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ESTABLISHED IN 18 jOSTiCE ALTOn.P KEYNOTE SPEK DRAWS A STRIKING PARALLEL I BALTIMORE WITH THE DISC A NATIONAL TARIFF WAS ONE OF HIS F He Opposes the Class Distinction am Alto Enactments to Restrain the (ng Upon tho Pool?Many People There Was Much Cheering Done Baltimore.?Former Justice Alton B. Parker of New York, who was elected temporary chairman of the convention, was greeted with great applause as he stepped upon the platform to de liver the keynote speech. Judge Parker said in part: "We meet while the hills yet echo to wild cries of liar, thief, and traitor, and furious wails of fraud, bribery, treachery and corruption; and our ears are weary with the din of the articulate shriek'ng and passionate villiflcation of the most shameful brawl of our political history. Our * candidates, however, are, without exception, men of such lofty mien that Swe meet immune from the distemper which seized the Chicago convention and privileged to discharge a solemn public duty calmly, deliberately, seriously. "The cause of government by Ihe people the world over has been materially checked by the di. grace* ul brawl which terminated in the bedlam of Chicago. Every good citizen has been put to shame by the brutality and the abuse which characterized this wrangle between a President and exPresident. Gratitude, friendship, party loyalty, patriotism and common decency were forgotten in the tussle. "The assault upon the unwritten prohibition against a third term made in the wild scramble for the Republican nomination warns us of the vital necessity of incorporating in our constitution a safeguard against repeated terms. "The man who split his party at Chicago, once re<v>gnized the third term tradition and acknowledged lt?; f application to his situation. On the eve of his triumph In nineteen hundred four he said: 'The wise custom which limits the President to two terms regards the substance and not the form, and under no circumstances will I be a candidate for or accept another nomination.' "Wrong in this year of grace, he was right iu that. Peradventure he was honest with his soul and he may have confessed to it that even a President may be tempted to resort to sordid devices and shameless importunities to gain his ambition. If so, he was in mental condition to realize to the full the danger to the republic involved in setting aside a custom constituting the only bulwark against assaults of men whose ambition chokes their patriotism and whose selfish desire tor personal victory and power throttles those moral scruples with which they may once have been endowed. "Would the man who threw his hat In the ring and sought to slug his opponent over the ropes in his fight for a third term rest satisfied with its achievements? "Clearly his lust of power would have brooked no such limitation. A third term would tiut have whetted his desire for more and as the terms slipped away each renewal would discover greater injury to our constitution, to the form of government established under it and to every legal curb on his imperious will. This is the man who menaced us with an increase of Federal power by usurpation of states rights and without authority of constitutional amerdment; the man . who took the Isthmus of Panama, and let Congress debate about it afterwards;' the man who having enough money to send the fleet on its famous cruise to the Pacific sent it without SOME OF THE PROBABI Baltimore.?They declare, among other things, for the following: A tariff for revenue only. The breaking of the control of big business over the affairs of the country. A regulation of the money trust so that it shall not be a menace to the country, and the destruction of its power to create panics. An income and, possibly, an inheritance tax. Effective regulation of the trusts. ana a declaration in iavor 01 tne perFirst Money King at Convention. Baltimore.?For the first time one of the great money kings of America has appeared in person at the naitonal political convention to carry on the fight for the money interests. Mr. . Thomas F. Ryan, multi-millionaire, of New York, one of the heads of the tobacco trust, head of the New York Traction interests, and a power in railroad and financial circles generally, came to Baltimore Tuesday in his private car over the Pennsylvania railroad. ~ WILLIAM jT BRYAN Dl Baltimore.?Substitute William Jennings Bryan for Theodore Roosevelt and the situation which confronted the Democratic convention at its opening session Tuesday is ljut a repetition of the Republican situation at Chicago. Here, as there, is the Irreconcilable conflict between the radical and the conservative-progressive wings of the party. Here, as there, the national committee stands for the conservatives and 1b determined on the destruction THE 91. ARKER IKES 1 1LFBB DEMOCRACY BETWEEN THE QUIET DIGNITY AT GRACEFUL SCENES AT CHICAGO CONVENTION. PRINCIPAL TOPICS IN SPEECH i Demands Laws For the Masses and