The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-07-09

| by name, and said that upon the new
platform the party might stand uni
ted if only a man worthy of the peo
| pies trust could be named for Presi
! dent" He said that the candidates
except Parker, were such men. These
candidates were Hearst, Gray, Olney
Wall, Cockrell and Miles. Bryan
| added to the list the name of EX
| Governor Pattison, of Pennsylvania
| Then turning to the New York dele
cation, he said:
| Nebraska asks nothing. All we
want is a man we can get behind and
work for and trust.
Eight years ago the Democratic
party placed our banner in my hands.
Four years later my commission was
renewed. I now return the standard
and take my place in the party ranks.
You may charge that 1 have failed,
but I defy you to say that have been
untrue to the trust or false to the
Democratic faith.
s<Do not compel Democracy to
choose between militiarism and plu-
-1QcracSiedoenato-s soEce~ 1s4r<eitAer-zzsta
acknowledge the god Of war or bow
down to the god of gold. Give us a
man of, and for the people,
Bryan's speech threw the conyen-
ton into an uproar, but the plans of
the Hill-Sheehan-Murph combine
were too we'll laid to be shaken, and
as the confusion subsidized the roll call
began and the Parker phalanx stood
firm. They lacked the two-thirds they
claimed, but by SO small margin
that the early changes gave Parker
the nomination.
Parker's managers were not long in
discovering the antis plan of cam
paign. eve will make nomination
to-day" said Sheehan grimly, when
asked early in the evening as to the
intention of the Parker men, eff it
We are going to fight it out 1t took
until four o'clock and then some, but
it was fought out.
Everything that had gone before
in convention affairs was preliminary
to this trial of strength. Interest
on the part of the public which had
been strong heretofore was keyed
to the highest pitch by the prospect
of battle. The fact that the nominal
tions were about to be made and at
night session, when ST. Louis people
were not restrained by their business
from attending, caused a tremendous
crowd to gather in and about conven-
ton hall. They swarmed around the
building an hour before the opening of !
the session. Those fortunate ones
who held tickets hurried inside to get
good seats. Other thousands kept at
a distance by lines of police officers
and seemed to get some sort of salts
faction by simply standing about and
looking at the building.
When Clark Called Order.
Twelve thousand people were jam
med in the great auditorium when, at
$ o'clock, Champ Clark, permanent
chairman, raped for order. They oc-
cupied all the seats, and, as usual |
crowded the aisles. The audience
itself made spectacle worth going far
to see. More than third of the spec;
tators were women, and their plumes !
of many hues gave brilliant coloring
to the scene. Thousands of palm leaf
fans waved in the sitting air. Coats
were laid aside by the men with whom
comfort took precedence over the con-
ventionalities.
Chairman Clark called for the re-
port OF the committee on resolutions,
which had spent day and night in
the preparation of a harmony plat
form.
Senator John w. Daniel, of vir-
ginia, arose to make the report. In
the Senate, Daniel is one Of the most
polished and scholarly orators that
:alse part in debate. Hefis listened to
with absorbing interest. In the con-
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