Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-07-29
H[ARSn|[S IN A RIOT
Kansas Man Starts Trouble
When He Proposes Bryan
For President
.A'seEN IS THE NOMINEE
Massachusetts Man Heads National
Ticket, With John Temple Graves, Of
Georgia, for Vice President--Man
Who Started Riot Expelled From
Convention Hall.

The above ticket was Last night
nominated by the independence party
Friends OF Bryan made an effort dur
ing the night to bring his name be"
fore the convention, and j. I. Shepard
of Fort Scott, Kas., the man who at
tempted it, nearly produced riot and
narrowly escaped physical violence al
the hands of the indignant delegates.
He was ruled out of order and after
wards hustled out of the hall.
The nomAation OF Hisgen was
made on the third ballot, his chief
competitor being Milford w. Howard,
OF Alabama, and John Temple Graves
of Georgia. Reuben Lyon of New
York. received a complimentary vote
on the first ballot and William Ran
dolph Hearst had 40 friends who voted
for him on the first two ballots.
The nomination OF Graves was made
unanimous, all the other candidates
having withdrawn, and the convention
adjourned.
Convention in Riot.
William j. Bryan's name, hurled in
to the midst of the national convention
of the independence party. as cam
didate for its presidential nomination,
brought on q riot last night.
Orchestra hall has never witnessed
such a scene as that which followed
the instant that the state of Kansas,
thru ]. I. Shepard, sought to present
the name Of the democratic nominee
for the consideration of the newly
christened party.
New York and California independ-
ents joined with the Chicago contin-
gent, under, the supervision and d.
rection of the assistant sergeant-at-
arms, headed by one OF the circulation
managers of a Chicago independence
party organ, and fairly beat Mr.. Shop
ard out of the hall.
Men fought up and down the mid
die aisle of the auditorium devoted to
music and the gentler arts, and, like
wild creatures, clutched and struggled,
only to be. driven back by the brawny
assistants of the sergeant AT arms.
The galleries were maudlin in their ex-
cited anger and for fifteen minutes the
convention was a. swirling, swarming
mass of fighting madmen.
Chairman Walsh at length delivered
a ruling which deprived Mr.. Shepard
of his rights to the floor. That was the
signal which the anti Bryan men, rep
resentedsby the staff of convention au-
thority, had awaited with Impotence.
A quick snap of q finger from chief
assistant sergeant at arms brought on
the Jump fifty assistants from all parts
of the hall. The crew which swept
down from the rear of the stage caught
Shepard from behind, damned him
over the edge Of the platform and he
was pushed and banged thru the curs-
ing and fighting crowd In the main
aisle, on out to the foyer Of Orchestra
hall, where his badge was torn off, an /
hatless and almost coat ,ss, he was
handed over to the city police, who adj
vised the Kansas spokesman not to re-
turn to the convention.
Proceeds With Roll Call.
Then the convention proceeded with
the roll call for the pun pose Of NOM
mating a candidate for president, three
having been named prior to the riot
which opened when the state of Kan
sas was reached. The three were Mil
ford W. Howard, of Alabama, Thomas
T.. Hisgen, of Massachusetts and John
Temple Graves Of Georgia. AT midnight
it appeared probable that nomination
would not be made until early morn
ing, two thirds being required to NOM
mate.
Just as the platform was being
adopted under the gavel OF Chairman
Walsh, late in the afternoon. Mr.. Shep-
ard had vainly endeavored to se ire
recognition. He was MT recogniA I'd.
When Kansas was calico at night, Mr..
Shepard arose and asked whether any
person could be nominated for presi-
dent, regardless of whether he was or
was not a member Of the Independence
party, referring to the refusal of Chair
man Walsh to recognize him at the af-
ternoon session.
Chairman Walsh replied that he had
not ruled on that question.
Kansas Has Candidate.
I'm that case, Mr.. Chairman, the
state OF Kansas has a candidat :" said
AAtA. nSAiOPclAb, oiAu 1AS We4hSu SOSAAy ~
the platform, while THE corps Of SER
geants at arms became suddenly ac-
tive.
Mr.. Shepard reviewed the incident
leading up to the convention then in
session and turned to the republican
convention, asserting that in the NOM
ination of Secretary Taft the republic
cans had nominated a Sancho. Panzo
for a Don Quixote.
"The democratic party has nomin-
ated candidate
But Mr.. Shepard got no further. A
wild chorus of Misses and booing came
from every part OF the house, Out
above all the noise Jne man yelled,
whats the matter with Bryan?" Then
the row was properly in operation.
John Daily, delegate from New
York, brandishing a heavy cane,
dashed for the stage. Half way up the
steps he was knocked back by one of
the secretaries. He started again for
the platform, and this time he was
jammed into the middle of the Illinois
delegation and George Washington
McCaskrin tried to sit on him. When
he got on his feet he was in the mid
die of a squad which bumped him out
to the door.
Men We're on their chairs, some of
them kissing, others cheering for Will
liam Randolph Hearst, the Massachu-