Combinations of Wealth From ImposWere Present to Hear the Speech.? f. sanction of Congress, leaving It to appropriate the money for the return when Congress deemed that necessary. This is the man who advocated Feder al incorporation for the increase of power at Washington and the lightening of legal burdens on the corporations; the man who authorized the absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. by the tSeel Trust; the man who, by many such drastic acts, and by unnumbered words has sought to batter down our statutory and c^istltutional safegards. "He who runs may read the danger of the country ruled by such a man. "Unquestionably we have been wrong in assuming that a tradition against a third term constitutes a sufficient safeguard against unscrupulous ambition for unlimited power. We need a definite constitutional limitation which shall prevent imperialistic souls from forcing personal continuation in office for long periods or for life and the personal selection of a successor in office. And the constitutional provision should limit to a single term. "In this great country which boasts of a wealth of one hundred and thirty billion as against eighty billion for Great Britain and Ireland; sixtyfive billion for France and sixty billion for Germany, all are conscious that too large a part of our wealth has been secured by a small percentage of our population and that the cost of living rises faster than the average income. "The principal cause of all this is to be found in the tariff statutes and in the combinations restraining trade and competition, created for the purpose of wringing from the public every dollar which the tariff statutes make possible. "The average of duties under the tariff of 1789 was eight and one-half per cent. Now the average is 50 per cent. "Protected interests benefitted by two increases during the war, the first to an average of 37 J-2 per cent, the second to 47 per cent. That high average, then excused only by the exigences of the war is exceeded now, as the average is nearly 50 per cent. "The ReDublican nartv has thus geared the machinery of government to enrich the few at the expense of the many. "An awakening of tfio people led the Republican national convention of 1908 by its platform to promise a revision. "In vain did the people demand of Congress the fulfillment of the Republican pledge, for the masters of that party?the protected interests?insisted upon the pound of flesh nominated in the bond. "Mr. Taft said in a speech in 1908 that during the preceding ten years nine-tenths of the combinations to restrain trade had come into existence. During nearly all that time the Republican party was in control of every Northern, Eastern and Western state. "The reason for the encouraging inactivity of the Republican officials is plain. The tariff beneficiaries were and for many years had been contributing to campaign funds of the party which in turn protected the special privileges enjoyed by the donors. But competition prevented in some instances the collection from the people of the full sum stipulated in the tariff. To secure it all, tempted the cupidity and stimulated the ingenuity of the beneficiaries. But one way could be found?combination _E PLANKS OF THE NATIONAL D soual punishment of directors of such organizations as violate the law. Full publicity in all the affairs of the government. The publication of the names of contributors of campaign funds befor? election. Tue idea of having the platform short and crisp, with the pledges made in the fewest possible words, seems to be growing in favor. It is regarded as unwise to have it filled with denunciation of the RepubHand Will Show Says Delegates. Baltimore.?In spite of the interest in the temporary chairmanship fight and the speculation as to whether the Murphy-Mack-Sullivan-Taggart combination could put the "steam roller" over Mr Bryan, there was considerable platform talk Tuesday among the delegates. Mr. Bryan probably will be chairman of the committee on resolutions. He will be the representative of his state on that committee and his position in the party is such that the place will be conceded to him by common consent. 0 AT BALTIMORE WHAT ROOSE of the disturbing element. By a curious coincidence, the figures are almost the same. In Chicago the national committee stood 02 members against Colonel Roosevelt. Last night the national committee by 31 votes selected Judge Alton Parker, of New York, for the temporary chairman of the convection. In Chicago Mr. Roosevelt'* hat was in the ring. Here Mr. Bryan has thrown his hat into the ring, and here, as tn Chicago, the national committee has welcomed the : fo i to control the price up to the point where the statute let lh foreign competition. The same party which shut out foreign competition was found willing to permit the formation of combinations which effectually banact were treated by Republican officials as repealed by implication. Need it be said that the