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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 <
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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Underwood's name was withdrawn,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The name of Foss was withdrawn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also withdrawn and New York moved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.
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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