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BRYAN LOSES FIRST FIGHT FOR PROGRESSIVE CONTROL OF CONVENTION. VOTE, PARKER 579; BRYAN 506 Chairman Mack Opened Convention at 12:16 P. M. Debate Precadlng Roll Call Thraw tha Convantlon Into Wild Disorder, Plaa For Harmony. Baltimore. William 3. Bryan loat bla flrit fight for progressiva control of the Democratic national convention Tuesday, when be wa defeated for temporary chairman of the convention by Alton B. Parker. Mr. Bryan ftrat nominated Senator Kern, but the lat ter declined the honor and named Mr. Bryan to make the fight. Mr. Bryan made an eloquent plea for the "cause ' NORMAN MACK, Chairman of tha Democratio National Committee. he had represented for sixteen years," but it was unavailing. The debate preceding the roll call threw the convention Into wild disor der. The vote on a roll rail was: Parker 679; Bryan 506. A last desperate effort to avert a bitter factional fight was made by the Bryan forces when the Democratic convention took up the problem of selecting a temporary chairman. So sharp did the lines divide that Mr. Bryan himself became a candidate for the temporary chairmanship. After Bryan had made a speech nominating Senator Kern of Indiana, and attacking Alton B. Parker, Kern took the stand. He made a plea for harmony, asked Parker to join blm by withdrawing from the contest and substituting any one of a list of sev eral men. After waiting in vain for a reply from Parker, Kern himself withdrew-and nominated Bryan. Again Bryan took the platform. He accepted the nomination and the line up for the final struggle was com plete. Chairman Mack dropped his gavel at 12:16 p. m with the announce ment: "The convention will be In order. The sergeant-at-arma will clear the aisles." Cardinal Gibbons tn bla brilliant scarlet robes, pronounced the open ing Invocation, the entire assemblage standing with bowed beads. The vote by which former Judge Al ton B. Parker of New York was elect ed temporary chairman over Mr. Bry an 579 to 510 ,was interrupted Tues day night in many ways. The Champ Clark adherents tore openly claiming the nomination and there were many in the convention Tuesday who were Inclined to agree that it would either be Speaker Clark or a "dark horse." Real "Houn' Dawgs" in Clark Parade. Baltimore, Md. Forty real "hound' dawgs" from Albemarle county, Vir ginia, are to be in the parade which the Clark supporters are planning to precede the opening of the convention. Other curiosities in the parade will be "Borax Bill" with bis famous team of how white mules, the tallest, shortest and fattest delegates from Oklahoma and a group of aged members of the Jackson democratic club, the oldest democratio organization that Is now In existence. .. Bryan's Speech Disappointing. . Convention , Hall, Baltimore. Bry an's speech nominating Kern for tem poral y chairman was a disappoint ment. It is believed that he didn't -change a vote. . The speech was more like a chautauqna lecture than a mili tant, aggressive assault on the men , who are leading for Parker. Instead of giving concrete tacts about the In fluence of Ryan, Belmont, Calhoun and others he confined himself to a discus sion of his own record and the growth of the progressive movement He was Interrupted by cheers for Parker. Negroes Want Plank In Piaform. Baltimore. A plank la the platform designed to win over the negroes to the democratic party Is sought by the National Colored Democratio League. It reads aa follows: : "We recognize the equality of all men before the law and bold that it Is the duty of the 'government In its dealings with all t t i 'a to mete ot?t equal and ex- f- t j ti s!, of whatever nativity, t . i err -?sion, religious or '." A " 9 headed by . . i -,,,-s wm j-g. 1 i: -Mv- J ' V f J Talk of Mr, Bryan baa not ceased by any means. 8ome of bis friends claim that Tuesday's vote was no test; that many of bla most ardent supporters were compelled by circumstanoes to vote against him as temporary chair man. They claim, on the other band, that the vote of 510 given to Mr. Bry an Indicated that he held a "veto" power In convention, which put him In a position of dominance aa to who should be the nominee. The conservative element. It may be stated, la practically prepared to accept a radical or progressive can didate. The turn of political affair In the past few days Is regarded here as having been decidedly favorable to Speaker Clark's candidacy. The straight out Wilson delegates Tuesday threw their support solidly to Mr. Bryan In bis fight against Judge Par ker. This, the leaders figured, would make the conservative element choose Clark in preference to the New Jersey Governor as the progressive candidate. A rapid fire, routine seaslon Tues day night closed the first day of the Democratic convention w.hich began with the defeat of William J. Bryan for temporary chairman In the after noon. Scenes of disorder on the floor which made further proceedings Im possible, forced the night's session and compelled Alton B. Parker to suspend his keynote speech. The delegates on the floor gave ear nest evidence of their desire to do everything In a hury and get away from