The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-03-29
STUDENTS NAME
WOODROW WILSON
14eT CONVENTION At TRINITY
CoLLEon DOES CREDIT 10 THE
STUDENT BODY.
PLATFORM rs ADOPTED
nEPUDLlCAN PARTY DExOUNCED
ron rrs ATTITUDE ON TARIFF
AND AxrI-TRUsr Law II
ENDORSED.
PLATFORM rs ADOPTED

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with tremendous enthusiasm. voc.t-
erous cheering. perfsrvid eloQuence
md all the other sarmarks OF a ma
stonal political convention. the stu
dents Of Trinity College, In Durham.
/. N. c.. by means OF moot Demo-
cratic convention. have decided to
elect woodrow Wilson. OF New Jersey,
- the next President Of the United
States White the convention was only
an Imitation Of the big event which
viii be held next summer. the stu
dents worked with such vigor and
enthusiasm that II was = hrst-class
imitation and showed that the stu
dents were well up on the subject.
Tho moot convention was held with
the sanction Of the faculty OF Trinity
/ College, and the faculty stood by
white tho convention was In pro-
gress and enjoyed every minute Of
q. The convention took up . whole
day before the nominations were set
tied and brought forth such elo-
Qucnce and excitement as only poll
tics. whether real or imitation. can
produce.
With the example Of the real con-
yentions before them the stuosnts
first effected an organization. The
committees which had been appoint
ed met In the morning and did the
work Get out for them before tho real
fireworks Of tho convention should be-
GIN. In the afternoon everything was
ready for the tarst business, and after
some poiiticating r. ~. Patterson.
chairman 1of the committee on mr.
rangcments. called tho meeting TO or
der. He presented u. ]. Lodow. OF
New Jersey. tor the temporary chair
manship. w. e. Filler for the temper
ary secretaryship. and d. r. Kirgh-
man for the temporary sergeant-at-
armA These men were acceptable to
tho convention. and were installed In
their places.
: 6ess tho keynote.
After the installation the CONVEX
ton listened TO Mr. Lodow In q rous-
in9 speech. in which he set the key
note for the campaign. After the
keynote had been set the roll call
Of the States and then OF the indi-
vtduAl delegates were called in the
most approved manner. After the
roll calls had been gone through with
the various committees retired to
work and the convention adjourned
until evening. when the real fireworks
were TO be set on.
When the convention reassembied
q night the report Of the committee
On permanent arrangements was read
IN which all temporary officers were
made permanent except the chairman.
Instead Of MIR. Lodow the convention
elected Claude Bennett to that post
don. Mr.. Bennett was Installed with
some ceremony and great applause.
On assuming tho chairmAnahip Mr..
Bennett set forth his Views on the
coming campaign In q s~ecch that
would not have shamed q real chair
man In = real convention. He ad-
vocAted no individual for the nomina-
ton to be made. but he Get forth his
ideas - TO what tho nominee for the
pscsl6ency should be. and called on the
convention 10 nominate such man no
matter from where he came.
On the conclusion Of Mr.. BENEFITS
speech the chairman Of the resolutions
conmittse presented the platform for
the approval OF the convention. The
principal work OF the platform had
already been decided on In the morning
eeesion OF the convention. and the chief
dnty OF the committee had been to ar
range the planks In the best possible
manner. The platform. after con-
domning the administration OF Presi-
deaf Taft and lauding the work OF
Tia Democratic congress advocated tho
popular election Of senators, the es-
tablishment OF 4 health bureau. the es-
1ablishsnent Of schools for Agricultural
and mechanical education, the upbuild-
ln9 cf our merchants marine. the for
tlaoation Of the Panama canal zone.
the establishment Of y parcels post.
and the upbuilding OF the navy. 1t
Also condemned the third term for
proo1denta, and advocated the abolish
Snent o< the pork barrel.