The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-07-03
NOMINEE WILL GET
STRONG SUPPORT OF
BELMONT BROTHER
Out OF Labor of Convention
Comes Candidate With AS
surance of Cooperation
From Every Branch and
Wing of the Party-End
Taken Calmly by Every
body
BY ROBERT l.. GRAY.
STA r. t Ufa ssg,iiIdp1r Kfchnond VII
xtniAr

STAR Cu7q ssp6iidwnt Richmond VIII
gilman.
CONVENTION HALL Il tt
MORE. MD. July when the dis
trict OF Columbia nominated Bryan
for vice president. the commoner made
his way to the sand.
II may have been done as a Joke or
as an effort to hamtliate him. II so,
1t signally failed. Win his usual
adroitness. Bryan turned the trick
against his opponent
In a ringing speech declining the
nomination, ne got OFT sueb ppftInent
sentences as:
There is no Office SO iow that ]
would not take It ]. by doing 80
could serve my country"
Your candidate will not he more
active than | will be. ! shall he AT
the command Of - party
--Tne rTIns; progressive or any party
of any size would gain ~+.eo6.o e0 votes
slienated by the split In me Republic
can party
He was In favor Of a candidate for
vice president who would heFmontze
With the candidate in chief and create,
EMO joint debate on the ticket.
The coulmoner was happy and IN
fine voice. He said that sixteen years
OF battle had created enemies whom
he realized would be, a deiriment IN
cage he himself should have been NOM
mated for president.
Whatever the purpose of the nous~
nation 1t made for an ovation for the
recognized peer. If not rhe titled mas
ter of the convention.
Story OF Nomination.
BALTIMORE, ND. July lit came
ct last. AS every political question
has u way OF doing the pyrotechnlcs
49, s4nl IA
rocket burst.
When the convention met this MORN
ing Wilson looked tar from the goal
despite the late at night action of the
Illinois delegation in going to him.
The gain OF more than hundred that
put him over the six hundred marx
was received calmly. When the gain
continued for two more ballots every
body knew that the end was in sight
Throughout the proceedings there
existed a new spirit. Things that ear
Iier in the VI eek would have been taken
a. the signals for everything TO hap
ren- at once happened and were for
gotten. The convention was in the
thrcea Il Rrew"it TsFose' "a no "ioofs-
ed on knew II.
Looking on were the American peo-
pie like tho oidtimers who were wont
to be present to assert the birth of
king
AT the end / was fortunate enough
to get an interview with Perry Bel
mont. brother OF August, the storm
center OF the fight that has ragged for
a week. Perry Belmont can he taken
as speaking for his brother. More
rhan that they are both OF them men
who take a pride in their sportman-
ship. Sportmanship includes the abi4-
ity to accept beating as well as
to win Belmont's statement Is for
that reason OF more value Than the
stock interviews which are now being
taken by the hundred. He dictated
this.
Il was for Speaker Clark as a pro-
gressive Democrat. but Governor VIII
son as q progressive candidate viii
lead the Democrats to an assured tri-
urnph over both President Taft and
his predecessor.
.sThe only flaw in the statement is
that .there amt going TO be no core"
with Wilson as candidate there Is
no place in political economy for
Roosevelt.
How II Happened.
Now for the way Ii all came to pass;
Everybody knew that today would
tall the tale. Nobody knew what the
last chapter would be. On the first
ballot the most significant thing was
the showing OF two Florida votes. The
sudden charge Of Virginia with solid
vote for Wilson was far more spec
tacular, but for little while 1t was
looked on suspiciously. The situa-
5 ton seemed still ried up.
When Wilson was seen to have gone
to 629 votes on the forty fourth ballot,
the dawn commenced to grow gray.
when the lead was increased on the
forty-fifth to 633. 81 IL short of
nomination. daylight was a certainty.
The roll started. Alabama had been
casting It's solid straight for Under
wood There was pregnant silence.
and then Bankhead was seen making
his wav to the chair. II was sun
rise, with Wilson as the sun.
Birth OF n Fart
n or course there was cheering, but
We have gotten used to cheering. Fiji
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