Baltimore. The leaders bad planned to adjourn session Tuesday night until 2 o'clock Wednesday and to nave the committees which were appointed Tuesday night to meet Waduesday. But the delegates wpuld not hear of this plan and disorderly protests from the floor forced an ad journment till noon and advanced the committee meetings so that they were ordered to meet immediately after the session. The delegatea were very excited about hurrying things along. A voice from the floor during the session said: "We have no Perkins to pay our bills." The completion of Judge Parker's speech and the naming of convention committees was the sum of the work of Tuesday night's session. William Jennings Bryan did not appear at the convention hall during the evening. His failure to be on hand caused an almost immediate adjournment of the resolutions committee which met after the session in response to the dele gates' demand for speed. It was prac tically certain that Bryan would be elected chairman of the committee. The other committees got together immediately for organization. But a scattering attendance appear ed in the galleries at the hour set for convening the convention. There JOHN YV. KERN. 8. Senator From Indiana U. were hundreds of vacant seats In the delegates' sections. The delegates who were in their seats, gathered In little groups, and a hum of conversa tion swept the hall. It. seemed certain from the public action of the delegates and their pri vate expressed views that the Demo cratic convention will nominate a pro gressive candidate and adopt a pro gressive platform. Some of the lead ers frankly said they resentel Mr, Bryan's assumption to dictate the tem porary chairmanship and pointed to Tuesday's vote in Justification of their views. Mr. Bryan, despite the effort to eliminate him, however, remain a stalwart factor in the convention and may be given the authority to write the platform. Bryan Enters Hall Quietly. Convention Hall. Bryan slipped in to the convention hall by one of the side entrances and was on the plat form some minutes without being recognized by the waiting throngs. He shook hands with" Cardinal Gibbons, who was waiting to pronounce the opening In vocal ton. Chairman Mack of the national committee, took his place at the presiding officer's deck a few minutes after noon. Bryan con tinued to screen himself from the crowd and few knew be was present A Very Bharp Contrast. .;.' Baltimore. There was one shark contrast in the convention arrange ments here and those at Chicago. At the Republican convention the hall swarmed with blue-coated pollcement here to find a "cop" was like search lng for the needle in the haystack. Bananas to New Jersey. Baltimore. Delegate Piatt of New Jersey, forced his way through the crowd, carrying a big bunch of ba nanas. He distributed the fruit among the Jersey delegates. Underwood Supporters Hold Meeting. Baltimore. The supporters of Os car W. Underwood held aa enthusias tic rally at the Underwood headquar ters In the St James Hotel Tuesday night Senator-elect James K. Tarda man. Congressman W. G. Brantley, Governor Gilchrist of Florida;, Got. Emmett O'Neal, of Alabama; Gover nor Brewer, of Mississippi; Congress man Hefiin, of Alabama, and Senator Eankhead, who ia fcursertrj the VnZ-v wood candour?, t.2 vz.Za aJ.'.. ; .. Vifs - 0. MIES' SPEECH IS THE FEATURE , , CHAIRMAN SOUNDS REAL KEY NOTE OF PROGRESSIVE DEMOCRACY. WHAT CONVENTION IS DOING Delegatea Came Prepared For a Long and Exelted Sesslon-Waa Expect- ed to Be Day of Climax. Boomers Ready to Start Demonstration. Convention Hall, Baltimore. Dele gates to the democratio national con vention filed Into the convention hall Thursday prepared for a long and ex cited session. It was expected to be tha climax day, the end of the long campaign waged by the presidential aspirants. But as they came into the hall these delegates apparently were as much at sea as ever as to who would be the nominee. Boomers of the various candidates were ready to start demonstrations and counter de monstrations and It seemed certain that the delays would be such as to throw the actual balloting late Into the evening. All sorts of rumors were afloat as to -leals and combinations during the forenoon, but not one of these seem ed to have a trustworthy foundation The supporters of Woodrow Wilson, heartened by the so-called Wilson- Bryan victory in their fight for abro gation of the unit rule that would have bound all the members of a state delegation to the views of a majority, were claiming that the New Jersey governor would sweep the convention and secure the nomination. They ex pressed the hope that Mr. Bryan might be Induced to come out square- for Wilson and felt that it this could be brought about ultimate vic tory was certain. The order of business as the con vention met was further consideration the report of the committee on credentials. The majority report was presented Thursday night the minor ity findings being delayed until Friday. Then the report of the committee on permanent organization was scheduled be taken up with the convention ready to ratify by acclamation the choice of Senator-Elect Ollle M. James, of Kentucky, as