The Detroit times., 1912-06-28

and get outside OF the party breast
works.
But we will keep him until after
election anyhow" the Tammany lead
er told his lieutenants when they
urged him 10 assail the Nebraskan
and rebuke him for what they termed
his audacity.
Murphy and Sullivan, probably more
than anyone else in the room, real
ICED that IL would greatly imperil the
party's chances In the coming cam
paign were Bryan TO join the new
progressive movement. So they were
willing TO concede him everything but
the nomination. They were even VIII
| ing that the presidential candidate
should be progressive and the plat
/ form radical document so Ions as
] they had Bryan 10 take the stump this
fall 10 help pull through their local
and congressional candidates.
And so they submitted TO the pro-
gressive rule while bitterly assailing
the motives OF its author. But they
we're promising retaliatory measures
as soon as they could put them
through and there was no doubt that
| the complete break between Bryan
and the bosses had already been ac'
complished-
Bryan Resolution Causes Delay.
| The fight over the Bryan resolution
threw the convention on its stride. II
was IL o'clock when the roll-call OF
states was reached and Senator John
II. Bankhead, from the Alabama dele
cation. first on the list. launched the
/ Underwood nomination. His speech
started the first OF a series OF demon
strations, which for fervor and dura-
| ton, have seldom been equaled at ma
tional conventions. The cheering was
increased by the turning loose or
white pigeon. Dainty 13-year-old Min
ME Brewer. daughter OF Mississippfs
governor, waving in one hand litho-
graph OF Underwood. and In the other
small American flag. was carried at
| the head OF a procession that wound
serpent-like through the narrow aisles.
! Iioisted TO the rostrum, she led the
demonstration again and again unul
the cheering had lasted 20 minutes.
| When Arkansas was called, IL gave
way 10 Missouri, and Senator James
A. Reed OF Kansas City placed Clark
lin nomination. He made spread
eagle speech which paved the way for
a Commute demonstration In the
Speakers honor The Clark forces
had made elaborate plans for their
demonstration, feature OF which was
the release in the hall OF myriads OF
xari.colored toy balloons labeled
Clark The balloons failed 10 rise
and scores exploded in a subdued
fusillade just above the heads OF the
delegates.
Because the convention officials
were plainly pro-Clark, the leaders OF
the aisles parade were permitted %
mass their standards and flags on the
platform and in the narrow aisle be-
tween the press enclosures. Miss
Geneyleve Clark, the speakers daugh-
ter. from a point OF vantage on the
front OF the rostrum. lent encourage
ment 10 the rooters whenever their
enthusiasm seemed on the point OF
waning. and Bennett Clark. the speak
ers son, acted as cheer leader on the
floor
Scene Amuses Spectators.
So far as the Clark demonstration
was concerned IL was mostly confined
TO delegates and alternates. the vast
crowd that packed the galleries, sit
ting for the most in amused con
temptation OF the animated scene be
: low
After As minutes OF strenuous noise
making. Senator-elect Vardaman. OF
Mississippi who had temporarily re
llieved, Ollie James as chairman, direct
: ed Sergeant-At-Arms Martin 10 clear
, the aisles. Martin who is Missourian
did not welcome the suggestion.
do you really mean It., SENATOR
he asked plaintively.
II guess not-let 'em yell" was
Vardaman's smiling reply.
The attempt of an elderly CLARK
rooter to turn the convention into ar
old-fashioned revival by striking uT
: l"An Hail the Power Of Jesus Name,
through a megaphone, caused amuse
ment TO the Tammany delegation. The
Jealous Clarkite finally gave up il
disgust for lack OF announcement.
: After an hour OF cheering for Clarl
: the roll OF states was continued
For Arkansas, Governor-elect 10
seph Robinson, seconded Clark's nom
nation. For California, Theodore E
Bell did the same.
Re onneetfeHt. HexteR the list. nom
mated Gov Simeon r. Baldwin
? through Henry Wade Rogers, of New
Haven Although comparatively small
I in numbers. the Baldwin men made ;
, good showing with their cheering
squad and used up Is minutes OF tn
conventions time blowing horns ant
serpentining through the aisles.
When Delaware was called. sh'
gave way to New Jersey and the fire
works were cut loose the moment tina
John W. Westcott, OF Camden, wa
recognized 10 name Gov. woodrow
Wilson as a candidate. Before West
l colt had started. the galleries hat
risen enmasse. Dozens OF Wilson litho
graphs hoisted on umbrellas, canes
fishing poles, and in some case. ever
: chair rungs. were raised in every sec
2 ton OF the hall Deafening shouts
\ rocked the armory
The Delaware and Ohio delegate
I. were the first 10 catch the contagioI
! on the floor. II spread like wildflr,
3 through the western progresslv,
states delegations and their lust!
throated representatives took up thu
: yelling. The many-tongued roar wa
{ LITERALLY deafening.
JerseyItes Plunge Into Game.
But New Jersey was coy. Her dele