The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
CONVENTION FAILS
TO NOMINATE,
Continued from Page One.

wildly cheers.
Aid all the turmoil on the floor o.
the convention Mr.. Bryan asks per
mission to come to the platform tt
address the convention. The dele
gates seem about evenly divided in
cries of yes" and mo" The chair
man relinquished the chair to Sulzel
of New York about fifteen minutes
/ but now hurries back to take charge
of the gavel.
Unanimous consent is asked that
Mr.. Bryan may come to the stand
and make plain his meaning is
granted.
Mr. Bryan states from the floor
that although the delegation is in.
structed, he would like to explain
why he wishes to cast his vote con.
trary to those instructions.
AS Mr.. Bryan is announced and
trying to begin his speech he is
madly applauded.
Roasts New York Delegation.
Mr.. Bryan says the delegation from
the state of New York does not rep
resent the intelligence or virtue of
the voters of that state but does
represent the will of one man,
Charles Murphy, and that he repre-
mated the convention at Chicago
Mr.. Bryan says the people who are
represented in this convention are
unwilling to nominate candidate
supported by Mr.. Murphy.
Great difficulty is being expert
enced in maintaining order while Mr..
Bryan is speaking.
Will Not Support Clark.
Mr.. Bryan says he will not support
Mr.. Clark nor any other candidate
who is under any obligation what
ever to Mr. Morgan or Belmont or
Ryan and says if any candidate obi
gated shall be nominated he will of
fer a resolution asking the appoint
ment of a campaign committee to
manage his campaign SO that he will
not be Inundated as he has been in
three previous campaigns.
A gentleman from West Virginia
asks if Mr.. Bryan means that he will
not support any nominee of this
convention if that nominee is sup
ported by New York. Mr.. Bryan.
evades a direct answer.
Mr. Bryan says that he does not
refuse to support such nominee and
likens his position to a lawyer hired
to defend a criminal who conspires
in the acquittal of the guilty crimi-
nal
Jeered at Bryan
AS Mr.. Bryan attempts to answer
the multitude of questions hurled at
him from the floor his answers are
interrupted to such an extent by
jeers from the New York delegation
that they are unintelligible even to
those close by in the press stand.
Mr. Bryan finally gets chance to
tell the convention that 81 expect to-
support the nominee of this conven-
ton and that he does not expect
a nominee of this convention to sane
ton any obligation to Morgan Ryan,
Belmont and other of the kind. HeI
that he casts his vote for
Mr. Wilson. This is met with wild
cheers.
Senator Stone of Missouri, Clark's
manager, is attempting toI
talk from the stand.
Mr.. Stones remarks are finished
amid great disorder. He pledges Mr..
Clark's record against any insinua-
tions of Bryan or others may make,
even if he may be dominated with
the support of the state of New
York
Total vote on fourteenth ballot, |
Wilson, 354; Clark, 55S; Underwood,
113; Marshall, 30; Harmon, 20; Bry-
an, g; Kern, 1.
Oklahoma wishes to change it's
vote and the chairman orders the
roll of the tsate called.
A member of the Oklahoma dele
cation asks the unanimous consent |
10 explain his vote. This is objected
to by several members of the Oio
delegation.
Unanimous consent is finally given
and Mr. Giddings of Oklahoma. He
will address the convention.
Mr.. Giddings says he thinks it
high time to call halt on persanal-
les in this convention.
Was Howled Down.
Mr.. Giddings shows bitter opposi-
ion to Mr.. Bryan's position and
attempts to close his speech with a
for Bryan's famous T
crown of thorns" speech but is
1owled down by the. crowd and
caves the stand in disgust.
The poll of the Oklahoma delega-F
ion shows no change in vote, Clark,
TO-; Wilson, 10,