The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-27
JUDSON HARMON CHANCES
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OF the unit rule, which has prevailed
In every national convention for a
half century, where State delegations
have been instructed for single can
didate.
Shouters jeered and Kissed and
yeflod, Wall Street" when Charles
+. Murphy threw the ninety votes OF
New York for the maintenance of
tho unit rule. Delegates cried
Shame" shame" at those who
were responsible for the outbreak.
Night Session.
BALTIMORE. June 26.--There
were many empty seats on the floor
and in the galleries when the hour
sounded for the beginning of the
night session. The band smashed
away again with lot of dittlos while
the delegates slowly reassembled.
Chairman Parker mounted his
perch on the stroke Of eight. His ar.
riVal was absolutely unnoticed. Rog-
ers Sullivan. of Illinois climbed at
ter him. They whispered for IL few
minutes about the program for the
night. Then sullivan hurried towar !
the a1at usually occupied by Charles
+. Murphy. 1t was empty. So were
all the New York delegation chairs
except those occupied by Patrick j.
McCabe. superintendent OF insur-
ance. Emmett and few others.
The heat was 80 intense that near
ly every delegate and many Of the
men spectators peeled to their shirts
and whipped on fans. There was
soon n full billowy sea of wind drv
ers In operation. Yet perspiration
trickled down the faces and into the
shoes of everybody The band struck
up Aud Lang Syne," The throng
aFuFa simultaneously and n rnorus rTf
1000 Joined in the refrain. Chair
man ]. Harry Covingtoin. of Mary
land, of the committee on rules, sent
word to Chairman Parker at $50 r.
M. that his report would he ready
in few minutes. 1t was announces
that the reports OF the committee on
credentials and permanent orgai2a-
ton were on the way. But they were
a long time coming,
At $50 T.. NJ, Chairman Parker
raped for order. The Rev, ID. O,
Grouse, Of the Mount RoyaI Meth
odist Episcopal church. offered pra T.
err,
BY this time the hall was packed to
the cfUurE, So -cnokei wits tttr--+-ft-
trance 20 tho matn aisle. that Chief
Door keeper Charlie White, and a
corps OF deputies had to force path
for Charles T. Murphy who came in
with Lewis Nixon and Senator O'Gor-
man. They slipped into their seats
quietly during The invocation. The
prayer consumed about ten MINUTES.
Then Chairman Parker devoted
rty1h en- lar
caused by a few belated delegates.
Platform Report.
Soon after, he recognized Chair
man Covngton. OF the committee on
rules, and Oovington took the plat
form and read his report
II declared for the presentation OF
the report of the committee on Gre
dentials FIRST ana urged that the
resolution committee should not re-
port until after the candidates for
president and vice president were
nominated
He argued that the suggestion Of
Senator Rayner. Of Maryland. and
vardaman OF Mississippi, to delay
the platform report until the can
didntes had been selected, n sugges'
ton approved by the committee on
resolutions, be adopted, The raie1
report was adopted by the conven-
ton with uanimity
Later Chairman Covington offered
a majority report RESOLUTION from
his committee. primarily for "a RUE
that all instructed delegations shall
follow Instructions so long as ma
jority of the members of the dele
cations are of the opinion that SUCH
instructions are applicable.
Mingled cheers and protests greeted
this proposition. They were repeated
whom Covington announced that Com
gressman Robert l.. Henry. OF Texas
would present . minority report in