The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-29
Missouri Man. Holds Lead, Gradual.
ly Increasing 1t on Each Vote
Until Empire State Giues
Him Ninety
TAKING OF BALLOT BROKEN
BY DELEGATES AND AUDIENCE
WHO CHEER FOR CANDIDATES
At 7wo O'Clock Hall Is Surging Mass of
Humanity With Thousands March,
ing Up Aisles Carrying Ban
ners AloH and Shouting

I thusissts headed by the perspiring
ard be- fa~@erkSssx band, VI Tirfr struck
up the "Hount Dawg" song. During
the demonstration. the Wilson and
other delegates kept their seats. and
attempted to prevent their standards
and banners from being seized by
the Ciarkites.
The Wilson mon in the New Jersey
delegation. sitting In the front row
did not seem in the least perturbed
Of the noise n movement
Are Not I~,e~turh#sL
@IAalAnaI hat he Clark people
had some @Ts votes 10 90 in order 10
nominate their candidate
Under rhe unit rule the chair de-
clarea New Yerk's 90 votes east for
I Clark.
AT ~ 80. the sergeant-At-arms en-
deavored 10 quiet the hall The dele
gates eaieted down suddenly The
banners were furled, and the hot,
weary delegates sank nto their seats.
Gradually the aIsIes cleared and the
monster pictures of Clark were taken
hack under ths galleries ready to be
brought back again shen the coca
sion arose.
Demonstration Ends
For Il time at least the .~demonstra-
ton was over. 1t had lasted twenty
two minutes.
A delegate from Oklahoma ques-
toned the Oklahoma vote, saying that
the delegation was instructed first for
Wilson and then for CLARK. He de-
mandei that the vote be pollsd The
chairman of the delegation, however.
asserted that the delegation was In
two parts and said thai the poll was
ten for CLARK and ten for Wilson.
We insist" shouted the chairman,
that we do not join Then the wish
tors got into the game. and from all
sides wild cheers rang out and for q
second time the convention was in
confusion The speakers gavel rose
and fell with the regularity of a trip
hammer. but the cheering and the fus-
silade of handclapping would not De
quieted,
Some of the delegates. but most Of
them were silent. A Wilson rooter.
near the front of the hall. shouted
we are not stampeding." The band
! struck up again. The first few bars
could he heard. Then the din OF
shouting n tumult arose and swat
lowed the blare OF the brazen throat
ed instruments. II was pandenionium,
Fainty the band master leaned over
the telephone and tried TO tell the
.sAsxkar IAal41IAAAaaa1 ise--.
start W it%pr tSettDtAtfhLlOH.
From the speakers stan the sig-
nal was flashed to the musicians TO
get busy. They did not even try.
For a few minutes the delegates al
lowed the audience to have its own
way, Then the delegates took mat
ters into their hands and there was a
demonstration OF real noise.
The demonstration started at i2:4s.
Al 1851 the galleries mad quoted,
but the Wilson delegates had things
going their own way, n made heard
their shouting above the Clark men.
For the first time in the history of
center or all h tumultous attention
broken. and Champ Clark had brok-
en- it. No sooner had Murphy an
nounced the 81 than the turmoil
broke loose. Al this hour. 1870, no
n knows to whom the other 9 votes
are to be thrown.
The New Workers themselves, the
center of all the tumuious attention
of fifteen thousand people. are stand
ing passipely on their chairs while a
riot ragged around them.
Bryan seated with the Nebraska
delegates, was surrounded by a group
of the rooters. He smiled indulgent-
~ as the noise continued.
A big Wilson picture. that had beea
S"Speihuso ia the galleries.. last hlSnt.
was carried to the front of the plat
form amid the widest shouts of the
evening. The delegates tried to carry
II across the press stand to the
speakers platform, but were held
back.
After a time the picture Of the
Princeton man was carried back. Po-
~licennen urged its bearers along.
At 1908, after the demonstration
had been under way for twenty min
utes. the picture of Wilson was hoist
ed over the Cast gallery where its
inscription. Our next president" was
CONTINUED on Second paceo