The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-06
D EMOCRATS In CONVENTION.
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GieS'ion could hs put. delegate in IN.
| i'oh' row Of the Second District DELEGATION
| Jumped To IBIS feet amt fiuuticaIiy shouted
! 40. no! Keep The police ont We don't
| want the police in here" This provoked
| an "nthCrst on IL" psrJ Of the convention
| 'ndt was s. somewhat unexpected
IN" convention almost tu a nan arose
| "i.' drowned the oI,'ct"r under 4 food of
| ct''s ot Sit Gown! shut up! Reed, Rc"d"'
nc motion WAS put "a Nivc vocc y.te
! ana Was carried hy the vote of every d.ie-
! cate present. excepting the orig nal dis
! S'hter whose SToutorIlu no. on the vote
| y. .v'E'l Il burst u derisive laughtc:
| Inc chairman dispatched maSs"uger to
hhHt up Mayor Reed. who was not IN thu,
| c'"F'At!'r tent. While the messenger WIS
absent. the Convention became iiuuat,,u.
ana t'cFr were repeated cries for Attorney
General Crow. Ih,~,. wSI" Offset rv th..
! cries Tor Reed. which were renewed AMI
! continued until they were lost in ~. ,-.af
/ eninS chcvr which aro-" as the delegates
| caught si-h; OF Mayer Reed on th. plat
form. making his way toward the speak :
! desk
Mayor Reed made q hriof speech, refer
/ ring I" thc glorious record of the Drrnac-
/ r;''y Of Missouri and dwelling on the nl-
t!unal ISSUES. which will be paramount in
I the coming campais:n.
Dave iiH;t "a Table.
| HE messengers sent in search of httcr-
! htE Gen raj Crow were unal" t. ilu4 him.
an! Dave Ban. fc.mcr candidate for Gov
"rnpr. was called upon.
Mr. E'il is a man Of small physique. and
Wh'u ~" began his remarks, the dricgat. :
IN the rear seats. unable 10 SEE him over the
heads ri tcusy iu front clamuTe8 for a sight
~ HIM. Somebody suggested that he climb
on the taaly. The speaker hesitatcd To act
on the suggestion. but b-for" h" WIS aware
"f It, he had been seized by those on th.
Platform and placed on the cEdirmau's
Ia bic.
, Mr. Eail Is a natural humor!st. with a
fac" the counterpart almost % Sol Smith
; Russell. VITA druli expression which adds
10 the effectiveness Of his delivery. lie is
possessed of Il fund O, quaint au,c.";v ami
his peculiar uhras"ol0Gy, intoTld:'i'd with
hunciy but striking sIWile and W,taI nor.
Kept the convention conVulsed wiki laugh
Ter every moment Of the time h- was speak
ing Tie kept the delegates am Spectators
in the lest possible good nature until the
special committee was ready to report,
Nh ifaH referred briefly to The Chicago
platform, saying that he considered II the
highest expression Of DemGcratic principles.
He would add To IL only two piduks-orc
against trusts. and another against imper!-
a!iSTn- Iru-ts. he said, W"r. created by
Law, and 10y law only could they be de-
stroycd \ trust. he SAID was the Combina-
uon Of two or more corporations.
There is only one effective remedy
against trusts. he said. and am iI favor
81.
hut | do not care for that. Every corpora
t.Jn that - connected with trust should
have its charter forfeited. M"r.. ihau that.
every stock&o!.er who owns stock In such
Il corporation should Ice held liable TO the
fai extent OF his private fortune for its
debts
The committee appointed 10 wait on the
Committee on Cred ntiIiS appeared at the
conclusion Of NJ. Balls remarks. ana an
nu..rCeG that III. Credentials Committee
Co@ld not he aa.r 20 report before o'clock.
Thc-"Up1r: motion To- adjourn until that
hour wal mad. ana carried in the face Of
some opposition.
Evening Session.
The temper III the country delegates on
The. question ct TN" contests in -. Louis
and Kansas C.ty was clearly indicated at
Jhn cvcni.s session. and from their att!-
t!Iie 1t was clear that they would brook 10
delay IN settling these contests. When II
was seen that there WAS no probability f
tho committee hcinS able II report AT the
hour set. thc country delegates eNiI-ed a
desire fc bring tn" contests on n" inor Of
the convention and settle the questions
themselves.
As more than one delegate remarked dur