Show JUST 1 By By ALBERT F. F PHIL PHILIPS campaign campaign cam cam campaign the Democrats in 1912 had ot of the for tor holding holding holding hold hold- date to the been quiet t up ing the nation national l convention it w n the storm simply the calm before belore and when on June 25 25 just three the Republican national after days dars convention had adjourned in In- Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- and the Democrats gathered g cago broke loose in Baltimore the storm Kentucky member member mem mm- of Ol Ollie Olfie l M f. James ber berIt of It f the lower house in congress I over the deliberations of ot presided the convention Like the Republicans Democrats were divided the into cans two factions One under the leadership of ot William J. J Bryan was wa for a n progressive platform faction was for a while the theother other conservative candidate and for a conservative platform The battI I Ifor for control was wa prolonged with that the Bryan faction the result controlled the convention 1 I There were eight candidates before be- be Be Before 1 convention Those most fore the i prominent were Governor Woodrow Wilson of ot New Jersey Jerse Governor Joseph Harmon of ot Ohio Congressman Congressman Congress Congressi i and I man Champ Clark of ot Missouri 1 Oscar Underwood pf Alabama During During Dur Duro ing all the aU the proceedings Bryan held the whip hand he having opposed Wall street Influences and only when he consented to the candidacy Wood ow Wilson VIlson was a nomination nomination nomination nomina nomina- tion nade MANY PRESENT Uta Utah wa was represented in the convention by sixteen delegates each to one half vote They had b been en selected a at at a convention held hold in Salt Lake City on May 14 and were sent to the convention ona on ona ona a platform which criticized the administration administration ad ad- ministration of President Taft which favored a revision of ot the tariff downward and a graduated income tax and which urged congress con- con giess gress to submit to the legislatures of ot the several states a constitutional constitution constitution- al amendment which provided forthe for tot forthe the election election of ot United States senators sen senators by popular vote and pledging the party to the enactment of ot an employers employers' liability law that would secure adequate protection of in jn- jn workmen in-I in The national platform which was adopted at Baltimore demanded a revision of the tariff in a downward downward down down- w ward rd way demanded more teeth in m inthe the antitrust law favored presidential primaries and a single 1 term for president demanded a physical valuation of ot all public utilises utilities op opposed opposed opposed op- op posed a a. central United States bank favored rural credits and farm loans and the exemption of of American coasters from Panama canal tolls and prohibition of the canal to ships of interstate railroads ds competing competing com corn with the canal and declared for a parcels post On other points the platform simply reaffirmed the I platforms of ot 1904 and 1908 46 BALLOTS NECESSARY 1 six Forty-six ballots were taken before before before be be- fore a nomination was made of ot a candidate for president On the tenth ballot Congressman Champ Clark received the votes of a majority majority ma ma- maI I of l the convention but the the rule Iule of the convention required a two-thirds two vote to nominate nominate- and the Missourian failed tailed to re reach ch the goal It might be remarked here that this rule which has so long longheld longheld longheld held sway in ln Democratic national conventions was adopted by the Democratic convention in 1844 and was for the purpose of defeating Martin Van Buren for president lie was able to secure th the vote of ot a majority majority majority ma ma- of the delegates to the convention con con- but could not secure th the thO two-thirds two necessary and he like Clark was defeated for the nom norn- On the sixth forty-sixth ballot banot at Baltimore Baltimore Baltimore Bal Bal- 1086 votes were cast and of this number Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey received votes against 84 cast for br Congressman Champ Clark Oark of Missouri 12 for Governor Judson Harmon of Ohio and Wilson was declared the nomInee nominee nominee nom nom- inee of the convention On the first ballot the vote was as follows Champ of Missouri Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey Judson Harmon of Ohio Os Oscar ar W. W Underwood of Alabama A Governor Thomas R. R Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall of Indiana 31 Governor Simon Simon Si Simon Si- Si mon E E. Baldwin of Connecticut 22 William J J. J Bryan of ot Nebraska 1 Congressman William Sulzer of ot Ne New York 2 OPPOSITION SEEN During the campaign it was brought out that the Carnegie Foundation for the advancement of ot teaching had had- ref refused sed to grant a pension to Wilson which I led d to the belief ip many quarters that the steel king was opposed to Woodrow Wilson VIlson and the Democratic ticket while fear was also expressed that the friends of ot Congressman Champ Clark would not give the ticket the theL support th that t the they should but both L the stories mentioned proved to be bc without foundation It was was was' wason on May ray 12 that the national nation nation- al Socialist convention met in Indianapolis Indianapolis In In- In- In and E Eugene gene Debs of Indiana was nominated for for the I fourth time for president receiving I votes to 56 cast for Emil Seidel I of ot Wisconsin and 54 for tot Charles Charie Edward Russell of ot New York EmU L Seidel of Wisconsin was nominated for vice president The platform after affirming the demands made in 1904 1004 and 1908 1108 demanded In addition the abolishment abolishment abolish abolish- ment of the profit system in goVernment government gov goV- work declared for a a. minImum minimum minimum mini minI- S mum wage scale demanded that thai congress or 01 a referendum and not aol the supreme court of the United L States pass upon the aUty of ot laws asked for tr suffrage in ir inthe I the tho District of or Columbia favored I I vocational education demanded the I abolition of all n United States courts court except the supreme court and de demanded demanded de- de a convention to revise th the a constitution I |