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Show 1 CONTINUES IS Convention Unable tc R Name Choice for -i. Presidency lf' Convention Hall, Baltlmoro, Juno PL 29. The convention hall was again ' tho center of Intense animation and t v expectancy aB the hour for resuming At tho balloting drew near. The crush 1' (- wns not so great as on previous days. 1 l This was attributed to the Intenan f - heat and tho fact that thousands of I . scat-holders had remained In the hall U V until adjournment this morning and I V wero tired out. r "Look out for something on tho next roll call," was the word passed 1 - around as coming from tho Nebraska ( j dolegatlon. Mingled In the varying ,,J reports was that which has been clr- ' -cualtlng constantly since early this . morning that Now York's ninety votes . f would bo cast for Oscar W. Underwood. Under-wood. Alabama, Georgia, Florida ? and Mississippi delegates were unuuu-ally unuuu-ally active on tho floor before tho -' gavol fell, spreading tho Underwood ,".,, ' boom. . Chairman James called tbe conven- tlon to order at 1;0G, The chaplain, v tho Row Dr. John Roach Stratton of V Baltimore, then said the prayor. '' Tho hall was In confusion with del- cgatcs crowding Into the aisles. Or- 4 dcr was finally secured at 1.16 and ' i for the thirteenth time the clerk bo- v gan calling off tho roil. v Gossip about the floor -wa6 that tho , . popular prejudice against the thlr- 1,' ;-teenth ;-teenth roll call would prevent any ' H material changes In the. voto on that J - ' ballot. It was also said that the "unlucky "un-lucky Friday" superstition last night Vg prevented shifts that might have , made a nomination possible. S , The roll call began with the same K ,jtiN monotonous repetition that marked Bi$$S last nlght'B voting and ended without MrV'lT a nomination. The rumored shift In H& .'r the vote of tho Nebraska delegation mSV did not materialize on this ballot, tho 3" record remaining Clark 13, Wilson 3. , Thoro had been sonio question about V New York on the thirteenth ballot, but I Charles F Murphy mado his usual IF"'" announcement of 90 for Clark again. W Wilson took ono from Undorwood H m North Carolina and took two from lb Clark In Ohio. k In Alaska Clark gained ono from lit Wilson. Hawaii gave Clark a gain gn of ono from Wilson. PK Porto Rico voted six solid for Wil- U son, a loss of two for Clark. U ' In Virginia Clark gained 2 1-2 from H Underwood. -r U The result of tho thirteenth ballot y was: ft; II Clark, 551 1-2; Wilson, 35C; Under- ' 4 wood, 115 1-2; Harmon, 29; Marshall. "ft ' o0; Foss. 2, Bryan, 1. ' j This showed a gain of 5 for Clark. rjl Wilson gained 2 1-2 aud Underwood ,' JJ lost 7 1-2. Fosb was put on the roll li with two votes. Kern received no H otes and Bryan was given one It Bryan on Platform. -it Before the result of tho thlrtcontn '-"Ml hallot was announced Bryan appearc I 11 on the platform. He talked to Chali- 11 man James- i0r a moment and then M lesuracd his seat In tbe Nebraska srv- f ft (ion A i beer swept the hall from tho L - time he left his seat until he returncj I toit. I U 1:40 the roll call was begun on f I he fourteenth time. During the four- I Sal enth ballot Chairman 'James surren- - '' dored the gavel to William Sulzor ot ' ' -; New York and wonf o th floor -N , J Ho conferred with Senator Stone of r '.j- tho Clark forces and then hurried , jf- s about visiting tho various delegations. ' Rsj Nebraskan Demands Poll. I. EggaC'l When Nebraska was reached, W. J. r "w-'' Bryan demanded a poll of the delega- ( S'' tlon. His was the first name called. - "I ask for an opportunity to explain V, my vote." said Bryan, amid a tumult ' . of disorder. ' ' "Vote, vote, vote," shouted the dole- ,i -3 gates. 1 - ' -jj Bryan, standing on his chair flth j.'iL' ono hand resting on the Nebraska '-"! standard, gazed over tho crowd. "e"! He swung a big palm-leaf fan as the ; ' -v'3 tumult continued. jf "For what purposo does the gentle- I ; j man rise?" demauded Sulzcr from the , f 'FQ& chair. s I!S "As long" began Bryan and a 1 jiSj wave of noise overwhelmed him. Sen- tj9S ator Stono of Missouri, made an effort jfcjff to secure unanimous consent that Bry- 5R an be allowed to make a statement. A jQSJ roar of dlsent greeted tho lequcst . til when Sulzer stated It, but he nuuounc- MP "The chair hears no objection." 'llff Bryan mado his way to the platform 1 W through tho sweating mob In the i ' aisles. A round of cheers greeted him 4f and ho took the platform. ' j Through tho uproar Bryan shouted: ' fa "As long as Now York's voto Is rec- 1 3 orded for Mr Clurk, I withhold my Jfll vote for him and cast It" ! 