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“BRYAN HAS DRIVEN REPUTABLE MEN FROM PARTY’;
Following is the statement made today by Albert Chapelle,
delegate from California:
“Mr. Bryan has destroyed the friendship of all of the good men
of the country who are members of the Democratic party. The men
who followed and sacrificed themselves during the years 1896, 1900
1908 for his sole benefit he has now entirely deserted and the reputa
ble men of his party have now in turn deserted him. He has insulted
WILSON IS NAMED,
BREAKING LONG
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Names of Underwood. Clark,
and Foss Withdrawn After
Forty-fifth Ballot.
Continued From Page One.
soncerned, that the decision of the
-hair protects fraud, the gentleman has
his remedy and may take an appeal
to the house. I now offer that appeal."
“I do want an appeal," came the
Washingtonian's voice.
All of the delegates in the house
excepting the Washington delegation
voted to sustain the chair.
"The ayes seem to have it,’ said the
chairman.
Everybody roared. Then the dele
gation was duly polled.
The Washington vote developed for
the first time in the proceedings that a
woman was taking part in the voting
There had been no occasion to call the
Washington roll and very few persons
knew that May Arkwright Sutton, of
Spokane, was doing the honors of the
suffrage cause. She voted for ('lark,
Bankhead Withdraws
Underwood’s Name.
At the close of the forty-fifth ballot
Senator J. H Bankhead, of Alabama,
came to the stand. Ho asked unani
mous consent to make a statement.
.There was no objection, and he pro
ceeded :
“Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention: Mr. Underwood entered
this contest hoping that he might se
cure the nomination from this conven
tion.
“But I desire to say for him that his
first and greatest hope was th 11
thr'ou-rh ■ this movement he might be
able to eliminate and eradicate for all
time every vestige of sectional feeling
in this country.
“Mr. Underwood today was willing
to forego this nomination if he had
succeeded and if the country had con
cluded that Mason and Dixon's line
had been trampled nut and that this 1s
on>e nmre united country. We have
drnmnstrated here, my friends, in my
.judgment, that no longer does sectional
feeling exist.
"The liberal treatment that Mr. Un
derwood has receive:! in the East has
satisfied him that if they had an op
portunitv to nominate him they would
.rush to his aid.
“Mr. Underwood docs not enter this
contest to defeat tiny man for the nom
ination. He will not be a party to the
defeat of any candidate. His only hope
was that the great record h<> had made:
his belief was that under his leader
ship things bad been achieved that
would have assured the election of a
Democrat at the next election.
“Ho has always said: 'I take no per
sonal part in this campaign. I have no
time. I have a full man's work cut out
for me at Washington and I want to
make it possible to elect the Democrat
ic nominee, whoever he may he.’ (Ap-
I plause.)
I "Upon that high ground he stands
, today. Upon that high ground he will
stand tomorrow and all other days. He
had no concern beyond that which
■ comes to any man who desires to win.
“Rut T think the time has come when
it has been demonstrated that he can
not be nominated in this convention.
"And he can not he used to defeat
the nomination of any other candidate.
He and his friends.are ready and will
ing to give the nominee of this conven
tion their hearty support.
"He and his friends have stood on
every Democratic platform that has
been written since 1896.
I He will stand upon any platform
this convention will write. He is a
Democrat and stands for the success of
his party."
"Vice president.” called a voice.
L : "Vice president—no," said Bank-
jj I head. “The vice presidency can not
take that man from his high post of
J I duty."
Only Presidential
I Chair for Him.
, I "No, no: no Democrat In this party
S would take that man from his present
’ A place Any one can slip into the vice
I | presidential chair Even I. humble as
II I am. copld sit there ,md say ‘the gen-
II tiemen from New York moves to ad
’ I Journ '
Ij ' This great Democrat—the Democ
-1 racy's best asset—this Democrat who
■ has raade H possible for the Dpmo .
