Show N N a p 4 e age M IN IF DEMOCRATS RN NAME WILSON MARSHALL BY acclamation president and vice president unanimous choice of st louis convention NAMED AFTER SERIES OF demonstrations william jennings bryan addresses delegates praising chief executive tive ticket nam named ed at ai night story of the big political gathering st louis in the presence of a cheering song singing crowd of that packed the coliseum to ity and ie left ft a surging tumultuous mob of disappointed ticket holders outside woodrow wilson was at ed for president of the 06 united states by acclamation at 1160 1150 thursday night at 1155 if vice president thomas riley marshall was by acclamation thus thim by five minutes did the democrats escape the dreaded hoodoo of a ticket named on friday there followed some ome speeches then ail at 1231 a TO the convention adjourned until eleven friday morning for action on the platform gle give display of unity it wa was after a series of demonstrations eions s of enthusiasm en and party amity lasting nearly three hours and emphasized pha sized by afi the appearance of william jennings bryan on the stand as a speaker that senator hughes of new jersey interrupting the speeches seconding the nomination of president Preside nf wilson moved that the selection of Z X nj ML X aw A A M resident wilson making an address the candidate be made by acclamation senator senator hughes moves that the rules be suspended and the nomination made by acca acclamation matlon bowled bawled chairman james above the tumult we was about to put the motion aben a mein man rushed down dob the aisle 1 mux upraised monitory forefinger and the uplifted voice 1 of protest it wai was bobby burke of chicago elected dubols Illa dil delegate agate at large larce as an antt antl ivuson mari amr I 1 mr chairman I 1 object exclaimed mr burke A point of order wl what I 1 at Is the point of or dorfler fler demanded the chairman 1 I wish to make an explanation mr chairman I 1 wish mr air burke was wap down in front demanding man dinga a hp hearing aring but the delegates and the spectators howled him down senator james banged hla his gavel down and ignoring mr air burke put senator hughes s motion there was a thunder of ayes in f favor a of the nomination of mr wilson by acclamation chairman Chair maji james demanded I 1 the nays no shouted burke the chairman announced the nomination of woodrow wilson for president of the united states by a vote vota of 1092 to I 1 there being 1093 delegates in the convention marshall named quickly the cheering for wilson was stifled for the sands bands of thursday were running fast into unlucky friday the nomination for vice president resident Ii were called for senator kern of indiana was recognized and with his eye on his watch named vice president marshall marall in a tingle single sentence the opposition tion to marshall had melted away roger sullivan had withdrawn in the interest of harmony and the names of the other candidates candida teg were bere iere not presented james put the question and marshall was declared the vice ilee presidential nominee wescott names name wilson allson president wilson w was a s placed in nomination by john W wescott of new jersey who performed the same office on behalf of mr wilson at baltimore four years ago mr wescott paid a glowing tribute to the president whom he ha entitled schoolmaster statesman financier pacificator and moral leader of the democracy Mr Wescott concluded his oration at 1050 oc loelf w whereupon a a bedlam af pf noise cheers band playing song singing parading of state delegation standards and general jubilation broke loose demonstration Is started A bugle rings out in one of the galleries A great portrait of the president drops down and shuts out the view of many in the gallery the bandmaster thumps his bass drum A march round Is started georgia springs a big banner reading woodrow wilson didies gift to the nation A woman delegate from kansas marches the press stand carrying a red and blue umbrella south carolina unfurls a palmetto flag and joins the column texas car carries rles her big single star bai banner iner former con coa pressman baltz carries a broom at the head ol 01 0 the illinois delegation dele galion gailon governor dunne Is in line with his straw hot hat on his head girl leads in tipperary pheband the band starts tipperary a p pret ret ty girl in the speakers stand swings her arms and hundreds roar outtie out the wards of the famous marching song the speakers stand Is packed among them Is south trimble clerk of the lower house of congress waving his black slouch hat hal the delegates from new york and it dozen other states are tired and have sunk down in their seats A pretty orl girl in white falls in with the georgia delegates the band plays turkey in the straw A banner like the state standards be bearing a ring the name tutuila Tu tullo Is sandwiched between tennessee and indiana in the marching line john 1 I martin the serie sergeant ant fit at arms cumpson jump son lon the speakers desk degli and waves waves the huge lone star hag flag or of texas while the is thrown on it and the bank plays 11 dixie now someone starts singing my old kentucky home hundreds take tt it up and the band falls in blue banner comes first the aisles are packed with spectators and it Is hard tor for the proc procession enion to force a way the band plays how dry I 1 am and swings into the red alde wid and blue scores of people singing the the words A L big blue banner Is in forced down the