permanent chairman. These things disposed of, the delegates looked forward to the long series of nominating and second ing speeches and finally to the ballot ing on the presidential candidates. Senator-Elect Ollle James of Kentucky, who Is permanent chair man of the national convention, In his keynote speech Thursday, spoke In part as follows: "The Republican party, flushed with many victories, imperious as a tyrant unheeding the demands of the people, took the reins of the government in 190S under the solemn promise that they would revise the tariff in the in terest of the consumer. Instead of keeping this promise as they should havo done because It was their bond of honor, they betrayed it They rais ed the tariff higher than ever before until It reached its maximum of pro tection, being 47 per cent "The story of this base betrayal Is known to all men. The Democratic party appealed on their record in the sixty-first Congress on the Payne-Al-drlch tariff bill to the American peo ple end w.e received from them a ver dict of guilty against the Republican party and the bestowal of power upon ourselves. How faithfully we have kept our promises to them is but a resume of our official action." ' Mr. James reviewed at great length the tariff revision legislation passed by the Democratic House and referr ed to the bills vetoed by- President Taft Referring to the veto of the wool bill, he said: ' v - "And today the wool trust stands not behind a majority of the law- Wilson Men Win Another Victory. Baltimore. The Bryan-Wilson pro gressives won another victory in the democratic convention Thursday when the delegates overturned the report of the credentials committee and seat ed ten Wilson delegates from South Dakota. ' The Wilson v supporters claimed that the nomination of, Wood row WilBon was a certainty. The vote stood Wilson 639 1-2; Clark 437; not voting S 1-2;' absent two, Mew York's votes which went to the Clark Harmon combination were cast In a block for Wilson deelgates. Renewed Talk of Bryan. Baltimore. There was renewed talk of Mr. Bryan himself as the nominee, some of the so-called conservatives being quoted aa saying that so long as the naming of a progressive seem ed inevitable it might be Just aa well to have Mr. Bryan lead the light Some of Mr. Bryan's friends indicated that the Nebraskan apparently was content wit hthe position he now oc cupies, the right to name the candi date being all but conceded to him. Supporters of Champ Clark are as confident as ever. : ' ,,:. A Tumultuous Demonstration. ' Baltimore, A lively controversy arose as Theodore Bell of California championed the Clark delegates in the Pouth Dakota case, delegates chal lenging his statements from the flodr while shouts for Wilson generally brought on a tumultuous demonstra tion. Great waves of cheering swept the hall as the demonstration Increas ed to a storm. Banners were borne through the aisles, delegates standing on chairs and madly waving bats and f ;igi. New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas swung Wilson banners. ' makers of the republic, but behind the veto of the President and the eleven more than one-third of the represen tatives of the American people pick ing the pockets of the shivering poor and ragged people of America. The Republican party became so arrogant and confident that this character of robbery would continue to meet the favor of the American people that they boldly, wrote Into their plat form of 1908 a declaration that the tariff should not only equal the differ ence In the cost of production home and abroad, but should be high enough In addition to this to give profit to the manufacturer here. "President Taft has the lone and singular distinction of being the only President In the life of this republio who ever vetoed bills cheapening clothing to the people, lumber to the homeless and meat and bread to hun gry Americans and free farming Im plements to the tolling farmer." Mr. James referred at some length to the tariff board and said: "When does a demand for a report of a tariff board come to our earsf It's when the tariff has already been fixed so high that they know, they can get it no higher and If the 'people'i representatives' were allowed to speak they would reduce It Then we are told the tariff board must report This great right of taxation must be taken out of the bands of the people and lodged in the hands of a board of five men and their report must be await- ed by the suffering people of the United States." Other . legislation ' passed by the Democratic House, be pointed out, was the Income tax, publicity of campaign funds and direct election of Senators. He declared for vigorous , anti-trust laws and said In part: "We are not opposed to big busi ness. We recognise mat in a nig country there must be big business, but we say with all the emphasis of our souls that big business must obey the law. "We would strike from these trusts every character of protection. We would write a tariff law strictly for revenue only and place the tax first upon the luxuries and If that did not produce sufficient revenue then upon the comforts of life, and lastly we wou'.d lay the burden of taxation upon the necessities of Ufa. The Infant in dustries must be weaned. Infants they began, but are mighty giants to day which have coalesced their strength to drive skyward the cost of living and oppress the people." The latter part of the chairman's speech waa devoted to severe stric tures on President Taft's administra tion. Platform Pleases Full Committee. Baltimore. The platform to be adopted by the Democratio convention was under consideration during the entire day Thursday, first by Mr. Bry an and Senator O'Gorman of the reso lutions committee, later by the sub committee of eleven of which Senator Kern of Indiana la chairman, and in the end by the full committee. Immediately after their task was assigned to them, Messrs. Bryan and O'Gorman shut themselves up in the committee room, doffed their coats and collars and continued until about C o'clock, when they announced that their work bad been completed. Tha sub-committee was called In at that hour and Immediately began a care ful reading of the document Mem bers of the sub-committee found lit tie ground for criticism, all of theli corrections being merely verbal They were sufficiently satisfied with the sit uation to announce a meeting of the full committee at 10 o'clock to have that organization pass Judgment upon the document As has been announced, the plat form Is a flat and positive declaration for a tariff for revenue only, but there Is no pronouncement in favor of free raw material. The tariff plank comes immediately after a general declara tion of Democratio principles, with which the document opens. There are strong paragrapha against monopoly. Candldatea Are Named. Baltimore. Oscar W, Underwood of Alabama, and Champ Clark of Mis souri, had been put in nomination be fore the Democratio national conven tion at 12:30 a. m. Friday, and at that hour other nominating speeches wen in order. There was no Idea of reach ing a vote during Thursday night, however, an agreement having been reached to postpone the balloting until noon Friday, or possibly later. Effect of Decision on Unit Rule, Baltimore. The effect of the demo cratic convention's action In amend ing the rule which would have bound delegations to adhere to the unit rule, was the subject of wide discussion Though different views were express ed, the actual effect was explained by Charles Crisp, who is acting aa parlia mentary clerk of the ;. convention, "The action ' of the convention, - In adopting the report of the committee on rules," said Mr. Crisp, "will be to bind to the unit .rule all delegates se lected by state 'conventions, f Dark Horse Talk Died Away. Baltimore. "Dark horse" talk died away a little Thursday and while many candidates 1 were mentioned, there appeared to be a consensus of opinion that the fight lay among the supporters of Wilson, Clark and Bryan. Mrs. William Taft at Convention. Baltimore. Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the President was a visitor at the convention Thursday. She was entertained by Mrs. Hugh Wallace, wife of a delegate from the state of Missouri. ".. Thomas Ryan's Cat Detailed. Baltimore. W. J. Bryan remarked before leaving to attend the delibera tions of the resolutions committee that "the convention clipped off the tall of Thomas F. Ryan's cat" The Nebraska leader previously had de plcited Mr. Ryan, the New Tork finan cier, aa cracking a cat-'-nine tails over the convention. "Then the course of progresstvism Is moving along more smoothly?" "Well, the proceedings," replied Mr. Bryan, "would indicate that they had sot made any Inroads on us." .PROCEEDINGS OF IHEJjlilEIITIO, FLOOD OF ORATORY BURIED THE DELEGATES TO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. WORK DONE ON THURSDAY More Than a Dozen Spectators Deliv ered Typtoal Campaign Bneeehee Melody of Southern Airs From the Band Brings Forth Many Cheers. . Baltimore. A flood of oratory bur led the delegates to the Democratic national convention under rhetorical waves Wednesday, , The convention marked time through the entire day session because the committee on credentials has not prepared Its re port The convention agreed to meet at 8 o'clock Wednesday night to take up the problem of permanent organisa tion, receive the reports of the cre dentials committee and possibly be gin the nominating speeches of presi dential candidates. It had been decided at the request of Mr. Bryan to defer the drawing of ia platform until after the nominations. More than a dozen spectators deliv ered typical campaign 1 speeches .at Wednesday's session. At 12:25 Wed nesday Chairman Parker pounded his desk with gavel and the sergeant-at-arms aided by the police set out to clear the aisles. Slowly the confusion subsided and the convention got under way. Bishop Murray offered prayer. Former Governor Joseph W. Folk of Missouri was Introduced as the first speaker. "The nominee of this convention will be the next President of the Unit ed States," said Folk. The delegates grew restless In the course of Folk's speech and Chairman Parker was forced to admonish them to be quiet Folk's speech was very brief and Senator Rayner of Maryland, was call ed on. He also predicted success for the Democratic nominee and discussed the division in the Republican party and declared that the motto of the Taft faction would be "We will react and retrogade." The motto of the Roosevelt party, he quoted as "Thou Shalt Not Steal." "Our motto In this campaign will be 'We Shall Progress,' " shouted Sen ator Rayner and the crowd cheered. When Rayner concluded Chairman Parker asked for more peakers. A shout for Congressman "Tom" Heflln of Alabama, went up from the floor. But Parker Introduced Congressman Henry D. .Clayton of Alabama, chair man of the House Judiciary commit tee. The delegates seemed to enjoy what one of them termed "a spell of spell-binding." r After he had spoken for several minutes in denunciation of Republi can principles and predatory wealth, Mr. Clayton turned to ,! Democratio prospects. "I'do not know upon whom the nom- Refused to Serve on Committee. Baltimore. Because ' be is not in sympathy with the forces "seemingly control of the Baltimore conven tion," William Jennings Bryan declin ed to accept the chairmanship of the resolutions committee unanimously tendered him. Senator John W. Kern of Indiana was elected after Mr. Bry an twice refused the honor. : When the convention met Wednesday - Mr. Bryan was not present 1 His absence was disconcerting. No one appeared know what the Nebraskan' attl- ture was to be. Ollle James Permanent Chairman. Baltimore. Senator-elect Ollle James at a harmony meeting Wednes day was nominated for permanent chairman of the democratio conven tion bnt Urey Wilson, Secretary of the national committee and from time immemorial secrtary to succeeding democratio conventions, was defeated for that office by E. E. Britton, a news paper man of Raleigh, N. C. The choice of Mr. James was unanimous, but the roll was called on the secre taryship, Mr. Britton winning 24 to 18. Desn Heads Big Committee. ' , Baltimore, Md. The committee on permanent orgonization selected H. H. Dean of Gainesville, a delegate-at- large, charman of the committee on permanent organisation. The selec tion was unanimous and is reckoned, among the high and much-prized po sitions. Mr. Dean's name was placed before the meeting by' a Kentucky delegate, and bis election was without opposition, and was by unanimous vot of the members of the national ex ecutive committee on permanent or- ganiiaUon. - ... jjj (nation of this convention will fall," he said. , v "Underwood," shouted an Alabama delegate. "Clark," shouted a man from Mis souri.' ' ' ' "Wilson." came in answering chorus from New Jersey. , "Harmon," called the Ohloans. In a moment the entire convention hall was swept by the shouts and cheers and songs of the adherents of different candidates. The band Join ed In the demonstrations. Chairman Parker made little effort to quiet the enthusiasts. Mr. Clayton stood smiling at .the speaker's desk. A melody of Southern airs from the band brought out Increasing cheers. Some of the delegates attempted to uproot the state standards, but the policemen by quick work prevented It The aisles became choked with dele gates and It seemed many spectators bad Invaded the delegate section.' Byt this time Chairman Parker and the sergeant-at-arms were making I frantio but efforts to restore quiet "New. Jersey, please sit down," call ed deputy sergeant-at-arms. "Missouri, please give the speaker a chance," called another. - Mr. Clayton at last made himself heard above the din. He declared that whoever the candidate was he would be the next Persldent of the United Statea. A round of cheers greeted Senator Gore of Oklahoma, who was next in troduced.. He was unable to proceed with bis speech for some time be cause of the uproar. "Let us have peace," said Mr. Qore In the course of his talk. . "Let us have peace at any price, at any sac rifice save that of honor. Let us here put every Democrat under bonds to keep the peace." "Nothing can save the Republican party from self-slaughter except Democratio suicide," declared Senator Gore. "We cannot live half progres sive and half reactionary. Theodore Roosevelt endeavored to breathe tha breath of life of modern progress into the petrified remains of the Republi can party. He failed. The mummy would not move." '- Senator Gore ; closed with a plea J! von?- 'I., I Tf Governor Wilson Gets the News. Seal Girt, N. J. Governor Woodrow Wilson kept In touch with the leaders of his campaign in Baltimore Wednes day by telephone and over a telegraph wire 1 strung through the ' trees sur rounding New Jersey's "little white house" to a tent on the lawn. During the forenoon he disposed of a batch of correspondence and saw. no callers, He planned to spend the afternoon at golf. "The governor bad no comment to make on the result of Wednesday's vote m tne convention. Champ Clark' 8team Roller at Work, Baltimore. The Champ Clark forces in the credentials committee, by a vote of 28 to 23 overturned the action of the national - committee In the South Dakota contest case and seated the. contesting Clark delegates. T. M. Simmons, the South Dakota member or the committee, announced that a minority report wonld be made, and the fight carried to the floor of the convention. The