BRYAN IN SENSATIONAL SPEECH EXPLAINS
BIS VOTE—CLARK GOES TO BALTIMORE
AND HITS BACK AT NEBRASKAN
Speaker in a Statement Given Ont Alter Conference With Hearst,
Stone and Other Friends Hotly Asserts That the Commoner
Must Prove Charges or Retract.
Baltimore. —William J. Bryan's ap
pearance on the platform and his vio
lent attack upon the New York State
democracy and the Ryan-Morgan-Bel
inont coterie of financiers proved the
sensation of the Democratic National
Convention. It roused the great mass
of humanity to a wild demonstration
at once of applause and denunciation.
Bryan threw the convention into tur
moil by deserting Clark for Wilson
and declaring he would not support
any candidate supported by Murphy
and the liyan-Belmont crowd.
Violating all precedent Mr. Bryan
mounted the platform and made a
speech in which he took occasion to
denounce Charles F. Murphy by name
and to impugn the sincerity of the en
tire New York delegation. To achieve
this end Mr. Bryan went through the
form of obtaining unanimous consent,
but there were a number of objections
to his course, and these were finally
withdrawn only because no individual
cared to be recorded as the objector.
And when he had begun his speech
Mr. Bryan took absolute charge. He
yielded to those who wished to ques
tion him. wholly disregarding the
chair; hurled back answers which won
the galleries as much as they angered
the 'delegates opposed to him, and
through it all the leaders were ob
viously frightened beyond measure for
fear of a Bryan stampede.
Various delegates hurled defiance at
Bryan, to his obvious delight, for in
©very encounter lie 1 came out by far
the best of it. Asked if lie would sup
port the nominee of the convention,
provided such nominee were chosen
through the Influence of Murphy and
the Kyan-Belmont interests, Bryan de
clared that he would not commit him
self in advance, but that such support
was comparable to the defence by a
lawyer of a defendent after a crime
had been committed: which was quite
a different thing from the conspiracy
of a lawyer with the culprit before the
crime was committed.
And before he had closed his re
marks he had, in effect, placed in the
record a threat to oppose any candi
date who received the support of the
New York delegation and had actually
made Murphy and his friends appreci
ate that the throwing of New York's
vote to any candidate would be regard
ed by the Progressive forces as prima
facie evidence of guilt of such candi
date. To say that the New Yorkers
frothed at the mouth would hardly be
an exaggeration, but they were power
less. No one dared seek even to shut
off the Nebraskan. It was far too ob
vious that he sought to be made a
martyr and would welcome anything
which even remotely resembled being
"'steam rollered."
It would be hard to imagine a more
tense situation than prevailed for
more than two hours, during which
the hearts of the "old guard" quaked.
They trembled In their shoes lest the
great magnetism of the Nebraskan
should one again fire the imagination
of delegates as well as galleries to the
point of combustion.
New Mexico delegates had minia
ture sombreros fastened to the lapels
of their coats. They appeared to be
more anxious to boost their new State
than to shout for any of the candi
dates.
One of the interested spectators of
the proceedings was Mrs. T.ift, wifj of
the president, who «as entertained by
Mrs. Norman E. Mack, wife of the
chairman of the Democratic national
commitee. Mrs. Taft wore white, em
broidered with white cord, and a
white straw hat, set off with aigrittes.
The Florida delegates spent much
time boosting their own State. They
■wore long badges telling of the ad
vantages to be gained bv living in
Florida, and at the bottom was the
invitptlon, 'Come and see us.."
Extt. the "wife-beater." The "wife
beater ' is a noise-making instrument
like a clap-stick designed lor "merry
maKing ' in cro>vds. Men were using
it sc frequently on women and girls
tlu t th& polico ordered its banish
ment.
Mrs. William II Taft attended the
convenion. While in Baltimore Mrs.
Taft was the guest of Mrs. Hugh C.
Wallace and Delegate Wailacj of
Washington State.
Mr. Parker's glowing tribute in his
vi vech to Bryan, whom he forthwith
recommended for the chairmanship
of the resolution-) committee, was re
c< i'.ed with cheers.
Convention Chatter
Baltimore ia asking whether the
fork.'nj; over of $115,000 to set the
convention has paid. • Gold
bricked!" say many.
