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lames of Underwood, Clark,
and Foss Withdrawn After
Forty-fifth Ballot.
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concerned, that the decision of the
chair 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 be»n 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 Clark.
Bankhead Withdraws
Underwood's Name.
At the close of the forty-fifth ballot
Senator J. H. Bankhead, of Alabama,
came to the stand. He 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 that
through 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 b<mn trampled out and that this is
once more united country. We have
demonstrated here, my friends, in my
judgment, that no longer does sectional
feeling exist.
"The liberal treatment that Mr. Un
derwood has received in the East has
satisfied him that If they had an op
portunity to nominate him they would
rush to his aid.
“Mr. Underwood does not enter this
contest to defeat any 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 he had made;
his belief was that under his leader
ship things had been achieved that
would have assured the election of a
Democrat at the next election.*
“He 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 be.’ (Ap
plause.)
“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.
“But I think the time has come when
it has been demonstrated that he can
not be nominated tn thia convention.
"And he can not be used to defeat
the nomination nf 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.
"He will stand upon any platform
this .-onvention will write. He is a
Democrat and stands for the success of
his party.”
"Vice president," called a voice.
ice president—no,” said Bank
head "The vice presidency can not
take that man from his high post of
duty."
Only Presidential
Chair for Him.
no; no Democrat In this party
take that man from his present
P- acp Any one can slip into the vice
Presidential chair. Even I. humble as
I am, could stt and say ‘the gen-
L*m?n from New York moves to ad
journ.’
r hls great Democrat the De mor
farys best aaset— this Democrat who
‘ made it possible for the Demo
’H' party to win in the next contest,
stay where he is and perform the
duties he now fulfills. To take that
mocrat from the place he. now occu
pies would be a crime—unless it be to
F-ve him in the presidential chair—
i“ only place you could give him."
"hy did not you meet the will of
people? Why did not you with
' him while Clark was in the lead?”
■'minded three Missouri delegates.
tny friends, one more word
■ I "onclude. While my voice is
‘ d, my standing capacity is not—”
1 ' "re was disturbance at this point.
. ” 1 nth t wood directs me. the
instrument through which his
j s conducted, to withdraw
n «s name.
, Hr iirp ' 1 ' mp further to thank most
those friends who stood by
T ’ !!, Ui!ly through this convention.
n,r can nPVPr h * Wotted from his
- I '■ He authorized me to release
„ , tlP * r r, ' l, igatlon all of his friends
■Hvo h fr . n instructed to vote for
' On < as his name | B before the
"ntion His friends are at ]ib
'ote fo r whom they phase."
.. r ’ of Alabama, stood
ir at Bankhead finished, wait.
| 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:
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 w hat 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 tills con
vention.
“The delegations which have stood by
him so 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
tion to him. I would have them act 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 proi endings, 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
Clark and his friends will support him.”
Governor Foss’
Name Out, Too.
Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston came
next with a request to have a word
while 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 Foss. In the Massachusetts con
test some time ago he was not a can
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 be 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 seated and
the galleries took it up.
Representative .1 J. Fitzgerald, of
New York, next took the speaker’s
stand and asked permission to make a
statement. Unanimous consent was
gix »n.
Thirty minutes before the twelfth
THE ATLANTA QEORGLAN AND NEWS. TUESDAY, ,TULY 2, 1912.
Previous Democratic
Convention Records
No. Leader on
I Year Ballots Ist Ballot Nominee
1832 1 Jackson Jackson
184 4 9 Vanßuren Polk
1848 4 Cass Cass
1852 49 Cass Pierce
1856 17 Buchanan Buchanan
••1860 59 Douglass Douglass
1864 1 McClellan McClellan
1888 22 Pendleton Seymour
1872 1 Greeley Greeley
1876 2 Tilden Tilden
1880 3 Hancock Hancock
1884 3 Cleveland Cleveland
1888 1 Cleveland Cleveland
1892.... 1 Cleveland Cleveland
1896 5 Bland Bryan
1900 1 Bryan Bryan
1904 1 Parker Parker
1908 1 Bryan Bryan
••Bolt from convention of 1860,
bolters nominating Breckenridge
session of the Democratic national con
vention was scheduled to convene to
day eight tired ahd 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 hail 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 of
Baltimore. It had become a matter of
hard work and endurance 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
Clark adherents, win as many converts
and return as many votes to the fold
as 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
come back.” 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
and If we don't get it it will he up to
them to get it."
At a Clark meeting today former
Governor Dockery of Missouri spoke
“There is no discouragement In the
fight as I see it." he said "Illinois has
voted against us, but is still In line
Kansas will he back. Many others will
do the -ame W« 4 have more than one-
“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 orc of those doves,” said the candidate,
FULLING THE NOT ENTHUSIASTIC TAMMANYITE CLOSER
TO HIM, while the watching crowd broke into laughter and ap
plause.
third and we control the situation.
Stand firm and we 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 New York
delegation gathered for a caucus. A
rumor circulated on the convention
floor said that 27 members of the dele
gation favored dropping the unit rule
and voting for Wilson.
