Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-29

WAS called to the platform. The sena-
Tor In his address predicted that there
would be in action this year namely a
Taft party, T. r. party and good
! old-fashioned reviviied Democratic
party, whose motto shall be Thou
shalt progress" The senator declared
that the tariff for revenue must be a
big issue for the campaign, and advo-
4 Gated the eelction OF United States
senators by direct vote and full pri.
maries.
Demonstration Sweeps Hall.
Next Henry D. Clayton, of Alabama,
turned loose speech In which, among
oother things, he advocated suffrage
/ for women He was indiscreet enough
\ to say that he couldn't tell who would
! get the nomination, and every dele
i gate on the floor rose up ready to in
/ form him There were wild yells for
4 ali the candidates.
! The Wilson men were the quickest
4 to seize an advantage They jumped on
I their chairs and held up cardboard
/ fans on which was the picture Of the
j governor of New Jersey. The band
played Maryland, ny Maryland"
'Old Folks at Home" and other tunes
/ that play upon sentiment and emotion.
But they missed fire with the crowd as
whole, and then the band probably
i inspired by running Wilson agent,
! played low trick on the New York
ers and the rest of that chilly center
block. 1t struck up the Star Spangled
Banner"
The demonstration finally petered
4 out after about ten minues.
i The Champ Clark people tried to
stir things up later, but they couldn't
/ turn the trick. Nobody was much sur
/ pr.sed, because 1t was matter of COM
mon knowledge that many of the Clark
/ delegates were SO sore over Clark's
/ desertion of Mr.. Bryan that they had
i torn off their badges and had thrown
them away
/ Senator Gore, of Oklahoma, was led
to the platform. He was warmly ap-
! plauded. Gore was the only speaker
/ who managed to hold the attention of
4 the crowd from the first to last. He
told them that the Republican party
sas a goner, that it was half alive and
half dead and that only Democratic
suicide could save it.
| At the evening session Immediately
after the prayer by Rev Mr. Grouse,
+ Representative Coyington, of Mary
land, chairman of the committee on
rules. was recognized to present the
committees report
Clark Losing; Wilson Gaining.
| The close of the second day of the
Democratic national convention found
! Speaker Champ Clark losing strength.
with Woodrow Wilson gaining and
with United States Senator John w.
Kern, of Indiana, and Mayor Gaynor,
of New York, as possibilities for
compromise.
/ Speaker Clark's action in throwing
his strength TO Judge Parker for tenn
| porary chairman is the cause of the
/ trouble and it may result in his un.
doing as candidate. Rumblings were
heard among many of the Clark dele
gates, and the men who are engineer
ing the Clark boom were plainly on
the anxious seat
Notwithstanding the anxiety ex-
pressed by many of the speakers
friends, he will go into the convention
when the balloting begins with many
more votes than any other candidate.
| His supporters contend that he will
have 512 votes on the first ballot, but
more conservative estimates giveshim
about 450
The Woodrow Wilson men were
elated over the turn affairs had taken
within the last twenty-four hours and
they were predicting that Governor
Wilson, when the balloting begins, viii
have a sufficient number of votes to
prevent the selection of a candidate
who does not bear his approval
Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania, fig
ures that Wilson will have 1928 dele
gates, but it is figured that Wilson, in
order to exercise this veto power, will
have to have 365 delegates.
The New York leaders are still stick
ing to their plan to present Mayor
Gaynors name on the first ballot.