The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-03
PEN PICTURES
 OF CONVENTION
Bryan's Massive Leadership In'
 vincible to Assault
HOW THE WESTERLY OKLAHO. MAN WAS BROUGHT DOWN
 BY A DELEGATES JIBE.
(Ry bur- staff Correspondent.l

(By our Staff CorrespondentO
 Baltimore. July 3.-What manner of man is this?
 Many times since the opening day of this most remarkable of all politi- cal conventions ia the history of our country this thought has been upper
 most in the minds of those trained to observe the inner doings that do not of necessity always have a surface manifestation.
 Some day when the historian of a future age influenced by the stress of these strenuous proceedings takes up the task of recording the events which have marked this wonderful assem- blaze the most difficult problem with which he will be confronted will have to do with a proper estimate of Bryan.
 Thrice defeated in his campaigns for the presidency, it would seem that, to use a bit Of expressive slang, he must have shot his bolt"
 But he hasn't.
 Whether for veal or for woe with respect to the fate of the Democracy of the nation he is still the most commanding of her generals. Indeed there are times here when 1t appears that he is the sole arbiter from whose judgment there can be no appeal and that to him the party Is one great pawn which moves only at the direc- ton of his will either wording di- rectly or through any one of a mum Der of agencies that he has contrived to surround himself with.
 From the very moment he projected himself in front Of the presiding off, cer's desk facing an audience of up- wards of 20.Oe0 persons almost the very moment. the convention was called into being, he has been the Of that there can not be the slightest doubt Strange as 1t may seem many times since then he has been com pelied to face that multitude and hear the misses rningle with the cheers of his friends. It is something entirely new to Bryan to be hissed at Dem ocratic gathering.
 Although he left many openings for his enemies to take advantage of in his plan of attack, none of those who aspired or were picked to pierce the armor made even as much as dent in it.
 A tall angular chap from Oklahoma came nearest to taking Bryan's meas ure. but alas for him. he did not nap pen to secure the, ear of the conven- s1ion at the propitious moment. It was lunfortunate for him that he should have gone to the fore, bearing chal- lenge on his stout, well set shoulders at a time when the Wilson men were keeling most kindly toward Bryan, for lit was rather generally known that ! the NebFaskan was about to quit Clark for the Jersey governor. Forti- laed with this knowledge the audience. Tor rather the biggest portion of ft, lwere in no mood to sit complacently EbE and hear Bryan lalmbasted. { Bryan, who had been voting for Clark from the time of the presenta- Etion of the speakers name. executed la quick dank movement, the moment ICharies F. Murphy started g pande- ssnonic demonstration that lasted up- wards of an hour by announcing the deserts1 of Harmon and casting of New Tork,s vote for ozark. That was snear the down of day Friday.
 Bryan was at his hotel when the sehift came. He was hustled out of Tbed and hurried to the convention FAa11- There he was soon the center iof his group of floor leaders and ;cerned of the amazing demonstration ldn which upwards of 10000 people ; were participating and all because Mir. Bryan's first choice for the presi- sdency had just received the New York block of votes, 90 in all sending his total for the first time beyond the ma- dority.
 Bryan, however, continued to vote for Clark until adjournment that morning. Then he got busy and swhiIe the tired Clark managers, over York vote, went to their hotels for trest Bryan laid his plans for his next tmove-the abandonment of Clark and F1he annexation of the Wilson candi- daey.
 He gave as his reason for deserting Clark that he could not vote for the candidacy of any man whose nomi- snation depended upon the support of brhe New York delegation and further the said that he would then cease vot- ling for Clark and begin voting for lrWflson and would continue to so vote until such time as New York should Evote for Wilson when he would re- lturn to Clark because the people of fhIs own state made Clark their choice Hn the preferential primary.
 This brought greetings forward. The Ia ssemblage was beyond control of the Echair Bryan's dramatic desertion of kCiark. coupled with his attack on the fNew York Democracy, threw the hith- terto orderly gathering into a mob (which laughed derieively at the eff sforts of the constituted officials to krestore order. It was indeed a mem- EorabIe moment or rather a series of memorable moments which preceded ffhe introduction of yellings. But Ia bove the din, the howls, the jeers, Ithe cat calls, the hurrahs, the misses, k4he sonorous voice of the gaunt, khomely Oklahomian. homely in the ksense that Lincoln was, was heard. Ion with their wild exultations un- brutndful of the endeavors of the chair ho bring about a semblance of order, hhe tall, free jointed figure of the ewest stood upon a chair, one hand ewaving in appealing fashion toward khe rostrum while a voice as resonant Rs the echo of the huntsman's horn Hold the mob that it's owner knew his rights and proposed to get them if he aaad to stand there until the day of hhe kingdom to come And he did Ridden to the platform he soon had hhe mob quieted It was not a re- mpectful, attentive quiet. so necessary No effective oratory; rather was it a menacing forbidding silence.
 And soon aversion broke in fury, Overwhelming the erstwhiie staunch Champion of the peerless one from Nebraska.
 Gettings said that it grieved him anuch to say what he intended to, but Gandor and love for the old party ac fuated him in so doing. He told the lcrowd that since 1896 he had faith Fully and loyaly followed the distin- Euished gentleman from Nebraska: hhat he had never during all that time spired to or held a public office, that he stumped the west for Bryan in all Rhree of his campaigns. xhat until uow he had regarded him as an un- Relfish champion of popular rights and it man to be trusted with the lead ership of his party.
 But in view of Bryan's attitude in refusing to recognize the right of the nccredited delegates from New York flo cast their votes in support of Clark