Arizona republican., 1912-06-27
A STORMY NIGHT
Wilson Demonstration Almost Gull
 minated in Riot,

Chairman Parker opened the night session at 8:32. Lowering clouds kept the attendance down. Immediately after the chaplain's prayer, Ross Gov ington of Maryland chairman of the committee on rules was recognized and presented the committees report The report would place the nomina- tions for president and vice president on the program of the convention inn mediately after the report of the committee on credentials and before i the adoption of a platform. This is contrary to usual custom, said Gov ington, but the resolutions committee by vote of fl to II had determined that the exigencies of the present convention made it wise to have the convention place the candidates in nomination before the adoption of the platform
 THE UNIT RULE
 The report, much to the surprise Of the convention generally, was adopted by a viva voce vote without opposition. Covington then placed the , majority supplemental report of the rules con. nittee for the anit rule in the convention. As reported. the rule would make instructions by the state convention binding on a delegation if a majority of the delegates favored any particular candidate.
 Representative Henry of Texas pre- sented a minority report which would except from the operations of this rule such delegates as are elected un- der state primary rules by congress sional districts. Chairman Covington | in favor of the majority report argued that without the unit rule the two 1 thirds rule would not be practicable. Henry speaking for the minority re- port said his report would in no way 1 interfere with the operation of the unit rule and that in cases where primary laws provided for the cleo l tion of delegates by the direct vote of the people they should be allowed to express their preference. He cited the primary laws of Illinois and Ohio. NO TIME FOR BLUNOERS ''This is not the time for the demo- cratic party to blunder," he said. Let the states go on with their presi- dential preference primaries, and write these primarily laws in the statute books of every state. That is the stand we should take for progress sive principles"
 1 Peck of Ohio was given twenty
 minutes to support the majority re- port. He said Ohio was the state most closely affected by the rule. 1 Peck said: ''It is proposed by this minority report to take away from Ohio the right it has always been ac- corded and never denied in a na-
 tional convention
 WHEN IT BEGAN
 A few minutes later Peck referred
 to Governor Wilson and his name
 started a demonstration. This" he said. lis the position taken by the
 great progressive governor of New
 Jersey" The storm broke. The New
 Jersey delegation began the uproar Dozens of pictures of Wilson appear ed and were scattered through the hall. Senator John Sharp Williams
 of Mississippi who was on the"plat-
 form, swung his hat above his head
 as he led the cheers for Wilson A big white Texas banner inscribed | forty for Wilson, with his litho- graph attached appeared and an at tempt was made to start parade through the aisles. It did not ma terialze The galleries and floor joined in the cheering, delegates and spectators climbing over the chairs.
 In the center of the hall however the big block of New York delegates sat calm and unmoved. An enormous orange and black banner thirty feet long inscribed "Staunton. Virginia Woodrow Wilson's birth place. was carried through the galleries.
 A black and white banner inscribed , "give us Wilson and we will give you Pennsylvania" appeared over the Pennsylvania delegation which started
 another cheer.
 Let the band play shouted ar
 excited New Jersey delegate dashine
 to the front of the platform The
 band did play and the cheering was
 increased for a time. Finally tht
 band swung into the Star Spanglet Banner and out of the roar emerged
 a murmur as many delegates stopped
 cheering to sing But when the song
 was over the shouting was resumed Continued on Page 5.