The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-28

Senator Reed talked longer than
the time allowed him and the dele
ga ties became restless and noisy
Az the senator named Champ Clark
at 1929 A. NJ. a tremendous demon
stration broke forth.
Massa oh usett s displayed a streamer
thirty feet long 1nnumerable ban
ners and flags were brought forth
Balloons bearing Clarks name were
sent into the air. The demonstration
was genuine; it was tremendous. Dele
/ gates from every State in the Union
| joined in It, The galleries seemed al
most SOLID for Clark Men. women
and children yelled wildly. Tin horns
and other noise makers were brought
| into play. A Champ Clark chorus
with megaphones began singing the
! "houn' dawg" song.
Seldom II ever in convention his
! tory has there been a demonstration
quite like this one-a demonstration
of such tremendous force Some one
produced a half dozen big American
flags The band played. Following
the Flag" and numerous clark pan
I nors the delegates paraded about the
hall
For tho first time since the CON
venton started the State standards
were uprooted and carried about ths
hall by the Clark enthusiasts.
Miss Ala MAYO. Of Paintsville. KY.
In old rose satin, waving flag. led
"a band Of marchers
A stout Missourian. with thirty or
more followers most OF them gray
haired veterans of many Democratic
wars, marched about singing
we won't go home until morn
ing
Clark banners and flags became so
thick in the hall that they were tam
gled.
Several big nags were carried into
the speakers stand The demonstra-
ton grew more wild. The great hall
echoed and re-echoed with one con-
tinuous din.
More delegates and more people in
the galleries caught the fever Of en-
thusiasm. The band began a new
tune and demonstration Increased.
At 1885 A M, after thirty min
utes of wild demonstration il showed
no sign of decreasing.
| CIark's Daughter Appears.
! Miss GeneVieva Clark, a daughter
Of Champ Clark. suddenly appeared
In the sneakers stand In dainty blue
and wrapped In an American flag. she
urged the Clark delegates to renew
enthusiasm
Many OF the delegates recognized
lher and cheered her repeatedly. The
cry was taken up all over the hall.
| 'Tiurrah for Genevieve" 1t rang
out
When the demonstration had lasted
las minuses delegates took off their
coats and hats. hurled them into the
air and danced and yelled even more
wildly than before.
The Wilson delegates sat quiet
/ through it all So did New York 9
big delegation.
The delegates, firing OF old cam
paign songs took up IN older one.
They sang John Browns Body
At 1911 A. NJ. Senator Vardaman,
of Mississippi who had taken the
chair. tried 10 bring the convention TO
order. The sound Of the big gavel
only brought renewed and more Wig
orous enthusiasm and yelling.
At 125 A. M. the convention was
called to order. the demonstration
having lasted one hour.
At 1:30 A. NJ, Governor elect Joe
IT, Robinson. of Arkansas, then sec
onded the nomination of Champ
CLARK.
California. the next State called.
also seconded the nomination OF
Clark.
Colorado asked to be passed.
Henry Wade Rogers, of Connecti-
cut, nominated Baldwin.
The Wilson men In the Ohio dele
CATION captured the state standard and
| started procession about The hall.
man with a live rooster climbed into
the press boxes, The rooster WAS
very sleepy and refused to crow. A
delegate borrowed his wife's red para
sol and waved 1t madly.
THE independent Republicans cry
for Wilson," was the inscription on
one banner displayed late In the
demonstration. The red bandana
handker chief. emblem OF the Roose-
welt bull moose party. was also I'M
| furled by Wilson rooters.
A ten-foot picture OF DIR. Wilson was
| brought into the hall and carried In
| the gallery. It gave the Wilson dem
: onstration its first general liveliness
OF the night.
AZ 3:o7 the demonstration for W.