Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-07-02
IS CAUGHT
IN RIOTS CENTRE
New Jersey Man Rescued by
Police After Trying to
Restore Order.
Irrom a STAR correspondent. ]

| SUI lOICGS, was AAO
| scene in the Democratic national con-
vention late yesterday. The delegates
from Missouri had started a demon
stration by bringing into the v
ton hall a banner fifteen feet long.
upon which was inscribed praise OF
| Champ Clark in language hat used
to be a habit with William ]. Bryan.
The banner was held up in various
parts of the hall to the full view OF
the delegates and galleries.
Once it was placed directly in front
of Mr.. Bryan in the Nebraska dele
CATION. Finally it was carried back
to where the New Jersey and Mis-
souri, delegates sat, just under the
press stand. The W carrying II
leaped into the press stand to dis
play 1t the better to the audience.
Somebody who did not like the ban
ner followed the two husky fellows
and knocked one bodily out OF the
press section into the main aisle.
Police Make a Mistake.
Instantly there was a scene OF great
confusion, in the midst of which
Bryan himself was seen coming up
the aisle, his face red and showing
signs of deep anger. A free night mad
broken out where one OF the banners
had beer knocked down.
Mr.. Hughes appeared on the scene
to try to bring about peace.
Don't start a riot" he exclaime
several times. The police were
struggling to restore order
thought he had said start a riot
They grabbed him and began to
march him forcibly down the aisle.
Seeing their floor leader in trouble
the Texas delegation and part of the
Pennsylvania made a rush to rescue
him. The police did not get far with
him before it was made clear to them
the New Jersey man was acting as a
peacemaker instead of a disturper
and they released him. Meanwhile
| Bryan had appeared oil the platform
and Chairman Ollie James finally
| succeeded in getting order. There
We're protests from scores OF dele
| gates because the chair recognized
Bryan, but Mr.. James said that he
had q right to the floor to speak to
a question of personal privilege. II
Twas several minutes, however, before
the protests ceased. Bryan then said
that he addressed the Missouri dele
cation to inquire If hat banner had
been placed before him at it's request;
If not. he had not claimed right to
make reply.
The chairman ruled the point was
not one of personal privilege and Mr..
Bryan subsidized.
Banners Inscription.
The inscription on the banner was:
81 have known Champ Clark for
I eighteen years. He is absolutely in
corruptible and his life is above re-
proach. Never in all these years have
l known him to be upon but one
side of the question. and that was
the side that represented the people.
William ]. Bryan"
When last nights session was called
there was not a bright prospects that
a decision would be reported before
another adjournment. But the de-
sertion of eight Clark delegates from
Michigan to the Wilson standard on
| the thirty-fifth ballot filled the friends
of the New Jersey Governor with
hope. His slight gains on the next
roll call gave them more confidence.
The desertion of two Florida dele
gates from Underwood to Wilson OF
the thirty-eighth ballot was the first
hole made in the vote Of the South
ern States instructed by direct pri-
maries for Underwood.
The bulldog name in which most
of the States instructed by prima-
ries have stuck to their respective
candidates has caused a lot of dis
cussion of proposed changes in State
primary laws. The experience of this
instructed for a candidate do not
want to desert him, no matter how
great the chance of a deadlock.
Break Comes in Colorado.
With direct primaries general and
more than two candidates seeking the
nomination it is not difficult to i'm
agine a situation where a deadlock
would continue indefinitely.
The convention hall was oppres-
sively hot last night. The galleries
were more crowded than at any time
since the convention began. Ticket
coupons having run out Saturday the
public was admitted without cards
till such time as the police thought
enough had entered. The crowd be-
gan to thin out after 1915 o'clock,
and it was difficult for the chairman
to preserve order on the thirty-ninth
ballot, when Wilson broke through
the solid twelve from Colorado,
hitherto for Clark, and put n of
them to his credit with a crippled loss
for the speaker.
Colorado a instructed for Clark
in the primaries, but the chair held
when the point was raised that the
delegates were responsible only to
their constituents if instructions were
disregarded.
When the fortieth roll call began
the excitement in the hall was keen,
There had been a wild demonstration
when Wilson passed the 500 mark or
the ~thirty-ninth ballot; his rooters
had seized the occasion to try tc
stampede the hall.
But when the States again began
to show signs of sticking to theil
first loves it looked as If the issue
would be decided by endurance alone
1t appeared that if the Clark anc
Underwood delegates were resigned
to the pleasant duty of staying II
their chairs and voting there would
be no nomination for several days.
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