'tJ Ho got no further. t 1 Again the racket swept tho hall. '1 -A "I havo asked tho privilege of mak- 'fi lng an explanation because I am not 'lH only in this convention. When I speak, ! I speak for many In this hall and for jjr (Continued on Pago Eleven.) , LAULUUi CONTINUES (Continued from Page One.) a great many outside this hall," Bryan continued. "I am ex plaining my vote only because be-cause my advice was not followed In my own delegation. "I advised that these so Instructed vote for Mr. Clark until conditions aroso that justified us from doing otherwise. Not all of the delegation agreed with me. If a poll Is demanded demand-ed I am now ready to cast my vote and give my reason. "I recognize tho responsibility that rests upon me and do what I Intend to do In giving thic explanation. I expected this necessary to arise. I have written out what I propose to say that there may bo no mistake." Here Mr. Bryan read a prepared statcmont explaining his voto. Bryan's Explanation. Mr Bryan arose from his scat and stood on a chair in the Nebraska delegation. del-egation. "Mr Chairman." he said, "I aBk permission to explain my voto" "For what purposo does the gentleman gentle-man ariso?" asked tho chairman. Mr. Bryan answered, "to explain my vote." There were cries of "No. no," Intermingled Inter-mingled with "ves, yes," and hisses and applause. "You cannot explain your vote on the calling of the roll. Hew d&as the gentleman vote''" answered the chairman. chair-man. "As Mr. Bryan's agent " began Mr. Bryan, but tho nolno created by tho hisses and applauso and cries of "vote, vote," Htopped them "The gentleman Is out of order." announcodj the chair and there wore cries of "good, good," from tho New York delegation and other parts of the hall "As long as New York's ninety votes (cries of no. no) aro recorded for Mr Clark. I withhold my sola from him and cast it " But for whom It was to be cast could n,ot bo ascertained, for once more his voice was drowned In tho coLfusion and noise Senatoi Stoonc of Missouri at last got recognition from the chair, while former Govoraor Francis of that state hurried to Mr. Bryan and assucd him that they were endeavoring In every way possible to quiet the delegates. "I pay every dolegato on the floor and every lady and gentleman In the gallery to hear tho distinguished delegate," called out Senator Stone. "Hear this delegate from Nebrska and I ask unanimous consent that he be allowed to 3peak " Tho chair stated that tho gentleman gentle-man from Missouri asked unanimous consent and declared the motion car-riod car-riod Mr Bryan then proceeded to the platform nmld cheors and hisses. A,hon ho could make himself hoard, ho said: Colonel Explains Vote. "Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of tho Convention- I am explaining my voto only because raj advice was not followed In my own "delegation. (Applause (Ap-plause and boots.) I advised that these of us who arc Instructed for Mr Clark should continuo to vote for him until conditions ariso that Justified Justi-fied us in doing otherwise. I did not bellovo that the conditions had arisen, but not all of the delegation agreed with me and then I was deslrouh that a pou snoum not ue requirea. dui m we ore to hae a division, if a poll is demanded and each man must glvo a reason for a vote that be casts. I am now ready to cast my vote and to give my reasons for so doins. (Great applause.) "I have asked permission to make an explanation because I am not alono In this convention. I do not represent i a one-man opinion. Many of those i delegates look at this question as I do, : and when I speak for myself, I speak i for 6ome others In this hall and I am l sure for a still larger number outside i of this hall (Great applause ) I rec- ognizo therefore the responsibility that rests upon me when I do what I Intend to do, and I give tho oxpla- ' nation that I now purposo to give. 5 "I expected that this necessity i would arise some tlmo during the day, i but did not expect It to arise at so I early an hour and in anticipation I 1 wrote out what I desire to BUbmlU i -It would only tako mo a moment i to read it and I prefer that thorc j shall bo no mistake In tho trascriblng c and reporting of It " t A delegate' "Mr. Brynn " Tho chair: "There is nothing In or- ' der. Tho gontleman is explaining his ote. Tho gentlemnn must be seated." seat-ed." h "Every