protected interests for these larger privileges made larger contributions? "We are indebted to the President for the evidence that his predecessor having first enjoyed an interview with George W. Perkins restrained his Attorney General from bringing suit against the Harvester combination. "For the Steel oCrporation he went further, for he wrote his Attorney General in advance of its absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Co., that he had decided 'to interpose no objection.' "Indeed he apparently stood ready to perform similar kindly offices for all corporations, for he advocated t"> nasan cro nf a ntAtlltp Tlprmitfine voluntary submission of all engaged in Interstate commerce to Federal authority with the advantage to them of immunity from prosecution because of contracts made if stamped in advance with executive approval as reasonable. "Whatever excuse may be ofTered, the ugly truth is that the Republican national machine has received the moneys of the corporate and individual beneficiaries of the tariffs and combinations and in return has compelled Congress to continue high the tariff rates and their Attorney Generals to close their eyes to violations of law. "I submit that the Jury of the people should find as a general verdict 'that the failure of the executive and legislative branches of government both federal and state, to protect the people from the special privilege hunters and graft seekers, is deeply rotted in a corrupt alliance between the latter and leaders of the Republican party.' Upon that verdict but one judgment can be entered?that of eviction." Judge Parker quoted the muchdiscussed letter written by Colonel Roosevelt to the late E. H. Harriman and said Mr. Harriman read between the lines of that letter, hurried to Washington, hurried back and promptly raised the quarter of a million demanded with $10,000 over for good measure. "The time has come when the salvation of the country demands the destruction of the leaders of a debauched party, and the restoration to place and power of men of high ideals who will wage unceasing war against corruption in politics, who will enforce the law against both rich and poor and who will treat guilt as personal and punish it accordingly. * "For their crimes against American citizenship the present leaders of the Republican party should be^lestroyed. "For making and keeping the bargain to take care of the tariff protected interests in consideration of campaign funds they should be destroyed. "For encouraging the creation of combinations to restrain trade, and refusing to enforce the law, for a like consideration they should be destroyed. "For the lavish waste of the public funds; for the fraudulent disposition of the people's domain and for their contribution toward the division of the people into classes, they should be destroyed. "For these efforts to seize for the executive department of the federal government powers rightfully belonging to the states they should be destroyed. "\11 destruction would be theirs, this year, if we but do our duty. "What is our duty? To think alike as to men and measures? Impossible! Even for our great party! There fs not a reactionary among us. All Democrats are progressives. But it is inevitably human that we shall not all agree that in a single highway is found the only road to progress or each make the same man of all cur worthy candidates his first choice. "It is our duty to put aside all selfishness, to consent cheerfully that the majority shall speak for each of us and to agree that this convention shall stand shoulder to shoulder, intoning the praises of our chosen leader? ?md that will be his due, whichever of the honorable and able men now claiming our attention be chosen." EMOCRATIC PLATFORM lican party for its misdeeds, because it is regarded as certain that the people are fully aware of this. Several Southern delegates added their voices to a protest against any plank in the platform calling for the free admission of raw materiuls. The industrial development of the South in recent years and the development of its productive capacity of raw materials as well, causes delegates from the states most affected :o look with disfavor on radical free trade legislation. Platform Underwood Forces Want. Baltimore.?The Underwood forces want a platform which will conform to that adopted by the Democrats of Alabama, as far as it is applicable. That platform declared for a tariff for revenue only, and demanded that such taxes be limited to the necessity of the government when honestly and economincally administered. It demanded the rigid regulation of trusts and monopolies, denounced the "profligato waste" of public money by recent Hepublican congresses, and favored the election of senators by the people. VLErbTDlfCHICAGO challenge. There is the same violent language. Mr. Bryan Tuesday night gave out a statement that recalled Colonel Roosevelt at his best. The majority of the national committee, said Mr. Bryan, is