Show 0 IN CL S H EFFORTS OF TO DE FEAT PARKER FOR CHAIRMAN PROVE FUTILE new yorker elected temporary chair chain man over mr bryan by vote of to at opening session of the democratic national convention baltimore Will william fain J bryan met defeat at the hands of the democratic national convention on tuesday at the opening session the vote by which former judge AL ton 13 parker of now york was elect ed temporary chairman over mr dry bry an ali to was interpreted in many ways the champ dark clark adherents are openly claiming the nomina tion and there wore many at tho the con who were inclined to agree that it would either be speaker dark clark or a dark horse talk of mr air bryan has not clasell by any means sonic some of his friends claim that the vote was no test that many of ills his most ardent supporters support sup portera eid were compelled by circumstance to vote against him as temporary chairman they claimed on oil the other hand that tho vote of given to mr air dryan bryan indicated that lie ho held a veto power in the convention which put him in a pos position lilon of dominance as to who should bo bd tho the nominee the convention was called to order tuesday at 16 by chairman mack alack the invocation was nas delivered by cari car i dinal gibbons there was much confusion in the convention hall and a noticeable absence of policemen at times during the session it wag waa impossible for the speakers to make themselves heard because of the confusion in fit th the 0 galleries and on tile the floor tinto time and and again chairman mack alack threatened to clar 6 a tile the galleries when the secretary read the nama of ahn B parker as chairman will ham J Jt V oryan ryan took the floor and in an ala address which was frequent iy ay interrupted by supporters of parke barkei and tho the in tho the galleries nominated senator kern kerai of indiana in ili op position tos toi judge parker senator ice in then en took the lined to 7 10 make tile the race madea made tafe a plea i for hari har mony asked that parker withdraw and not receiving a favorable coply to his proposition placed the name oi 01 william J bryan before the convention for temporary chairman mr air bryan accepted the nomination and after a number of addresses had been made in ili favor of the two candidates the ballot was taken the result of tho abo roll call was pari par ker bryan ogorman 4 kern 1 before an all official roll could bo be made senator lea representing tile tho bryan interests moved that inasmuch as judge parker had received votes vota to for dryan bryan tile tho nomination bo be made unanimous there were somo some shouts of no noll but chairman mack alack declared the motion had been carried 11 senator stone of missouri sol senator ator lea and judge huspeth 0 of new jersey were named to escort parker to the chair A round of cheers greeted the newly elected chairman as lie ho climbed tho the steps tp tho the platform national chairman mack alack confined himself to tho the mere introduction judge parker temporary chairman gradually the hall was quieted and parker started to read ills his speech but was interrupted at the very beginning by the greatest contusion confusion thousands df f persons in the gallery content with having witnessed the big fight started to leave the hall many of oe the delegates began to move mova about on oil tile the flo floor or the confusion was such that representative senta Benta tive fitzgerald put a motion to recess until 8 p ni m basing it on the ground t that at the delegates were iturea tired out it was p m when the recess was ordered the night session began at and adjournment was taken at ua 4 in opening judge parker commented on the republican convention at chicago where he said the words liar traitor and thief were freely used we will have nothing like that in ili this convention he said we had a little difference here this afternoon but there was waa nothing said by anyone in that that was intended to be severe if I 1 thought that tile the chief bacak speaker er today was a little bit harai I 1 remembered the three great struggles he made for the democratic party in this country judge parker then continued with his prepared speech at the conclusion af f which he was given a round of applause |