The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-07-03

Baltimore, July S-WeariNd, put happy and confident Of victory in the coming campaign, the delegaf e to the Democratic national conventaaD dis persed to their homes, today. They had nominated ticket which, 1t was admitted, represents both wings of the party and the party declarations of principles admittedly was one of the most advanced taken by a national political party.
 The scenes that accompanied the closing of the convention were in de- cided contrast to the tumultuous seg- sions of the week that had preceded them. The fight was taken out of both sides. The only dramatic incident was the Valedictory'' of William Jennings Bryan, delivered shortly after one o'clock this morning, which brought his devoted followers to their feet with what proved the final demonstra- tion of the long drawn out convention.
 With Woodrow Wilson as the head of the ticket. the party chieftains wanted a man in second place who would be a strong factor In the mid de west. Bryan disagreed with the first and second choice of the active party leaders-Speaker Clark and Gov ernor Thomas R. Marshall, of Indi. anna. The Nebraskan favored Gov ernor Burke, of North Dakota as his Cs Chamberlain of Oregon
 But the practical politicians, Tag gart, Murphy, Sullivan and their lieu tenants, who had gone down to defeat before Bryan in every issue raised during the progress of tue conven- Chamberlain should be the man. They pointed out that Chamberlain was a Democrat representing a Repub- lican state in the upper branch of Congress.
 Nominate him and a Republican would certainly take his place in the Senate" they said The Democrats are fully as much interested in mak- ing the Senate Democratic as they are in electing their national ticket, this year,
 So far as Governor Burke was con- cerned, the practical politicians point ed out that, graphically, his posi- tion was not such as. to commend votes. They insisted that the real candidate for the place was Marshall. of Indiana. He could have had prac- tically the unanimous nomination. But he positively refused, asserting that he was not strong enough to stand the worries of another protract- ed campaign and that he preferred his seat in the Senate.
 Bryan worked as hard as he could to prevent the Marshall nomination. He positively asserted that his op- position to the Indiana governor was in every way compatible. But when the nomination was practically assur- withdrawn so it could be made un- animous. Marshall's selection, today seemed to satisfy every delegate to. the convention The sore spots had rapidly healed as the men who have made party history in the most re- nar4Sa ble Democratic convention left for home.
 The volunteer passing of Bryan was the one great dramatic incident of the night. The convention had stop ped in the middle of it's roll call on the nominations to spend a couple of hours disposing of the platform and the usual resolutions. It was long past midnight when it resumed it's labors. The roll was proceeding slow ly. The vast auditorium was still damned with people. The galleries had been listening in amusement to the efforts of orators to pay tribute to the men t11ev had placed fin nonina tion for the vice-presidency.
 The lateness of the hour had had it's effect and 50 percent of the delegates were lazily lolling back in their chairs waiting for something to enliven things. The reading clerk finally reached the District of Columbia, next to the last on the list. He had to
  fat man climbed on a chair. He was wet with precipitation. His collar was rag and his general appearance one of complete physical exhaustion. There was a general laugh from the gallery and then the representative of the District in voice that penetrated to every part of the big armory began:
 "Mr. Chairman, we. have nominated for the head of this ticket a man whom everyone admits is progressive. We believe that his success is assured. But to make assurance doubly sure, nominate as our candidate for the vice-presidency of the United States, the most progressive of Americans, the man who practically has created these policies which mean the plac- insisting on the absolute right of the people to rule, the greatest of all liv- ing Americans-the Honorable William Jennings Bryan. of Nebraska
 There was pause that seemed to last 10 minutes. It actually lasted 10 | seconds and then came the widest, l most hysterical outburst of cheering l that has marked the convention. From | the delegates themselves, from the | galleries and from ,, the & dim recesses went up roar that seemed like the whistle of a thousand locomotives merged into one.
 Down in the very front. in the seat set apart for him by the Nebraska delega tion, Bryan was sitting. Mo. he remained, the palm leaf fan clenched in his hand. his hair dis heveled, his face ashen white. But as the cheering continued and increas- ed in volume, a red flush mounted the face and head.
 Bryan! We want Bryan!" The re- frain, echoed and re-echoed from one section of the hall to the other was reverberated back from the ceilings until it was deafeuing.
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