Senator Bristow declares that the
yielding to Bryan in the Baltimore
(■onveution was evidence or the decad
ence of party power.
relegates at Baltimore received
many indignant messages about Mr.
1 ryan s defeat Tuesday ia the con-
VblUiOU
Baltimore. —Speaker Clark came to
Baltimore in response to the urgent
request of ex-Senator Fred T. Dubois,
his campaign manager, and George
Fred Williams of Massachusetts, who
represented that the Missourian's can
didacy had suffered by reason of an
"attack upon his honor" made by Will
lam Jennings Bryan. The convention, ■
apparently hopelessly deadlocked, had
adjourned until Monday before the
Speaker arrived.
Mr. Clark reached the city at 11:45
and went to the Emerson Hotel. There
he went into conference with his man
ager, ex-Senator Dubois of Idaho, and
William R. Hearst of New York.
After his conference Speaker Clark
Issued the following statement:
"To-day in the National Convention
an outrageous aspersion was cast up
on me, and through me upon the
Democratic Party, by one who of all
men ought to be the last to besmudge
or betray his friends or his party.
"So far as I am personally concern
ed it is enough to say that the charge
which reflects upon my personal or
party Integrity is utterly and absolute
ly false.
"I might afford to forget myself, but
I am by the choice of the Democratic
majority of the House of Representa
tives the ranking official Democrat in
National public life I cannot be false
or corrupt without reflecting upon my
party in the most serious way.
"Any man who would enter into an
alliance with any selfish interest of
privileged class of this country to gain
the nomination for the Presidency is
unworthy of the Presidency and of the
Speakership of the House.
"If I have not entered into such an
alliance, then the Democrat, however
distinguished, who wantonly charges
me with this act is a traitor to the
Democratic Party, and to bis profess
ed friendship to me.
"I am not here to plead for a nom
ination or to attempt to influence any
man's political action. Let every man
proceed in thisconventlon according to
his convictions and the expressed will
of his constituents.
"I ask no undue consideration from
any man, be he friend or foe, but I de
mand exact justice from every Demo
crat, either in this convention or
throughout the nation.
With William J. Bryan and his
charge made in the convention to-day
the issue is proof or retraction. I
shall expect him to meet that issue.
"CHAMP CLARK."
"I came here to Baltimore to confer
with my friends on matters concerning
which I will probably have something
to'say after the conference," said Mr.
Clark just before he wont into the con
ference. "That is all I have to say
now."
The fire marshal of Baltimore kept
out thousands who were waiting to
get into the convention hall, hoping to
hear the nominating speeches. The
marshal said that the armory was
filled far beyond its capacity of 14,-
000, and he refused to allow any
one else to get in.
Policemen around the convention
hall chased, and sometimes captured,
ticket speculators. The scalpels who
at first were complaining sc bitterly
that nobody courted the!" society,
grew quite disturbed when thj police
showed a real desire to make their ac
quaintance.
The women who visited Baltimore
in the interest of the anti-suffrage
movement say that for every hearing
giver, the suffragists they toe would
demand a hearing of the resolutions
committee.
Congrssman D. J. Lewis, of Mary
land, representing labor organizations,
urged the committee to .declare in
favor of wiping out express com
panics and substituting parcels post
therefor.
Ihe credentials committee of the
Baltimore convention reversed the ac
tioi- of the national committee and
seated sixteen contesting Clark dele
gations from South Dakota and the
District of Columbia.
Many southern and western dele-
Sates deserted tfie standard of Clark
for that of Wilson because of the alli
ance of the forces back of the Mis-
Bourian with the reactionaries in sup
poit of Parker.
"With our Wilson we wl'l win,"
pang Princeton boomers, but there
was always one discordant note—
"Jude" Jones, Princeton, 1910, in
f.isifc on singing It ''snail win."
'A hen supper was over and the
dishes washed,, Baltimore went down
■.own, baby in the goeart, mother with
out her hat on and father in his shirt
bleeves and vest, and saw tl'e conven
tion. Every night was carnival night
while the convention was on
A new convention advertising
dodge: Flip a feather with advertis
ing attached straight at a victim and
it buries its turr points in a coat
laptL
PROMINENT DEMOCRATS NOW IN THE LIMELIGHT
Mt > JSSBSi ® $ 4
. ■>: yflv /r J
THIRD PARTY
FUNDS ASSURED
Roosevelt Gets Promises of
$600,000 for His Campaign.
