Milford chronicle., 1912-06-28
Parker Chosen Tenn
pOrary Chairman.
VOTE WAS 579 TO $40
NebTaSkan Himself Was a
Candidate.
BIG UPROAR IN The HALL
The COmmOner HurIS Predatory
? Wealth. at His Rival.

N-N&E The Democratic national convention
anks for w was called to order in Baltimore, Nd.
sgetable 20, by Temporary Chairman Alton B. Par
had takan ~ ker, of New York
I'd relief IN The committee of credentials will
louisville. OF report and the platform may be re-
Hundreds of ceived from the committee on resolu-
8 expressing tions
ydia E. Pr, Mr. Parker in his address showed
und has ace the friendly feeling of the temporary
8 nave peer presiding officer when he compliment
lAIeln n1eul ed Mr.. Bryan, asked the indulgence
" Of the convention for his late adver-
lEOKCSE sary and urged the convention to
honor Mr. Bryan with the chairman
OOOD ship of the committee on resolutions.
William Jennings Bryan met defeat
any Buildin, in the convention in the contest over
Thieves, theC temporary chairmanship Bryan
To Be gifted himself against former Judge
VIII EXan Parker for the craftsmanship and after
a lively skirmish the roll was ordered
The infant called.
wife died The vote on the charmanship was
Io =. % a1u as follows: Parker, 579; Bryan, $40;
Mss Ind OGorman, 8; Kern, l. not voting /.
Mr. and Mr. After Bryan had made a speech
wv, and Cha 1ominating Senator Kern of Indiana,
e; mar and attacking Alton B. Parker Kern
he brides took the floor. He made a plea for
ey VIII retm harmony, asked Parker to join him in
ABOUT July b thdrawng from the contest for tenn
a, a y; - raTy chairman and substituting any
a.''ou, saI,var lp the of a list o. several men
II hand broke as ,fter waiting in vain for reply
it as he was a,a, m ParIyer Kern himself withdrew
carriage nominated Bryan. Again Bryan
he wedding ohk the platform. He accepted the
le' daughter OF mination and the lineup for the
Iulte' 1l. @ Oh Struggle was complete.
arrbnp y The struggle waved most bitter at
rsNf6 81 times particularly when Mr. Bryan
naJt excoriated Wall street and the pre-
Sn'aidel datory interests" made satfrical refer
-;i5arge fences to Parlers brand Of Democracy, I.
FhhiRe Nominating at the time that Parker
didg Smith s-beeR financed by corrupt funds
81 Fyts.s' to oeHlo Wall street eight years ago. and
= on ~, cyon I; Wall street. after pledging sup
~ nd and thiau thrown lne Dehoerauc par
Itch e4 lest fFn
~ th ate MS withdrawal from nomination
de pid Or of Bryan, and Bryan's accept
oil as of the nomination was highly
h atic Shortly afterwards, while
idore J. Bell was speaking in
ex - Of Parker, the galleries became
m, y and disorderly. The disorder
str ID to the delegates, and finally a
boT2 of police marshaed into
Spec D|ill be This act called forth vehem-
os III pm At'st from some delegates and
she super gag rule" resounded.
our <eparautp utphnson. of Texas aroused
az ,Bnend9ls Outburst by the declara-
ion: The fight is now on, with
"a vBryan on Pne side and Wall street on
rir Nthe other"
ne IN in nomi1ating Kern for temporary
m chairman BRYAN declared the nation
~, was watching to see whether this
ths convention viii follow Chicago in lis
81 tening to the voice of predatory
pc wealth" and declared that the people
mcs, had not forgotten the promise of cam
coia paign funds from Wall street eight
boa' wears ago" This direct rap at Parker
~ was cheered but all the crowd plainly
was not with the Nebraskan and he {
prj was interrupted many times by great {
c NJ shouts OF Parker"
ssns IN pert GIr, Bryan said: t
Wfbo I'VE are writing history today, and G
this convention is to announce to the S
~ country whether this convention will
take up the challenge thrown down at 2
tn Chicago by a convention controlled by L
IA predatory wealth. or answer it by put b
iii ting ourselves under the same control o
asm and giving the people no party to rep b
tapoO resent them. a
He' we need not deceive ourselves that "
~ what is done in a national convention e
49, is done in secret. If every member of p
fo,# this convention entered into an agree d
are ment of secrecy, we still act under the
lie eyes of these representatives Of the p
~, press who know not only what we do, n
but why we do it, and who told to e'
do it. NJ
"And the delegates of this conven ST
II ton must not presume upon the ig te
norance Of those people who did not
b come either because they had not in st
o fuence enough to be elected delegates g'
itt or money enough to pay the expenses et
Of the trip, but who have as much in *
terest in the partys welfare as we who th
speak for them today
"And these people will know that in
the influences that dominated that PC
~ convention at Chicago and made its sa
conclusions farce before the coun- co
try, that those influences are here and tn