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Wilson And Clark Doomed
By Their Many Followers
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plause.
Flags were distributed among the
delegates from Missouri and others.
A young boy in the speakers stan.
prepared to send a blue Clark balloon
into the air when the speaker had liz.
ished. The Clark leaders CAREFUL.
organized their forces, determined TO
Guido the Underwood demonstration.
Senator Reed talked longer than
the time allowed him and the dele.
gates became restless and noisy.
AS the senator named Champ Clark
at 1915 a. m. a tremendous demon
stration broke forth.
Massachusetts displayed a streamer
thirty feet long. lnnumerable ban.
ners and flags were brought forth.
Balloons bearing Clarkes name
were sent into the air.
The demonstration was genuine; it
was tremendous. Delegates from
nearly every state in the union joined
in it. The galleries seemed almost
solid for Clark, Men, women and chill
dren yelled wildly. Tin horns and
noise makers were brought into play.
A Champ Clark chorus with mega
phones began singing the "Houn
Dawg" song.
Seldom, IL ever, in convention his.
tory has there been a demonstration
like this one-a demonstration Of such
tremendous force.
The band played. Following flag
and numerous Clark banners the dele.
gates paraded about the hall
For the first time since the conven'
ton started the state banners were
uprooted and carried about the hall
by the Clark enthusiasts.
A stout Missourian with thirty OF
more followers, most of them gray
haired veterans of many Democratic
wars. marched about singing, 1--WE
won't 60 home until morning"
Clark banners and flags became sc
thick in the hall that they were
tangled.
TREMENDOUS UPROAR.
Several big flags were carried onto
the speakers stand. The demonstra
ton grew more wild. The great hal
echoed and re-echoed with one con
tinuous din.
More delegates and more people in
the galleries caught the fever OF en-
thusiasm. The band began a new
tune and the demonstration increased
At 1856 a. m. after thirty minutes
of wild demonstration, II showed Mt
signs of decreasing.
Delegates bearing state standard:
from twenty-five states assembled in
front of the speakers stand. The
cluster of standards brought a tremer
dous renewal of the cheering.
Miss Genevieve Clark, a daughter
of Champ Clark, suddenly appeared
in the speakers stand. In dainty
blue and wrapped in an American
flag, she urged the Clark delegates tc
renewed enthusiasm.
The delegates recognized her and
cheered her repeatedly. The cry was
taken up all over the hall,
"Hurrah for Genevieve!" it rang
out.
When the demonstration had lasted
forty-five minutes the delegates took
off their coats and hats, hurled them
into the air and danced and yelled
more wildly than before. The Wilson
delegates sat quiet through it all. Sc
did New York's big delegation.
DIN FINALLY ENDS.
The delegates, firing of old cam
paign songs, took up an older one
They sang odd John Browns Body
At l:17 o'clock Senator Vardaman
of Mississippi, who had taken the
chair, tried to bring the convention to
order. The sound of the big gave
only brought renewed and more Wig
orous enthusiasm and yelling.
At 1925 a. m. the convention was
called to order, the demonstrated hav
ing lasted one hour.
At 80 a. m. Governor-elect Joe T
Robinson Of Arkansas seconded the
nomination of Champ Clark.
California the next state called, also
seconded the nomination OF Clark.
Colorado asked to be passed.
BALDWIN NOMINATED.
Henry Wade Rogers of New Haven
Conn, nominated Governor Simon e
Baldwin of Connecticut. His speech
was different from most nominating
speeches, in that he mentioned his
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