The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-06-29
Interior of Big Armory at
Baltimore Presents In
spring Sight During
the Sessions
SOME OF PEOPLE
IN THE GALLERIES
AND ON THE FLOOR
Not Only Men Whose Names Are on
Every Tongue, But Many of the
Nations Best Known Wo-
men Are on the
Scene


by HUGH W. ROBERTS
Baltimore, June B,-tspecial)-out-
wardly the Fifth Regiment armory in
which the sessions of the convention are
occurring. is grim. dark and altogether
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eFNi' III M"'ShHis Hose u iietio Aeions
pushing and jamming, fretting and mop
ping perspiration, battalion of blue
coats rushing hither and thither. violent
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waving eheiil as II uiluet certain cHcuii-
stances, they would actually strike. The
little men are endeavoring to effect an
entrance. the little cons. endeavoring TO
nrava,+ ,io. ana q ,roa Co. an oa,rh a.
eaten can hstlcuH. FOR when trying 10
get on the inside there is no more har-
mony among democrats than republicans.
As stated, one Is intereeted IN the
scramble Of these men who remind of
ants anxiously and with great speed maxi
ing haste homeward, twisting and squrm-
ing among each other, angrily hesitatng
a moment to evade a clash with a neigh
Dor, but never forgetting the object in
view. And one is also interested in the
hum which emanates from the interior,
that hum which, at the preesnt time at
least, is the sound which goes around the
world.
Interior L. inspiring
cat On rho insida AnnarsntIv everv
seat ia taken. In every direction there
are men and women tanning and moving
and gazing with necks we'll craned nudg
ing and fretting and displaying heatful
irritation.
The interior is brilliantly illuminated,
even though the hour is that of noon.
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son and a quotation from the writings of
that originator of the great party OF the
people-sometmes To the left is bust
of Andrew Jackson. underneath which is
written: He would not sell his honor
to subserve the present hour" This quo
taton, incidentally, was taken as a text
by William Jennings Bryan when he rem
dered his terrific Philippe Tuesday against
Judge Parker, and the hosts of predatory
wealth" To the right is bust of George
Washington.
The sight is inspiring. To the man
whose breast is wont 10 heave under the
spell OF glamor and music, it is an epoch
al moment To him who looks beneath
the surface, however and realizes that
the great men of today breathe and pass
into eternal forgetfulness, that the men
who are now great are scarcely aware of
now fapioiy Is nitllns ,he plrd OF .lpe-
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extent Oh causing nun 10 Wprsnip IA tno
presence OF cay looteu ioois' VI u pe
sWayed py ornate eNpiesslo"s oA mere
platitudes
Bryan and Gibbons
One can see the men whose names are
daily in the print. the men who are re-
ceiving the applause and the anathema
of the nation. The most interesting fig
ures are William Jennings Bryan and
Cardinal Gibbons. The "Commoner' IS
still the Great Commoner despite the
efforts OF his would be traducers, and he
is the only man In America today, with
the possible exception of Mr.. Roosevelt
who single handed and opposed by prac-
tically everybody and every interest. can
grasp the nation in his fingers, cause it
to stand or sit, or repose in response TO
his will.
The cardinal is an interesting little man.
He smiles as sweetly a a good woman.
ne - "i'nTst Tst, uispndy s o's
tho trst convention the cardinal has ever
attended He has heen ouoted az saving
that he is deligbted and mat he has been
,nsrirad u,i.h What he has seen and with
~ aratorv and strength ~ character ~
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