The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1912-07-02

light and he'll make ruling that creates
a laugh and saves the day.
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, acted on the suggestion. Then came trou-
bic
Bryan arose and faced his tormentors
for a moment, Several officers hurried to
| his side and with them as an escort the
Nebraslxan fairly fought his way to the
stage where he demanded of the chairman
the right to- answer Missouri IL that dele
cation was responsible The chair asked
to be permitted TO announce the result of
the II irty-rhird poll first. Mr.. Bryan was
| impatient He descended from the stage
1 and amid howls and cheers faced the
| Missouri delegates. rs the Missouri
delegation responsible for sending that
banner ever to the Nebraska asked
Bryan.
In tho din that followed Bryan stood.
smiling in the center of q shrielSing mob.
| Half dozen officers. charged into the
crowd. Anything against Bryaa,
shouted Missouri delegate shaking his
| fisr at the smiling Nebraskan. From the
aisles the officers escorted Mr.. Bryan up
to the stage. Half a dozen hand to hand
| fights followed as the Clark men tried to
carry their penrant on the stage back of
Bryan. They scaled the publicity steps
| but were hurled back to the floor. AM
| other series of fist fights ensued. A
score OF officers fought in vain to quiet
the shreBing fighting throngs.
| At one end of the hall the huge Wilson
| banner used in previous demonstrations
appeared An angry howl from the Clark
men greeted it. The feeling was run
ming so high that serious disturbance
was threatened and the Wilson managers,
to avoid further fights, ordered the pic
| ture withdrawn. 9
Lamb Gives Up Gavel
Meantime the crowd of struggling men
at the foot of the platform battled to
| get the Clark banner to the stage. Chair
man James hurried and took the gavel
| from Mr. Lamb. After five minutes of
effort the chairman, aided by the police,
secured some resemblance of order.
Mr. James finally announced at the be-
| ginning of the thirty-fourth ballot, and
| Alabama had its usual "a votes which
were cast for Underwood. when Mr. Bry
an, who had stood for several moments,
stolid an Indian, was recognized.
go on and ySte" called delegate.
don't want a speech. He's paid to stay
| here we're not"
| Chairman James explained that Mr..
| Bryan had risen to a question of personal
privilege, and was entitled to be heard.
| Mayor Fitzgerald of Boston objected on
the grounds that he had been denied the
privilege of explaining a change of vote
| in the Massachusetts delegation Mr..
James said the mayor would be heard
after Mr. Bryan had spoken.
| Mr.. Bryan was then allowed to proceed
| for a moment.
Bryan Not Allowed to Speak
II was seated in my delegation when
banner was placed in front of us. I
asked those In charge of 1t to remove It.
| They refused. | went to the Missouri del
egation and asked the chairman whether
| it had been sent there by the Missouri
| delegation; If that act was an unauthor-
| lied one by the persons in charge of that
banner I have nothing TO say. but if it
| was done by the orders of the Missouri
delegation I claim the right TO answer
the question thus proposed.y 0Howls then
| interrupted him.
1.-THE chair regrets to rule that the gem
tleman from Nebraska has not stated a
question of personal privilege"
a cheer greeted this. and Mr. Bryan
bowed and left the stand. As he passed
the Missouri delegation former Gov. Al
M. Dockery stopped him and disclaimed.
for the delegation, any connection with
the appearance of the banner. Mr.. Bry-
an went back to his seat with the Ne
braska delegation
The convention was in a turmoil long
after Bryan had taken his seat. There
were several fistcuffs among the dele
gates and the big force OF policemen had
their hands full uuelling the outbreaks.
| A new squad of police came in during
the disturbance and when the balloting
was renewed every aisle on the floor was
| lined with bluecoats.
Chairman James directed the police to
arrest anyone attempting to carry a BAN
ner of any sort into the hall.
Delegates Are Weary
! A weary. bedra ggled, ptevish aegre-
| CATION of delegates and alternates to
tho democratic national convention
drifted into the armory tonight with
| a long dreary night session in pros
pect.
They confronted the same monoton-
/ Gus grind of balloting that had con
tinued from last Friday morning when
the first vote that developed the dead :
lock on presidential nomination was
cast.
Almost a full week of controversy
among rival factions had sorely tried
| the patience and tenpers of the dele
gates Tile crowd which gathered to-
night was at once an irritable and
excitable one. The tense elements of
| the situation had been revealed in a
near riot on the floor in the after
| noon when w. J. Bryan found himself
Lin the midst of half score of fist
| fights. Police were warned to exert
extraordinary vigilance in the future.
| The slow, vacillating rise and fall of
the vote of the fayorite candidates
| throughout the day had increased the
! steadily growing bitterness of the past
week and tonight match of offense
touched to the excitement would have
set the entire convention ablaze.
1t was on this situation that many
OF the leaders based a hope of a final
vote and a nomination before the night
was over. They argued that the weary
| delegates, tired by week of work,
would break from the hard and fast
lines they have been holding and throw
enough votes to one of the candidates
| to end the agony.
Others contended that the situation
made impossible an agreement on any
| Of the candidates now before the cor
tent.on. They pointed to today's phys
ical clash between the Clark and VIII
anr. fornae an evidence that the feel