The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-07-14

and snarled, cheered and applauded,
he hurled his own candidacy at them
in these words:
Il stand ready to support any Pro-
gressive who will lead, but If no other
Progressive appears, shall accept the
leadership and let you express through
me your advocacy of or opposition to
the principles we have, fought for for
16 years"
That was all, but even those less
than so words were interrupted more
than once by the bedlam of combined
protest and approval which existed
among both delegates and spectators.
The ron call Of states showed Parker
579 Bryan sos, O'Gorman 3, Kern l.
Bryan was beaten. but at what a cost!
His defeat cost Clark the nomination
and was the beginning of the rout
which the Ryan Murphy Belmont
Hearst combination victorious now by
a majority of only 73) suffered on
every point thereafter. The result sur
prised both sides. 1t showed Bryan
much stronger than his enemies sup
posed him to be and it gave him posi-
tive knowledge of the minimum Pro-
gressive strength which could be
counted on to block the nomination of
a Reactionary.
But the fight did more than this-it
woke the country up. If the delegates
were unable to see the deep signifi-
canoe Of the Wall street movement,
of which the Tarker victory was but
the beginning. the folks back home did
see 1t and they proceeded to get busy.
A bombardment of kilograms soon
showed the Parker supporters what
their constituents thought Of them and
some of the kilograms were not alto
gether complimentary.
FTorida's vote on temporary chair
man was IL to l. I am sorry that
more Of our delegation did not sup
port Mr.. Bryan, but l shall always feel
vote for him, even though he lost.
When Judge Parker stepped to the
platform to accept the temporary
Craftsmanship and deliver his carefully
prepared keynote" address, delegates
and spectators alike rose almost in a
body and began to leave the hall.
Messrs. Ryan and Belmont had sue
ceeded in electing their attorney, but
they could not compel the people to
hear him. In vain did Chairman
Mack call for order In vain did the
victorious judge raise his voice to give
the keynote utterance. No one was in
terested in him and none cared to hear
him. 1t happened, therefore, that af-
ter q painful, embarrassing and I'M
successful attempt to secure for the
newly elected presiding officer-not
lust a respectful hearing, but any
hearing at all-Chairman Mack was
compelled to adjourn the convention to
the night session in order to insure an
audience for the man who had just
defeated Mr.. Bryan for temporary
chairman.
At s O'Clock that night, Judge Par
ker delivered his keynote, but what he
said then few either heard read, or
cared. Bryan had already delivered
the keynote upon which the conven-
ton contest and the succeeding cam
paign was to be fought.
Mr.. Bryan did not appear again until
after the permanent chairman had
been elected and the roll of states was
about to be called for the presentation
of the names for the nomination of
president. Then suddenly the bald
head emerged from the delegate Sec
ton, the sturdy form of the Com
moner was seen mounting the plat
form. a cheer broke from the specta-
tors followed by silence as the Ne
braska delegate, recognized by the
chair. advanced to the rail and, quicker
almost than it takes to tell it, flung
into the faces of the 1888 delegates q
resolution that threw the convention
off its feet and produced a scene, the
like of which, in dramatic intensity,
has probably never been enacted in
American politics. Here is the resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That in this crisis in our
nartv's career, and in our country s
history. this convention sends greet
ings to the people of the United States.
and assures them that the party OF
Jefferson and Of Jackson is still the