Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1912-07-04

into sleepy silence. a Few busy poyS
and men passed about the hall ped
ding sandwiches and wster-for
substantial cOnsideretiOn-to the ex-
Aausted delegates snd spectators.
Convention Floor Like a Circus
The Convention noor had taken On
the appearance Of a circus grouna
after the performances. The debris of
the night OF Wild disorder was strewn
about the place. The State standards.
broken and battered. leaned drunken
" above the heads OF the delegations. /
Several Of the delegates slept ntfully, /
head On breast. awakening with =
start as each gust of applause swept
the room. A highly cOlored utho- |
graph OF Wilson glared down from
one OF the galleries. where Il has
been hoisted during the Wilson de-
monstration. Even the police, On
post along the aisles. leaned heavily
on the seats or shifted uReasily.
II was four o'clock when Westcott
concluded. and his peroration set of
another demonstration by the Wilson
I forces. The lseepy delegates awoke
I to life and. aided by the band, they
/ RAJ ed a din. Once more the stand
ards we're wrenched from the places:
the Wilson banners again put In an
appearance, and the parade around
the hall once more vas on.
Five minutes Of demonstration
found the parade piled IN a struggling
mass Of delegates. marchers. chairs,
and banners at the head OF the centre
aisle The yelling continued. and the
band aided the uproar. Up In the gal
lery the shrieking automatic automo-
bile horn was again turned loose 90
add 20 the pandemonium Of sounds.
Chairman James finally decided
that IL had gone far enough and he
pounded his desk. ordered the ser
geant-atarms 70 clear the aisles. and
then ordered that the roll cali be re-
sumed
. when Indiana was called Senator
) Shively took the platform TO nominate
Gov Marshall II was then ABS a.
IA
b BY the time Shively had finished at
sos dawn and begun 20 dim the arc
} lights ia the hall A cheer greeted
o. the conclusion Of his speech, aud the
Indiana delegation swung out q biz
Marshall banner For the first time a
D band appeared on the hoor OF the
7 Convention and led the parade
70 through the aisles. The HoOsiers
: marched to the strains OF ION the
Banks OF the Wabash" Senator Kern
was prominent In the procession
z marching behind the big Marshal
n banner.
q Fhe Marshall band and demonstra
e ton served 20 awaken the few specta
j. tors left In the galleries for a shor
time. The demonstration. however
lasted only ave minutes.
= Ohio was called az 5.45 a. m. and ~
u A Dsugherty stepped 20 the front o
q the stage 20 nominate Gov. Judsol
, Harmon OF Ohio.
!. MT. Daugherty concluded at q. %
The Harmon forces made no attemp
az q demonstration.
y AS a rule the delegates IsteHe
patiently 20 the somewhat length
nominating and seconding speeches
c seeming TO realize that this rhetOrics
is maze had 10 be threaded before 90
serious work OF voting was begul
- After day had broken and the arthcil
" lights in the big armOry we're givin
- way before the gray shafts streamiu
through the windows the panEs
hunger and the fatigue Of the Ion
sitting grew upon them and the
began 70 call 20 the speakers 90 NAL
what they had 20 say as brief as 20
al sible. The wiser men among n
I'M scheduled orators needed this advic
Others who attempted 70 make Il
eagle scream and the nag wave
wordy pictures were treated vii
AZ scanty courtesy.
ay Take Test Vote Quickly.
- 10 was 6.43 a. m. when the last sta
OF was called and the last speech hi
at been made. Inside the auditoriu
X only a single line of arc lights gleal
10 ed where there had been q score /
lea fore. Outside the light Of day alter
ns its way through a heavy veil OF clouC
or But the clouds were no heavier TIL
TAT the eyes Of the delegates. and tn
le- greeted the beginning Of the first n
on call with a whoop.
"a The test vote was carried on w
an. great rapidity and little OF no CT
~. fusion. The galleries were all but 4
TO saken. Strangely enough the WON
In seemed to outnumber the men amo
10 the spectators who had spent the mis-
en- at the hall. and were also much me
on keenly alert TO the proceedings T
ia. or three OF them had collapsed II
nm sound slumbsr.
:. II required half an hour TO call
on roll and figure the results.
or Six candidates had been placed
an. nomination Oscar Underwood
b. Alabama, Champ Clark OF Nilsson
~. Simeon Ell Baldwin OF Connectic