The Washington herald., 1912-06-27
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II she can't vote let her make her
husband and her son vote the Demo-
cratic ticket"
starts n BedInm.
He declared that the Republican
party is an association for the protec-
ton Of predatory wealth and that the
voters who wished to get relief from
It must go back to the Democratic
party.
His speech was made the excuse for
a demonstration for Underwood. Dele
gates favoring the Alabama candidate
started the cheering and the friends
OF all Of the other candidates took
hand and a voice in the proceed
ings
Mingled shouts Of Underwood"
.Bryan,' Clark" Marshall" Wilson"
and all Of the other candidates came in
one long continued howl Tn, delegates
stood in chairs. The Woodrow Wilson
song was starte by the New Jersey dele
CATION TO the tune of Mister Dooley.'
II was perfectly evident from watch
ing the band that It was playing. but
q deaf mute could have guessed the tune
as well as the best.
Finally the band got a hearing. 1t
Tlayed Maryland. My Maryland" and
the delegates sent up a mighty cheer.
Then My Old Kentucky Home" came
into the air and the Kentucky folks from
the land Of pretty women and fast horses
started a whoOp. 'Suwanee River" took
the boys back to the cotton land and
the Southern outfit sent the rebel yen
across. Then came Dixie" 20 get cheer
after cheer from the noisy demonstra-
tive crowd.
Police and Delegate Fight.
A policeman and a delegate Fruggled
to get possession Of the Missouri stan
dard. The delegate. eager to start a
Clark march about the hall. struggled
desperately 10 tear UP the standard. The
policeman managed TO push the excited
man back into his chair.
Martin. hamering desperately with his
tiny gavel. shouted above the general
roar:
Don't let EN- get it Don't let 'em
get it
Herbert Fisher. once the star center
rush Of the Princeton team. left the
Tennessee delegation to lead the Wilson
singing
win you give us fve minutes Of your
attention" pleaded Sergeant-at-arms
Martin The delegates roared.
"Oy y"i" yelled the massed delegaSes.
Mr.. Clayton. like a man sitting at the
top Of a chimney waiting for the smoke
~ b.DH away got enough OF an opening
TO say that the party would name the
next President.
We will get a Democratic President"
he said, and whoever shall be the
nominee Of this convention"
Every man in the house tried to sup
ply the name at one and the same time.
Cheers for Wilson.
u know the man would began
Clayton.
oh. you Woodrow" shrieked a man
from Hoboken.
Again the stormy sea Of delegates
tossed up its waves OF favor.te son en-
thusiaSm.
Nj Clayton Joined the game long
enough to say a good word for Oscar
Underwood and then he got out of the
way for Mr.. Riley. OF Massachusetts,
Mr. Riley was OF the opinion that
every fight in politics was a fight be-
tween the dollar on the one side and the
rights OF the voter on the other. He
told the convention what the Democrats
Of Massachusetts, had done in politics
and said that his people wanted men
as we'll as measures, and then added
We came down here from MassaChu-
setts looking for men. We could only
find one man who had stood all of the
tests and that was old Champ Clark.
Of Missouri"
There was a Clark demonstration last
ing half a minute, and Senator Gore, the
blind Senator Of Oklahoma, was called
= to the stand.
Chairman Parker introduced MIN as
lone Of the most useful Democrats in
the United States" and the blind orator
got an ovation.
Gore Pleads for Peace.
This convention" he said has as
sembled for no other purpose than to
nominate the man who will be the Presi-
dent Of the United States. Just as the
Republican Convention at Chicago was
the forerunner of disaster, this conven-
ton will be foreTunner of success. Eel
low-Democrats, let us have peace, let
us have peace at any price. Let US have
peace at any sacrifice"
There was a deadly silence.
Except at the price of honor" he
added and got a cheer.
Let US here and now put every Demo-
bopd to Eaap he paara