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

portant squabbles were adjusted tempo.
rariy.
Senator Luke Lea announced that
there was q minority report from the
credentials committee and asked for an
adjournment until 9 =. NJ. tomorrow to
present II. The motion was buried In
a mighty shout OF mo"
The delegates are anxious to go home
and finally II was decided to hold the
session at noon tomorrow. The con-
vention adjourned at midnight.
Parker Raps for order.
Judge Parker called the night session
~ the convention to order at $50 p. NJ .
The Rev. r. G. Grouse of the Mount Royal
Methodist Protestant Church made the
prayer.
The temporary chairman ecognizod
Congressman j. Harry Covington of
Maryland. chairman Of the committee on
rules. The single feature of his report
which varied from the usual routine
was the proposed resolution that the
candidates be nominated before the
platform was adopted.
Speaking for the majority Of the COM
nittee, he said that Senator Rayncr.
Senator vardaman and Warren Worth
Bailey had appeared before the COM
mittee recommending the innovation
proposed. Then Mr.. Covington moved
the adopt on Of tn, report. A roar of
ayes followed the putting Of the question
and there was not a single no.
A fight had been anticipated over the
report since It was said that Bryan had
put forward the plan of naming a candi-
date before adopting Il platform. But
there wasn't a murmur.
The rules committee chairman reported
a rule that delegates elected at primaries
shall be bound by the unit rule. This
started the real fight Of the night sessi on.
The rule touched the State OF Ohio. where
nineteen Wilson men had been tied
to the Harmon people by the unit rule,
although ma ajority Of the voters in their
districts had instructed them for Wilson.
Mr.. Covington announced that it ha d
been arranged by him and Congressman
Henry of Texas. representing the minority
of the COMMITTEES. to devote two hours TO
debate. The announcement didn't please
many delegates and there we're loud shouts
of -No"
Henry Presents Minority Report.
Mr.. Henry. who introduced the resolu-
tion in Congress to investigate the money
trust" read the minority report and gave
way to Mr.. Covington. who defended the
| unit rule as Jeffersonian doctrine. The
rule was progressive institution. he
| added.
Mr. Henry said he was surprised that
a report should be presented by MIR.
Covington forbidding a delegate TO vote
as his district instructs him. especially
since Maryland has law to the contrary
-In Ohio the Legislature took away from
the political committees the right to name
delegates. but put into the statutes the
provision that they should be elected
by the people by districts said Mr.
Henry.
| He read the vote in several Ohio dis.
tricts. showing that although these dis
tricts gave one candidate heavy ma
jority over the other, yet the loser in the
State convention got the benefit of the
delegates because Of the unit rule. and Mr.
Henry argued that such procedure wa.
in violation Of the law Of the State.
That convention spit upon the viii
Of the people. he said. For this conven
tion to reverse the will of the peopl,
would be a mockery OF self government.
Henry was loudly applauded by tn.
Wilson men. The conservatives sat quiet
Mr. Covington yielded to John W. Peel
OF Ohio.
Mr.. Peck said the minority report wa,
artfully drawn. The last three elections
in Ohio had been carried by the Demo
Gratis. said Mr.. Peck when the crowc
jeered and he felt that he had the righ
TO be heard. A second later he casual,
mentioned that great Governor Of New
Jersey" and instantly the Harmon
speaker had started Wilson demonstra
ton that was greater than any OF tn,
convention in noise and spontaneity
The New Jersey delegation began it. l
spread all over the hall. except of cours
in the Indiana. Illinois and New Yorl
delegations.
So stirring was the scene that Mr.
Murphy, William +. Sheehan and other
New York delegates stood up for a momen
to take it in.
WiliinmA Helps the Cheering.
senator John Sharp Williams. who is a
Wilson adherent. was on the platform 70,
the first time. waiting to speak for ths
minority report. When there was NJ
indication that the racket might subsiCe
and there was little sign of il afte
seven minutes. Senator Williams wavec
his slouch hat, urging the delegates t.
greater enthusiasm. Another Wilson
man. cx-Cov. Edwin $. Wartield Of Mary,
land. was on the platform. His white
hair ruddy face and white moustaCh,
and goatee made him conspicuous
figure and again and again he waved q
large straw hat.
Behind the Texas delegation were twc
women in pink. They stood on the chairs
One of them waved "a banner with a pic
ture The other had a banner with a
picture of Champ Clark but it made M
difference to Lady Pink. She waved
Champ Clark's, picture and shouted
The most surprised man in the ha II wa.
Delegate Peck. who had touched the
orat orical match to the Wilson boom.
Over in the west gallery a dozen mel
unfurled a banner with the inscription
stanton, Va. Woodrow Wilson'S Birth
place" Great was the din then. The
din became greater and the old trick OF
stopping a demonstration by having the
band play The Star Spangled Banner
was tried. Everybody. the delegates anC
the galleries, stood. But when the banC
stopped only a few of the delegates not
interested sat down. Another trial was