The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-25

Texas. Wives and members of the families of the ationAl committee
 men with distinguished guests had
 Ppass.a ssss as oshna 5es
 boomers gots btsy and distributed
 small fans with M nthSgraph of the
 Alabama Congressrnan. There was also good blIsipsss beikgg done among other brands ef. hat bands.
 l As the delegates gathered repr esen- tatives of the Bryan forces went among the doubtful members canvass ing votes for the Bryan proEram which
 was V; to.be :,,. put through later r If lpossi- they had the light won despite the con4fdentfal reports preSeMt9d~ < to
 Murphy, Taggart and Sullivan that there were in excess of $50 votes for
 the New York lawyer as temporary chairman. At 11:ao, less than one third of Che delegates were in their places, many having remained in their hotels and headquarters for a conference on the
 plans for the day.
 Many of the delegates professed to believe that If Bryan personally nom inated Kern he would be able to make the speech of his career. According to men close to the Bryan party the Ne Ebraskanf spent 8 great part of the night reading the evidence taken in Albany by the New York state legis- lature last summer The report filed some claimed, showed Tammany Halls connection with the bf-pa1 tisan political machine In New York state tween tha financial ring dns New York and the political machines there. Bryan had told his intimate friends that he would make the effort of his | life. today. He announced flatly that J&f business had dominated politics in the states where the support of Parker originated The first real applause from either galleries or floor followed the bring ing into the hall of the banner of tB6xae bG1E 42k7Ehi ,waSosaemR4aAOneQ,s -'Texas has IS solid votes for Wood At i1:4o, the seats on the main floor of the arfnory were comfortably fill- ed but the top galleries were still un- Cardinal Gibbons, who was to make the opening invocatigP arrived at u:41 escorted by a detachment of local po- |.lice As his frail, scarlet garbed hk> ure wae seen passing down the aisle lasted until he had taken his seat ii1 Etbe pfixates box. difectlF behind the F1p9afeiss cha4r which had been sas- signed for his use. At 114o the Connecticut delegation
 marched down the aiale to their seats.
 :our choice for President simeon E. Baldwfnss ss.asssiFssSs fs
 There was a scattering of applause
 but t only lasted second. a The, pand ,s.e mediateiy a wild yell of approval
 went up from the floor and galleries:
 The "Star Spangied Banner followed
 and while the delegates were standing
 in honor of 1t. Bryan came in by
 side entrance and walked across the
 stnge to shake hands with Cardinal Gibbone. He then sat down in seat on the platform. directly behind thel
 The california delegation marehed
 into the hall at 11:55. The deiegates# bearing q picture of Champ Clark pn# d banner under which was 1nscrtnsd.
 Special privileges to none, equal rights to all."
 At 12, o'clock most of the delegates
 were in their places but the anti
 Bryan leaders had not shown up. They were believed to be in confer
 ence in.tle national committee of-
 fees in the rear of. the armory.
 To avoid the crowds in the hotel
 see the Nebraskan, Mrs. Bryan and
 her daughter Grace, today, left the Belvedere by the servants elevator when they started for the arnory. They were provided with platform seats by Mrs. Norman E.. Mack. wife of the national chairman. While the crowd waited in the armory. Colonel John I. Martin, sergeant arms of the committee, posed for the photo- graphers on the platform, holding the gavel that was later used by National Chairman Norman B. Mack in calling the convention teS order. seat at the table and a moment later Cardinal Gibbons took his place alongside. ! Most., of the delegates were in their seats at that time but Murphy Taggart' and Sullivan were conspicuous by their absence.