Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1912-07-03

During the calling of the roll the
convention was in a wild turmoil, the
disorder being as great as at any
time during the week
The only fight taken to the floor
was won by the Wilson faction.
Senator Ollie James was elected
permanent chairman and delivered
a second keynote speech. Immediate
| ly after he had concluded that the
adjournment was taken until evening.
The steam roller stubbed its fender
when the convention voted down the
majority report of the committee on
credentials and seated the Wilson
delegates from South Dakota. The
! minority report was adopted by
vote of 639 to 415
| The roll call was had on the prop
osition to adopt the minority report
Of the credentials committee seating
| the Wilson contesting delegates from
South Dakota and unseating the Sen
ator Andrew Lee faction.
Period Of Confusion.
| The ten Wilson delegates had been
unseated by the credentials commit
tee and the Clark delegates substi-
tuted. after the national committee
had put it's seal of approval on the
Wilson delegates The vote OF the
| convention as a whole therefore was
to support the action Of the national
committee or the machine, as against
| the credentials committee Of the con-
vention proper.
Leading up to the roll call was
21-minute period of utter confusion
and aimless cheering, which inter
rupted debate on the South Dakota
contests.
All Are Cheered.
The cheering that ended in one OF
the widest demonstrations that had
marked the convention came when
Delegate Bell Of California had began
an argument for seating the Clark
delegates in that state.
A man in the gallery shouted:
Three cheers for Wilson"
Then the demonstration started.
Every candidate was cheered. Every
delegate for every candidate enjoyed
himself to the full.
When the confusion had finally sub
sided Bell resumed speaking. The
| convention had been in session near
| ~ two hours and no vote had been
reached on the contests.
Failing to decide the question on
viva voce vote, the roll call was be-
gun.
Harrison Drops Illinois Fight.
Earlier in the day Mayor Harrison
had agreed to drop the fight on the
| Sullivan delegation from Illinois in
order that support Of Champ Clark
Clark for the presidency might not
be weakened The announcement
that. the Illinois contests would not
be carried to the floor of the conven-
ton followed a conference with Bryan
in which the Nebraskan had refused
to support the Harrison fight on the
floor
After the vote seating the Wilson
delegates from South Dakota, Senator
John Sharp Williams brought up the
old fight against seating the Philip
pine delegates as not being part of
the United States and won his point.
Mrs. Taft Is Spectator.
The first lady Of the land" was an
interested spectator of Thursdays
proceedings.
Mrs Taft saw an animated scene,
for spurred by the promise Of lively
action, the early crowd took a good
start, with the result that lively, in
teresting throng was on hand an hour
sooner than Wednesday.
For them the first center of attrac-
ton was Mrs Taft She arrived with
Mrs Norman e. Mack three-quarters
of an hour before the convention met
The committee on resolutions, at
the suggestion Of Mr.. Bryan, voted
not to report a platform until after
the nomination for president has been
made.
The Illinois contest fight before the
committee on credentials prevented
the convention from doing any work
during the. day session Wednesday and
a couple Of hours were devoted to ora
tory.
Freak Into Demonstration.
There were speeches by former
Governor Folk of Missouri, Senator
Rayner Of Maryland, Congressman
Clayton Of Alabama and State Chair
man Reilly Of the Massachusetts dele
cation. There was a seventeen-minute
denomination when Clayton prophe-
sled that the nominee OF the convention
would be the next president OF the
United States.
Senator Gore Of Oklahoma was
given an enthusiastic ovation when
he arose TO address the delegates.
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