under the control of the "predatory interests." "Talk about harmony," he said. ' Is absurd." The Belmont-RyanMurphy crowd, which dictated Mr. Taft's renomination, is as active here as at Chicago, and the same corrupting influences are seeking controL >RT FORT MILL, S. C., THU IRK OF FRIDAY ' IS A BIT TIE NDICATIONS POINT TO DEAD LOCK WHICH MAY LAST FOR MANY DAYS. CLARK AND WILSON IN LEAD Harmon Drops From 127 Down to 29 Votes?Underwood Is Holding His Own in Contest?To Be a Fight to tho Finish. Baltimore.?A monotonous succession of roll calls brought no nomination in the Democratic convention late Friday night when the sweltering delegates were still answering the droning voice of the reading clerk. Tho results of the roll calls up to the ninth were discouragingiy similar. 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 Wilson lost 1 1-2 votes. Bryan, Kern, Ollie James and Mayor Gaynor of New York each received one or two votes in the course of the balloting. Harmon lost slowly but steadily from his 143 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" an^ "trades." ! A shift that would throw a deciding vote to one candidate or another was ! looked for on every ballot by some of " * * 1 ?- AvnontnH me aeieguiee wmie uiu?a an all-night session. The long predicted "break" in the New York delegation came on the tenth ballot when Leader Murphy announced 81 of the 90 \otes from that state for Clark. He got no further when a great demonstrtition 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 confidence of the New York delegates predicted there would be a switch away from Clark on subsequent ballots. Murphy later announced thfct the New York delegation? showed 81 for Clark, 8 for Wilson and 1 for Underwood, but under the unit rule gave all its 90 votes to Clark. The result of tho balloting was as follows: First Ballot.?Sulzer, New York 2; Clark, 440 1-2; Wilson 324; Underwood, 117 1-2; Harmon 148; Marshall 31; Baldwin 22; necessary 72C; absent 2; Bryan 1. Second Ballot?Clark 446 1-2; Wilson 339 3-4; Underwood 111 1-4; Harmon 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; Bryan 1; Kern 1. Fourth Ballot.?Clark 443; Wilson 349 2-2; Underwood 112; Harmon 13C 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. Sixth Ballot.?Clark 445; Wilson '354; Underwood 121; Harmon 135; Marshall 31; Kern 1; Bryan 1; total ' 1,083. Seventh Ballot?Clark 449 1-2; Wil< ft. TT I 1QO 1 O. Hot-. 8011 602 l-z; uuuemuuu ii.o i--, iini* mon 129 1-2; Marshall 31; Kern 1; Bryan 1; total 1,088. Eighth Ballot?Clark 448 1-2; Wilson 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: Clark 452; Wilson I 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. Baltimore.?Mr. Bryan was the storm center of the remarkable fight in the convention Friday night, precipitated by him at the opening of the evening session and continuing: nearly three hours. There was much speculation as to what his purpose was when ho rose almost immediately after the fall of the gavel and asked immediate consideration of a resolution which would have thrown Thomas F. Rfan of the Virginia delegation and August Belmont of the New York delegation out of the convention. Large Crowd Again Attends. Convention Hall.?The convention hall again became a center of anima tion toward 3 o'clock Friday in expectation of the decisive struggle ahead. Quito a number of delegates were early in place despite their strenuous labors of Thursday night. The galleries began to brim with a buttering mass of humanity, promising a record crowd. The sultry weather brought out many women in pretty whito gowns, their fluttering fans adding to the color and animation of the vast encircling galleries. Eyes on Pivotal States. Baltimore.?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 Indiana with their large ngregate of votes. , The feeling was general that the nom- | inee of the convention is assured of ! a practically solid South next November and all energies were aimed to add to this conceded Southern power the additional strength of the pivotal Northern States, notably New York, I Illinois and Indiana. MILL RSDAY, JULY 4, 1912. LOOKED BAD FOR I EARLV SOLUTION OF THE BIG DEADLOCK AT THE I NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. FIGHT MAY LAST F09, DAYS I Wilson People Propose to Stand Firm F ?Underwood Forces Unwilling to Yield and Will Keep Their Man In the Race to the End. Baltimore. ? Hope of nomination on the twenty-seventh ballot for Pres- 1 ident was practically abandoned by 1 Democratic leaders Sunday night. ( When the national convention ad- 1 Journed for Sunday it was believed that some solution of the long dead 1 lock would result from conferences f between th*. champions of the three | i leading candidates, but it developed 1 that the time hal not arrived Jor the < withdrawal of either Speaker Clark, ' Governor Wilson or Representative < Underwood. It was not expected that 1 the first ballot Monday would differ materially from the twenty-sixth. Campaign managers possible might ' have reached some agreement if laI terested in the deadlock had not been ' dwarfed by the personal controversy 1 developed between William J. Bryan I and Speaker Clark. The visit of Mr. ? Clark to Baltimore overshadowed ' everything else. 1 Party leaders generally took the po- 1 sition, notwithstanding the Missou- ; rian's impassioned denial of Mr. 1 Bryan's imputation that he waB be- 1 holden to Morgan, Belmont and Ryan, j 1 that he would be unable to regain the votes he had lost. At the same time J many of them thought _that syrapa- ! 