Connecticut western news., 1912-06-27
BRYAN MOVE:
 FIRST BALLOT


 for several minutes.
 Bryan nominated Senator Kern of In diana for temporary chairman.
 AS Bryan came to the front of the platform there was a wild yell from the floor, which was joined in only in paft by the galleries. Bryan shook his head in a depfecating manner and rais ed his hand in dn attempt to still the audience. The cheer swelled across from delegation to delegation, and at last the galleries took it up. The dele gations from Ohio, Wisconsin, Mime sota, Texas, New Jersey, Nebraska, Kansas and Oklahoma were on their feet, but the New York, Indiana and Illinois delegations sat stolidly in their seats
 Bryan Grows Eloquent.
 When~order was restored Bryan. aft. CT proposing Kern's name, said:
 "In thus differing from the judgment of our national committee I recognize that the burden of proof is upon me to overthrow the assumption that the committee can claim that 1t is repre- senting the wishes of the party in the nation. I cali your attention to the fact that our rules provide that the committees recommendation is not final"
 If any of you ask for my creden- tials," he said, "I beg to tell you that in three campaigns I have been the champion of the Democratic party principles and in three campaigns have received the votes of 6500,000 Demo crats."
 This brought tumultuous cheering.
 Has any one sought harmony more than I?'' asked MT. Bryan.
 N"No. nor' came from all over the hail.
 MT. Bryan said he had urged the national committee to consult the can didates, particularly the two leading candidates, but without avail.
 The friends of Woodrow Wilson had united with those of MT. Clark in ia vor of candidate for temporary chair. man, continued MT. Bryan, and had been turned down" by the national committee. =.
 ''The song of victory should be sung by one whose heart has been in the fight" was one of MT. Bryan's stirring phrases which reused the convention to cheers.
 "No Better Man Than Kern"
 What better man could we find than KernY exclaimed MT. Bryan.
 Parker came shouts In reply, min gled with Kern"
 MT. Bryan had spoken twenty-two minutes when there were demonstra- tive interruptions from the galleries. with cries of Parker"
 MT. Bryan's stirring sentences soon had the crowds cheering again.
 We are writing history today" he exclaimed, "and tho country Is wait ing to hear whether this convention will follow Chicago in listening to the voice of predatory wealth.
 If>you ask me why I, mere dele gate from a small state, presume to come here and dissent from the action of the national committee, beg to tell you that for three campaigns l was the champion of the Democratic party's principles and that l received more than 6,5OO,000 Democratic votes.
 II take for my text today the text that was so kindly placed on the wall tAere for me, Who never sold the truth 10 serve the hour. Now, if ever sold the truth would not be here today fighting for my principles.
 Has any one tried harder than l have to obtain harmony3 l began sev- eral weeks ago when 1 announced that I would not be candidate for the tenn .porary chuirmanship.
 After fighting for sixteen years for principles that are now triumphant might have asked for the modest little honor of presiding at thie convention
 Harmony His Sole Aim.
 But 1 was more interested in har mony than 1 was to have q chance to speak before this convention. l asked the committee to consult the two lead ing candidates for the presidency as to the candidate for the temporary chair munship ill order that there might be no lack of harmony.
 And yet. after this effort, in which the friends of MT. Clark and of Mir. Wilson. representing two-thtrds or the de,e2utes, joined hands in presenting thp name of Mir. James of Kentucky MT. ..tueS was turned down in the national committee.
 This is no ordinary occasion. It Is an epoch making period in the history of the party l have been in the thick of this fight from the beginning, and have met men who have risked not only their bread. but have risked bank ruptcy because of their defiance oi predatory wealth.
 I've seen men who had never made speeches before go,out on this occasion , and make appeal after appeal for the ordinary man who stands for progress And now that the hour of victory is here 1t seems that the song of triumph should be sung by one who has al ways been In the fight,
 "It was John w. Kern who stood with me four years ago, stood side by side with me when we took the last stronghold of the advocates of the great interests. It was John w. Kerr who stood by me when the principles