Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1904-07-15

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 strenuous appeal by Mr..
Bryan, who spoke for thirty minutes
in behalf of the HearstHarrison dele
gates, the roll call showed CAT votes
against and 299 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 were cast as unit un-
der Chairman Williams ruling.
Hon. Champ Clark, of Missouri, took
the gayel 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:
MIR. ClarlS's Speech.
principal part of the speech-makmg by
the chairman In this convention has been
accomplished. My business is to run this
convention so that the nominees of 1t will
be elected next November (applaSse). and
1t shall be done without fear or favor to
them King David said once In his haste
that all men are liars. If 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 declare-the republicans do--the
| monumental lie that q democratic tariff
always produces a bad time. and a re-
times. And yet, In '73, when Grant was
beginning his second term in the White
House, and the democrats had scarcely
enough votes to call the ayes and noes,
you had panic that made peoples teeth
rattle from sea to sea. (Laughter.) They
evidently believed in Mark Twain's die
| tim, Blessed is the man that bloweth his
| own horn, lest 1t be not blown. Laugh
terl
fought a quick and successful war in
| favor of Cuba, when the truth is as
| stated on the floor of the house when
| they were all there, and none of them
| dared to deny 1t, that we took them by
| the scruff of the neck and dragged them
] into the Spanish war. And their disin-
| 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 to the
| trough. and so greedy you had to pull
her tail off to get her away. daughter
1--WE are in favor of cutting down to
| a reasonable basis the monstrosities of
the Dingley tariff rates. We are in fa-
| vor OF reciprocity that reciprocates. Gap
| plause.) We are In favor of getting rid
of the Philippine islands at the first fa-
| baubee and never were. We are In
1 favor of restricting the functions of the
president and his cabinet to what the
fathers intended they should be 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
will be, they shall be fair. If we so con-
| duct ourselves that all of the various
elements Of public opinion that are op-
posed to the Roosevelt administration has
| brought together, we will mop them off
the face of the earth from sea to sea In
the coming election. (Applause) 1 can
not do any good presiding over this con.
vention without your help, and that So
icit that we may have good order. good
feeling and a great victory In the contest
TO come" (Applause.)
Following the speech of Congress.
man Clark the convention adjourned
shortly after 6 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.