1 AU.. tUn In^ttlfnRln i IUJ 1UI Jll. vuii a cauu me iuc uawic , linking of Bryan and Wilson In the ! minds of delegates, by reason of the 1 New Jersey candidate having been ; the beneficiary of the votes turned ; away from Mr. Clark by the N'ebraskan's phillipic, had Injured the chance 1 ! of Wilson's nomination. If Clark and Wilson fall on the next two or three ballots It was predicted that there would be a turn to Representative Underwood, who had , i held his normal vote from first to last, ; The following is the result of Saturday's balloting: Thirteenth Ballot.?Clark 554; Wilson 356 1-2; Underwood 115 1-2; Harmon 29; Marshall 30; Foss 2; Bryan 1. , Fourteenth Ballot.?Clark 550; Wilson 362; Underwood 113; Harmon 29; Marshall 30; Bryan 2; Kern 2. Fifteenth Ballot.?Clark 552; Wilson , 362 1-2; Underwood 110 1-2; HArmon 29; Marshall 30; Bryan 2; Kern 2. Sixteenth Ballot.?Clark 551; WJlson 362 1-2; Underwood 112 1-2; Harmon 29; Marshal! 30; Bryan 1; Kern 2. Seventeenth Ballot?Clark 545! Wilson 362 1-2; Underwood 112 1-2; Har1 mon 29; Marshall 30; Kern 4 1-2; ! ( Bryan 1. Eighteenth Ballot.?Clark 535; Wilson 361; Underwood 125; Harmon 29; | Marshall 30; Kern 3 1-2; Bryan 1. Nineteenth Ballot?Clark 532; Wil- 1 son 358; Underwood 130; Harmon 29; Marshall 30; Kern 1; Bryan 7. Twentieth Ballot?Clark 512; Wilson 388 1-2; Underwood 121 1-2; liar- ' mon 29; Marshall 30; Kern 1; Bryan 1; Foss 2; James 3. Twenty-First Ballot?Clark 508; Wilson 395 1-2; Underwood 118 1-2; Harmon 29; Marshall 30; Kern 1; Foss 5. Twentv-Serond Ballot.?Clark 500 1-2 Wilson 396 1-2; Underwood 115; Marshall 30; Foss 43; Bryan 1; Kern 1. Twenty-Third Ballot.?Clark 497 1-2; i Wilson 399; Underwood 114 1-2; Mar- 1 Bhall 30; Foss 45; Bryan 1; Gaynor 1. Twenty-Fourth Ballot?Clark 406; ; Wilson 402 1-2; Underwood 115 1-2; Foss 43; Marshall 30; Lrynn 1. Twenty-Fifth Ballot ? Clark 469; ] Wilson 405; Underwood 108; Foss 43; ! Marshall 30; Harmon 29; Bryan 1; James 3. i , Twenty-Sixth Ballot?Clark 463 1-2; , Wilson 407; Underwood 112 1-2; Harmon 29; Marshall 30; Bryan 1; Foss 43; absent 1 1-2; total 1,088. Several Big Breaks Are Expected. Baltimore.?Denial was made Sun- , day night of a report that the Illinois ( delegation, which has hoen for Speaker Clark throughput would go to Wilson ^ on the first ballot Monday. It was reported also that the Indian ( delegation, which had been held intact for Governor Marshall would split. Several delegates said this might oc- ( cur as the delegation was not bound , by the unit rule. The Iowa delegation ( also was reported as preparing to swing to some candidate other than Clark. ????????? Candidates Rest on Their Oars. Washington.?"There is no change In the situation, that 1 can see," said Speaker Clark. "Ft is exactly as it ' was when the convention adjourned Saturday night. I went over to Balti- , ' more to see some of my friends because it was more convenient for me to go to see them than for them to come to see me. I have no intention of going to Baltimore again. "My friends tell me that this is the time for me to stay in the race," said Representative Oscar W. Underwood of Alabama. Demonstration Over Maryland Split. ^ Baltimore. ? Demonstration for Woodrow Wilson was precipitated in ' the convention Saturday night when r the Maryland delegation which had | stood solid for Clark from the first de- ^ manded a poll, indicating a possible split. The Wilson people gave vent to their enthusiasm over the gains the New Jersey Governor had made for fifteen minutes before the chair made any effort to check them. The Clark ' a adherents, not to be outdone, took a ~ h;nd in the demonstration y , TI i MONDAY'S 11 I III CONVENTION * C( )ELEGATES SPEND ANOTHER k bI DULL DAY BALLOTING WITH- w OUT RESULTS. fi /VILSON AND CLARK MEN FIRM * p ti humors Were Afloat That It Might p Be Necessary For the Leaders to ^ Come Together and Decide On a a ! h Compromise Candidate. M c ' v Baltimore.?The deadlock in the Democratic national convention over i presidential nominee seemed more j somplete than ever when adjournment ii ivas taken Monday night, until noon S 1 C1 Tuesday. Wood row Wilson had made ^ steady gains during Monday's ballot- w ng until he reached a high water nark of 501 1-2 votes on the thirty- 3 ninth ballot. He remained stationary 3 )n the fortieth ballot and then began tl to lose ground. The last ballot was c he forty-second, when