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Tie end Of ,h. contest on. del.s.t. arose and

the end OF the contest one delegate arose ana
aWhen did the chair have the power deie-
gated 20 her TO nbrngate n part OF a ruler"
1T is not n question Of power" quickly re.
sponhed the lady. THE rule Is wrong, and II
Is high time IL was shown up and the wrong
corrected propose to SEQ right and Justice
Then ensued tho widest demonstrations
which she had yet had tocope with. She stool ut
blrs ana nisics. Order will I've maintained. e
debates nfr "H We're SoI IGNORED. 81 She maintains maintaInsd 'r Rer
stand 10 have order before anything further was
done. It was not until the gang hnd exhausted
lung Tower and parliamentary tactics to trip
anything like order, When the question came
delegations should hot vote. aud. though this
also had to he debated; the Chair held, her
ground. The vote sustained the appeal 10y "A
Ttrgr majority. and the temporary roll was
adopted. Thc temporary Organization was
quickly made and a recess taken until l9
at her most for more than four hours. aud had
not wavered once.
the excited delegates were during all this fight.
Ono old man who had been n politician for
more than forty years sat near the front swear.
Cant some one choke Off that damn. fool
woman he was heard to exclaim Mt one juno
turc. The confusion OF the delegates IN nd
Chairman, ~ Mrs. chairman,' and Nj
Chairman were used indls"riminatoly. one
Ielepate was heard to declare that she out
HeroJed Herod, and should he sent TO Wash
ington to take Speaker Reeds place.
Mrs. K!stler talked freely of her experience
aft,rward.
I" knew was wrong at 1.-THE outset" she
confessed. ~ knew that the report OF tho
County Central Committee was final, and that
| had nothing to do but accept the roll and
submit to the temporary organization with
out que ;tion; but II you only knew of the many
shameful actions of that subcommittee in
throwing out delegates and substituting
others who had no possible claim to seats, you
would see why l was so indignant. II was
not right, and / wanted the public TO know It.
The only way to get IL before the people was
to rule as 1 did. and let the matter he fully
discussed. Had tho questions been sent to the
Credentials Committee after temporary organi-
and the public would not have been the wiser.
If women are to reform politics, they can do
nothing better than abrogate vicious rules
like this one"
Kistler from n box viewed the disorderly pro-
ceedings with au amused smile. and the Chair
man who tried to conduct the business of the
hour failed to rule the crowd az well as she had
Convention adjourned at = In the morning beg
gar description. There. were maudlin songs
Oy drunken delegates, choruses. such as We'll
all get blind drunk, Johnny fill NJ the bowl"
and we Won't Go Home, Till Morning" and
speeches. pending the arrival OF the re-
port Of the Credentials Committee. Then tho
over minority and majority reports
wagcd while the bowls increased in violence.
Several fist encounters ensued, and women
rushed screaming from the hall. |
All through this dav OF disorder and shameful
scenes many women delegates remained 10 the
last, determined TO do their duty and fight the
politicians. at every step. They declared
that they would never again be seen in politi-
never in the history. OF conventions In Colorado
were such disgraceful scenes enacted.