The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1904-07-07
(Scrfpps News Association. }

3. Williams at lV:l1 O'CLOCK.
Archbishop John b. Glennon Of st
Louis offered a prayer which tool
one minute to deliver.
The report Of the committee Of
rules was presented. The announce
ment that the committee had giveE
the delegates from Porto Rico votei
In the convention was received with
cheers.
State Senator South Of Arkansas
proposed an amendment giving the
same rights to the Philippines. His
statement that the Philippines were
as much entitled to the votes as Porte
Rico was loudly applauded.
| Congressman Handy Of Delaware
objected to the amendment on the
grounds that the Philippines are not
Il part of the United States. Handy
said the courts had decided that
Porto Rico was part Of the United
States. "Once q part of the United
States" he said. 1T will never be q
part of any other country" Loud
applause.)
1.-The supreme court Of the United
States" he continued, has declared
that the Philippines are not a part
Of the United States. and it is for
those reasons tho committee has
taken the action 1t has"
South Of Arkansas then declared
that the opinion Of the courts had
never been approved by the demo-
cratic masses Of the country. ZAP
plause.) South declared that Porto
Rico, the Philippines and Hawaii
were all entitled to the same recog-
milton.
Handy Of Delaware took the stand
to argue the point and when he said
the democratic party hoped that the
Philippines would In time elect their
own president the convention cheered
Justify.
The question of adopting the re-
port of the committee as made was
put to the convention and carried by
a viva voce vote. Arkansas demand
ed Y roll call, which was voted down,
and the head of the delegation from
Porto Rico, Senior Molinad, proceed
1 ed to the platform and addressed the
convention.
1t was announced that the report
of the committee on permanent or
ganization was not yet ready and the
members had been called for another
meeting.
The committee on credentials an
nounced that it would not be ready
to report until o'clock. Sheehan
of New York maved to take recess
until 2 o'clock, which was carried.
At Q o'clock the convention was
called to order and received the re-
port of the credentials committee,
which supported the action of the ma
tional committee.
1t gave six delegates to the Philip
pines without any votes. The report.
with the exception Of the portion re-
lating to Illinois and the District of
Columbia. was adopted.
| The committee on permanent or
| ganixation recommended that Champ
| Clark of Missouri be made perms-
nent chairman. The recommendation
was concurred In. Clark, on taking
the chair. spoke, in part, as follows:
Uark's Speech.
Had King David been In Chicago
| while Lodge was reading the republi-
| can PLATFORM, he would no doubt have
| reiterated the opinion that all men
are liars. For surely there never
| was more mendacity packed into the
same space in any document purport-
ing to be a grave state paper. Our
contention is that the government
| shall be restored to the democratic
basis on which the fathers OF the re-
publ cintended it to rest, instead OF
government by the classes for tho
| classes.
I'VE insist that exorbitant taxa
tion shall be reduced to just and
| reasonable rates, that extravaganza
| in appropriations shall cease. that all
departments shall be thoroughly in
| vestigated from top to bottom by
congressional committees, that evil
doers be driven from public service
and properly punished, that trusts
shall be proceeded against by indict-
ment as are common and smaller
criminals and that wherever the
American flag floats as OF rights II
is accompanied by the constitution
Roossvelt Not the Country.
| The proposition that we must
support Roosevelt's Philippine policy.
II he has any, right or wrong. is the
veriest rot, a tale told by an idiot.
President Roosevelt is not the coun-
try. The time has not arrived when
people will accept the arrogant die
tum of Louis XIV. repeated by an
American president: I am the state.'"
Clark denounced those cringing
democrats and others who said the
president should be supported In his
Philippine policy even II wrong, But.
he asked, has Roosevelt a policy? He
denied II. CHASING him as an oppor-
tunist waiting for something TO turn
up. Meantime our soldiers are being
killed and are dying OF disease In
the shoals.
A president can not be better than
his party, and he (RooseveiD could
not md worse political company this
year.
Clark denied emphatically the
charge that the democratic party was
l
democrats there are who are free
traders. Just as there are individual
republicans who are atheists.
Where the tariff rates are 50 high
they enable the American msnufac'
turer to sell their wares abroa,
cheaper than they do to Americans