Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-07-06

ING mUvN. ana once tncIo wan gen
uine riot of which Bryan was the CEN
ter He resented as an insult the
action OF some Clark enthusiasts In
placing 10 front Of the Commoner a
banner hearing words of praise OF
Clark attributed to Bryan 10 1910.
Missouri New Jersey and Nebraska
delegates mixed II up" and even
some press correspondcnts took a
hand Then the police separated the
belllgerents and later A. M. Dockery
and Dave Francis sent apologies 70
Bryan. discIaimfng for the Missouri
delegation any connection with the
banner.
Tired and out Of temper. the dele
gates assembled at noon Tuesday.
determined to wind up matters quick
ly If possible. On the first ballot Of
the day. the forty-tfiird, Illinois switch.
ed over to Wilson and on the succeed
ing ballots the vote Of the governor
rapidly Increased After the forty
fifth Senator Bankfead arose and
withdrew the pane OF Oscar Under
wood. THAT means wilson," said the
managers for Clark Then Governor
Foss' name also was withdrawn
whereupon Senator Stone and ex-
Governor Francis gave up hope for
the speaker. They formally released
the Clark delegates from their pledges:
and II seemed all over but the shout
ing. But the STammany bunch and
some others were stiTf stubborn and
Fitzgerald Of New York objected to
tire unanimous nomination of Wilson
by reclamation SO further calling of
the roll was necessary
Every strategy known in political
generalship was tried 10 stampede the
convention for the different candi-
dates. No convention in the history
Of this country has seen such wild
demonstrations as have been wit
messed in this one at Baltimore
While Tuesdays dramatic incident,
arising over the selection of q tenn
porary chairman, was the cause of
almost unprecedented turmoil, there
was nothing even bordering on dem
onstration. 1t was just plain fight
not enthusiasm.
Even the speech Of Temporary
Chairman Parker did not arouse the
response so characteristic OF Demo
cratic conventions of the past, and the
convention showed nothing but a fight
ing mood until after the incident of
the Bryan resolution of Thursday eve
ming and the beginning Of the nomi-
Mating speeches.
The Clark and Wilson forces strug-
gled' vaiiantly to make the greater
showing for their respective candi
dates. While Clark was showing the
greater voting strength, the lung pow
er of the thousands Of college boys in
the Wilson following gave to him am
advantage so far as continued effort.
at rCise-making was concerned.
The terrific din Of Thursday night
which was started by the Clark hosts
when Senator Reed named the speak.
err for the Democratic nomination, con-
tinued unabatedl for one and a quarter
hours, and in 10 there seemed to, be
employed every nCfsemaking nipple
ment ever invented.
Great as was the Clark demonstrak
ton. however. ii did not compare 10
noise with that led by the Princeton
boys when Judge Westcott named the
New Jersey executive. For more than
one and a half hours the din contfn
ued, the lusty youngsters seeming to 4
glory in their ability-to keep it up.
OF all of the demonstrations r
Thursday night the most amusing wa
that started by. man in, the press
stand for Governor Baldwin, when H.
name of the Connecticut executive
was entered in the race for the nom
nation Realizing that the fourteen
delegates from Connecticut could moi
successfully compete with the strone.
er following Of the other candidates
the men in the press stand volun.
teered noisy assistance. which they
continued for more than twenty min.
utes' ar& which subsidized only when
the. chair threatened to clear the
press stand If the reporters did noJ
stop. The many star writer's in the
press stand, men whose regulations
for genius are worldwide led the
Baldwin demonstration. and intro