The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-03
DELEGATES MAKE EAGER : BREAK FOR HOME AFTER
 NOMINATION OF MARSHALL Byan's valedictoy, Declining Vce-Presi- dency, Holds Convention SpeI|bound

At last Bryan climbed on his chair. Platform, platform!' the refrain went up and in obedience to the cry Bryan slowly mounted to the same spot where. few days. ago, he had de- nounced to their very faces Murphy, Ryan and Belmont
 Bryan did not speak long but every word he uttered will ever be remem- bered by those who heard them He spoke in a voice that at times tremb- led with emotion at regret that per- sonal enmities he had engendered during the 16 years he had been lead ing Democracy made it necessary for him to relinquish leadership into oth- CT hands.
 "He who fights must bear scars,'' he shouted in a voice that again, gal vanized the galleries and floor into lie. And any regret that I may have is wiped out by the realization that I can fight in the coming cam- paign as have never fought before. Able to show that there is no selfish interest attached to my course, hope to demonstrate to the people of the country that the party we love so well is in reality the party of progress. Bryan retired to his seat amidst tumuituous applause and the roll call on the nomination of 'vice-president
 began.
 | The first ballot showed Marshall in l the lead. Then came an attempt on l the part of some of the delegates to suspend the rules so that second ballot would be unnecessary but Bryan | was prepared to lead fight on it. However, on the second ballot, it was demonstrated that Marshall was sure to win and Congressman Hughes, i leader of the Wilson forces, consult i ed with Bryan. The Nebraskan nod
 ded acquiescence and Hughes , de- manded unanimous consent that the l nomination be made by exclamation. North Dakota objected and the roll 1 call proceeded. Then Former Sena- tor Purcell, realizing that the fight was over, withdrew Governor Burke : name and the motion for the nomi- l nation by exclamation was renewed and went through with a whoop. Eff teen seconds later the Democratic na- l tional convention was part of the na- tion's history.
 Following Wilson's nomination, a l determined effort. to have Speaker Clark accept the nomination for the
 vice-presidency was made. For | time the Speaker was inclined to ac- l cede to the demand. The appeals 70 him were made on the grounds of l party loyalty and the sturdy old Mis- | sourian was inclined to sacrifice his personal wishes to the call of the party. But his friends refused to per- | init the sacrifice. They told him
 
 men and that, as Speaker, he had a 1 duty to perform and should remain there.
 The effort to get Clark as Wilson s
 running mate took time and in the | interval, after listening to the Speak CT, the platform was adopted.
 AS the delegates, today, reviewed the events of the past week there was nothing but praise for the manner in
 which the Wilson campaign was con- ducted. Bryan got the greater por- tion of the credit. But Bryan was
 merely the general in command The strategic moves were the work of a coterie of young Democrats who are certain to prove a big factor in the
 party in the immediate future.
 Congressman A. Mitchell Palmer
 of Pennsylvania, and John Hughes of
 New Jersey, Bob Henry. of Texas, Senators Luke Lea of Tennessee and
 Gore of Oklahoma, the latter one of
 the best tWo-fisted fighting men that
 ever delighted the heart in a parlia
 mentary battle although blind, and 8
 few others were the men who broke
 a perfect political machine. Without
 fear these Democrats from the out
 set worked to prevent the nomina-
 tion of Speaker Clark on the first ball.
 lots. Opposed by the permanent
 chairman, Ollie James, Senator-elect
 from Kentucky, who utilized every
 parliamentary trick he hororably
 could to aid the Clark force, the lit-
 tie band of Wilson men played for the
 individual delegates. They swung to
 their side individuals in many of the
 state delegations. Then, with the as-
 surances that they could show that
 some of the delegations supposed to
 be adamant in their support for Clark
 were filled with Wilson sentiment, the
 Wilsonites forced individual roll calls.
 When successive roll calls demon strated absolutely that state delega- tion after state delegation still re- tained enough Clark men to force the recording of the state vote for Clark under the unit rule, the Clark men would jubilate with loud cheering and shouts of applause. But the Wilson men simply smiled and kept on fight ing. scientific variety and it had it's eff feet because many of the uninstructed delegates were ready to chamber on- to the band wagon as soon as 1t could be demonstrated just which of the ve- hicles remained in the middle of the road and so made impossible the nom lnatlon of Clark early in the game.
 Each State defection was utilized to 1 make Wilson votes. Wilson men in 1 each State delegation reported to the l managers individual dele l gates who were believed to be Waver- | Ing ana the wilson forces III Lnelr | home localities were brought into play | They telegraphed demands that the | delegates get aboard the band wagon | and give the people of the country the | candidate they demanded. There were | also thousands of telegrams of the | same tenor that came absolutely un- solicited. They had their effect.
 It is unlikely, however, that Wilson | could have been nominated if Con- gresman Oscar Underwood, of Ala bama, had not risen to the occasion | and nroysd that he was the man of \