■ cratio party to win In the next contest
■ "it! stay where he is and perform the
■ duties he now fulfills. To take that
■ Democrat from th< plau e he now o< cu-
El Pies w ould be a crime- unless, it be to
| BRYAN’S ATTITUDE TOWARD MURPHY IN 1908 ~|
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This photograph was printed in the New York newspapers July
17, 1908. It shows W. J. Bryan greeting Boss Charles F. Murphy at
the Lincoln, Nebr., station when Tammany was returning from the
Denver convention, where Tammany had unanimously supported
Bryan. Murphy was publicly thanked by Bryan for Tammany's
good work.
The day after the photograph was taken, The New York World,
which supported Bryan for president, printed the following ac
count of how the photograph was taken:
A photographer contributed the real sensation of the hour.
Forcing his way up to the SILENT Tammanyite and the TALKING
candidate, standing side by side, he asked:
—
place him In the presidential chair—
the only place you could give him."
“Why did not you meet the will of
the people? Why did not you with
draw him while Clark was in the lead?"
demanded three Missouri delegates.
"Now, my friends, one more word
and I conclude. While my voice is
cracked, my-standing capacity is not-—"
There was disturbance at this point.
“Mr. Underwood directs me. the
humble Instrument through which his
campaign is conducted, to withdraw
his name.
“He directs me further to thank mo.v
sincerely those friends who stood by
him so loyally through this convention.
“They can never be blotted from his
memory. He authorized me to release
from their obligation all of his friends
who have been instructed to vote for
him so long as his name is before the
convention. His friends are at lib
erty to vote for whom they please."
Governor O’Neal, of Alabama, stood
in his chair as Bankhead finished, wait
ing to speak and throw the 24 Under
wood votes in his state to Wilson. There
was great disorder.
Stone Releases
| Clark Delegates.
Senator Stone, of Missouri, asked
unanimous consent to have the roll call
vacated while he made a statement.
The convention waited with little pa
tience to hear what he had to say. He
began:
“Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the
convention: I desire to say that,
speaking for Mr. Clark I will release,
if release be necessary, any obligation
Imposed on any delegation in this con
vention.
“The delegations which have stood by
him ho loyally will ever be remembered
by him and by his friends with devoted
memory.
“I would not have them act on an
other ballot under a sense of obliga-
THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, JULY 2, 1912.
Previous Democratic
Convention Records
Mo Leader on
Year Ballots Ist Ballot Nominee
1332 1 Jackson Jackson
1344 9 Vanßuren Folk
1348 4 ‘‘ass Cass
1852 .49 (’ass Pierce
185617 Buchanan Buchanan
**lß6o 59 Douglass r>ougla.ss
1864 1 McClellan McClellan
186822 Pendleton Seymour
1872 1 Greeley Greeley
1870 2 T!ld«n Tilden
1880 3 Hancock Hancock
I R B4 3 (’leveland Cleveland
1888 1 (’leveland (‘leveland
1892 1 Cleveland Cleveland
1896 5 Bland Bryan
Iqool q oo i Bryan Bryan
1904 1 Parker Parker
1908 .1 Bryan Bryan
•■•Bolt from convention of 1860,
bolters nominating Breckenridge.
tion to him. I would have them pct as
they think best.
"So far as the Missouri delegation
is concerned under the peculiar circum
stances that have surrounded this con
vention. and its proceedings, we shall
vote for Speaker Clark until the last
ballot.
"If the verdict shall be against him
and in favor of another, I need not go
to the trouble of telling these members
of this convention that old Champ
• 'lark and his friends will support him."
Governor Foss's
Name Out, Too.
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston came
next with a request to have a word
.vhlle the ballot remained vacated He
said:
“Mr. Chairman. Massachusetts has
voted for the past dozen or more ballots
a majority of her delegates for the gov
ernor of our commonwealth, Eugene
Noble l-'oss. In the Massachusetts con
test some time ago he was not a can-
them upon all occasions without reason, without justice, and today
stands practically alone, accusing other delegates of having sold
themselves to Wall Street when he knows that accusation to be a ma
licious fasehood.
