Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 July 1912 — DEMOCRATS IN DEAD-LOCK; ADJOURNED OVER SUNDAY. [ARTICLE]

DEMOCRATS IN DEAD-LOCK; ADJOURNED OVER SUNDAY.

Bryan’s Denunciation of Reactionaries Responsible For Failure to Name Ticket Last Week. ■ ~ —— • .. . j Baltimore, Md„ July L—The democratic convention reconvened at 11 o'clock and balloting soon began. TbO 27th ballot" resulted as follows: TWENTY-SEVENTH BALLOT. Clark 469 Wilson 407 Underwood 11l Marshall 89 Foss ?.... :r. 28 Harmon 29 Bryan . • } ■ TWENTY-EIGHTH BALLOT. Clark 46»% Wilson 4S7H Underwood 112J4 Foss Si Harmon 29 Bryan 1

The delegates assembled at Baltimore for the purpose of namjng a national ticket did not make a nomination last week. William Jennings Bryan, the Nebraska agitator, has assumed the position of dictator and by some of the most audacious actions ever attempted has prevented the nomination and left the convention and the party in a muddle that time will scarcely unravel. Champ Clark, who started out in the lead and whose vote increased up to the tenth ballot, when he secured considerable help from New York, to 556 votes, gradually slipped back after that time and on the fourteenth ballot Bryan arose to explain his vote, which he cast for Wilson. He said that so long as the New York vote went to Clark he would not vote for him. He declared that the New York delegates weire reactionaries, dominated by the Morgan, Murphy, Ryan, Belmont and other interests and that hte would not support tie man they supported. This act on the part of Bryan threw the already troubled convention into a furore of excitement and brought praise and censure on Bryan from the different elements of the convention. It did not have very much effect with succeeding votes and the convention continued in session until a late hour •Saturday night, balloting 26 times and at the finish Clark had lost some sixty votes and Wilson had gained about seventy and neither was within 300 votes of enough to nominate. Bryan’s denunciation of Clark’s support was really a denunciation of Clark himself, whom he charged with haying knowingly permitted the .support of Parker for temporary chairman? and of having connived for the support of the New York delegates. He has assumed an attitude of per sonai judge of the fltness ot ffien ahfl of the purity of their pupose. He has made a fight for so-called progressive principles and again so-called reactionaries that will not die out with tke adjournment of the convention but will be a fight within the party (luring the entire campaign and It would seem that the democratic party nationally is certain to be rent asunder fully as much as the republican party Is. The convention adjourned after the 26th ballot Saturday night and after resting over Sunday reconvened today, Monday, at 11 o’clock.

■JETiere was little prospect of getting together on any of the leading candidates. Clark is not expected to recover what he had lost, for Bryan’s attitude will prevent the progressives from turning to him. Wilson, who is Bryan’s favorite, will hardly get the Clark votes, because of the insult which Qryan heaped upon them. Neither will get the full support of the reactionaries and did they would not have enough to nominate.. And Bryjn leaves the threat that he will oppobe any candidate nominated with theisupport of the reactionary delegates!” ~ The strjctly progressives have more than -half the convention, but the democrats nominate with a two-thirds majority And it seems a hopeless task with the -candidates that have been before the convention. Governor Tom Marshall, who never stood much of a chance, dfeninated himself by not falling in lipp with the Bryan effort to prevent the seating of Parker, and it is expected that after the 27th ballot the Indiana delegates will drop him and swing around the eircle for a gbod place to light It la believed that Wilson will get 17 of the Hoarier votes and is being held out to Marshall if the votes go to Wilson.

gun by Bryan’s precipitous conduct at the convention. Anticipating a long drawn out convention the delegates appealed to the Southern railroad to extend the time limit on round trip tickets, wMeh expired today. The tickets were extended to July 10th. abandoned Sunday, which indicates that Marshall’s friends realize the futility of their fight ~ .. .« "if, '« . • Km. T .