The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1912-06-27
DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION SUMMARIZED
Bryan Loses Out in Fight on
Temporary Chairman, but
What He Says Goes
in All Else.
Ollie James Elected Permanent Chair.
man and Progressive Spirit
Dominates Convention.

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more last Tuesday by Chairman
Mack Of the National Committee.
Almost Immediately discordant
session followed. The committee
had named Judge Alton j. Parker
Of New To~k for temporary chair
man, and Mr.. Bryan had expressed
his intention of opposing the com
mttee's selection Efforts were
made to compromise the situation
without avail. Mr.. Bryan placed
| his former running mate of 1908,
| Senator Kern, in nomination to OPP
pose Judge Parker for temporary
chairman, but Mr.. Kern withdrew
and named several other prominent
| Democrats AS available, the final
result of which was Mr.. Bryan him
self was pitted against Judge Parker
| for the temporary craftsmanship.
When the roll was called it was
found that Judge Parker was elect
ed, defeating Mr. Bryan by vote
of so to 80, with five scattering
votes. Mr. Bryan attacked Judge
| Parker In one Of his most impas-
stoned efforts, declaring that the is.
she involved was one between 'pro-
| gressives" and "reactionaries,"
chasing Judge Parker with the lat
| ter, but he failed to bulge the lines.
! Many OF the pr0gressives voted for
! Judge Parker, without which he
could not have been elected, about
helf of the CLARK delegates voting
for Bryan and half for Parker.
The fight over the temporary
Craftsmanship lasted until after
three O'Clock, and when Judge Par
ker was conducted to the chair and
began to read his speech, he was
interrupted by the confusion of
thousands of persons in the gallery
who had witnessed the contest and
were leaving the hall, and a recess
was taken at 3:47 to s O'Clock in the
evening.
The convention reassenbled at
y o'clock, and Judge Parker proceed.
ed with the opening speech as tenn
porary chairman. In beginning his
speech he said: "Mr. Chairman
and Gentleman Of the Convention
Last week in Chicago there met q
great convention, the purpose OF
which was to save the party from
destruction. Here In this city the
Democratic party meets for the pur.
pose of helping the country. In
that convention, inside of IL and out
side of II, there were heard the
words, liar thief 'robber, 'cor-
ruptionist,' 'briber,' but no such
words will be uttered in this Demo
cratic convention.
1--WE had little difference here
today, a question Of men, but, my
fellow-citizens, there was nothing
said on that occasion by any of the
principal debaters that was at all se-
we're or intended to be unkind.
at, for moment thought that
the chief speaker was little bit
harsh, remembered, on the other
hand, those three magnificent strug-
giles that he had made for the Dem
ocratic party in this country. re.
alize that this meant much to him,
and that il he was mistaken with
reference to my position, AS be-
lieve he was, that II was my duty to
forgive il and to stand with him in
this convention.
"My fellow Democrats, there Is
one place In this convention where
he Is wanted, one place where he is
capable of rendering great service,
service unsurpassed in any one, and
that Is the chairman of the Resolu-
tions Committee, and hope and be-
lieve that every member OF the Res
olutions Committee will honor him
self by casting his vote for that
great leader for chairman Of that
committee.
Judge Parker then continued with
his prepared speech, which certain
~ sounded progressive keynote.
He assaulted the third-term men,
ance OF Colonel Roosevelt, and adj
vocated an amendment to the con-
stitution limiting the President to a
single term and the embracing Of
that sentiment in the platform to be
adopted by the convention. He took
a decided stand on the reduction OF
the tariff, applauded the action of
the Democrats In Congress in pass
ing the special tariff bills that were
vetoed by President Taft, and said
that "the Republican party had
geared the machinery OF the govern:
ment to enrich the few at the ex-
pense of the many" The speech
was an able arraignment Of the lead
ers of the Republican party, their
policies, methods and acts, closing
with these words:
"Too long has the country en-
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