The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-27

congeetion. was serious in parts .! the hall. sszs At I2:s0, every seat in the .bul1d ing had been filled and tlse staudez1 were lining up along the ealla<y Nn5Il EAhd ihstlle raar pudel the gallery Tho f1rel11e11 on duta were ordered tQ aid the psal an Affort to cIe4t the kiSfS& 166 ito the exits but tho crowd refdeet Ito budges even for f11ese men, Tine delay in calling the convention te border was said to be due to an at tempt to secure a conpr on the contests. especially those from Illin. ois and South Dakota-
 Champ Clark banners were being pinned to many of the State sta1ld- ards It was known to many of the delegates that the Clark forces de. sired to make a supreme effort ro nominate their man on the first bal lot. They had rooters placed in the galleries where they could do the most good when the time came. A Clark picture was attached to
 the Arkansas standard only to be in dignantly snatched away by one of
 the delegates. A similar incident
 occurred. in the Wyoming section. l convention to order. He directed
 to- their seats and to clear the aieles. This followed refusal by Roger
 Sullivan to consent to a division of
 the Illinois delegation.
 Judge Parker, after waiting a full minute, took megaphone and ap-
 pealed to the delegates to assist in clearing the aisles.
 '."'The delegates are in order but a
 very considerable portion of the au-
 dfence is not, H finally shouted Par
 ker. This had. the required effect and he then introduced as the chap
 macher, of Baltimore.
 As soon as the prayer ended the report of. the credentials committee. dealing with the South Dakota con tests was submitted. 1t recommend ed the seating of the Wilson dele
 gates in the place of the Clark men placed on the. roll by. the commit tee.
 The mention of Wilson's name in
 the committee report was the signal for a round of handclapping.
 Delegate V. C.. Mccormick, of in making the minor ity report asked that the delegates refrain from sapplauding the names
 of the candidates he would have to
 mention. He then reviewed the placing in the field Of the three tick cts which had. fought it out in the sSeutlr Dakota pfimories.
 ! The. audience was hot and listless and fatntly applauded his summing;
 up, but some of the Clark boomers
 insisted on interrurSipg Mccormick when he mentioned the Speakers name. <
 .The action of the committee" :" said Mccormick, lis in absolute de-. ffance-, of the primary law and re- verses the general policy of the last i16 years during which we have al- ways claimed that the Democratic party stood for majority rule. Former Governor W. A. McCorkle, of West Virginia, led the fight for the majority report. He sketched the contests in South Dakota, saying that it is Republican at present and that the primaries were conducted under Republican and not Democratic law. His argument was duplica- ,tion of that presented to the conl- mittee on credentials.
 Senator Luke Lea took issue with McCorkle and, holding aloft letter, asked the former Governor whether he did not know that the report he was reading from was made up bp the Secretary of State when only one- third of the counties fin the State had reported.
 The Missouri delegation tried to drown out Lea's voice with jeers and hooting, but failed, and the question. was ignored by the former Missouri executive. Senator Lea. who was handling the time for the minority, yelled 10 minutesst to ". M. Crane. of Texas, who said: