Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-06-15
TIRED DEMOCRATS
WILL NAME THEIR
TICKET TONIGHT
Evidently Disguised With List
less Proceedings, They
Decide to Clean Up
CHEER WILSON'S CONDUCT
Approve His Actions; Not De-
cided When to Adopt
Platform


Coliseum. st. Louis June Is. - The
Democratic national convention
changes its program of procedure and
agreed to make nominations for Pres
ident and Vice President tonight in
stead of tomorrow.
The rules were amended and the
convention will assemble at 8
o'clock tonight to remain in continu-
Gus session until nominations are
made.
! With one. demonstration after an
other to-day the Democratic conven-
tion registered its approval of Presi-
dent Wilson's conduct of foreign af-
fairs which has kept the country at
peace.
When permanent Chairman James
recounted the diplomatic achieve
ments of the President in the negotia-
tions with Germany the convention
/ launched into an 1S-minute uproar of
marching cheers and waving OF flags,
/ in which William J. Bryan from his
scat in the press section Joined.
There were calls for a speech from
Bryan but it was found that he had
slipped out while the demonstration
was going on.
Senator James appealed to the con-
]
rules committee report, but his efforts
were futile until he announced that
Mr.. Bryan had left the building and
would speak in the Coliseum later.
That satisfied the crowd and they
heard the rules report
Nominations Tonight
Chairman Glasgow presented the
report of the committee on rules. 1t
| provided among other things that no
delegates shall speak more than thir-
/ ty minutes on any subject; that nomi-
nations for President begin at s p. m.
/ followed Immediately by nominations
for Vice President Senator Reed of
Missouri, moved TO delay the session
! for nominations until 8 p. m. and eX-
! planned that st. Louis businessmen
had planned entertainments for this
evening which would be nullified by
night session beginning earlier than
! 8 o'clock. The motive by Senator
Reed carried and a session for nomi-
nations will begin at 9 p. m. tonight.
/ The report as amended was adopt
ed. 1t was not decided whether the
platform would be presented before or
after nominations. At 1.22 recess
was taken until p. m.
Eleven o'clock, the hour for the
convention to be in order, passed with
the Coliseum only partly filled. Very
few of the delegates were in their
rived on the platform. The band en-
tertained the small crowd while the
Rules committee had a meeting to
talk over the proposal to proceed to
nominatsion tonight instead of to-
nominations tonight instead of to-
been arranged.
The band played the antihyphen
song Don't Bite the Hand That's
Feeding You" and a male choir sang
the chorus. The crowd liked it and
cheered.
Effect Organization
The committee on permanent or
Sanization at a meeting meanwhile
named Senator ollie James of Ken
lucky as permanent chairman, j.
Bruce Kremer, of Montana, perma-
nent secretary; +. r. Britton of North
Carolina, permanent associate secre-
tary; John |. Martin, of st. Louis, per-
manent sergeant-at-arm and recon-
mended that all other temporary Off
GERS of the convention be made per-
manent.
William j. Bryan got his usual re-
ception when he took his place in the
press stand. Delegates and galleries
Joined in cheers and applause.
Bryan Applauds
Senator James departed widely
from the printed text of his speech,
but the sentiment he presented was
substantially the same. When he re-
counted the horrors of war and the
Presidents efforts 10 preserve peace
William j. Bryan, his face flushed
with emotion, rose to his feet and ap-
plauded vigorously.
When James recounted in implied
terms the Presidents diplomatic sue
cess in negotiations with Germany the
delegates wanted to hear it again.
Repeat it," they demanded
Ia cta
the crowd rose up and broke loose
with cheers.
Orators Will PFolong Convention
With the report of the Rules Com
mittee adopted, the further proceed
ings of the convention were expected
to be at the pleasure of the dele
gates. Managers of the convention he
fore it met said considerable time will
be given over to well-known and
popular party orators. That William
j. Bryan, who is attending the con-
Vention as a newspaper correspond
ert and is sitting among the men of
the daily press, will be called upon
for speech, no one doubts Mr..
Bryan, 1t Is known, would respond and
4 make a speech of support for the
| President and all the things Mr. Will
sor stands for. The Nebraskan was
/ quoted last night as saying that he
had nothing to offer the convention
wanted. His plank will be mine"
! Mr. Bryan was reported to have said.
u expect to go before the people in
/ his behalf"
Then More Oratory
With the program for the day car
ried out, the convention was expected
10 adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning. when the resolutions com
mittee will be ready to report With
/ the adoption of the platform more
oratory is looked for and then a re-
cess will be declared until Friday night
when the presidential nomination will
/ be made.
subcommittee Meets
/ The subcommittee of the Resolu-
tion committee went into sessions to-
day long before the convention met
and ii planned to sit until its work
was ready for the full committee The
full committee is to meet at o'clock
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