The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-17
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ESLEMnP ' / Z STU . UMBLES |!
INTO TIL HALL
For u a ime He Seemed u Be IL a
Danger from Excited n
sS,99E Dem ms: ocrats.. 5.s5sI
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\ N y Il Ys0N n CRIES
$500 $,
sReso solutions End orsing Bryan forIf forI
Presiden Carried With 4 1Si #
Will q Thes nj inth District M S.
Dem ocrats Are 4 p, De- n
termined I. to e y Beat e i q
s Col. Slemp. sIss
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BR1sTo TEN D, 8 pst u l1 ilA
Demo ocrats Of tie N inthg District to-daI
nominated Robert ii 2. III, Bruce,
county aby acclamat ton u succeed Col..SSs8
3onel Campbell slemp, HON the sRepub bllssSSSs
cans have elected to Congress since 1902 sssS
The convention syvh hichS made the noml.
nation to-day was one 81 4 the most en- n-|Sa !
thusiastic in the III hlstory Of the, district,sa
and II found .itS hard to- find Sa man yho.S
would say other than that The district
would be redeemed ,,si this
good Democratic expressio Ion. sSs
81 Colonel slemp attend ed AZ he convent ion .s9
He was present for y half hour. or such
d matter during the h sessi on this 4 tier
noon. He had been seen ON the sire etss
ali day. 81 Ee mad q hts q pearance IN tt,pFS
|sconvention hall while ~ udgeS Duncan, $ot@s
Lee county, was Sc ling the ninaSsSs
Stion$ 81 BruG Ge fro the Mr.
sslemp vas 4 SsAen 9eo eoning down &tfa N aisle,8Ss
Followed two a0rS lea sts.
one 81 the mum ber being as Repn b licansasss
S@F5 F5Air. slemp either "a no 55ropea
lSstretched across the ais sic IN to emf
other than res
served u for them or he wi he'd II to- sgerg
through, i, for he rush ed TIL barrier and Ill
was thrown TO- the X oor, III s8 8exclam ma Sg
tion which was .llnintell gi bla. uld 8notSs
#beS & heard plainly on III the stag bu
served to- call the attent lion of the IdeleSss
gates to #s his ace. Judge fsl 09uncanS
had Just been
ers had worked the y dele gates Ito a# higllss
Spitch3Sof enthusiasm and a posi- ton g ~
1.-The Black Gag gle from Screa ss.S
|sns TAFT Irvine des slgnat ed MI. 81 en-
To Mob Slemp.
When the dough htys col lonel was discov,.-sjSss
cred to be in the hall there was al bout
Sof Put him ou t, = as every one Of theSS
crowd OF several hundred oplea sprung 81
Isto, his # feet, The creates a3 confusion "
|sreigned, ~ Chairman nkle e33is hammerin ~
the table n for order and pes sons seated ~8
on tt,o stage making efforts 70 $qulete the
crowd. &. S u
There was "a rushafor the Congressman. .s
sand it looked as though he would Il be-
taken out BY force. Y Mr.. Slenlps ID not 4:
seem to realize that heB wa as in any dan nsss
ger Of being forcihly eject ed or hand ed
In a manner III elys to- soil or disarranKa a
|Shis clothing. and was sho red Into la seat
Sns sergeant-at-arn,s of the converts ion.sS
Several husky fellows stood lose to-
where the Congressman was given $ his
seat and kept back ~ the S oWd. .s iwh lct 4
seemed bent on throwing out he }Ylgit tor, WI III
Judging from their old cries, and the sss
angry forward, t8mov verrle si g 81
|$tei| tho lapse Of probe 81 y ten N nutes,3E
order was restore y nd ludge Duncan ssll
was able to continue his speech II II II
vas devoted to tho most SO we're crl tlcisms
#oeA Colonel Slenlp, who frea uentlyg made
some remark not Intel lligible to Al those q
seated on the sta ge.S II Q SO TIN his "A
hat on his head, ,fa a broad smile on HI %
( face, as though .ho did mot clear rly ms
derstand what Judge p Duncan was so .ss
but assumed 1t was something compli-Ss
sydney Wheeler. Of yPulaak h made ga y
Srattling speech, second tng the nomina ton s5
of X Mr.. Bruce, and he h smiles on the II
face Of Mr.. slen,p crased each other I, 4
like rnindrops on a wing low pane, ii IA
Slelnp Retires,
tssy The Congressman, HI howeyer, appeared to-
grow tired of oratory. and while Judge
Martin Williams, OF G les, was maxi "a 4
seconding speech, Colonel slemp arose,
and began making his way out Of the Isl
building. There was much guying ana I'll
laughter as he proceeded sas well 4 as as 81
considerable Y comment, ether subdued
nor5friendly. Judge williams turned the Il
tenper Of the audience. ''Well. III wait II
tin the ISeeley patients are out Of the NJ
Ii way'' he cried in stentoriant tones, which y
Colonel Hlemp could have heard had lle
not been so husly engaged In trying -
solve the very serious problem involved i
II getting down the steps,
The remark caused the delegates ana 81
others to break Into laughter and
situation which had presented serious
aspect, turned its humorous side Be-
yond the quoted sentence from JUGS
WillIamss speech none OF the speeches ~
made reference to the incident, though the @
temptation for comment must have bsso 10
strong.
Enthusiasm and Harmony. 81
~ Tho enthusiasm and harradny which
marked the session Of to-day's conveneloH Vi
were It's features. From the outset there \
was not a discordant word uttered nor AN I Iss
incident to indicate that the utmost har-
5rmony did not prevail In the 3raEks of ths III, VI