New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-06-27
Give. DELEGATES Chance.

Gives Delegates Chance
l, remained for Repressntatvc G.ly'"n
o. Alabama 70 provide che cscape valve
for ire enthusiasm ~ the deleSates who
IS e, have had nttle oppcrtun!ty 20 de-
r,ons,rats IN the Interest Of tho many can
ddat4s before the convention
T 10 not know 90, said upon whom
~. nomination Of this convention vii! tI!L .
TIg! other thought vas ~ Ms mini vas
rerer disclosed for a, thai PORT tns In-
dsruood men arose and shouted for Under p
Voc. the Wilson men shouted Tor wilson,
thu Clark men for ClayH ana Other de!eGA-
lions shouted cor thei! tavorite sons
Th4 tagging proceedings gave "ay -
babel Delegates Jumped on chairs and
waved hats displaying bands or which th-
names o. their candidates acre Inscribed
The Clark followers shouted az the wilson
men and the Wilson men shouted back The
Underwood men deAsd everybody else. and
li,t!e man IN a piping voice had scme-
thing 20 say about Baldwin
For twenty minutes tho uproar continued
the tewi!dered galleries looking or IN a
vain effort 20 discover Uhat candidate
cause was being advanced The outourst
gates. all CT whom seemed 70 be happy BE-
cause no ons was able, when the uproar
had subsided. 20 discover that any candi-
dats had received the best o: Il The situa'
ton remained precisely the same as Il vas
before the shouting began. except that
many we're much hotter and riuch less en-
thusiasue about everything
When Mr. Clayton resumed he pulled the
string Is the safety valve again by asking
Where will you get your caad!date?' and
declaring Whoever may be the NOMINEE
OF tho convention will be elected. but the
steam was gone, ana With few faint
cheers the convention lapsed into s"elter-
Ing inactivity
Senator Gore and other orators followed
Representative Clayton and sounded again
and again the familiar notes OF warning
against dollars and special privileges,
but tho exhausted crowd did not care.
When Chairman Parker pounded his desk
with the gavel at l2:2l O'Clock the sergeant
alarms. aided by the police, set out 10 clear
the aisles. Slowly the confusion subsided
and the convention got under way.
The prayer was delivered by the Right
Pew. John Gardner Murray, Bishop OF Bal
timore
Ex-Governor Blanchard OF Louisiana re
ported that the credentials committee would
not be ready 70 report until evening Re
said he would not make a motion 20 ad-
journ, however. as he was sure thu dele
gates would like "a little oratory'
Ex-Governor Joseph W. Folk OF Missouri.
was introduced as the first orator. and he
La 9Th Ha1a
gates grew restless, however. and Chairman
Parker was forced 70 admonish them.
Senator Rayner OF Maryland. who vas
called on next declared the motto OF the
Taft faction would be We will react and
retrograde" The motto OF the Roosevelt
party he quoted as Thou shalt not steal %
Our motto IN this campaign will be We
shall progress. shouted Senator RaYner,
and the crowd cheered.
Representative Henry . Clayton, OF Ala
bsma, after denouncing Republican prin-
ciples and predatory wealth. remarked: II
do not know upon whom the nomination OF
this convention will fall" and in q second
the delegates were In an uprosr.
Underwood" shouted an Alabama dele
gate
Clark shouted q man from Missouri
Wilson" came IN answering chorus from
New jersey.
Harmon shouted the Ohioans
Hall in an Uproar,
In a moment the hall was swept by the
shouts and cheers and songs OF the adj
herents Of the different candidates. The
band Joined I'm the demonstration, and
Chairman Parker made little effort 10 quiet
the enthusiasts.
Some OF the delegates tried to uproot the
state standards, but the policemen pre-
vented The aisles became choked with
delegates and It seemed that many specta-