PERKINS PLEDGES THIS SUM
Backing from Pennsylvania—Those
Who Helped Carry Primaries
There Are to Give Again—
"We'll Show 'Em."
Oyster Bay, N. Y. —The financial
backing of Colonel Roosevelt's third
party was taken up at a conference
at Sagamore Hill with George \V. Per
kins. The ex-President got the assur
ance that funds will not be lacking to
push his candidacy. Perkins was the
chief contributor to the Colonel's pri
mary campaign, which cost more than
$300,000. tThe ex-President was in
formed that if ho needs twice that
much to further his independent boom
it will be provided.
Roosevelt also conferred with Penn
sylvania leaders on finances.
Ex-Senator Flinn, one of the stal
warts of his primary campaign,
brought heavy financial support to the
Colonel's pre-conveution campaign
and advices at Sagamore Hill are that
he will keep up the work. Speaking
of the situation in New York State
the Colonel remarked that there
would be two Republican tickets in
the field, one representing the reac
tionaries, the other the progressives.
"We shall have candidates for of
fices from President down to consta
ble," he observed.
"We will show them yet," was his
last remark, as he walked towards his
home.
Launch New Party in Pennsylvania.
Philadelphia.—By way of launching
the third-term party in Pennsylvania
the followers of the Flinn-Van Valken
burg combination are obtaining signa
tures to pre-emption papers through
out the State it was learned here
The third-term promoters are pre
empting the party title in the Sena
torial and legislative districts. It is
their purpose to place on the ticket
candidates for the Senate and Assem
bly who will suppor the new party on
legislative matters in the session be
ginning January, 1913.
Roosevelt Wouldn't Withdraw.
Cedar Rapids, lowa. —Gov. Herbert
S. Hadl°y of Missouri confirmed the
statements of Colonel Roosevelt and
Controller Prendergast of New York
that Taft leaders had offered at Chi
cago to seat the Roosevelt delegates
from Washington and Texas if Col
onel Roosevelt would consent to the
nomination of Governor liadley or
some other third man. Governor Had
ley passed through here on his way
to fill Chautauqua engagements.
NEW TAFT ELECTORS FILED.
President's Kansas Leaders Fear
Flop to Roosevelt.
Topeka, Kan.—Separate petitions
were filed here by the Taft forces to
get the names of eight new candi
dates for Kansas presidential electors
on the Republican pimary ballot to be
voted upon in August. The list was
filed by the Taft leaders, who fear th«
electors whose peitions are already
filed would cast their votes for Roose
velt In the electoral college should
j they be chosen in November.
SUFFRAGE DEMONSTRATION
HELD IN BALTIMORE
Women Paraded to Impress Democrat
ic Platform Makers—Delegates
Are Impressed.
Baltimore —After weeks of careful
preparation and planning the sut
ragists held their parade and demon
stration with a view of making an
impression on the platform makers of
the Democatic party.
It had been planned to march
through the convention hall, if per
mission could be secured, but the con
vention had taken a recess during the
hours of tiie parade, so the officials of
the conventiou were saved from an
embarrassing situation.
Just as the sun sunk low and the
shadows lengthened into dusk, the
army of suffragists gathered beneath
the Washington Monument in Mount
Vernon place and fell into line for
one of the greatest parades in the
history of the franchise movement in
this country.
it was shortly after 7 o'clock when
the cavalcade got under way on the
first stage of the march, which em
braced a wide area northwest of Balti
moer and terminated outside the
Lyric, on Mount Royal avenue.
The chief participants in the pa
rade, a number of whom wore fancy
costumes, tripped down the steps of
the home of Miss Mary Garrett,
Monument and Cathedral streets,
amid loud cheering, and took their
places on the floats. A few minutes
later Miss Ellen Lamotte, the chief
marshal, gave the order to march and
the procesion was under way.