New Yorker Moves
To Suspend Rules.
"The desire of every Democrat in this
convention," said Mr. Fitzgerald, "Is to
leave this hall united, harmonious and
with victory assured. Every' loyal Dem
ocrat should be willing to subordinate
his ]>ersonal desire to the success of
the party.
"In the hope that this convention may
adjourn without bitterness, without
hard feeling, without rankling talk that
may affect the chances of any candi
date, we are willing to acquiesce in
what appears to be the overwhelming
will of this convention, and I move, as
a member of the New York delegation,
and as a Democrat, anxious to see my
state in the Democratic column, the
roll call be dispensed with and the dis
tinguished Democrat, Woodrow Wilson,
of New- Jersey, be nominated by accla
mation."
The aisles had become congested.
Delegatee came to the front to hear
the speaker.
When Fitzgerald closed hie speech,
the vast crowd stood on chairs and ap
plauded to the echo. It was exactly
2:40 o'clock when the demonstration
started. Throughout all the din the
Missouri delegation sat silently in place
watching the hilarious delegates from
other states celebrating the breaking
of the great deadlock and the victory
of Wilson.
"The motion of the gentleman from
New York requires unanimous con
sent," said the chair. "Is there any ob
jection ?"
Senator Reed, of Missouri, came to
the stand and said:
"Without the slightest desire to cre
ate any feeling or resentment, I make
the objection because Missouri wants
the opportunity of being represented
on this ballot for old Champ Clark."
F. H McCullough, of Edlnah, Mo„
asked unanimous consent to make a
statement Ho said:
"As a delegate from Missouri, I de
sire to say that no people ever loved a
man aa the Democrats of Missouri have
loved old Champ Clark. I desire also
to sav that Senator Stone voiced the
solid opinion of the delegation. We are
all for Clark, from first, last, and all
the time, but we also stand for har
mony and victory.”
Reed Forces
Call of Rail.
When the noise had subsided. Senator
i Reed, of Missouri, refused to give unan
imous consent to the motion. The roll
call was demanded.
"Cail the roll," ordered the chairman.
"Alabama." shouted the clerk.
"Twenty-four votes for Wilson,”
said Governor O’Neill.
The delegates sent up a yell.
When Earl Brewer, of Mississippi,
cas the vote of his state for Wilson,
tlie good-natured crowd gave a long
shout.
Missouri stood gallantly by her guns.
She went down fighting and ehqerfng.
' When her name was called the chair
man replied:
"Missouri casts 36 votes for Champ
, Clark.”
Instantly' every man in the delega
tion was on his feet shouting. All
hats went into the air and the dele
gation sent up one mighty cheer. 'Jhe
test of the convention admired the
dashing picture. With one accord the,
other delegates sent up a cheer for
the fighting man of Missouri, while the
women in the balcony waved hand
kerchiefs and screamed.
California was reached at the end
of the roll. Again Theodore Bell
sought to speak. California had passed
on the regular call. Bell wanted to
explain his own personal vote. The
delegates howled him down
J. Hamilton Lewis, of Chicago, beg
ged the convention to hear Mr. Bell.
When Mr. Bell got to the stand there
was cries of “No, No."
"Give him a show," begged the ser
geant-at-arms. Tlie tumult kept up.
Mr. Bell proceeded:
“I want to assure you that when
I return to California I shall take up
the fight for Woodrow Wilson. Before
I announce the vote of my delegation
on the last roll call I serve notice
that if given opportunity after the vote
is registered I shall move to make th?
nomination of Wilson unanimous. My
state for 43 successive roll calls cast
26 votes for Champ (’lark and we de
termined unanimously that so long as
there was a chance left to register out
vote in what we believed to be a just
and honorable place. California now
upon the last roll call does her part
as she sees it. She now easts 24 for
'Champ Clark and 2 for Wilson."
Three cheers were given and the
state of Ohio called Wilson 33. Clark
1, Harmon 12, 2 absent.
M’DONOUGH TEACHERS NAMED.
M’DONOUGH, 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
attendant e at this school exceeds .100.
BRYAN’S AVARICE
IS BLAMED FRR
DEADLOCK
Nebraskan’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 in 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 New York, was
for answering him from the platform.
His fellows on the delegation prevailed,
however, jn favor of letting the occa
sion pass.
"What I wanted to do,” explained
Sulzer, "was to ask Brother William J.
w’hether 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
,J3ryan'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 Bul
finehe's Mythology and read up about
the 'Harpies.' Bryan is a ‘Harpie’-—the
‘Harpie' of the Democratic party.”
Ex-Governor Campbell, of Ohio:
"Bryan's whole attitude in Baltimore
has been one of nad manners and an
assumption of party authority. For
one, I resent 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 it knocked
them eternally on the head. I think
we are seeing the last of Bryan as a
dominating figure tn Democratic poli
tics, and as one who wishes the party
well, 1 thank the gods for it.”
