The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-28
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The fight over the Bryan resolution
threw the convention off its stride. 1t
was Ii o'clock when the roll call OF
states was reached, and Senator John
H. Bankhead, from the Alabama dele
cation first on the list, launched the
Underwood nomination. His speech
started the first Of series Of dem
onstrations, which for fervor and dur
alton have seldom been equalled
at national conventions. The cheer
ing was increased by the turning
loose OF white pigeon. Dainty thir-
teen-year-old Minnie Brewer, daugh-
ter OF Mississippi's governor, waving
in one hand lithograph of Under
wood and in the other small Ameri-
can flag, was carried at the head of
a procession that wound serpent-like
through the narrow aisles. Hoisted
to the rostrum, she led the demonstra,
tion again and again until the cheer
ing had lasted twenty-five minutes.
When Arkansas was called, it gave
way to Missouri, and Senator James
A. Reed, Of Kansas City, placed Clark
in nomination He made spread
eagle speech which paved the way for
/ a sixty minute demonstration in the
speakers honor. The Clark forces
had elaborate plans FOR their demon.
stration a few Of which was the re-
lease In the hall OF myriads OF vari-
colored toy balloons labelled CLARK.
The balloons failed to rise, and scores
exploded in subdued fusillade just
above the heads of the delegates.
! Because the convention officers
were plainly pro-Clark the leaders OF
| the aisles parade we're permitted to
mass their standards and flags on the
platform and in the narrow aisle be
tween the press pens. Miss Gene
We've Clark, the speakers daughter
from point Of vantage on the front
OF the rostrum, lent announcement to
| the rooters, whenever their enthus-
iasm seemed on the point of waning
and Bennett Clark, the speakers son,
acted as cheer leader On the floor.
So far as the Clark demonstration
(, was concerned, 1t was mostly confin.
ed to delegates and alternates. the
crowd that packed the galleries sitting
/ for the most part in amused contem
plation of the animated scene below
After forty-five minutes of strenu
GUS noise-making, Senator-elect Varda-
mann Of Mississippi who had temper
Tov oh q irrf1 q
4 directed Sergeant-at-Arms Martin te
4 clear the aisles. Martin who is 9
i Missourian, did not welcome the sug
gestion. do you really mean 1t, sen
ator.' he asked plainly.
"I guess not--let 'em YELL" was
Vardamann' reply.
No Place for Psalms.
The attempt of an elderly Clarl
rooter to turn the convention into al
old-fashioned revival by striking W
E.All Hail the Power of Jesus Name,
through megophone, caused amuse
ment to the Tammany delegation. Th'
Jealous Clarkite finally gave UP in dis
gust for lack of encouragement.
After an hour Of cheering for Clarl
the roll Of states was continued.
For. Arkansas Governor-elect Josepl
, Robinson seconded Clark's nomination
, For California, Theodore E. Bell di'
' the same.
: Connecticut next on the list nomi
/. mated Governor Simeon e. Baldwin
. through Henry Wade Rogers of Ney
i Haven. Although comparatively sma'
: in numbers, the Baldwin men made
i good showing with their cheerin
{ squad and used up fifteen minutes Q
t the conventions time blowing horn
I land parading through the aisles
t When Delaware was called she CAV
way to New Jersey and the fire work
|. were cut loose the moment that job
J. w Westcott of Camden was recogni;
i ed to name Governor Woodrow Wilso
e as candidate. Before Westcott ha
started, the galleries had risen g
r masse. Dozens Of Wilson lithographl
/ hoisted on umbrellas, canes, fishin
v poles and in some cases, even chal
d rungs, were raised in every section {
S the hall. Deafening shouts rookie
the armory.
q The Delaware and Ohio delegate
t were the first to catch the contagio
d on the floor. 1t spread like wildfir
o through the western proEessiv
l.