The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-26
BRYAN IS STILL GREAT
POWER IN CONVENTION
Continued from First pags.)

victor helpless, and the vanqulsicd
I'm the saddle.
How 1t all came about YOU all
know Mr.. Bryan came to Baitimeie
looking for trouble. He found IT, 1t
was the worst brand of trouble that
hunting for a scrap. 1t was s)tt
pedal trouble that went about its
business without undue display or
bricks. 1t was a trouble that sat
down upon it's victim quietly, with
the conclusiveness OF avoirdupoise
without haste and in perfect order.
Never was a victory won with less
expenditure OF gore.
Bryan Not Injured.
But the net result. at this writing
spells no proceeding making a SQUAD
of Bryan. On the test vote he car
ried with him the Yates of SOC dele
gates.
That means in all probabilities that
while the Nebraskan found himself
unab1e 10 be All NUsuiute dictator. he
comes out the fracas secure In the
knowledge that he is, to all intents
and purposes, master OF the situation
commoner Still Bose.
There -ix-ene- "bess4ia Baltimore
today.
HI, name may ne familiar TO n
number Of Richmond people; 1t Is
William Jennings Bryan.
Mr., Bryan Is the negative boss
Negative in this case. means affirm
attre,-p .thaut-an4,- paradoxical can
to the tail of the story
In nur shell, as it looks now
and after this afternoons vote, no
man can be nominated unless BRYAN
shall first voice his ticket.
With so much you have the story
OF the day and the pre-conventlon
Developments of tonight. In a SNORT
while Mr.. Parker will be "keynoting
with very small interest whether tne
Don admits him or leaves him on the
| mnrb,e steps. Democracy is f's~ Try
ing to find itself. The ley TO Its
problem is a once hairy headed orat6i
who now runs to htrsute ,idewheeiers
like the wings of an aeropIane VINO
| still retains his voice. The SITUATION
tonight lends itself TO frivolity. II
can be spelled out AS a puzzle PIC
ture In five letters.
What aoas-RNR IAN pell----
Somebody at home may know. No
| body here does know. or II he nave
| pretence at veracity. pretends TO no
knowledge.
A voacciess Irfsfmsn.
Concerning the c4atentton iseil.
| Acoustics was everything that every
| hody except Judge Parker--the only
| yoiceless Irtshman ! EYER knew
! could wish There was the usual n
| spiring sense Of looking from p"ihi
| OF vantage into the 'nasg@a Faces 81
some ten to fifteen thousas peGpie
Here and there g. woman delegate
! came in for cheers. fonder IN the
| gallery really pretty woman stood
| the test of the opera glasses leFeled
/ upon her ~ she waived q scarf. The
] band played and the great cro"o
! fdgeted 1t did not know what was
/ coming. but IL was rendy for II.
| Chairman Mack capped for order
We stiffened. Came a s/Sosh If ssAr-
, i,t In a sea OF h-nr.er@ colors, stand-
| ards and weatherbesRn faces, all OF
/ which broke on the ear Of the duli
tImult Of the surf. The scrap Of Grim
son was Cardinal Gibbons. The thlnG
went still. like magic like IL miracle
Comes Bryan.
! Afterwards cams Bryar He, too
| looked the saint. His words belied
tho impression. Bryan was in fo'
Il and no knew il. All the same. his
speech was electrical 1t had moth
/ I'M. Of the quality to run mel "fd
| /. contained 100 many "Ts". The pre-
/ ron6erance of PERSONAL pronounce
suggested Roosevelt. Here and there
a celcgate--Texns for exam ple-wen nj
| Wild over a phase rith the t..ste oil
| battle In H. But there we're groans as
| well rs cheers. especially when the
| Comrnoner admitted that he went
into the campaign Of 1904 dislikins
| the candidate and disheartened al
the platform.
There were still more gro9ns when
Kern, Of Indiana whom bryan nomi-
! mated, wound up a speech such as one
| would expect from 4 man Of mis- bra nd
Of chin whiskers by nominating the
man who had but that moment nomt'
mated him
politics Too Raw.
The politics in this was almost toe
raw. even for clique. Twice more
Mr. Bryan expressed himself aho
tempted fate. Once was when hs
came forward to declare that he would
| accept kern's ure-.rranged S1crifct
and be a candidate The other time
Was when. after the fsilur, OF Fitz-
gerald. of New York. 10 get a hear
| ing he came forward to appeal FOL
a further bit OF oratory in his cause
This sentence By the way. suggesrs
two things. that / sorrow TO think
TO our old friend the public at
ia a..--
might speedily be at large no longer
bur he would have had his laugh.
refer to Fitzgerald, who undertook 10
second Bell. of CALIFORNIA; nomina-
JWITHDRAWSINI