twenty Roger Sulli van delegates from the congressional districts In Cook county, Illinois, were seated by the credentials committee. Decorations Were Fine. Convention -tHalL Baltimore. A wealth of decoration In white and gold and the national colors greeted the early arrivals on the scene of the Democratio national convention. The big hall, ordinarily a huge steel-beamed, .brick-wailed armory, was trans formed by thousands of yards of bunt lng. The ugly steel girders under the roof were hidden by a false ceiling of light netUng. From the galleries hung the banners of the various states. The crowd came slowly. t . V - ; ykV tor harmony which called out muck enthusiasm. "Fellow Democrats," he added, "let the candidate of this convention be your candidate." John Temple Graves of Georgia and New York, came next on the long list of orators. Former Governor Campbell of Ohio denounced the Republican party in no uncertain terms. He waa the last' speaker. An effort was made from the floor to upset the arrangements for Thurs day's session and adjourn the conven tion until o'clock in the afternoon. The attempt failed and at 2:17 tha convenlon adjourned until ( o'clock Thursday. i Outline of Platform In Part Baltimore. The committee on reso lutions Wednesday began preparing a platform for the consideration of tha Democratic national convention. The committee sat during a large part of the day and with approach of night turned over to a sub-committee of eleven the detailed work of preparing the document for the consideration of -the full. body. In addition to voting to recommend that the platform should not be pre sented to the convention until after the nomination of a presidential can dldate, the committee began a ierlea of hearings devoted to the presenta tion of pleaa tor platform declarationa. In addition to verbal suggestions, out er planks were sent In, and in some instances entire platforms were pre sented, among the latter one from the .. New York delegation and another from Senator' Newlands of Nevada. Other features of the hearings In cluded a lively tilt between Senator Culberson of Texas and Congressman Brantley of Georgia. Mr. Brantley, a ' member of the national employers' liability commission, took Issue with some of the Texan's references to the workmen' compenslon bill supported by that commission. The New York platform which re ceived careful consideration, glvea first places to the tariff, declaring It to be a fundamental principle of the Democratio party that the. , Federal government has "no right or power to collect tariff duties except for purposes of revenue!" There Is a demand that the collection of tariff taxes shall be limited to the necessities of govern ment when honestly and economically administered. - . There Is a declaration for Imme diate revision especially on the neces sities of life. President Taft's action. In vetoing the woolen, cotton cheml-. cal and the farmers' free list bills of the last session of Congress is de nounced. Rigid enforcement of the anti-trust laws Is promised -and such additions - as may be necessary to make the law effective are promised. . ' While opposing the establishment of a central bank the opinion is ex , pressed that there should be legisla tion under Democratio auspices look ing to the creation of a flexible bank ing law which would prevent any smail group of financiers or politi cians from controlling the banks of the country. . Declaration Is made for an income- - tax through constitutional amendment for election of Senators by direct vote and for a single six-year term for . President Police to Enforce Order. - Baltimore. Scenes such as those whlch marked .the opening of the convention Wednesday, when disorder In the galleries forced a recess, ser iously delay business and strain tha temper of delegates, who already arsV talking of getting home. Better or- -er prevailed at night because the po- . lice were there to keep the aisles dear and suppress the noisy specta tors. The assistant sergeant-at-arma had demonstrated that they could not maintain quiet even among them selves. ):' i . - Urge Bryan to Accept Nomination. -Lincoln, Neb. Nebraska supporter. of William J. Bryan to the number of 150 have sent him a' telegram at Bal timore, in which they urge him not to- refuse the presidential nomination at Baltimore in the event It s tendered to him. The telegram said In nail: - "It Is important that the Baltimore- convention nominate a candidate up on whom all progressives can unite. Knowing the implicit confidence in which you are held, we take this- means of urging that you do not rs".. fuse to accept the nomination." 8tata of Candldstes Favored. The committee tn charge of the con vention arrangements had given the most prominent place on the floor to the states having aVowed presiden tial candldatea in the field. To tha right of the stage was Missouri, home state of Champ Clark. To the left was New Jersey, with Woodrow Wil son as a favorite son. Eack of Mis souri came Ohio with Governor Har mon in the field. Eack of New. Jer sey was Alabama, hore cf Reprc tatlve Oscar W. Us" acta.
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