At the head of the parade, mounted
on a snow white charger, rode Miss
Ida N'eepier, impersonating Joan of
Arc, the patron saint of the cause,
typifying the fighting spirit of the
feminine sex. Her costume was all
white and silver, and she carried a
gorgeous white satin banner with the
lleur delis emblazoned in the center.
On each side of the doughty Joan
rode Mrs. Dan O'Connell R. Hooker,
the leader and organizer of the dem
onstration, and Mrs. Frank F. Ra
mey, a marshal, staff in hand, and
other officers of the Just Government
League who were her assistants. Fol
lowing them were six chariots drawn
by some of Baltimore's young women,
presenting in picturesque effect the
triumphant progress of the States
that have granted votes to women.
Each of the chariots bore a banner of
one of the suffrage States.
Miss Marie Louise Perin was one of
the chrioteers, while Mrs. W. O.
Stevens, of Annapolis, held the reins
of another.
The State floats, representing Roman
chariots, had the following laurel
crowned charioteers Washington,
Miss Laura Byrne; Idaho, Mrs. John
G. Wilson; Utah, Miss-Eva Hall; Wy
oming, Mrs. W. O. Stevens, and Col
orado, Miss Louise Frazee.
Interest centered in the Baltimore
suffragists, who marched beside the
chariots with shackles on their hands
to show how women without the vote
i are powerless.
SUFFRAGETTES ON WARPATH.
Resume Window-Smashing Campaign
in England—Asquith Assaulted.
London. —The suffragettes in Lon
don and the provinces returned to
their window-smashing campaign.
They smashed the windows in the
Royal Exchange postoffiee at Man
chester. They also broke windows in
the Manchester reform Club. The
windows of postofflces were smashed
at Ludlow, Hitchin. Letchworth and
Streathem. Premier Asquith was as
saulted.
HIGH PRICES
RREAKRUTCHERS
Dealers Predict Many Retailers
Will Quit by Fall.
CONSUMERS ARE EATING FISH
Business Has Fallen Off One-third
Within Last Ten Weeks —Cost-
Price Market for Fish Under
Queensboro Bridge Open.
New York.—Butchers throughout
the city said openly that the retail
meat trade was facing its greatest cii
sis in this counry. They prophesied
that many members of their trade
would have togo out of business this
autumn because there is no prospect
of meat prices being any lower, and
because the retail meat shops in this
ciy have lost 30 per cent, of their uts
tomers the last ten weeks, following
the great increase in the price of
beef.
"The reason that the situation is so
serious is that not choice cuts
of beef, but the cuts purchased by the
masses of the people have increased
in price beyond what the masses can
pay," said a member of the firm of
Koelsch Brothers in Washington Mar
ket. "The masses buy round steaks
and chuck steaks, and in times of nor
mal prices a family will buy one oi
the other of these cuts almost every
day. But round steaks, which ten
weeks ago sold for 20 cents, are now
selling for 20 cents a pound. The re
sult of this inclirease in price is shown
in the reduction in the volume of busi
ness which has been going on all
over the city the last two months in
the retail butchers' trade.
"And 1 don't believe that the busi
ness is coming back again in the au
tumn, either. The high prices of meat
are not due to speculation, manipula
tion, or 'trusts.' The meat-buying
public might just as well get the facts
straight once for all. The Chicago
speculators and the 'trust' are partly
responsible for the trouble, but merely
because of something they dii about
fifteen years ago. At that time the
business of cattleman was a great busi
ness in the western part of this coun
try. Big men with big plans and big
capital raised cattle on a really ex
tensive scale. These cattlemen were
open-handed, open-hearted fellows,
and when they took their cattle to the
Chicago buyers they expected fair
treament'and just prices.
"East side housewives were much
pleased because the philanthropic
'cost-price' fish market, which a num
ber of the consumers' organizations of
the city are starting under the
Queensboro bridge to reduce the cost
of living for the east side poor, opened
for business.
YOUTH KILLS POLICEMAN
Shoots His Would-Be Captor in a
Philadelphia Pawnshop.
Philadelphia.—Thomas A. Bowling,
a policeman of this city, was shot and
almost instantly killed by a 17-yoar
old youth. Homer Cleveland of Balti
more, whom he was attempting to ar
rest as a suspicious character, in a
pawnshop.