candidate has proclaimed himself a progressive no caudldnto would have any following in this convention con-vention If ho admitted himself out of harmony wlah progressive Ideas. By your resolution adopted night before last you, by a vote of more than 1 to I .pledged the country that you would voto for no man who represented or was obliged to Morgan, Ryan, Bol-mont Bol-mont or any other member of the privilege-Becking, favor-hunting class. This charge, If kept, will have more Influence on the result of the election elec-tion If inado offectlvo. I ask yon to nomlnato a candidate who Is under no obligation to those whom these Influences, Influ-ences, directly or indirectly, control. "Tho voto of the Btate of Now York In this convention, as cast under the unit rule, does not represent the justice, jus-tice, the virtue, the democracy or the patriotism of the 90 men who arc here. It represents the will of one roan CharleB F. Murphy (hisses and great applause) and he represents the Inflonces that dominato the Republican Republi-can party at Chicago and are trying to dominate this convention. (Groat applause.) ap-plause.) "If we nomlnato a candidate under conditions that enable those influences to say to our candidate, "Remember now thy creator,' (hisses and applauso) ap-plauso) wo aennot hope to npponl to tho confidence of the progressive Democrats arid Republicans of the nation. na-tion. 'Nobraeka, or that portion of tho delegation for which I am authorized to speak, is not willing to participate partici-pate In the nomination of any man who Ib willing to violate the rcnolu-tlo rcnolu-tlo nadopted by this convention and to accept the high honor of the presidential presi-dential nolmnatlon at the hands of Mr. Murphy. (Great applause.) "Having explained our position," said Bryan, "I now announce my vote to r ." Another roar from the floor Interrupted Inter-rupted him hero and former Governor McCorklo of West Virginia, secured tho floor tonsk Bryan a question. "Does the gentleman mean that he will not support tho nominee of this convention, if ho is nominated bv tho present votes of the New York 'delegation?" 'dele-gation?" Bryan asserted his willingness to reply. "This is," said Mr. Bryan, "a Democratic Dem-ocratic convention and wo have a right lo ask questions of one another and be frank. My Democracy has been certified to by C.500.000 Democrats and I ask tho secreaary to enter a dissenting -vote if he will give me hiu name And I will put it beside tho namo of Belmont and others who wore not Democrats when I was a Democrat." Demo-crat." Bryan then returned to the question ques-tion of Goomor McCorkle "Nothing that I have said here this morning would givo any grounds for the conclusion that, but because I would not lend rny aid to nomlnato a man, I would not support him after he hnd been nominated over my opposition. oppo-sition. "A lawyer who defends a criminal after a crime has been committed differs from a lawyer who conspires with a criminal before tho crime." Governor Brewer of Mississippi demanded de-manded to know f Clark Wilson, Un. derwood, Kern or any other candidate before tho convention was nominated with the aid of New York, whether Bryan would support the tlckot, ' I de.iy tho right of any man to put a hypothetical question to me " said Mr. Bryan. Here Mr. Bryan was Interrupted. In-terrupted. A delegate moved that these questions ques-tions and answers were out of order and there wa3 more confusion in which the chairman poundod tho table. ta-ble. "Allow me to complcts my statement. state-ment. Until ho puts Into tho question cery esaontlal element, I cannot answer an-swer it." Mr. Knox of Alabama Jumped to hiB chair and In an Impassioned speech denounced Mr. Bryan as Interfering with tha proceedings and that Mr. Bryan was violating tho point of order or-der Thero were cries of "ait down," "put him out," and the dolegatos woro in an uproar. Mr Knox declared that no one had right to attack any candidate can-didate before this convention. " When we wore Instructed for Mr. Clark the Democratic voters who Instructed In-structed us did so with .tho distinct understanding that Mr. Clark stood for progressive Democracy. (Applause.) (Ap-plause.) "Mr. Clark's representatives appealed ap-pealed for support on no other ground. They contended that Mr. Clark was more progressive than Mr. Wilson and Indignantly denied that thero was any co-operation between Mr. Clark and the reactionary element of the party. Upon no other condition condi-tion could Mr. Clark