The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-07-11

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both men and women, had subsidized
into sleepy silence. A few busy boys
and men passed about the hall ped
ding sandwiches and water-for a
substantial consideration-to the ex-
hausted delegates and spectators.
Convention Floor Like a Circus.
The Convention floor had taken on
the appearance OF a circus ground
after the performance. The debris of
the night of wild disorder was strewn
about the place. The State standards,
broken and battered, leaned drunken
/ ly above the heads of the delegations.
/ Several of the delegates slept fitfully,
! head on breast, awakening with
/ start as each gust of applause swept
the room. A highly colored litho-
graph of Wilson glared down from
| one of the galleries, where it had
been hoisted during the Wilson de-
monstration. Even the police, on
post along the aisles, leaned heavily
on the seats or shifted uneasily.
1t was four o'clock when Westcott
! concluded, and his peroratiOn set off
another demonstration by the Wilson
forces. The lseepy delegates awoke
to life, and, aided by the band, they
raised a din. Once more the stand
ards were wrenched from the places;
the Wilson banners again put in an
appearance, and the parade around
the hall once more was on.
Five minutes of demonstration
found the parade piled in a struggling
mass of delegates, marchers, chairs,
and banners at the head of the centre
aisle. The yelling continued, and the
band aided the uproar. Up in the gal
lery the shrieking automatic automo-
bile horn was again turned loose to
add to the pandemonium OF sounds.
Chairman James finally decided
that it had gone far enough and he
pounded his desk, ordered the ser
geant-at-arms to clear the aisles, and
then ordered that the roll call be re-
sumed.
When Indiana was called Senator
Shively took the platform to nominate
Gov Marshall. 1t was then 435 =.
m.
By the time Shiyely had finished at
5O5 dawn and begun to dim the arc
lights in the hall \ cheer greeted
the conclusion of his speech, and the
Indiana delegation swung out a big
Marshall banner For the first time a
band appeared on the floor OF the
Convention and led the parade
through the aisles The HoOsier5
marched to the strains of "On the
Banks of the Wabash Senator Kern
was prominent in the procession.
marching behind the big Marshall
banner.
The Marshall band and demonstra.
ton served TO awaken the few speCta-
tors left in the galleries Tor short
time. The demonstration, however,
lasted only five minutes.
Ohio was called at 90 d. m, and NJ.
a. Daugherty stepped TO the front OF
the stage to nominate Gov. Judson
Harmon of Ohio,
Mr.. Daugherty concluded at a. m
The Harmon forces made no attempt
a. demonstration.
As a rule the delegates listened
patiently to the somewhat lengthy
nominating and seconding speeches,
seeming To realize that this rhetorical
maze had 10 be threaded before the
serious work of voting was begun
After day had broken and the artificial
lights in the big armory were giving
way before the gray shafts streaming
through the windows the pangs OF
hunger and the fatigue OF the long
sitting grew upon them and they
began to call to the speakers to make
what they had 10 say as brief as pos
sible. The wiser men among the
scheduled orators needed this advice
Others Who attempted TO make III.
eagle scream and the flag wave in
Vordy pictures We're treated with
sCanty courtesy.
Take Test Vote Quickly.
Il was 6.+5 a. N. when the last state
Was called and the last speech had
been made Inside the auditorium
only a single line OF arc lights CLEAN
ed where there had been a score be
fore Outside the light of day filtered
its way through a heavy veil of clouds
But he clouds were no heavier than
the eyes OF the delegates, and they
greeted The beginning Of the first roll
call with a whoop.
The test vote was carried on with
great rapidity and little or no con
fusion. The galleries were all but for
saken. Strangely enough the womer
seemed to ounumber the men amona
the spectators who had spent the might
at the hall, and were also much more
keenly alert to the proceedings Two
or three of them had collapsed into
, sound slumber.
1t required half an hour to call the
roll and figure the results
Six candidates had been placed in
nomination. Oscar Underwood Of
, Alabama, Champ Clark of Missouri
, Simeon Eli Baldwin OF Connecticut
, Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey
Thomas r. Marshall of Indiana anC
Judson Harmon OF Ohio.
clark ...............,>. $40 IL
wilson ...........,... ...1Z4
Harmon .................14S
! Underwood .............1l7 IL
Marshall .,.............. 81
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