Evening journal., 1908-07-29
ROW In HEARST
CONVENTION
Man Who Nominated Bryan
Was Thrown Out OF the
Meeting
HEARST'S RIVAL HOWARD
IS STEAM -ROLLERED

1
CHICAGO, July 29.-No matter what
the ultimate fate of the Independence
party shall be, none who participated
in the session which began at o'clock
last night and wound up as the first
streaks of dawn were tingeing Lake
Afichiga, is likely to forget their ex-
lperiencing. Thomas L. Hisgen, of
Massachusetts, was named as the can
ldidate for president, three ballots hav-
ing to be taken. On the third ballot,
Hisgen having received S31 votes. was
declared the nominee. and then on be-
half of the other candidates. the nomi-
nation was made unanimous.
The hall had the pleasant tempera-
ture of something near 100 degrees.
and the delegates were sitting. SO there
was no strife for the honor Of escond
place. Hearst wants his edits.
Graves, was the tip passed along, and
the New York man whom Georgia used
to be very proud of when he lived
there, was selected as running mate
of the Massachusetts, oil merchant.
Long Typewritten Speech
After having adopted the platform as
outlined yesterday. the delegates were
anxious to get through and go home.
Soon after o'clock nominations were
declared in order. A delegate from
Alabama was the first to receive recog-
milton. As he clambered upon the stage
it was noticed that he carried several
dozen typewritten pages. and when he
started laboriously to read them there
was an almost unanimous howl of pro-
test from the delegates below, but he
would not be stopped. For more than
an hour the audience was impressed
with the advantages that would accrue
to the country were Milford W. How
ard of Alabama, elected president. In
slow succession the names OF John
Temple Graves of New York and
Georgia: r. R. Lyon. of New York, and
T. L. Hisgen, of Massachusetts. were
suggested, and then occurred the real
diversion of the night
Wanted to Name Bryan
J. J. Sheppard, of Kansasn. who de-
clared afterwards that he had thought
the convention on the level when It was
announced individual delegates were 10
have the right of speech "untram-
meled and unabridged" leaped on the
stage.
can nominate the choice OF every
real delegate here?" he demanded. But
there was some question of his mo-
tives, and from one Of the topmost
seats in the gallery a voGe beloved
forth: mot by a damn sight" Chair
man Walsh. who had seemingly misun-
|. derstood. nodded 10 the hapless Shep-
pard, and he started to name his choice
Bryan. Of Nebraska.
He did not get far. The steam roller
and pile driver must sink into signifi-
cance from now on. SimzltaxvssEusly
with Walsh declaring him out of order,
cries of Throw him out" Fire him, +"
Smash him." came from every direc-
tion of the hall and a husky gentleman
with a big red badge caught Sheppard
lby the scruff of the neck and rushed
him into the outer darkness. Boiling
with inzgaDion. the Kansas man de-
manded that the local policeman arrest
the man who threw him out, but the
bluecoat simply applied his night stick
vigorously to the damaged portion OF
'Sheppard's anatomy and the latter left
Declared a Traitor
Kansas then repudiated its erstwhile
national committeeman, and he was
declared a traitor" to the party and a
"Brya agnent" in a half dozen vitriohc
Idiscourses that caused the convention
to make up its mind It would have to
meet again to-day to permit everyone
who wanted to denounce Bryan and
) his agents a chance to be heard.
When the nominations were resumed
s speech after speech was made, the
, delegates standing for their sacred
, rights and refusing to be howled down
The result was that when the roll was
begun there were less than half hun
dred delegates in their seats. One
delegate from Georgia cast the vote OF
that State for Graves and then pro-
ceeded to vote North and South Caro-
lima for his candidate. Mild protests
from the Massachusetts, delegates were
Just outside and that If they had beer
I on hand they would have voted foi
3 Graves. There being no choice on the
4 first and Ohio having miscued on the
second the third ballot was taken be-
l fore the choice was finally made
4 Graves was then nominated and th'
= convention adjourned after a meetinl
? of the national committee was an
! nounced for this morning. Thee dele
! gates quickly scattered to their homes
!. and a new party had been ushered int
the world. Friends of II. w. Howard
> are wroth with Hearst to-day. The,
say openly that Hearst cnasidereI
Howard a rival for leadership. and or
dered that he be defeated for th
I nomination. At the national COMMITTEES
|, to-day plans for the national campaign
!, were made and approved
CONTINUED on Second PaGc)