The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-07-03

Houn' Dawg is for Wilson now
Love Feast.
Thereupon New Jersey cheered.
Wilson buttons were pinned on the
iapels OF the Missouri delegation and
there was general love feast between
New Jersey and Missouri.
The Maryland delegation began to
sing maryland. My Maryland" and
those on the floor and in the gal
leries arose. chorus Of songs Of
every Kind following and the conven-
ton seemed to be entered upon a long
DELAYED ERA Of good feeling
The CLARK for vice president
boom grew stronger. Bryan took his
seat with the Nebraska delegation and
immediately became the center of a
group Of delegates anxious to con-
as the Bryan advisers left this side de
and mingled with the Wilson dele
gates on the floor that Governor Mar
snail OF Indiana would not have fro
support Of the Bryan-Wlson forces
1or tne vice presidential nomination.
'ocJEyan let 1t be known that he did
ISL. etgeVe te e,a.sn Marshall would be a
At s:o~ m. Chairman James CALL
60 the convention to order Order
was restored and the Rev Carlton n
aarris Of the South M. e. church of
haiumore delivered the invocation.
Clark Declines.
Immediately after the PRAYER.
CHAIRMAN James announced the nomi-
nation Of candidates for vice nresi-
dent Of tn United States. II. II. Dean
OF Georgia, mounted the platform to
make the first nomination. "we want
10 nominate real great man." he
shouted: From all over there came
cries Of CLARK. Clark. Clark" For
several minutes Dean continued amid
SHOUTS, Name your man; who is he ?"
When he finally placed Clark in nomi-
nation, yell sounded through the
hall. Meantime the leaders were ex-
erting every effort to reach Clark on
the telephone. and when Dean con-
cluded. former Governor A. M. Dock
cry OF Missouri hurried to the plat
FORM to decline the nomination for
Clark. The Hon. Champ Clark has
decided he cannot accept the office of
vice president" said Dockery. "Chamn
Clark did not reach this conclusion
out Of pique." continued Dockery: he
Is as loyal to the democratic party and
Its nominee, Woodrow Wilson, as he
ever was Speaker Clark simply pre-
fers to remain in his present place, or
to remain a simple member of the
house Of representatives.
AS Dockery concluded Idaho yield
ed to North Dakota, and former Sena-
tor Purcell placed Governor Burke Of
North Dakota, in nomination. Kan
sas seconded the nomination Of Burke,
and Louisiana seconded that of Gov
ernor Marshall. Alonzo L. Miles Of
MARYLAND, placed Mayor James Pres
ton. of Baltimore. in nomination. Mr..
Purcell characterized Governor Burke
as the progressive of progressives. 4"
He asserted that Governor Burke
would draw many progressive repub-
licans to the democratic ticket. Idaho
seconded the nomination of Burke.
Sar,uel Alschuler of Illinois, took the
platform and nominated Elmer w.
Hughes Of Rock Island Ills a mo-
ton to limit the nomination speeches
to five minutes and seconding speech
les to three minutes went through by
aoelamation.
F.. S. Mensos Of Indiana, then took
the platform and nominated Gov.
Thos. r, Marshall for vice president.
Henry Volmer. Of Iowa. nominated
Martin j: Wade. He argued "Wilson
would sweep the country"
A. Mitchell Palmer, Wilson's man
|ager. asked unanimous consent that
the vice presidential nomination be
suspended and the representative of
the committee on resolutions be made
the business and acted upon. Unani-
nous consent was obtained and
Chairman Kern. chairman Of the reso-
lutions committee. read the platform.
He had scarcely begun when there
was movement to leave the hall. 1t
was several minutes before business
could be proceeded with. and the po-
lice werekept busy clearing the aisles
When order was restored. Senator
Kern resumed the reading Of the plat
form.
Michigan seconded the nomination
of Governor Marshall, Minnesota sec
onded Governor Burke's. Mississippi
seconded Marshall. Missouri passed.
Montana seconded Burke. Nebraska,
through Delegate Constantine j.
Smith, of Omaha. seconded Governor
Burke.
Several states passed, and then "Al-
falfa Bill Murray of Okla homa. sec
onded Burke.
Judge Will R. King of Oregon, Of
fered in nomination Senator Geo. E.
Chamberlain of that state.
Senator John Sharp Williams of
Mississippi. seconded the nomination
of Senator Chamberlain.
Pitts of Alabama, protested there
would soon be more candidates than
delegates. but the call of states pro-
ceeded.
When Pennsylvania was reached the
state had no candidate. Then it be-
came apparent that the plan to have
Representative Palmer renominate
Clark would not be carried out.
Marshall aud Burke Lead.
Representative Henry Of Texas. a
Wilson leader. seconded Governor
Burke. 1t seemed at this time that
Governor Burke. favored by the Bry-
an-Wilson delegates. undoubtedly
would be chosen on the second ballot
after the "favorite sons" had been
disposed of.
It also was apparent that the real
fight for the vice presidency rested
between Gov. Burke and Gov. Mar
shall Of Indiana. The states second
ing the nomination Of the two gover-
nors were about equally divided.
When the District Of Columbia was
reached, one Of the delegates arose
and proposed VIM. j. Bryan as vice
presidential candidate. a roar swept
the hall as the name was mentioned.
Bryan. sitting quiet in his seat in
the Nebraska section. was Immediate
ly surrounded by a group Of support
ers. urging him to speak. For a time
he refused, sitting unmoved in the
midst Of the storm of disorder. but
the uproar increased. and finally Bry-
an climbed up on his chair.
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