The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-27

F1Icn Regiment ArmQfySnt3alt1nQUfe June 77The lenSthy sea(ion SEE1ast night, tn the torrfd At1nosphere of the conyention halL VI srsffscted In the Deraocraftic nsfj jd9&l eonv ention |delesateA today. le1 ceneNa- \ tion in the corridors q the hotels did not fnat6rfAlize until Hong AftSf the usual hour and when the doors were thrown os,en ats1 70 o'clock tlJ9fe was only a hAndful of delegates &hd spectators at the main entrances and none at all at the side doors ' Because of a belief that the con- vention was certain to reach the nom mating stage, today, the street fakirs did thriving business in flags and pennants, Each delegate supplied himself with at least one pennant bearing the name and picture of his farorite candidate 50 that when the time arrived to make the noise they would have their ammunition ready.
 In addition. big banners were smuggIed into the hall and hidden in places where they could be easily produced when the moment came. Clark banners and buttons predom-
 In Anticipation of a lively as we'll sas protracted session the delegates also armed themselves with a good, Iy supply of noise producing instfu- ments such as baby rattles, horns and the like. It was too hot to cheer steadily and many of the dele gates, who had been through that delirious hour and half at Denver, four years ago. were profiting ,bysthat experience. sf sss. s There were more women on hand today than since the convention met. This was-lN Nue to the hope that there would be plenty of oratory of the old- fashioned type in putting the candi-s dates in nomination. The estimate of the convention officials, who.were in position to know just how long the nominating and ;seconding speeeh- making would last, was that it would be more than five hours There was the ever present hope, however, that most of the orators would cut short their speeches in order that the real test might be reached while the dele gates were comparatively fresh.
 Mrs. Taft, wife of the President. was one of the early arrivals. She was the guest of local friends and; was given a seat just back of the speakers stand and many of the wives of Democratic leaders were. presented to her while the hall slow ly filled up..
 By 11:45 the galleries were well filled but less than 200 delegates were in their seats. Three women. front row of seats 1eserved for the the assistant sergeant -at-arms. They
 
 were given seats '..as good as these'' The officials finally sent for a Balti-a more policeman but the three wo- men refused to obey him either for half an hour. Finally. under threats of being removed by force, they re- tired. I vr At 12s o'clock, the hour set for the convention to assemble, Temporary Chairman Parker had not yet ap- peared. The crowd was the larg- est of the convention to date and congestion in the aisles> was so great that neither the sergeant-at-arm nor the police officials could make any impression on it.
 The Underwood delegation brought in its big, gold. blue and red banner and started to. march around the hall with it. They were soon. ordered back to their seats and the banner furled.
 At 12:2O, Judge Parker came on the stage and held a brief handshak- ing levee, greeting many of the in- vited guests that had been given seats on the platform, The police were trying hard to get the crowd seated but this was a difficult task Because of the fact that many tick cts to previous sessions had been un- used, the committee had a new supp ply issued. The result was that there were almost twice as many tickets as there were seats and the