have received a plurality of the Democratic voto of Nebraska. "Tho thirteen delegates for whom I speak stand ready to carry out the instructions in-structions given in the spirit In which they were given and upon the conditions condi-tions undor which thoy wero given. (Great applause.) But some of these delegates will not participate In the nomination of any man I cannot say for how raanj I speak for I havo not had a chance to take a poll but some of these delegates will not participate in tho nomination of any whose nomination nomi-nation depends upon tho vote of the New York delegation Speaking for ruysolf and for any of the delegation who may dee'dc to Join mo. I withhold with-hold my voto from Mr. Clark as long as New York's vote Is recorded for hiin (Great applause and hisses ) And the position that 1 take In regard to Mr. Clark I will tako in regard to any other candidate whose name Is now or shall at any tlmo be before the convention. "I shall not be a party to the nomination nom-ination of any man, no matter who he may be, or from what section of the country he may come, who will not, when elected, bo absolutely free to carry out the antl-Morgan-Ryan-Bclmont resolution and make his administration ad-ministration rofloct the wishes and the hopes of those who bellovo In a irovornment of tho people, and by tho people (Groat applause ) "If wo nominate a candidate who Is ;indor no obligation to those Interests which speak through Mr. Murphy. I ; hall offer a resolution authorizing ind directing the presidential candl-late candl-late to select a campaign committee o manage tho campaign, in order that lo may not bo compelled to suffer 'or tho humiliation and the ombar- i assment that I have, in havlDg mon larticlpatc In tho management of his :ampalgn. who had no sympathv with t ho party's alms and whoso domoc- acy tho general public has no con- t Idence. s ,TH RUNNING i While tho confusion was at Its j iclght Charles F. Murphy, Lewis Nix- i .n Alfnji R Pnrlfnr nnfl N'nrmM E. f Mack conferred In the alfllo before the platform. Murphy, in shirt sleeves, watched Bryan closely "Now I am prepared to announce my voto," concluded Mr. Bryan. "I cast my vote for Nebraska's second sec-ond choice, Govornor Wilson," Mr. Bryan's announcement causod another uproar The Now Jersey delegation del-egation led the demonstration. Bryan mado his way from the platform through the crowded aisles to the Nebraska Ne-braska section After order had been restored Bryan Bry-an took up Brewer'B question. "1 expoct to support the nominee of this convontlon. I do not expoct any one nomlnatod here to permit himself to bo allied with Morgan, Ryan and Belmont," answered Bryan. "I do not consider I am undor obligations to glvo bond until I know what I am answering." When order had been rcotored Senator Sen-ator Stone of Missouri took the platform plat-form and dofended briefly the Democracy De-mocracy of Clark. Then the call of tho roll of Nebraska was begun. On tho roll call Nebraska's vole, which up to this ballot had been cast 13 for Clark and three for Wilson, divided di-vided Clark l, Wilson 12. The result of the fourteenth ballot wns: Clark 550, Wilbon 362, Undorwood 113, Harmon 29, Marshall 30, Bryan 2. Korn 2. This was n loss of four votes for Clark, n gain of 5 1-2 for Wilson and a loss of 1 1-2 for Underwood An Oklahoma dolegato asked to explain ex-plain his change of vote from Wilion to Clark. "My name is GIddingo, og Opulent, Okla I have always followed tho load of the NebraBkan, but I do not like to sit hore and hear aspersions on my fellow Democrats. I think it Is time to call a halt in personalities and stand on principles. I want to go back to Oklahoma with my record clean." Here a delegate yelled from the floorr "You may go back, but you will never come back." Mr. lddings defended his record as a Democrat and asked if Mr. Bryan could do tho same. "I ask this convention." con-vention." concluded the Oklahoman, "to turn upon Mr. Bryan a paraphraso of a statement of Ills own, 'Thou shalt not presa down on the brow of Democracy a crown of ' Here a yell Interrupted. The spoak-er spoak-er tried to finish, but tho uproar drowned hia voice. "You shal not press down upon tho brow of Democracy a thorny crown of anarchy. You shall not crucify us on a cross of sclflBhness," shouted Giddlngs and left the plaform. The poll of Oklahoma proceeded and showed the vote unchanged Clark, 10; Wilson. 10. The squabble hnd takon more than half an hour, and had accomplished nothing. |