The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1904-07-15

tials not being ready to report . re-
cess was taken until p. m.
Afternoon Session.
The first test of strength Of the
factions in the convention came at
the afternoon session, when the re-
port Of the credentials committee was
made. The majority report favored
the adoption, with one exception, Of
the action of the national committee.
William j. Bryan presented a mi
nority report In behalf of the Illinois
contestants.
After a strenuous appeal by Mr..
Bryan, who spoke for thirty minutes
In behalf of the Hearst Harrison dele
gates. the roll call showed SAT votes
against and 2sg for the adoption Of
the report for which he had vainly
battled.
Illinois, on request of National Com
mitteeman Hopkins, was passed on
the roll call. The twenty-eight votes
Of Michigan and the sixty-eight of
Pennsylvania we're cast as unit I'M
der Chairman Williams ruling.
Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, took
the gaveI as permanent chairman of the
convention late In the afternoon ses-
sion, and delivered his speech as such.
1t was sharp arraignment of Republi-
can shortcomings and Inconsistencies,
both in the party and administration.
Mr. Clark said in part:
Mr.. CIarlx's speech.
"GentIemen Of the Conventions: The
principal part of the speech-making by
the chairman In this convention has been
convention 81 that the nominees Of ii viii
be elected next November (applause) and
1t shall be done without fear or favor to
them. King David said once in his haste
that all men are liars. II he had been In
Chicago about the time Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge was reading the republican
platform, he could have taken his leisure
and said that All republicans are liars
daughter and prolonged applause.)
They dragged out the old free trade
DOGGY. and expect to scare men with that
in the coming campaign Men in the frame
Of mind that the democrats are this year
can NOT be scared
They declarethe republicans do-the
monumental lie that a democratic tariff
always produces bad time. and a re-
publican tariff always produces good
times And yet, In 13, when Grant was
beginning his second term In the White
enough votes to call the ayes and noes,
you had q panic that made peoples teeth
rattle from sea to sea. Q.aughter) They
evidently believed In Mark Twains die
tim, Blessed Is the man that bloweth his
own horn, lest It be not blown Laugh
teri
fought quick and successful war in
favor of Cuba when the truth is, as /
stated on the floor of the house when
they we're al there, and none e them
the scrutf of the neck and dragged them
into the Spanish war. And their dsin-
clination to go into. and their disposition
to monopolize all glories, reminds me of
a Poland-China SOW that my father used
to tell me about. that was so bashful you
had to pull her ears OFF to get her 70 the
trough, and so greedy you had to pull
her tail of to get her away. C4aughter( (
1--WE are in favor of cutting down to
a reasonable basis the monstrosities of
vor Of reciprocity that reciprocates. Cap
plause.) We are In favor of getting rid
OF the Philippine islands at the first ia
vorable opportunity They are not worth
favor of restricting the functions Of the
president and his cabinet to what the
fathers intended they should b. in. the
the executive department OF this govern
ment to abdicate the large part OF the
legislative function that 1t has usurped.
'As far as my rulings in this convention
viii be, they shall be fair. If we so con-
duct ourselves that all Of the various
elements OF public opinion that are OPP
posed TO the Roosevelt administration has |
brought together, we win mop them Off |
the face of the earth from sea to sea In |
the coming election. (Applause) / can
not do any good presiding over this con-
vention without your help, and that I So |
ilcit that we may have good order, good I
feeling and q great victory In the contest
to come" (Applause.l
Following the speech of Congress-
man Clark the convention adjourned
shortly after o'clock until 10 o'clock !
Friday morning.
The adjournment was made neces-
sary by the inability Of the subcom-
mittee of the resolutions committee to
complete its report.