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ing mood. and once there was Q gen
uine rist of which Bryan was the cen.
ter. He resented as an insult the
action OF some Clark enthusiasts In
placing in front OF the Commonef q
banner bearing words OF praise OF
Clark attributed TO Bryan In 1910.
Missouri. New Jersey and Nebraska
delegates mixed 1t up" and even
some press correspondents took a
hand Then the police separated the
bell!gerents and later A. NJ Dockery
and Dave Francis sent apologies to
: Bryan. disclaiming fo~ the Mi souri,
delegation any connection with the
: banner
Tired and out OF temper. the dele
gates Assem- bied al noon Tuesday,
determine to wind up matters quick
/ ly II POSSIBLE On the first ballot OF
the Cay the fCrty-third. Illinois switch
ed over 10 Wilson and On the succeed
ing ballots the vote of the governor
rapidly Increased After the forty
fifth Senator Banhhesd arose and
withdrew the name of Oscar Under
wood That means Wilson," said the
managers for Clark. Then Governor
Foss' name also was Withdrawn.
whereupon Senator Stone and ex-
Governor Francis gave up hope for
the speaker. They formally released
he Clark delegates from their pledges.
and It seemed all over but the shout
ing Put the Tammany bunch and
some others were still stubborn and
Fitzgerald OF New York objected to
the unanimous nomination OF Wilson
by acclamation. so further calling OF
the roll uas necessary.
Every strategy known in political
gensralship was tried 70 stampede the
convention for the different candi-
dates No convention In the history
N this country has seen such wild
demonstrations as have been wit
messed In this one at Baltimore.
While Tuesdays dramatic incident,
arising over the selection OF a tenn
porary chairman. was the cause Of
almost unprecedented turmoil there
was nothing even bordering on a DEM
onstrstion. 1t was just plain fight
not enthusiasm
Even the speech OF Temporary
Chairman Parker did not arouse the
response 80 Characteristic OF Demo
cratic conventions Of the past. and The
convention showed nothing but fight
ing mood until after the incident OF
the Bryan resolution Of Thursday eve
ming and the beginning of the nofni.
mating speches
The Clark and Wilson forces, strug
eled valiantly to make the greater
showing for their respective cAndi-
dates. While Clark was showing the
greater voting strength. the lung pow.
er OF the thousands OF college boys in
the Wilson following gave TO him an
advantage 80 far as continued effort
at matchmaking was concerned,
The terrific din 6 Thursday night
which was started by the Clark hosts
when Senator Reed named the speak
er for the Democratic nomination con.
tinued undated for one and a quarter
hours. and in II there seemed TO be
employed every noisemaking impie-
ment ever invented.
Great as was the Clark demoustra-
don. however. II did not compare IN
noise with that Led by the Princeton
boys when Judge Westcott named the
New Jersey executive. For more than
one and half hours the din contn.
ued. the lusty. youngsters seeming to
glory In their ability to keep II UP.
or all OF the demonstrations OF
Thursday night the most amusing vas
that started by a man In the press
stand for Governor Baldwin, when the
name OF the Connecticut executive
was entered In the race for the NOM
nation. Realizing that the fourteen
delegates from Connecticut could not
successfully compete with the strong
er following Of the other candidates,
the men in the press stand wolun.
teered q noisy assistance which they
continued for more than twenty min
utes and which subsidized only when
the chair threatened to clear the
press stand II the reporters did not
stop. The many star writers In the
press stand. men whose regulations
for genius are worldwide. led the
Baldwin demonstration. and intro