The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-09

At 12:2s MT. Kern concluded and the state os Iowa was called.
 Incident Borders on Sensational.
 A deIeeats sprang to his chair and de- clared a second to MT. Hearst. But sam S. Wright of Tipton, Iowa. mounted ms chair and shouted, "On behalf Of the un- bought and unpurchasable delegates ol Iowas-at this point a rush was maae iof Wright by some of his colleagues In me delegation It became evident at once that trouble was on. MT. Wright sprang tor- ward in the chairs to get out Of feaeh of his antagonists. An Arkansas delegate crossed the aisle, reached out his hand and motioned him in. The convention was thrown into an uproar.
 One of the Hearst Iowa delegates rush ed forward to the platform. He was at once followed by Wright, between two men. There was a whispered conference with Chairman Bailey and Wright se- cured recognition.
 He thundered forth: Gentlemen of the convention, I am proud of the fact that the great party to which I belong or dinarily believes in free speech"
 This struck the convention and Mir. Wright was accorded attention
 He said: "On behalf of that section of Iowa which sends democrats to congress -on behalf of Iowa democrats who did not receive their political education from Coins financial school l second the nom ination of Judge Parker of New York.
 MT. Wright at once left the platform amid great applause and confusion. He proceeded down the aisle to his seat. He was called many hard names and finally had to be protected by an officer and was given a seat by the Georgia delega- ton. The incident was one of the liveliest of the session, and for a moment prom ised to become sensational.
 Chairman Bailey Takes Hand.
 Chairman Weaver of the Iowa delega- ton demanded a hearing but was not recognized. He asserted that his col leagues wished to remove Wright as the honorary vice president of the conven- tion from Iowa. Then Chairman Bailey took a hand. Tapping his desk he said;
 Tn the confusion the chair was unable to recognize the gentleman who first rose. In order to correct the mistake, the chair takes great pleasure in recognizing MT. Rhelnhart of Iowa, who desires to second a nomination on behalf of the state Of Iowa.
 "The gentleman who has just left the platform said MT. Rheinhart, least as- persoin upon the delegation from Iowa. desire to cast the asperson back into his teeth"
 MT. Rheinhart denied for himself and all others of the Iowa delegation that any money had been received by them to fl- duce them 10 cast their votes for any can didate.
 Before Rheinhart had concluded. the convention showed signs of restlessness. but yel- greeted his last works. Kansas was called and J. G. Johnson was recog- nized to second the Hearst nomination. 1 As MT. Johnson concluded the chair rec ognized David Overmeyer O. Kansas who placed Gen. Nelson A. Miles in nomina- tion.
 Sequel to Wright Incident.
 There was soop sequel to the Wright incident The delegation held a meeting and made an effort to unseat Wright as the Iowa member of the committee to mo- tify the presidential nominee. In the words of the delegation, the action was taken because of the ''imputations cast upon.the delegation" by Wright. Vigorous applause followed MT. Over meyers mention of the name of General Miles, but when he continued his address after naming his candidate, he was fre- quently interrupted by the galleries. and 1 the applause at the conclusion of his re- marks was short lived. In the midst of | handclapping Chairman Baileys gavel fell sharply and ended It.
 Delegate Roesing from Minnesota then lnLeTpOSeu a motion that all SecOnulnB | speeches be limited to one minute
 Governor Cookery moved to amend by making the time five minutes. The amendment was lost on viva voce vote. | After parliamentary squabble, the | time was fixed at four minutes
 Thomas H. Ball of Texas was next rec ognized to second the nomination of Par ker. The Interruptions to MT. Ball were so frequent by people in the galleries who | -.~tt 1.t was not half taken up, the chairman re- minded them that they were using up the time of the convention and not of the | speaker.
 l Louisiana seconded the nomination of ! Parker by a simple announcement | Maine gave way to Missouri and Champ Clark of that state took the platform to place in nomination Senator Francis M Cockrell of Missouri, for the presidency.
 Clark Makes Great Hit. When MT. Clark began to speak his audience had sat for more than five hours in the sweltering heat of the packed hail and listened to speeches for the greater part carefully prepared in advance. They were growing tired. There had been lit tie spontaneous oratory, and several Of the direct vigorous hits that a convention loves. But MT. Clark was a stimulant. lIe had not spoken a hundred words be- fore ripple of re-aroused attention ran through the hall. It was much like the scene at Chicago when Speaker Cannon spoke. In five minutes he had won his audience and Neariness was swept from them.
 They responded to his every hit and cheered him to the echo Mr Clark's first mention of his candidate as "old Cockrell' threw the convention into convulsions Of laughter, which speedily turned to cheers, and the Missouri senator received warm tribute that lasted for several minutes. The band played Dixie" and the tribute grew into demonstration. It was Mis- souri cheering Missourfs favorite son. and the whole convention joined in the com pliment.
 The greatest part of the applause came from the galleries where the ladies Of Missouri in numerous groups waved flags with great enthusiasm. Bundles of flags were carried around to the galleries and thousands of them were moved over into Missouri territory and in an instant two pictures of Senator Cockrell were ripped from their frames while the people in the gallery danced and shrieked in delighted appreciated. The tribute to Senator Cock rell was one of the handsomest things of it's kind seen in maAy conventions and lasted more than a quarter of an hour. The spectators In the upper galleries be- gan to stamp their feet in concert with a vigor that threatened to bring the gal leries down, loaded as they were with thousands of people At the same time they tapped the sticks of the flags on rails and floor, producing curious and novel effect.