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Show North Dakota Prevents Second Deadlock in Convention. Baltimore, July 3. In the dying hours of tho Democratic national convention con-vention early this morning It seemed that there would be another deadlock over the nomination of a vice president. presi-dent. John E. Burke of North Dakota, Dako-ta, for whom Mr. Bryan had expressed express-ed a preference for the second place on the ticket, had polled enough votes on the first two ballots to block the nomination of Governor Thomas II Marshall of Indiana, the leaderp The third ballot had Just been ordered or-dered when tho chairman of the North Dakota delegation obtained recognition recogni-tion from tho chair and said: "North Dakota offered her three times governor to the party, believing him to be the strongest running mate for Governor Wilson that could be nominated. We made tho best fight We could for him and realize we are beaten. We therefore withdraw his name, assuring this convention that wherever there is a fight for Democratic Dem-ocratic votes next fall, Governor John E. Burke will be found in the thick of If Moves to Nominate Marshall. The speaker thereupon moved to make the nomination of Governor Marshall 'unanimous Immediately a wild scramble for the doors followed, few waiting to hear tho motion put. Several seconds later, Chairman James gavel fell, at 1:5C a. m., on the final adjournment of one of the most noteworthy conventions in the history his-tory of the Democratic party. William Jennings Bryan remained a central figure to the lasL A short time before adjournment he spoke his "valedictory," as he called it. transferring trans-ferring the partv's standard to the shoulders of Governor Wilson. The respectful attention which the speech received and the applause at its conclusion con-clusion were tributes to bis leadership. leader-ship. A large number of delegates left the city after the nomination of Governor Wilson yesterday afternoon without waiting "for the final session. Those who remained showed the relief they feit that the fight was over and a spirit o f hilarity prevailed among them. The Missouri delegation, loyal to the last to "old Champ Clark," joined in the revelry as best they could, and joined in the cheers for Governor Wilson with those of their convention neighbors, the joyful twenty-four from New Jersey. |