The San Francisco call., 1904-07-08

precedent in the Democratic party.
The gentleman from Nebraska forcefully said
he believed in the great elementary principle
of Democracy. that the majority should rule
| stand behind him and will always follow him
In the advocacy OF that principle, but have
been taught by the same great mind that pro
mulgafed 70 man that cardinal. principle OF
freedom. that the will of the majority must be
method of parliamentary procedure
The chair then recognized Frank P
Quinn of Illinois. who had fifteen min
utes of time in which to conclude the
partisan debate for the contestees. He
said:
Gentlemen of the Convention: 1 want tc
say TO you that am always a Democrat who
believes that the majority of the party should
rule. / am so good a Democrat that l dc
not reserve the right to vote until after the
Democratic convention l am so good Demo
crat that / never call a man a train robbel
and thief unless l know the facts 10 be SO
| am so good Democrat that in 1896 stand
ing upon the platform of the Democratic Ma
tional Committee. l stumped the State OF Ill
inois and hurled the lie into the teeth of Dem
ocrats and Republicans who charged that Will
liam ] Bryan was dishonest and repudiator.
In 1896 ran for the office of Recorder Of my
county and was defeated. but never assumed
the right by reason Of that defeat to nomina te
harbor masters Coroners and mix up in Dem
ocratic petty quarrels all over the State.
Quinn closed with plea for a fair
hearing.
MANY INTERRUPTIONS.
He was frequently interrupted by the
galleries and there were loud calls
from the delegates to have the CALLER
les cleared. He declared himself a
Democrat who believed in the right of
the majority to rule and one who did
not call another Democrat a thief un-
less he knew him to be one. He was,
he said, defeated himself in 1896, but
did not for that reason arrogate to
himself ri m in M
peoples quarrels all over the country.
He declared that Bryan had read to
the convention as his minority report
the brief of one of the attorneys for
the contestants.
Quinn was so frequently interrupt
ed by the galleries that Chairman
Williams was forced to appeal to the
convention for him.
Delegate Richardson of Alabama.
rising and addressing the chair. de-
clared that it was evident that or
ganized attempt was being made to
suppress the facts in the case by pre-
venting Quinn from being heard and
the chairman again threatened to have
the galleries cleared.
How about gavel rule?" shouted a
voice from the rear of the hall, allud-
ing to one of Bryan's sentences.
You want to know about gavel
replied Quinn. Before he could con-
tinue a disturbance started in the bal
cony just back Of the alternates' seats
and one disturber was seized and
elected by two city policemen.
During the intermission created in
Mr.. Quinn's speech by this episode
John p. Hopkins walked up to the
front of the rostrum and called to
Quinn: Talk facts, John"
6T'l1 falL fhor,a ranIiad O,1i,,,1
Resuming his speech, he briefly mar
rated the election of himself as chair
man of the convention and of Hop
kins and Calve as the delegates al
large and asked for fair treatment foI
his side.
ROWDIES ELECTED.
In addition to the one man first eject.
ed half dozen men in one of the bal
comics, who were constantly interrupt
ing the speaker. were also put out OF
the hall by the police. Senator Mar
tin of Virginia rushed up and ordered
J that the blackguards be put out,
and the police responded quickly.
Bryan then arose to conclude. He
was again given warm welcome o
cheers. Raising his hand, he made the
request that the convention should no
take his time. Immediately there wa!
silence
| When he declared he had been at tn,
! committee-rOom at 3 o'clock in tn,
morning and knew more about the de
tails of the case than those who ac
| cused him OF ignorance he was cheereC
] to the echo. He said:
The first speaker said that 1 had not hear
! the evidence. / stayed in the sub-commtte
| OF the National Committee and heard evidenc
until 8 O'Clock in the morning and hav
heard more evidence than the gentleman VIII
| talked TO you and who impeached my knowl
edge of this case
The gentleman tries to obtain credit fror
/ the report of the National Committee. TIL
National Committee referred this case to tn
Credentials COMMITTEE on the ground that tn
| National Committee did not have time to in