could recall, that the ife of a president had attended a onvention which was to nominate (Cntlnued on page 8. ^ *1