The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-06-15

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unseating delegates was just and pop
ular, and we recommend that it's work
be indorsedn 80
Then came bedlam. Harrison and
Hearst people shrieked Roll call!''
They jumped up and down in their
chairs yelled "Robbers," saThieves, y
etc. When quiet was finally restored,
the ayes and noes on the adoption OF
the majority report We're called for.
"All those in favor will say aye
| shouted Chairman QUINN
aye" came in a thunderous shout.
Those contrary no."
Bang went the gavel
THE noes have it," shouted Chair
man QUINN and then mo" yelled the
Harrison and Hearst men. There were
more frantic shrieks of roll call" and
the chairman said: 10
You can have a roll call on the re-
port of the resolutions committee. We
will give you anything you want, after
| a WHILE" and that was all the comfort
the Hearst people obtained from the
I proceedings until they were given a
chance to vote on the question of in
,lorsing their candidate in the St Louis
convention.
William Prentiss. of Chicago, who
was candidate for governor. advanced
to the front of the platform. He de-
| clared passionately that he desired
| nothing from the convention 1t did
not. in his opinion, represent the De
mocracy of Illinois and he wished for
| nothing at its hands.
fc hav
mitted to this convention in any man
ner,'' he shouted, and walked off the
platform, followed by the cheers of the
Hearst delegates. eaa
w. c. Crolius. of Joliet, also candi-
| date for governor, followed, indorsing
the stand taken by Mr.. Prentiss and
/ left the hall.
Then came another long wait, during
which the widest confusion and sew
eral fist fights too place.
Clayton E. Krafts. of Chicago, then
read the platform, being repeatedly in
terrupted by the Hearst people.
The resolution providing for the in
dorsement of Mr.. Hearst was not made
a part of the report of the committee
on resolutions, but was submitted to
| the committee as a sepafate matter.
The original resolution provided prin-
cipally that the Illinois delegation
should vote for Hearst Euptn it was
compelled to vote for. Somebody else.
A substitute offered by Clarence S.
barrow, instructing the delegates to
vote for Hearst as long as his name
was before the convention was then
adopted by a vote of 936 to 395.
The platform opens thus:
We declare that the Democratic marty
| OF Illinois will zealously cooperate with
the Democratic party of the United
states In its efforts to restore the ma
tional government to the American peo-
pie, freed from the spirit of greed with
which 1t has been filled during the last
eight years of Republican riot of cor
| miSrule. zirs 80
We point to the recent revelations Of
corruption in the -postoffiee department at
washington; to a depleted trea sllry
| shown by the last treasury Statement at
washington; to the failure Of the attorney
general to- prosecute Illegal trusts and
combines and the promoters thereof bv
| criminal action; to the refusal of con
gress TO reduce the tariff tax on those
articles which enable those Illegal trusts
and combines to plumber the people, and
| 70 the fact that the attorney general left
II 10 private citizen to uncover the coal
| trust as proving the truth Of the above
charge against the Republican party,
The platform favors a direct .prf-
! mary election law; the regulation OF
the service and rate of charge on street
railways, gas, electric light, ETC., and
election of United States senators by
popular vote. 1t says:
We denounce all teachings and forms
| or organization which tend to group the
! people IN classes or castles as fnin1icaI ia
our classification and destructive to our
The Hearst and Harrison factions
formed an alliance last night and the
deal did not leak out till today. This
combination believed it could control
the convention if it could secure a roll
call. - n