center aisle fo woodrow witson peace prosperity and preparedness it if rends reads I 1 I 1 with about seats in the hall there are surely people in the building cheer cheer the gongs gangs all I 1 here starts a new new gale ot of sin singing ing now it ts la maryland the clear voices of women leading the chorus A pretty prett young woman ca carries aries the banner of california senator hughes of now jersey mounts the speakers stand and waving a cane proposes three cheers for wilsom they are lost in the general era uproar the alon has been under way for or 20 minutes stir over suffrage colori at 1120 p ia 32 minutes after the demonstration had started A yellow suffrage umbrella lawas wa hoisted over the head of congressman heflin of alabama who was still holding the gavel tempo temporarily rahly this served to rouse the enthusiasm two nebraska delegates leaped into the middle odthe of the new york delegation sitting bitting tight ln in its chairs and urged Al murphy urphy and the tammany braves to get happy former governor glynn and afew a few others got on their chairs murphy move a muscle A handsome woman in full evening dress waved the south carolina flag bag from the speakers stand while the he bond band played dixie 11 the band quit playing at 1130 11 SO two minutes afterward it starts all over again and then chairman james begins to pound for order the demonstration has lasted 45 minutes after a couple of brief seconding speeches the nomination of mr wilson was waa rushed through glynn Is the keynoter in a hall gay with flags and bunting and with pictures of party fe leaders aders past and present looking down upon them from medallions around the balcony the delegates to the democratic national convention assembled on scheduled time wednesday the proceedings ce were formally started when william ff mccombs chairman of the national committee ascended the platform and rapped for far order he incited the first burst of enthusiasm of the convention when in a short address introducing the temporary chairman he predicted victory for the party in the mhd fall the keynote speech was delivered by former gov martin H glynn of new york fork the temporary chairman he was frequently interrupted by applause when some point in his speech stirred I 1 the enthusiasm of the delegates his eulogy of president wilson started the biggest demonstration of the day governor glenns speech committees on credentials permanent organization rules and resolutions were announced and that days work was a done james Perm permanent arient chairman the delegates were a little slow in assembling for Thurs thursday dayA session and it was almost noon when temporary of kansas the convention suspended the rules amid tumultuous good feeling and invited mr bryan to the rostrum A committee conducted mr air bryan amid wild cheering to the side of chairman james mr brtan launched into a speech lauding flauding the administration of the president following mr bryans bryana address the convention got gordown down to the real business for which it hod had been convened and the oi of president wilson and vice president marshall was quickly put through as aa related above the convention took a recess until eleven friday morning when the report of the committee on resolutions waa presented and the th platform was adopted with little discussion and practically no opposition adopt americanism plank condemnation of the activities of all persons pe hons groups and organizations in the united states that conspire to ad vance the interests crests of a forel foreign 16 power libber aro are contained in the americanism plank of the democratic platform adopted we charge the plank declares decla oaf that such conspiracies spi among a um M THOMAS RILEY MARSHALL chairman glynn called the convention to order permanent chairman ollie I 1 jamesway james was escorted to the chair and cintr introduced ho he immediately launched into his address ile he lauded the president and defended his policies particularly in regard to the controversy with germany over the submarine warfare and our relations with mexico an enthusiastic demonstration greeted grei ted his praise of president wilson which lasted more than twenty minutes at the tha close of chairman james speech the convention tool a recess until nine in the evening before the nominating speeches began at the evening session the democrats indulged in a lovo love feast in which the advent of harmony in their ranks baal celebrated the leader of this demonstration of good will was william jennings bryan wilson vilson praised by bryan air bryan was cheered enthusiastically asti cally as he be entered the presa see sec nine A few minutes later tion with mrs bryan shortly after upon the motion of senator thompson cited number exist and have been instigated sti gated for or the purpose of adv advancing cing the interests of foreign countries to the prejudice and detriment of our own country through pre preparedness prepared pa redness nesa on land and sea against unexpected invasion and the joining of the united states with cothre nations to assist the world in securing settled peace and justice nino also ward were urged another in other planks adopted A suffrage plank similar to that adopted by the republican convention In dorsing the issue but leaving its adoption or rejection to the individual states w was adopted nd opted we recommend the plank reads rea the extension of the franchise to thi the women omen of the country by the states upon the same terms as men |