The Archive · 1912

An Autocratic Step

Later.

Mr, Bryan's refusal to vote for any who is supported by the New York delegation, which' is headed by the Tammany boss, Mr. Murphy, is described as being the most Sutocratic etep that has ever been taken in any Convention, and as being tantamount to a demand for the exclusion of New York, the most important State in the Union, from the selection of a candidate. This action of Mr. Bryan has brought about a temporary deadlock in the Convention.

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