Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-06-28

attorneys and seek secret council
With the managers of our party and
no n of courtesy shall keep me
from protecting my party from the
disgrace impending.
Il cannot speak for you; you have
your own responsibilities. If this
convention Is to be run by those men,
If the nominee is to be a man who is
controlled by these men. l pray you
to give US an opportunity to record
our protest against such conditions.
III any of you want q nominee who rep
resents these men and these interests you
must take the responsibility for such o
nominee. / refuse.
"Ill make you a proposition. One
sits with New York, one with Vir-
ginia. If the States will poll its dele
cations and a majority of those dele
gates, not Mr.. Murphy. but a ma
jority, asks a withdrawal of the name
of August Belmont as a delegate, and
Virginia Democrats the withdrawal
of Mr.. Ryan, 1 will then withdraw the
last part of my resolution which de-
mands a withdrawal of these men
from the convention as delegates. |
will not withdraw the first part of
the resolution which demands that
our candidate shall be Free"
Floods Bitter Reply.
Congressman Fl. ID. Flood, of Vir-
ginia, interposed a question.
I'm the name of the sovereign State
of Virginia | accept the insolent prop
osition made by the only man in this
convention who is seeking to destroy
the Democratic party" he said.
A wild cheer greeted Flood. This
was a more bitter reply than was ex-
pected.
This was fighting to the death.
The ampitheatre went wild. Again
and again there was disorder.
Mp. Ryan himself stood up and the
Virginia delegates gathered around
him.
He's going to fight himself" "To the
PLATFORM" Here's a battle" they said.
The audience went clear beyond
control. Delegates by the hundreds
we're on their chairs. No one knew
what was coming. The New York
delegation was On its feet. In 1892
they started to walk out when Bourke
Cochran was howled down. They
seemed ready to do the trick again.
Vardaman emerged from the chaos,
Indian-faced, black-haired. He dom
mated the hall, but the excitement
continued. Mr.. Bryan certainly had
stirred up wild passions and emo
tions. Mr.. Vardaman preached mod
GRAFTON. He held the house. He APP
proved the first part of the resolution,
but opposed any objection to the right
of the States to select their own dele.
gates. At the close he dropped a lit
tie bomb of his own by saying that
the fewer of the people mentioned,
Morgan. Ryan and Belmont, the party
had In November the better it would
be for the party.
Mr.. Bryan jumped into the arena
again, short sword in hand. His face
was stern and set.
Bryan Pleads for Harmony.
Does New York ask me to with
draw the last part of the resolution"
mo, no, never. No, no."
Then I surrender the floor to the
opposition" he cried, and will use
the rest of my time to close the
debate"
Governor William A. McCorkle, Of
West Virginia. got the platform for
Morgan, Ryan and Belmont. He is
of a fine Southern type. gray-haired.
massive. an aristocrat in every line
of his face. The house listened
patiently while he declared that the
Democracy vas never controlled, and
it is not controlled now, by the in
terests His plea was for harmony,
so hat victory might be assured in
November.
Congressman H. d. Flood an
nounced that Virginia asks nothing
from Bryan.
I'VE don't go to him for our DEM
ocracy," he said.
This caught the convention.
"A convention of 1000 yirginians,
as honest men as ever w. j. Bryan
was or is"
He got no further. Wild cries
greeted him and his further defiance
,"that those 1000 V~irginians had elect
ed Thomas F. Ryan a delegate"
Nothing like the scene aver had
been seen or heard in any convention.
Chicago was tame M spiritless COM
pared to the battle. Flood reused
even louder cheers when he accused
Bryan of trying to destroy the party.
His appeal vas all for Virginia, the
right of Virginia to name its W
delegates and to Judge of their fitness
and honesty.
Mr.. Bryan was in the lists again.
saying: "It was not necessary that
the gentleman from Virginia should
deliver an eulogy of that State. That
was the State my father was from
and I would be the last one to dis
honor 1t. I know the Democrats of
Virginia and four years ago they re-
fused to allow their leading public
men to act as delegates unless they
consented to go instructed for my
third nomination.
Again Attacks Ryan.
ut is not necessary for me to de-
fend my own Democracy. My friends,
my reputation as a Democrat will not
be worth defending whenever 1t be-
m necessary to defend 1t against
a charge made by a friend of Thomas
+. Ryan. / now would"
There were then cries of "votel"
II dc not intend that any Democrat
in this convention shall shield his J
negative vote against the principal
part of this resolution by hiding be-
hind the last part of it," Mr.. Bryan
went on. "I intend that every man
must register his vote on this ques-
ton in roll call.
"In answer to the argument of
the gentleman of West Virginia that
this question should not be brought
up at this time because 1t might dis
turb harmony, 1 present the Bible
doctrine: If thy right hand offend
thee, cut 1t off, and I am sure If it