Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-28

able and the parade didn't get very
far. The Alabamans and Mississip-
plans cut loose with cheers for Oscar
W. Underwood and lifted his picture,
The Wilson shouters began to tire
after twenty minutes, and the Clark
forces attempted to duplicate the stunt
Of Mrs. John Davis, who turned q
Hadley demonstration into a Roose-
welt outburst.
Woman Boomer Is Lost.
The woman picked by the Clark men
was Mrs. Perry Clemens Of Kansas
city, but she was not a Mrs. Davis.
The latter was impressive OF size and
n Mrs. Clemens is slim, her
face was pale and she was nervously
excited. She first appeared at the head
Of the Missouri delegation. She car
ried a small banner with a picture of
Clark, but she did not have the
strength to keep it steady In the press,
although several husky Clark men
formed a protecting wedge for her.
Mrs. Clemens, small and lnsignia-
elt In the crowd of shouting dele
gates, struggled vallantly to get the
attention Of the crowd. The Clark
contingent tried to rush her TO the
platform. She got up to the steps,
but the sergeant at arms and the po-
lice held her up and gently forced her
back to the convention floor, where
for a moment she was engulfed in the
surging sea of delegates. In a moment
she bobbed up and Clark huskies. coat
less and perspiring, attempted to lift
her from the floor above the heads of
been cast for a role which she couldn't
fill. She stumbled, grabbed for her
Clark picture banner and ripped It
Ie~ngthwise. She clutched for the torn
part of Clark's picture, and b slid to
the floor and was lost.
The Clark demonstration had petered
out. The whole thing-the Wilson and
Clark outbursts and the bowling OF
the galleries-had lasted twenty min
utes. The roll call Of states were Or
dered on adoption Of the minority re-
port-that is, AYE" for Wilson, mo"
for Clark.
The roll call began at 2:27 p. IL.
When Roger Sullivan got up to cast
Illinois vote he said: illinois votes SO
ayes" and the crowd roared with
noisy Amusement. 1t meant that for
some reason the bosses-Sullivans and
Taggarts and Murphys-were lining
at least temporarily for Wilson. David
I7-a ~ annn Hy,f thot A4iaa<t tft
thirty-six votes were mo-" and then
the whole convention stilled.
New York was about to be called.
In the hush Charles It. Murphy stood
up and said, New York, 80 ayes"
There was a shout from the Wllsonites.
A solid roar Of cheering followed the
announcement by Judge Parker that
the Wilson men had won by a vote Of
6S9h to 415.
Senator John Sharp Williams made
a point of order that the vote of the
Philippines could not be accounted be-
cause Of a United States supreme court
decision that the Philippines were not
q part Of the United States. Senator
Williams, after some debate, Won his
point, the delegates voting to eliminate
the Philippine delegates, who were ex-
Guided from sitting in the convention.
The chairman of the convention on
permanent organization reported that
Senator Ollie James of Kentucky had
been nominated for permanent chair
man. Senator Ollie was accepted with
a shout.
Retiring as temporary chairman.
Judge Parker thanked the convention
for It's patience and kindness, and then
with " fine flourish of words he intro
duced Senator James. The senator
began to speak. He handed out the
kind Of oratory that delights a crowd.
For him, as he saw 1t, the sun of vie
tory was rising from behind a thou
sand hills. He made them laugh, In
touching on the tariff, when he roast
ed the Republican party for protect
ing infant industries" He blamed
Taft for preventing a prosecution OF
the harvester and other trusts.
The permanent chairman wound up
his speech at 3:4S p. IN, and the con
vention recessed until 8 p. m.