The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-28

lights, the convention was remark
able sight Most of the men in the
building we're in their shirt sleeves.
Many were nodding in sheer exhaus-
Z ton as they leaned back in their
chairs and waited. Smoke from flash
lights taken by photographers early
in the session still floated lazily
about the cloth covered rafters In
the private boxes in the rear Of the
speakers platform were some of the
! women who have not missed a session
since the convention opened last Tues
|; day. Many were wives or relatives
! of the members OF the national com
mittee. They presented a wonderful
contrast to the weat-begrimmed,
weary, delegates and alternates.
For the most part they looked as
fresh and bright as though they had
| just arrived And their interest was
just as intent. They followed each
speaker as he made his declaration.
and applauded with absolute impair
tiality.
4 The Dove Of Peace.
4 just as the sun began to shine full
and fresh through the big windows on
4 the east side OF the rambling struc.
| ture, bringing into sharp relief the
dusty chairs, the weary participants
lin the great drama and the brilliant
decorations on the walls and CALLER
les, a white pigeon released hours be.
fore flew from where 1t had been hid
ing under chair up against the win
dow through which the rays Of the
sun were now streaming. The flutter
OF its wings as it tried vainly to. f1nd
an exit, broke in like tattoo on the
speech OF the blind statesman from
Oklahoma, Senator Gore.
q 1t had been probably the most re
markabe night in the history OF the
time-honored democratic party. A
quiet session followed only with ora
Z tory and voting was expected. but
William Jennings Bryan shattered
the harmony lutte which the leaders o.
the conservatives were trying so hart
!. to construct. His bitter attack on tn;
! money trust, and his personal attacl
5 on j. P. Morgan, August Belmont ant
5 T!1os. F. Ryan, the latter two OF whom
| had sat impassively in their seats un
= der the lash Of his denunciation, ha;
& the effect of dislodging all hopes tina
1 there would be accord between th'
9 Nebrasken and the conservatives VIII
j Ihad been apparently SO anxious pub
licly at least, to placate tre westerl
j. leader.
4 The faces Of Murphy, Tagyart. SUI
4 Iivan and others of the old line lead
: ers were studies as they listened t
n the Bryan declaration and quickly dc
cided what action to take on it. Th
/ moment that the Neoraskan Withdrey
V the concluding portion OF his rescN
9 tion which would have forced the eo
k pulsion of Ryan and Belmont as dele
It gates, the battle was won for Bryan
~ Sullivan as spokesman for the cor
q servatives hurried about the hall.
).
Bryan in Full Control.
"a give 1t to him, if he wants it," h
shouted to the leaders of the stat
l. delegations under his control. An
l. the order was quickly followed. Ne
4 York and Virginia, the two common
/ wealths chiefly affected by the resol'
n ton, were called out Of their turf
e They hurriedly voted their strengt
Y with Bryan. The example was folloy
it ed and the resolution went throug
e with a whoop.
y The conservative leaders saw thu
! while they had given Bryan an une
k. lpected victory they had also put o,
D. of his power the right to bolt.
u Murphy told the New York deleg
,f ton bluntly that he believed the res
Tuition was only part of plan Brya
e. had to raise the issue and get outsid
m lof the party breastworks.
ID "But we will keep him until aftt
l. election, anyhow" the Tammany lea
ar er told his lieutenants when the
=. urged him to assail the Nebraskan an
lo| rebuke him for what they termed h
- audacity.
q. Murphy and Sullivan probably MOI
Al than anyone else realized what
would mean to the party's chances
ic the coming campaign were Bryan