Cleveland ran out of the pawnshop
after the shooting and was pursued by
a crowd. He was captured after a
chase of several squares.
TORNADO POTS
TOWN IN RUINS
Causes $10,000,000 Property
Loss in Regina, Saskatchewan
SCORES BURIED IN DEBRIS
Elevator Blown on Track—Puts Wires,
Power and Light Plants Out of Com
mission—Only Hand Presses
for Printing Papers.
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Dispatches
from Kegina, Saskatchewan, stale that
at 5 o'clock p. m„ a cyclone struck the
southwestern portion of that city anil
tore its way northeasterly through
eight blocks in the business part of
the city.
Falling walls and flying timbers kill
ed people as they walked in the street
or hurried along in automobiles.
The estimated number killed and in
jured is 200.
All available conveyances were call
ed to pick up the dead or injured, who
were hurried oft' to hospitals or homes.
The telephone office was in the
heart of the ruins, and all lines were
put out of commission, the operators
being removed from the debris.
The power plant was also put out of
gear, and the town is without electric
power or light.
The morning papers issued sheets
from hand presses. All telegraph
wires are down except two, one of
which has been reserved for death
messages.
A large elevator was blown across
the railway track. The only skyscrap
er in the city was in the path of the
cyclone.
The property loss is roughly esti
mated at $10,000,000, including the
building and plant of The Regina
Standard.
Two fires started, but the brigade
j got a stream working, and appeared to
; have the situation under control.
Qu'Appelle, forty miles east of Re
gina and Melville, further north, also
I suffered severely from the storm.
A special train left Winnipeg short
ly after 9 o'clock with doctors and
nurses and telegraph and telephone
repair men.
The cent, al path of the storm In Re
j gina lay between Hamilton steet on
| the east and Albert street to the west,
j including between them the greater
portion of the financial, business and
j shopping districts.
Before it entered the city the storm
! passed directly over the Provincial
I Parliament buildings south of Was
i cana Lake, but it is impossible yet to
I obtain word of the damage there.
J Crossing the lake, its path north was
over the Dominion Jail buildings,
when it struck the most select residen
| tial section included on Sixteenth,
j Fifteenth, Fourteenth, Thirteenth, and
| Victoria avenues. On the latter is the
j Land other public buildings,
| and a number of big churches. Next
I it swept Twelfth and Eleventh ave
j nues and South Railway street, which
I cover the financial and business dis
j tricts.
Not abating a whit in fury, the
| storm passed over the Canadian Pacl-
I fic Railway, taking down in its course
j half a dozen elevators. It then passed
i to that portion of the city lying north
j of the railway, where the wholesale
I houses are largely situated, while be
! yond it is a big residential district.
Although the fury of the storm was
j most apparent between Hamilton and
Albert streets, a good deal of damage
was done elsewhere particularly in the
Western Railway yards. The cyclone
was so sudden that at first indescriba
ble confusion reigned, but soon order
was restored and relief gangs were or
i ganized.
The storm continued northwest
from Regina through Central Saskat
chewan, doing great damage, but no
loss of life is reported outside of Ra~
I gina.
CORNELL WINS ALL.
Ithacans Victorious in Intercollegiate
Regatta at Poughkeepsie.
Eight-oared Varsity—Won by Cor
ncll.. Official time, 19.21 2-5.
Four-oared Varsity—Won by Cornell.
! Official time, 10.34 1-5.
Eight-oared Freshman —Won by
: Cornell. Official time, 9.31.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Cornell's aqu
atic broom swept all varsitys before
it in the intercollegiate regatta here,
j demonstrating once again the suprem
j acy of her navy. She captured two of
j the three races with comparative ease,
| being pressed hard only in the fresh
man race, when the Badger boys from
the University of Wisconsin finished
second, less than a boat length behind.
TWO BATTLESHIPS SAIL AWAY.
Naval "Object Lessons" Leave Balti
more Unhonored by Delegates.
Baltimore. —Two of the battleships,
the Louisiana and the Kansas, which
were sent here with the New Hamp
shire and the South Carolina for con
vention week, supposedly as an ob
ject lesson to the delegates, so that a
bigger navy plank would not be for
gotten in the platform, sailed away
without being honored with many vis
itors. if any, from the saviors at the
nation.