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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1912
Page
4
Baltimore dispatch reports Tammany Hall leader Murphy central in a muddled Democratic fight over the presidential nomination. Clark backers press for nominating Speaker while Murphy shifts between Underwood and Wilson, with Budding tensions among Western delegates and a looming vote tally.
Challenging of the correctness of the announcement from certain States, delegates and galleries stuck it out to the last as a recess was ordered and accepted. The leaders recognized the deadlock would be hard to break. The hot Baltimore day offered a glimmer of hope for an early solution, while delegates groaned at another protracted session in the convention hall.
Sherwood, sole supporter of his wife and six children, forced confrontation, dragged his wife into the house, and spat tobacco juice on her. Sheriff Elwood intervened. Sherwood went with the officer and was spared jail. Prosecutor Clitus King urges harsher punishment and a thrashing. Sherwood must report weekly for six weeks.
The Connecticut branch of the National Association of Stationary Engineers held its annual gathering in Meriden with election of officers for the new year. Thomas J. Phillips was named president and a slate including Bernard Reynés, Charles Dowd, Herman Oeffinger, Jacob Miller were elected. The convention will span three days next year.
Special to The Farmer Bert Murphy known as the man who sings to beat the band drew crowds on Baltimore grounds as a 150 strong Cook County delegation led a serenade for Cardinal Gibbons. Murphy sang In This Grand United States and the crowd joined the chorus while Cardinal applauded. Chicago delegates marched to the Cardinal's residence with sleep deprivation noted and an hour long instrumental program preceded the Cardinal’s introduction to convention delegates. Murphy will sing in the city next week with Wheeler & Wilson at Sea Breeze II.
Fairfield June 2 Andrew Sherwood of Benson's Road received a 30 day jail sentence with fines and costs of 31.18 for drunkenness breach of the peace abusive language and assault. The sentence was suspended and he was placed under sheriff supervision as probation.
Peerless Rubber Co. acts, Frank J. Corbett of Consolidated Valve Co. and Family, Billy Murray of Jenkins Brothers, Jack Armour of Power, and H. Frantzen at the piano. The gathering continued well into the night.
Fairfield June 20 rumors claim the Rock property destroyed by fire and later owned by John Freeman will host a saloon via a license transfer. Freeman says he plans a building for the site and has leased to Druggist Clampett to operate a pharmacy, denying any saloon venture. The town debates a new school site and the Freeman claim fuels talk of proximity limits.
At the convention spectators include Joseph Leiter, former wheat speculator and now president of Washington DC Gas Co, allied with Belmont and Ryan. The second night sees new crowds with ice water at cents and cups at a cent, while betting is quiet as candidates fail to gain nomination and deadlocks loom. The night session wears on, testing delegates, press, and photo workers, with little to show for the prolonged delay.
The Smith-Murray Co lists a new line of paper doilies in several patterns and sizes with pricing per hundred and per package. Doilies include 5 6 7 pattern Inch Lace Edge lines with 36 per package and various sizes priced from ten to fifteen cents per hundred.
The scene riffs with laughter and clamor as visitors in the galleries shout for Wilson. Notable figures such as William Allen White and Jay Darling mingle among the crowd while Woodrow Wilson’s demonstration takes on a footballlike energy with delegates of Pennsylvania and New Jersey leading cheers.
New York June 29 opening stock market showing irregular prices with little change. Government bonds steady and overall activity muted with slight rally in late trading. The day ends quiet with some sales and a few notable moves by traders. James Raynolds 14 of New Haven dies after a beating incident following a clash on a street.
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