“In 1908 Bryan was more than willing to accept the support of
Tammany, and, having received it, played for the support in the
campaign that followed. If the New York delegation is tainted
would not the same hold true at the time Bryan received that support?”
“Won't you two gents kindly hook hands and have your pic
tures took?’’
Bryan GRINNED and Murphy DIDN’T.
“Say, Murphy, they want us to prove it,’’ laughed the candi
date with a quizzical glance at his silent friend. For an instant
Murphy hesitated.
“Shall we do it?” cried the candidate, never taking his eye
from Murphy’s face.
“Sure thing,” snapped the New Yorker, and hand in hand
Bryan and Murphy faced the camera.
“Now all we need is one of those doves,” said the candidate,
PULLING THE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC TAJVfMANYITE CLOSER
TO HIM, while the watching crowd broke into laughter and ap
plause.
didate. preferring that the other can
didates should submit their names to
the people and that the. delegation of
Massachusetts should so vote.
■ The Massachusetts delegation voted
21 ballots for Speaker Clark and then
the friends of Mr. Foss, feeling that
Speaker Clark could not he nominated
and that none of the other candidates
could be nominated, voted for Mr. Foss.
"Governor Foss does not wish to
stand in the way of the will of this
convention, and, in the name of Eugene
Noble Foss, I withdraw his name and
say that Woodrow Wilson ”
Mayor Fitzgerald said something else,
but nobody heard it.
There came a roar from the floor
where the delegates were sea'ed and
the galleries took it up.
Representative J. J. Fitzgerald, of
New York, next took the speaker’s
stand and asked permission to make a
statement, Unanimous consent was
given.
Thirty minutes before the twelfth
session of the Democratic national con
vention was scheduled to convene to
day eight tired and sleepy delegates
had taken their places on the floor.
Banked around the seats next those
reserved for the delegates on the main
floor of the convention hall were, a hun
dred spectators, mostly women. In the
galleries a few more hundred spectators
had gathered. Banks of empty seats
rose behind them. The convention has
ceased to be a novelty to the people id
Baltimore. It had become a matter of
hard work and enduran e to the dele
gates.
The Champ Clark forces were active
today. An automobile load of mission
aries left the Clark headquarters before
the reconvening of the convention, with
positive instructions to "buck up" the
• lark adherents, win as many converts
and return as many votes to the fold
a» possible.
The Clark leaders today took the po-
sition that more than one-third of the
convention vote can not be taken from
them under any circumstances. In
view of this. It is now their intention
to “sit tight” and let the show con
tinue indefinitely, if necessary.
“If we can hold out. the others will
ome hack,” said ex-Senator Dubois.
“I believe that any man who gets the
majority will get the nomination
Champ Clark had it for eight ballots
and he will have it again. Custom
teaches us that he should have the rest.
We are going to work, and the others
may take notice that we have more
than one-third; we want two-thlrds
and if we don’t get it it will be up to
them to get ft."
At a Clark meeting today former
Governor Dockery of Missouri spoke.
“There Is no discouragement in the
tight as I see it." ho safd. "Illinois has
voted against us, but is still In lino.
Kansas will be back. Many others will
do the same. We have more than one
third and we control the situation.
Stand firm and wo will win."
The missionaries who visited the va
rious headquarters seeking converts
were headed by Edward Harper, of
Missouri. The missionaries reached the
convention hall just before the session
was to begin.
The hall filled slowly In company
room F the members of the Now York
delegation gathered for a cau us. A
rumor circulated on the convention
floor said that 27 members of the dele
gation favored dropping the unit rule
and voting for Wilson.
Read Georgian want ads for quick re
sults.
BWS AVARICE
IS BLAMED FDR
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Nehraskan’s Attitude at Con
vention Assailed by Demo
crats to Alfred H. Lewis.
By ALFRED HENRY LEWIS.
BALTIMORE. July 2.—While the bal
loting for a presidential nominee goes
on what shall one write about? Obvi
ously comment, and comment of the
most cursory kind, one’s single cave of
refuge.
