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one-half a vote to each delegation in
Oklahoma was presented. minority re-
port dissenting in the Oklahoma case was
presented.
There was some objection made by
Murray Nandever. from Maryland, 70 the
committee taking no action in the Dis
trict of Columbia case. The chairman
of the committee. Mr.. Campau answered
that there was no cause to act in the
District of Columbia, because it was set
tied by the national committee. Mr..
Vandever moved to recommit that part
of the report to the committee. The mo-
ton was lost amid IA storm of noes"
The report of the committee was then
adopted as presented.
Permanent Organization.
Chairman Thomas then called for the
report of the committee on permanent
orga nizat ton. when it was announced
that Hon. j. ID. Richardson, of Tennes-
see had been selected as permanent
chairman, cheers swept over the great
audience. The report of the committee
| foRows
Your committee on permanent organl-
cation respectfully reports that Hon.
James ID. Richardson of Tennessee be
made permanent chairman OF the con-
vention.
| cit is further recommended that the
! temporary secretary assistant secretaries,
! sergeant reading clerks, special
| officers and medical officers be made the
| permanent officers of this convention, and
| in addition that Hon. Lincoln Dixon of IN
diana, Hon jefferson Pollard of Missouri
Hon. William Cromwell of Kentucky and
| Hon. w +. A. Bernamer Of Illinois, be
| recommended as assistant secretaries.
your committee further recommends
| to the convention for honorary vice pres
| dents, honorary secretaries and members
| of the notification committees and Ma
| tional Democratic Committee the gentle
men severaliy named by the states and
territories"
| Chairman Thomas, after the adoption of
| the report without debate, appointed a
committee. consisting of eX-Gov. McCreary
of Kentucky, Daniel Campau of Michi-
gan and Mayor Phelan of San Francisco,
to escort the permanent chairman TO the
| platform.
Owing TO the densely packed condition
OF the aisles, it required some little time
| for Messrs. Campau. McCrearY and Phe-
| Ian TO get close enough to Mr.. Richard
son TO escort him to the platform. The
four men, marching In single file, the col
umn headed by Gov. McCreary. ploughed
| their way to the side of Chairman Thomas.
Gov. McCreary advanced to the front OF
| the platform and said:
| Gentlemen of the Convention: II gives
me great pleasure to introduce to you the
permanent chairman of the convention,
| Hon. James d. Richardson of Tennessee. "
Mr.. Richardson repeatedly bowed his 40
acknowledgements of the cheers that swept
in wave after wave through the hall.
Richardson's Address.
| IT am deeply sensible of the great honor
/ you, have bestowed upon me in calling me
to preside over this great Democratic
! convention.
1.-The momentous issue this year Is
again l6 TO |. but the sixteen parts to the
one part of this campaign, which / will
briefly discuss, are wholly different from
those of 1896. i will first refer to the
sixteen parts and then to the one part
! These sixteen parts are,
First. We have the issue fraught with
| indescriba BILE importance to our people ma
tive born, and those who have for patri-
| otto reasons cast their fortunes with us
namely, that of the republic against the
| empire. On this part alone of The sixteen
| If there were no other, we confidently ex-
pect to win a sweeping victory in No
Vember. The Republican party stands
! for empire. The Democratic party stands
for the republic, for the Declaration Of
| Independence, and the constitution of our
| country.
Second. The paternal and fostering
care given by those with whom we con-
! tend, to the combina tions of corpora lions
and companies into powerful organiza-
| tons Familiarity known as trusts. Under
three years Of Republican rule, while they
controlled the Presidency, the Senate and
the House of Representatives, that is. all
Of the law-making power of the govern
ment trusts have been propasated and
fostered by legislation until they not only
dominate all markets, both the buying
and selling, but defy the very power of
the government itself. The fareical efforts
put forth by the Republican party in an
alleged attempt to restrain them in the
dying hours OF the late session OF Con-
gress only excited ridicule and contempt,
and served to emphasize their inability
and Discrimination to gIapple the monsters
and regulate their conduct and actions.
No matter what their excuses may be- the
fact is their policies have created them
and though clothed with all power, they
refuse to enact legislation 10 control
them
Third. Called TO power March 4, 1897,
under a pledge to reform the currency.
they seized the first opportunity to fast
en- upon the land the highest protective
tariff law ever put upon the statute books
of any country. This law was enacted
not to raise revenue, but to give Pro-
lection 10 favored manufacturers. II
failed to raise sufficient revenue for the
government, but answered the purpose
Of enriching the favored few while 1t
robbed the many, and at the same time,
brought forth trusts TO plague us as num-