The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-06-26

Thousand peoule. made IL heard.
| DO not plead with you. rob the
party of this opportunity TO pillar
of cloud by day."
Kern Brings Surprise.
| Then one Of the surprises happened.
! Up rose John W. Kern, whom Mr.
| Bryan had nominated, and began
praising Judge Parker fuenuy and
! lavishly
He's going 10 decline. cried
everybody In aUazcment Hes 60
: ing To nominate Parker. He's thrown
Bryan down
Mr. Kern continued to praise PARK
er. Parker, he said, had been his boy
I hood friend. Kern has supported
/ Parker i2vaily for president In re
turn Parker had supported Kern for
Nice-president. As for the State OF
Indiana, II was going TO present Mar
shall. but In the fight Kern. who had
fought for eight years, had earned the
right 10 be heard Then the former
running mate of Mr.. Bryan relieved
/ the tension under which the delegates
were nolsiiy iaboring by making plain
/ his purpose In being there
But fhere are abroad through
/ the country aching hearts al the dis
! cord they see here" he said II
/ have offered in the interest Of har-
mony number of names for the Of
! j
still ask Ipdge Parker or any member
I OF The New 7 ork delegation to accept
either that most distinguished son OF
the Empire State, James A O'Gor-
man: that splendid statesman, Charles
( a. Culherson. Of Texas: that master
OF parliamentarian Law. Henry L.
i Clayton, Of Alabama. that Young giant
/ Of Tennessee. Luke Lea. that blue
eyed statesman Governor James
Campbell. of Onto, or that splendid
! fighter. Joseph Wy Folk ~ Missouri
W that wort -crrfirag7fr. mine
benjamin Shtyoiy. OF Ir7iana."
/ Pointing his finger al Parker, Kern
+ continued.
II ask yoo. Judge Parker. to Join
! with me In the selection of one OF
these as the temporary chairman OF
( this convention.
But the spirit of compromise was
/ not abroad. There was no acceptance
~ any Of Mr., Rern's offerings when
quiet was restored. the speaker warn
I ed them. referring to Bryan. DO MOI
immediate him here or you will bring
| pain to the hearts OF six million men
who would die for him"
There being still no response, Kern
concluded
DepIorabie Battle
Then yours bA the responsibility
II this deplorabIc battle, which
F1EFts ID s+ttt1fti br avrrtEr1 ty u gU
on. then | am not At TO be the leader
There is but one leader worthy Of the
cause, and that leader is William
Jennings Bryan"
Bryan Bryan" howied sos dele.
gates, plug the Bryan supporters ir
the galleries
At this point Cardinal Gibbons
arose from hts seat on the platform
and quietly withdrew from the hall
Mr., ksrn's announcement created
sensation and not mild one. The
Delegates voiced their aStonfshmenr
yartously, but always verferously The
Texas delegation yelled for Bryan
The New York delegation cried thai
they wanted Parker. One of the Ne
hraskans was about 10 nominate MIR
Bryan, but he discovered that thli
would not be necessary. Tor wht
should be on his feet nominating him
self, but Mr.. Bryan.
II have tried TO get the committed
to agree on progressive said Mr.
Bryan. Il went TO the man who has
the most voteaA-Congrsssm James
Of Kentucky. but the committe
would not accept him. felt that unit
had exhausted all possibilities,
could not honorably act I went T.
AFNhtilPI - Afpttildn anu VI Eeu MN u
become a candidate. Then / appeal
cd TO Mr. Kern. told him that | stoo'
ready TO support any conserva--
mean progressive candidate but If
could find no other candidate ! woult
accept the leadership and let you ex
press through me your advocacy O
opposition what we have fought 70
for the last sixteen years"
Drown Bell Out.
Theodore Bell got up to tell tn
delegates that although an earnes
supporter Of MIR. Bryan. he felt that Il
this case it was his duty to supper
. Judge Parker. Some of the newspa pc
men heard the beginning of Bell
speech. Nobody heard much OF tn
rest Of il. Finally he gave 1t Ut
shouted his conclusion against the Sc
of sound that surged about the plat
> form and went away.
!, Congressman Fitzgerald, Of Brook
Iyn. tried to answer Bryan and ad
vocate Parker. Nobody heard any
thing Fitzgerald said either.
Nullen r. Thomas, of Texas. mount
ed a chair and asked Fitzgerald VIII
! he supported Joe Cannon
Then the Texas delegation j"eret
Uncle Joe and yelts of Cannon. Can
q non, we want Cannon, went around
4 Cone Johnson. of Texas at las
. | making himself heard said ne did no
Z know who started the present fight
I but as for him, when he found Bryan
on one side and Wall street on th'
other, that was enough for him.
4 Meanwhile Chairman Mack. wis
I Judging By his face never eXpecte,
= 10 restore order sent for the polio
t1.4+ i-t---rt-,
1 something in his ear
The officer retired. to reappesr il
I few minutes with long file Of blu
} coats who marched through the aisle
= and restored order
John Han A Michigan delegate