Governor Wil- t son polled 494 votes. || Speaker Champ Clark reacher the n lowest ebb of his candidacy on the n ballot where Wilson reached a crest, p By the time the fortieth ballot had been concluded there was seemingly \ no hope of a nomination. The dele- 1 y sates sat in a sort of stupor. The roll t :an cients eniereu wie vuie mwuaur i ^ jally often without waiting for the 3 responses from the various states. At ? (he end'of the fortieth ballot a tired & i\labma delegate move to adjourn but a when a roll call on the motion was de- a manded by the Wilson forces he with- j 3rew It. | jj Another attempt was mnde to ad- j f lourn after the forty-first ballot and g *gain it failed.. The convention ad- ( lourned after the forty-second ballot was taken. Following Is the results <af Monday's balloting: Twenty-Seventh Ballot. ? Wilson 406 1-2; Clark 409; Underwood 112; ^ Marshall 38; Harmon 29; Bryan 1; \ ubsent 1-2. Twenty-Eighth Ballot.?Clark 40S 1-2 n Wilson 437 1-2; Underwood 112 1-2; i v Harmon 29; Foss 38; Kern 1; Bryan 0 I; absent 1-2. ? Twenty-Ninth Ballot.?Clark 408 1-2; 1 Wilson 430; Underwood 112; Foss 38; v Harmon 29; Kern 4. * Thirtieth Ballot.?Clark 455; Wilson b 400; Underwood 121 1-2; Foss 30; * Harmon 19; Kern 2. Thirty-First Ballot.?Clark 446 1-2; v Wilson 475 1-2; Underwood 116 1-2; a Foss 30; Harmon 17; Kern 2; absent 1-2. . 1 Thirty-Second Ballot.?Clark 447 1-2; ( Wilson 477 1-2; Underwood 103 1-2; r Foss 28; Harmon 29; Kern 2; absent 1 1-2. f Thirty-Third Ballot.?Wilson 477 1-2; I nark 44 < l-z; underwood xu.t l-z; Harmon 20; Kern 2; Foss 28; absent' ' 1-2. ! 1 Thirty-Fourth Ballot.?Wilson 470'4 f Clark 447 1-2; Underwood 101 1-2; r Harmon 20; Kern 2; Foss 28; absent ' !-2. Thirty-Fifth Ballot.?Wilson 404 1-2; 1 Clark 433 1-2; Underwood 101 1-2; Harmon 20; Kern 1; Foss 28; absent 3 1-2. ? Thirty-Sixth Ballot?Wilson 400 1-2; * Clark 424 1-2; Underwood OS 1-2; Har ^ mon 20; Foss 28; absent 1-2. i ' Thirty-Seventh Ballot. ? Wilson g 406 1-2; Clark 432 1-2; Underwood 1 100 1-2; Harmon 20; Kern 1; Foss 28; c absent 1-2. * Thirty-Righth Ballot.?Wilson 498 | v Clark 425; Underwood 106; Harmon c 20; Foss 28; Kern 1; absent 1-2. v Thjrty-Ninth Ballot.?Clark 422; 1 Wilson 501 1-2; Underwood 106; Har- ^ mon 20; Kern 1; Foss 28; absent 1-2. r Fortieth Ballot.?Clark 423: Wilson s 501 1-2; Underwood 106; Harmon 28; a Kern 1; Foss 28; absent 1-2. t Forty-First Ballot.--Wilson 400 1-2; 1 Clark 424; Underwood 10; Harmon s 27; Bryan 1: Kern 1; Foss 28; Claynor 1 1; absent 1-2. I o Forty-Second Ballot.?Clark 430; i a Wilson 404: Underwood 104; Harmon n 27; Bryan 1-2; Kern i; Foss 28; (lay ' 8 nor 1; James 1; J. Hamilton Lewis 1; t xbsent 1-2. f Bryan Attacked By Stanchfleld. a Baltimore.?John B. Stanchfleld ol h Wtt> Wnb fMrnifVir.,1 th/v <.Ation#Un ^4 M ?> x vi rv i iii Midiicu inr- ariiaaiiuu ui " the early convention Monday when s while the twenty-seventh ballot was Loins taken, he asked permission tc i ' explain his vote, and used the oppor ! >' [unity to launeh a bitter attack upon a William J. Bryan. Stanchficld's at i' tack was made in answering what h( n termed the "insults" offered New c fork's delegates by Bryan in the eon b troversy growing out of the passage >f the Ryan-Belmont-Morgan resolu ^ :ion. , S Situation Grows Bitter. n Baltimore.?Police were warned tc ^ >xert extraordinary vigilance. The a dow, vacillating rise and fall of the * rote throughout Monday had increas?d the growing bitterness of the past w ind a match of offense, touched to the !l excitement, would have set the entire 1 invention ablaze. It was on this situ ' ition that many of the leaders based w i bono of a final vote and nomination '' rhey argued that the weary delegates, r: vould break and throw enough votes f* 0 one of the candidates to end the '' Lgony and suspense. , r' Convention Hall Scene of Animation. : ^ Baltimore.?The democratic conven- r ion hall was again tlie center of anination from an early hour Monday, ti 'rowds began to besiege the entrances ? v 9 o'clock and the galleries were S( alf filled. A sprinkling of delegates r ad taken their place on the floor. A *' 001 breeze through the high transoms ept the banners fluttering and prom- ^ ied relief from the exhausting heat of ^ revious sessions. IC.iger Interest was very where manifested in the strug- 01 le about to be renewed. ) MES ROM THE PALMETTO STATE hort Paragraphs of State News That Have Been Gotten Together With Care By the Editor. Gaffney. ? The summer term of jurt of general sessions of Cheroee county adjourned after one of the tiortest sessions ever held. Court as in session only two day. St. George.?The so-called "Grace iction" was injected Into the sena>rial, congressional and sollcitorial ampaign meeting In St. George and rovoked a rather heated colloquy bejveen George S. Legare and his oponent, H. Leon Larsley. Columbia.?A normal school for all unday school workers in the Luthern church of South Carolina will be eld at Leesville July 22 to 