Dahler, of Indiana—" The resolution
Itself was flapdoodle. It was bound to
be adopted. It was as though he of
fered a resolution. Resolved. That we
as a party will not name a pickpocket
for the presidency. Everybody 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
the resolution, which would give him
an excuse to bolt. 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
him now for the office of dog pelter. For
six months he has been doing all he
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?
Can you name a man he ever tried to
help? He is utterly selfish, utterly un
grateful. We have an vx-mayor and
an ex governor in Nebraska who can
tell you all about it. Thus far at this
convention he has hurt nobody but
himself. It will be a bright day for
the Democracy w’hen 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 Peck
sniff 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
heard much good of either Ry.an 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 Bennett. If there’s
anything in the record of either Ryan
or Belmont which for meanness can
compare with Bryans share in the
Bennett will business I will favor Bry
an's resolution to throw them out of
the Democracy. The Bennett will'?
Why, you must have heard of it. If
not, you can partially instruct your.’-eif
at least by reading Bryan's Appeal
From Probate' in the 77 Connecticut
Reports. Any lawyer can show it to
you."
COTTON MILLS PAY DIVIDENDS.
AUGUSTA, GA , July 2 Yesterday
was dividend day with some of the
large cotton mills of Augusta and more
than 1100,000 was sent to the stock
holders of the big mills In Augusta.
. STRAYING CHILD
KILLED BY AUTD
Tot Three Struck Down ilf
Peachtree by Machine Driven
by Carnegie Medal Winner.
Three-year-old Ralph Russey, of 86
West Raker street, ran away from his
home to play in the streets for the first
time in his life today, and while his
parents searched throughout the city
for him he was run down and killed at
the corner of Peachtree street and
9 Merritts avenue by the automobile of
- Willis E. Ragan, the merchant, driven
? by John Hill, the only negro w-ho has
f ever received a Carnegie hero medal.
George S. Russey, secretary of the
I Atlanta Woodenware Company and fa
ther of the child, came upon his son's
body in the Davis-Fisher sanitarium,
t where it had been carried. He had ’/
[, heard that a child who resembled his '
, lost little son had been hurt by an au- *’
, tomobile. When he was brought In to
! make sure of the identification he was
I told that the lad had been dead for
, several hours. Both the father and
mother were prostrated and are under
doctors’ care.
Mother Makes f
i Vain Hunt for Child.
At 7 o’clock this morning Ralph
> climbed out of bed to eat an early
breakfast with his father and be kissed
good-bye as the latter hurried to his
office. He toddled down the street a
I block with Mr. Russey, then started
’ back homeward w’ith a promise to be a
1 good boy and stay close at home until
his father should return tonight
But on the way back he met a little
: playmate. Marion Cain, who lives just
two doors away, and Marion knew of
a great heap of sand that some house
builders had piled up near the comer of
Peachtree street and Merritts avenue,
and the tots agreed that it would be
great fun to run over there and dig out
> a Robinson Crusoe cave.
Ralph's mother, Mrs. Russey, missed
her son when ten minutes had gone by
‘ and he did not come back from the
i walk with his father. She called at all
' the neighbors’, but none had seen him.
I At the Cain homestead they told her
that Marlon had strayed away, too,
' Mrs. Russey grew very much frighten
' ed, fearing that some harm might come
i to her child. She a skp<l neighbors to
help her in the search and she called
' her husband on the telephone and he
> left his office and hurried homeward,
asking at every block if any one had
’ seen a boj' resembling his son.
Struck by Auto;
Crowd Threatens.
r Meanwhile the two little lads had
i found the sand heap they sought for
c and were playing behind the great pile
t that stood between the sidewalk and
the street. Then, of a sudden. Ralph
, remembered that his mother would
wonder where he could have been gone
] so long and, calling to Marion, he raai
, out from the cave they had dug to
hurry home.
Marion followed at his playmate’s
heels, but just as they emerged into
the street from the sand pile a great
automobile bore down upon them and
before Ralph could turn around to run
back the hood had struck him and his
body went down under the wheels and
the weight of tons above them.
The automobile driven by Hill was
being taken back to the garage of its
owner, Willis Ragan. Hill put on the
emergency brakes, but when the ma
chine was stopped the little frame lay
dying of a broken neck and a frac
tured skull beneath its frame. Hill
picked him up, carried him to the ma
chine and was starting quickly on the
way to a doctor’s when the crowd that
had gathered became threatening. Po
liceman George Dorsett hurried up,
took the child into his own arms and
ordered the chauffeur to put on all
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 hs
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, w here he came upon Dr. J. A.
Ally and told him that “a little boy
had been killed afid 1 must his
mother.”
Father Finds
His Son Dead.
Dr. Alley rushed the •child to his au»
tomobile, found from the frightened
tad 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
laj’ unidentified in the Linden street
sanitarium. Neighbors were searching
everywhere for him. The father, hunt
ing every block in the vicinity of his
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 hy an automobile,
but he did not tell him that the child
was dead. Mi - . Russey hurried to the
sanitarium. There he w that the boy
was Ralph and that he w as 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 < htid nf Thomas Preston hy
stopping a runaway near Peachtree
street and Ponce DeLeon a'c'enue at the
risk of his own life.
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