Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-27
Story of Nioht Session.

Baltimore, June 27.-Judge Parker
called the night session of the onven
ton to order at $50 p. m. The Rev.
L. o. Grouse Of the Mount Royal NJ. e.
church, made the prayer.
The temporary chairman recognized
Congressman ]. Harry COvington of
Maryland, chairman of the COMMITTEES
on rules. The single feature of his re-
port, which varied from the usual
routine, was the proposed resolution
that the candidates be nominated be-
fore the platform was adopted. He
spoke in advocacy of the innovation
and moved the adoption Of the report.
A roar Of yeas followed and there was
not a single nay.
The rules committee chairman then
reported a rule that delegates elected
at primaries shall be bound by the unit
rule. This started the real fight Of the
night session. The rule touched the
state OF Ohio, where nineteen Wilson
men had been tied to the Harmon peo-
pie by the unit rule, although a ma
jority of the voters in their districts
httt llsll uCttu lbeLl " w ilSOli.
Mr.. Covington announced that 1t had
been arranged by him and Congress
nan of Henry Texas, representing the
minority of the committee, to devote
two hours to debate. Tho announce
ment did not please many delegates
and there were loud shouts of MOP
Mr.. Henry, who introduced the resolu-
ton In congress to investigate the
money trust, read the minority report
and gave way to Mr.. C~ovington, who
defended the unit rule as Jefrersonian
doctrine. The rule was a progressive
institution, he added.
Mr.. Henry said he was surprised
that a report should be presented by
Mr.. Coytngton forbidding a delegate
to vote as his district instructed him,
especially since Maryland has q law to
the contrary.
"In Ohio the legislature took away
from the political committees the right
to name delegates, but put into the
statutes the provision that they should
be elected by the people of the dis
%trtcts," said Mr.. Henry. He said fur
Their: That convention split upon the
will OF the people," he said, "for this
convention to reverse the will of the
people would be a mockery Of self
government"
Peck Starts Trouble.
Henry was loudly a%pplauded by the
Wilson men. The conservatives sat
quiet. Mr.. Covington yielded to John
W. Peck of Ohio.
Mr., Peck said the minority report
WAS artfully drawn. The last three
elections In Ohio had been carried by
the Democrats, said Mr.. Peck, when
the crowd Jeered, and he felt that he
had the right to be heard A second
later he casually mentioned hat great
governor Of New Jersey" and instantly
the Harmon speaker had started a
Wilson demonstration that was greater
than anything in the convention In
noise and spontaneity. The New Jer-
sey delegation began 1t, and it spread
all over the hall except, of course, in
the indiana Illinois and New York
delegations. SO stirring was the scene
that Mr.. Murphy, William +. Sheehan
and other New York delegates stood ur
for a moment to take 1t In.
Senator John Sharp Williams, who is
a Wilson adherent, was on the plat
form for the first time, waiting to
speak for the minority report. When
there was any indication that the rack
ct might subsids, and there wasn't
a little sign of 1t, after seven minutes
Senator Williams waved his SLOUGH
hat, urging the delegates to greater
enthusiasm. Another Wilson man, ex
Governor Edwin 8. Warfeid Of Mary
land. was on the platform His white
hair. rudy face and white mustachs
and goatss made him 3 conspicuou'
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