25. There Ill be three departments under the ! harge of Mrs. E. C. Cronk, Rev. A. Golgt and Rev. E. J. Fox. Darlington. ? The tobacco season jr this market will open here July 1, and there will be three warehouses 1 the business this year?Sydnor & item, Milling Williams, and a new oncern, Mozingo & Jones?will buy saf tobacco in the Central '>rlck rarehouse. Conway.?A shout from J. A. Lewis, ounty chairman, "Everybody to the ak, gentlemen," was the signal for he assembling of several hundred Itizens around a stand built about he base of a venerable moss draped Ive oak on the bank of the Waccalaw, the occasion being the ninth leeting of the state political camaign. Chester.?J. L. McLean of Maxton, ?. C., a high school teacher of several { ears' experience, has been elected o succeed H. H. Scott as a member of | he faculty of the Chester High J chool. Mr. McLean ib a graduate of ( >avldson College, holding both the i achelor of arts and the master of 1 rts degree, ahd comes recommended s a most resourceful Instructor. btimter.?me cuauiuer ui wuiuiciw I ) satisfied that Sumter will be well epresented at the organization of a tate commercial body to take place n Columbia Tuesday, July 9. A spelal will probably be run over the louthern railway, leaving here at 1 'clock and returning after the banuet. The presence of the Sumter and is expected to liven up the trip. Columbia.?A well attended mass iceting of the citizens of Waverley ras helu to consider the annexation f that suburb to Columbia. The city ouncil was represented by Messrs. Ilalock, Keenan and Stieglitz, each of rhom ably expressed himself as to he advantages that would be derived y Waverley and the city, each one aking up his branch in the management of the city government and to rhat extent Waverley might expect dvantageB. Aiken.?A 530,000 stock company, to >e known as the Aiken Industrial Company, has been formed and the najority of the stock subscribed to ake over the plant and business of he Southern Cotton Oil Company's >lant at Aiken, which was recently mrehased by J. T. Shuler, who has leen elected temporary president of he new company. In addition to operating the oil mill and a ginnery, the lew company proposes installing an ce plant, conducting a wood and coal ' jusiness and the building of a fertil- j zer plant. Columbia.?Playing with a pistol in l restaurant at the union station several days ago. J. H. Altee of Columbia hot and seriously wounded Henry ["line of Augusta, fla. The shooting B said to have been accidental. Altpe urrendered himself to the authorities, rime was shot once in the face. Mpdi- i al attention was given him and he ras carried to a local Infirmary rhere he is said to be in a serious ondition. It is not thought that the t-ound will prove ratal. Cheraw.?Pee Dee camp, No. 227, Voodmen of the World, held their anlual picnic at Wilsonla, a beautiful uburb of Cheraw. There was a fine ttendance of Woodmen who pnjoved he spread presented them. Col. T. C. famer, of Bennettsville, head couneior of Jurisdiction for South Caro ina, delivered an interesting address m Woodcraft. A number of addition1 speeches were made by local Wood- J nen. The day closed with a ball | ;ame in which Cheraw, with Wilson loward pitching his usual good game, asily defeated Ruby in seven innings Newberry.?Tom Marshall was shot nd killed by Coot Danzey. The kill j ng took place about a mile and a bail lorth of Newberry. Dar.zey shot Mar nail rour times. Orangeburg Orangeburg will have is second annual "booster trip this ear. so say the directors of the Orngeburg chamber of commerce. Sol Tohn, chairman of the executive comlit tee, lias appointed the following ommittee to have the automobile ooster trip in Charge: M. O. Dantz-1 sr, chairman: Leonard Hennett, Cecil 1 Culler, Ceolton Zeigler and A. H. j larchant, commercial secretary. Larlington.?Work on the new postfllce building is progressing nicely. 1 'he building is located on Pearl St., nd is being erected at a cost of 50,000. Manning. ? Harry Lloyd, a young hite man, IS years old, while clean is a gun accidentally shot bis moh?T, who is the widow of the late i >. It. Lloyd and lives just outside t'.ie estern limits of town. The ball enured the abdomen, hut apparently anged toward the hip and did not ! nter the cavity. The patient is reorted as resting fairly well and seIons results are not anticipated. Chester John Culp McFadden, who prved Chester county for almost a nirth of a century?22 years?as the (erk of court died. Charleston.?Seven nurses received leir diplomas as graduates of the t. Francis Xavier Infirmary training ^hooi with appropriate exercises at olumbus hall. The graduates are: [isses Ellen Bore Bertrand of Burigton, VL; Elizabeth Crouch, Helen lizabeth Gilbert and Mary Loretta yan of Charleston; Mary Veronica . antos of Beaufort; Kssle Viola Smith i ' Georgetown and Sister Mary i eter | dwards. $1.25 PER YEAR INTEREST JN SHOW NATIONAL CORN EXPOSITION IS ATTRACTING CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION. ro BE HELD IN COLUMBIA The Date of the Corn Show Is Jsnuuary 1913.?Farmers From the West and the Middle West Will Attend In ( Great Numbers. Columbia. ? The National Corn Show will be held In Columbia during January and February of next year. Many farmers from the West and Middle West will attend the exposition. y In the last Issue of The Country Gentleman, one of the most widely read agricultural papers, the leading paragraph heading a page of "Notes From Progressive Communities," tells of the National Corn Show. The paragraph follows: ' The National Corn Exposition to be held at Columbia proposes to have an exposition school for the prizewinners In the county contests of the Boys' Corn Clubs, as conducted throughout the Southern states by the federal farm demonstration bureau. The school will open on Monday, January 27, 1913, and will continue a week. The scholars will be the two boys in each county who win first and second places in the club contests and the instructors will be agricultural experts from all parts of the country. The boys will be quartered In a large building near those of the exposition, will be organized In semi-military fashion, will visit the exhibits In the morning and be given Instruction In corn-Judging, stock-Judging and the like, and they will prepare reports of what they see. At the close of the week they will be given a banquet by Al- ?1A~ ?us.?<1 ?# Prtllimhio with I lie Cll) CUUUl.ll VI VUIUU1UIO, ...... speeches by notable men. Prof. O. B. Martin will have charge of the ar? rangements." Governor Blease At Marlon. Marlon.?Marlon county which gave F'eatherstone a handsome majority over Blease two years ago, seems to be the seat of a strenuous effort this year on the part of the Bleaae forces, but representative men here say that It will be carried easily at the August primaries by Judge Jones, In spite of a profession by the governor of confidence that he had made large gains here recently. Judge Jones cer- . talnly has reason to be pleased with the attitude toward him of a majority of the audience, composed of about 1.200 people, which he addresaed on tha court house green. Automobile Highway Fund Growing. Charleston.?President J. M. Connelley, of the Charleston Automobile V Club, who for some months past has been engaged In the work of raising a fund for the completion of the Summerville automobile loop between this city and Summervllle, now hns In sight $2,285 to devote to tbls purpose. Mr. Connelley stated that contributions had not been coming In as rapidly as they should In view of the great Importance of the work. Will Glass Still At Larg?. Lexington.?Will Glass, the negrc who shot and mortally wounded hie wife, Battle G1hbs, and seriously wounded her baby, two loads from n breech-loading shotgun having been fired into her body, has so far managed to elude the officers. The mur der occurred near Cayce, the shooting taking place in the same house where "Pinky" Culpepper, a negrc woman, shot and killed her husband about two years ago. Train Kills Young Man. Charleston. ? Julian Stelnmever, a young white man was run over and killed by a train of the Southern rail way near the six mile post. The par ticulars of the accident are hard tc get and it is not known definitely just what train struck him. HIb body war found some time after he had beer killed. It is supposed that he probably attempted to board a moving train and met his death in this way . Man Shot 15-Year-0ld Daughter. Manning.?J. J. Bryant, a white mar about GO years old, was before Magistrate P. J. Bradham for a preliml nary hearing on a charge of assault and battery with Intent to kill, he having shot his 15-year-old daughter In the leg and foot with a shotgun. Nc testimony was taken, as the defendant acknowledged having done the shoot ing. He offered to explain why he did it but the magistrate would not hear it. He was required to give a bond of ?300 for his appearance at the next term of court to answer the charge. Charge Withdrawn After Hearing. Columbia Affpr a preliminary hearing boforp Magistrate Fowles. the charges against J. C. Easterllng of Columbia were withdrawn. Mr. Eos furiinp who is well advanced In years. was arrested a few days ago on a warrant charging him with commitIng a serious crime at Hyatt Park. The charges preferred against him surprised his friends and relatives, who are glad that efter investigation they proved without foundation. Mr. Easterling is a member of a prominent family. Loses Horse In Peculiar Wry. Newberry?Clarence Wise of this city lost a valuable horse In a peculiar way. He was driving the horse to a buggy, when it took fright or became contrary at the corner of Nance ? and Friends streets, reared up and fell backwards, striking the back of Its head on the pavement. The blow ' must have cracked the skull. The animal died soon afterward. The horse had lately been brought from the West, was four years old and wei allied by Mr Wise at $400. ?