Talk has largely swung and rattled
upon that Bryan resolution, which,
while pretending to be aimed disas
trously at the "interests," possessed but
the one purpose of trouble-making. If
there be worth tn a proverb, Bryan's
ears must have burned, for few were
here to employ his name in conjunction
with a compliment. When Bryan read
his resolution Sulzer, of Now York, was
for answering him from the platform.
His fellows on the delegation prevailed,
however, tn favor of letting the occa
sion pass.
“What I wanted to do," explained
Sulzer, "was to ask Brother William J.
whether or no August Belmont gave
him $15,000 in the Parker 1904 cam
paign to assist him in carrying Ne
braska for the Democrats. Also I de
sired to inquire how many thousand
dollars August Belmont and others of
his caste of millionaires contributed to
Bryan's political campaign of 1908.”
Ther! was other comment. Sulzer
stood in no wise alone. The following
might furnish a bird's-eye view of opin
ion as it ran:
Calls Bryan a Harpie.
Stowe, of Massachusetts: "Bryan?
What do I think of him? Go get Ritl
finche's Mythology and read up about
the 'Harpies.' Bpan is a Harpie’—the
’Harpie' of the Democratic party.”
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio:
“Bryan’s whole attitude in Baltimore
has been one of bad manners and an
assumption of party authority. For
one, J reaent this attitude. I am tired
of receiving orders from Bryan. Ob
serve, I said 'receiving.’ I have never
taken any of Bryan’s orders; never
shall take any. I do not need Bryan
to do my political thinking: do not re
gard him as the keeper of the party
conscience. My own belief is that the
resolution was just a desperate effort,
on Bryan’s part to Inject himself into
the situation with the hope—-a wild one
—that it would end in his becoming the
convention’s nominee.
"Did his resolution advance his
chances of a nomination" If he ever
had any, I should say that ft knocked
them eternally on the head. I think
we are seeing the last, of Bryan as a
dominating figure in Democratic poli
ties. and as one who wishes the party
well, I thank the gods for It."
Daltler. of Indiana—" The resolution
itself was flapdoodle. It was bound to
he adopted. It was as though he of
fered a resolution, Resolved, That we
as a party will not name a pickpocket
for the presidency. Evervbndy must
agree to that, none the less, to offer
such a resolution was of worse an In
sult to two delegates as regularly elect ■
ed as Bryan himself, and Bryan so
meant It. I think he expected one or
two results —a stampede that would
nominate him again or the rejection of
tl le resolution, which would give him
an excuse to holt. Both his plans
failed.”
Wouldn't Vote For Him Again.
Martin, of Iowa: "I voted for Bryan
in 1900 and 1908; I wouldn't vote for
hint now for the office of dog pelter. For
six months he has been doing all h«
knew to split the party. He’s doing
all he knows how. There Is a big
chance for a Democratic victory in
November, and the thought of the
Democrats winning and some other
than himself the white house nominee
has made Bryan frantic."
A delegate from Nebraska who asks
that his name be withheld: “Bryan
has not astonished us of his own state.
We know him. He's always selfish.
Can you name a man he ever helped?
Cun you name a man he ever tried to
help? He is utterly selfish, utterly un
grateful. We have an ex-mayor and
an ex governor in Nebraska who can
toll you all about it. Thus far at this
convention he has hurt nobody but
himself It will boa bright day for
the Democracy when we're rid of him."
Carroll, of Alabama: “Bryan's ac
tion? It was what I should have ex
pected Bryan is a composite of Pe< k
snlff and Uriah Heep As hypocritical
as Pecksniff, he has all of the pre
tended humility based upon vicious
ness which Dickens gave to Uriah
Heep "
Remember Bennett's Will?
Baldwin, of Tennessee: “I've never
W. J. BRYAN.
heard much good of either Ryan or
Belmont. On the other hand, I've
never heard of anything so unalterably
, mean as what Bryan himself admitted
he did to old Dotard Rennett. If there's
anything in the record of either Ryan
or Belmont which for meanness can
compare with Bryan's share in the
Bonnett will business I will favor Bry
an's resolution to throw th»m out of
th" Democracy. The Bennett will?
