The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1912-06-27

whole crowd of delegates up and delighted
at the prospects ci Al fight. BIT White
| Flannels cooled on, was rradin ittcd To the
press stand without his picture. ana MIR
/ Brisbane went OH writing his piece.
/ Before Mr.. Brisbane. who was nearest
/ toIthe in,cr'opcr. got busy. the reporters
had already protested against rooters
being allowed to invade II non-partisan
inclosure, but the scrgeants at arms had
paid no attention to the protest.
= The deinCnst ra; ion, now Ce ~ nerntinc
( into disorder, had lasted ,hriy-oLe min
utes. When il Ccas, q J,dg" Parker, will
his fist clcnched, leaned over the stand
and called out.
thereafter people cheering for candi-
dates must keep out of the pre- ss stards
| And you people in the galleries must re-
member that these delegates have come q
long way for business and when you see
them take their seats II IL time Tor you &c
do the same"
/ Mr.. Peck resumed his speech. referring
to the big majort.s for Harmon in GER
tain Ohio districts. He said:
I'VE thought We We're playing marbles
for keeps. but II aprears ii was only fol
fun
Cleveland Mayor for Harmon.
Mayor Newton -. Baker Of Cleveland
followed Mr.. Peck in fifteen minute
speech in defence of the rights of the
Wilson dole gates. He said he did not
come to attack the unit rule.
81 come" he said. "to vindicate the
sovereignty of the State Of Ohio and 70
defend her rights Before Ohio got d
vention was the highest authority in
selecting delegates, but when the legis.
lature restored to the people the right
of self-govcrnment it made the people OF
each district the sole authority in select
ing the delegates from the districts.
Il want to argue this case AZ a lawyer
and win il on its merits. ha told them
and there was rafting applause.
| He held up his credentials from the
Secretary of State.
If there had never been a State con.
vention would still be here with all my
authority" he shouted, and they cheered
/ him again.
Judge X. H. Moore Of Youngstown
Ohio. speaking for the unit rule. wa'
booed when he announced that the
minority were speaking for principle
supreme" A moment later he got d
laugh when he said:
Mayor Ba ker says he was instructed
by The people Of the district Nothing
/ Of the sort. No one ran against him."
The crowd was getting tired and mel
and women left the galleries. Delegates
moved toward the doors for other forms
OF amusement.
keM won her the people s,ed in the sasps
Parker. at is not fair to walk out while
he is talking. We will give you chance
when he is through"
| Senator John Sharp Williams got th'
attention Of the audience at once. onl,
to be interrupted hv Gov. Brewer o
! Mississippi who asked this question.
! DO | understand Won TO say that th'
delegates should vote rs instructed at tn,
primary or elected by the convention
My question is who got the primary vote
in Ohio:" Meaning iiarinon.l
Childish, says williams.
very childish" was the response o
Senator Williams
He said that personally he was for on
Presidential candidate hut he was in
structed for another. and he would vot
for the candidate for whom he was in
struCted until he was released by tina
candidate. meaning Wilson.
The Mississippi Senator warned tn
delegates by saying that if they indorse
the majority report they would do ~
"most dangerous and most damnabl
thing Of the age, and there was no sue
thing aS popular government.
The delegates were eager for a vot
and broke into disorder. They wer
yelling To the chairman that they didn
want 10 waste all nlSnt over Sp"ecn
making
A delegate fired a question at Parke
: and held the floor till he got recognition
J He demanded to know what was IN,
substance OF the call for the primaries i
Ohio. While they Were looking this u
Representative Dunn of Nebraska too
up the fight to smash the unit rule where
Shouts rose from all over tho hall
sVote." vote" vote Parker slamme
down his big gavel. Mr.. Henry was III
for the last crack at the unit rule, but III
delegates We're wearied with oratory
Henry was brief. however,
!. Judge Moore appeared as the las
champion for the unit rule. II was an
nounced that he had five minutes. Max
il two. yelled a delegate
Al 1855 p VI. Judge Parker put III
: question on the adoption of the minorit
, report. The roll call beganat II o'cl oc
As the voting Proceeded 1t was eviden
, that the old unit rule was in danger
States which had rehuked Bryan eithe
supported the minority report or spli
( their delegations. The roll call ppD
ceeded mid disorder. When Leads
Murphy cast New York's on votes again.
the minority report he was hissed an
booed
When the vote was announced it wa
found that the unit rule had been broke
and thus nineteen votes from Ohio WEI
released tn Woodrow Wilson. Otherwis
they would have been cast for Harmon.
Even in Ohio Harmon delegate lei
his crowd and voted to knock out the ul
rule. Pennsylvania boosted the minorit
cause with 6j votes
Visitors We're manifrsting intense il
; terest in the roll call. The cheers and his,
ing as the States pumped their votes or
way or other could hardly have been @,
ce"ded il tn. convention had been pickin
a candidate.
A majority against the unit rule WI
reached when Texas slammed her fort
votes for the minority report.