The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1912-07-12

ing MOD, and once 1here was a gem
ulne lot OF which Bryan was the CEN
ter. He resented as an insult the
actid of some Clark enthusiasts in
plactg in front Of the Commoner a
banfr bearing words Of praise OF
CIak attributed TO Bryan in 1910.
Missouri, New Jersey and Nebraska
delegates mixed it up" and ever
so1e press correspondents took a
had. Then the police separated the
b~ejigerents and later A. M. Doekery
ard Dave Francis sent apologies to
BEan, disclaiming for the Missouri
delegation any connection with the
bInner.
Tired and out Of temper, the dele
CITES assembled at noon Tuesday,
| tetermined to wind up matters quick
h If possible. On the first ballot of
The day, the forty-third, Illinois switch
ed v e to Wilson and on the succeed
ling ballots the vote Of the governor
rapidly increased. After the forty
fifth Senator Bankhead arose and
withdrew the name Of Oscar Under
wood. THAT means Wilson," said the
managers for Clark. Then Governor
Foss' name also was withdrawn,
w~hereupon Senator Stone and ex-
Governor Francis gave up hope for
the speaker, They formally released
the Clark delegates from their pledges,
and it seemed all over but the shout
ing. But the Tammany bunch and
some others were still stubborn and
Fitzgerald Of New York objected to
the unanimous nomination Of Wilson
by reclamation. So further calling of
the roll was necessary.
Every strategy known in political
generalship was tried to 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 a tenn
porary chairman, was the cause Of
almost unprecedented turmoil, there
was nothing even bordering on a 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-
speeches.
The Clark and Wilson forces strug-
gled ~Valiantly 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 an
advantage SO far as continued effort
noise-making was concerned.
The terrific din of Thursday night
which was started by the Clark hosts
when Senator Reed named the speak
for the Democratic nomination con- |
undated for one and q quarter
hours, and In 1t there seemed to be
employed every noise-making nipple
nent ever invented.
Great as was the Clark demonstra-
ion, however, it did not compare in
noise with that led by the Princeton
when Judge Westcott named the
New Jersey executive. For more than
1ne and a half hours the din contin-
led, the lusty youngsters seeming to
glory in their ability to keep 1t up.
OF all Of the demonstrations OF
Thursday night the most amusing was
hat started by a maj in the press
stand for Governor Baldwin, when the
of the Connecticut executive
entered in the race for the nom
nation. Realizing that the fourteen
delegates from Connecticut could not
successfully compete with the strong
following of the other candidates, |
men in the press stand volun-
a noisy assistance which they
continued for more than twenty min
ltes and which subsidized only when.
the chair threatened to clear the
stand II the reporters did not
stop. The many star writer's In the
stand, men whose regulations
'or genius are worldwide, led the |