Why, you must have heard of it. If
not. you can partially Instruct yourself
at least by reading 'Bryan’s Appeal
From Probate' in the 77 Connecticut
Reports. Any lawyer can show it to
you."
Sanders, of Kansas: “That resolution
and what claptrap oratory went with it
w ere merely part of Bryan's plan tn get
himself the nomination. Bryan is seek
ing the nomination for the presidency.
He will get it If there are enough hope
less fools among the delegates to give
it to him. Also, mark my words, if
Bryan isn't nominated he’ll quit the
party. Certainly that's the best of rea
son for not giving it to him. Tall| of
Slnbad the Sailor and his Old Man of
the Sea; Bryan has been Democracy’s
Old Man of the Sea, weighting down its
shouiders and giving it the backache
ever since the party was so unlucky as
to hear of him."
SWING CHILD
KILLED JY AUTO
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speed toward the Davis-Fisher sani
tarium, in East Linden street. The boy
died on the way, and the doctors said
that he never was conscious after ha
was struck.
While they were carrying the body
of the unknown lad to physicians, his
little playmate, Marion, had dashed in
a frenzy of fright to the nearby Peach
tree Inn. where he came upon Dr. J. A.
Ally and told him that “a little boy
had been killed and I must his
mother.”
Father Finds
His Son Dead.
Dr. Alley rushed the child to his au
tomobile, found from the frightened
fad that the dead child's home was on
West Baker street and rushed there at
all speed. When they reached the Rus
sey home they found the mother out
searching. When she came back for a
moment in the frantic hope that her
boy had returned they told her. She
collapsed and for two hours the doctor
worked over her to bring her back to
consciousness.
Meanwhile the body of her little boy
lay unidentified in the Linden street
sanitarium. Neighbors were searching
everywhere for him. The father, hunt
ing every block in the vicinity of hia
home, ame upon a man who had seen
an extra newspaper. The man told him
that a boy who resembled Ralph had
been hit and hurt and had been taken
to the sanitarium by an automobile,
but he did not tell him that the child
was dead. Mr. Russey hurried to the
sanitarium. There he saw that the boy
was Ralph and that he was dead.
When the father had somewhat re
covered from the terrible blow of the
discovery, he had the remains of his
son sent to Patterson's undertaking
rooms.
Hill, the automobile chauffeur, said
the accident was absolutely unavoid
able and that he was not running more
than five miles an hour when he struck
the lad. He was taken into custody.
Hill is the negro who won the only
Carnegie medal ever awarded a col
ored man, five years ago, when he
saved the child of Thomas Preston by
stopping a runaway near Peachtree
street and Ponce DeLeon avenue at the
risk of his own life.
NO ORATIONS ON FOURTH.
AUGUSTA, GA., July 2.—This city
will have no Fourth of July orations.
The day will be a. holiday, but with the
exception of the Johnson-Flynn fight
reported in detail at. the opera house
and some fireworks at night, there will
be no celebration.
ICE MEN THREATEN STRIKE.
AUGUSTA, GA.. July 2.—The neggo
ice wagon drivers of Augusta bail
threatened to strike because the ice
companies have adopted a system of
selling ticket books and customers pay
the driver with tickets instead of
money The drivers, it Is claimed, havo
been "knocking down."
COTTON MILLS PAY DIVIDENDS.
AUGUSTA. GA., July 2.—Yesterday
was dividend day with some of ths
large cotton mills of Augusta and more
than SIOO,OOO was sent to the stock
holders of the big mills in Augusta.
M’DONOUGH TEACHERS NAMED,
M'D< >N< >UGH, GA.. July 2 —Profes
sor E D. Gunby has been re-elected
superintendent of McDonough High
school for the ensuing year Additions
to the faculty are Mrs Willie E. Ham
and Mrs. Anne Thornton Spence. The
attendance at this school exceeds 300.
