The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-07-11
FREDERICKSBURG. va, SATURDAY JULY IL 1eos

De an the i0rts bearing upon each con.
test. and after careful investigation
OF the merits of each contest recon
mend that i'm each OF the following
contests the delegations as named by
the national committee * entitled t.
seats as the regularly accredited dele
gates and altcrnates to this conyen.
ton. namely:
The state of Idaho.
THE First Eecond. Third. Fourth
Filth. Sixth. Seventh. Eighth. Ninth
aud Tenth districts OF Illinois.
The Second. Third. Fourth. Fifth.
Sixth and seventh districts of the state
Of New York.
The nineteenth district of the state
Of Ohio
The Thirty-second district OF the
state OF Pennsylvania.
In the matter of the contest from
the First. Second. Fourth. Fifth and
Sixth districts Of the state Of Penn
sylvania. we recommend that the con
testants shall be seated AMI recog
nized by this convention the duly &C
credited delegates and alternates from
said districts in the state Of Pennsyl
vania. TO wit:
First district Neil Bonner. Michael
Francis
Second district. Ryerson w. Jen.
nings.
Fourth district. A. Raymond Ran
Horace FogeL
Fifth district. Patrick F. Horan
Paul Wise
Sixth district. p. J. Hallahan."
When Chairman Callahan read the
decision of the committee in favor of
the contestants against Guffey in Penn
sylvania there were a few hisscs and
some applause. The interruption was
of brief duration. however. and the
reading Of the report was continued
Mr. Callahan concluded by moving
the adoption of the report.
Il second that motion" shouted 9
delegate from Indiana.
The Minority Report
The chairman stated the question
and then recognized l. L. Straus. OF
Maryland. who read the minority re
port. which recommended that the con
tosteos in the Pennsylvania cases b,
seated.
The statement made by Mr.. Strau.
that the action OF the majority com
mittec was staggering blow al IN,
Democrats OF sovereign state. calleC
forth cheers. He asked the chairman
for permission TO make a few remark.
Ia support OF his motion to substitut,
the minority for the majority report.
Not no, said Chairman Bell. "Pu
your motion and will state the ques
ton"
1t is moved and seconded that thi,
minority report be adopted In plac,
Of that portion OF the majority report
relating 10 the contests" said Chair
man Bell.
Governor Haskell. of Oklahoma. was
recognized to move that debate b.
limited To thirty minutes on either
side Carried.
The chairman recognized Chairman
Callahan as the first speaker in be
half Of the majority report.
Deal With Republicans.
Mr. Callahan said the evidence be
fore the committee showed that in
Philadelphia the Gutfey faction had
brought a host-of Republicans to the
Democratic primary polls. These vot
ers. he declared. were members of the
Philadelphia Republican machine. OF
which "one McNichol" was the head
In one congressional district where the
normal Democratic vote was about
1000. the vote in the primary swelled
to more than 270O. This was but one
instance OF many. declared Mr.. Gala.
han. the evidence of which was sup
ported by undisputed afidavits.
when We consider all the evi.
dence," he concluded, 1T was impos
sible to escape the conclusion that the
Democracy of Philadelphia had been
kept at home by alliance of one ele
ment Of the Democracy with the domi
nant Republican machine in that city
We were urged that expediences OF
harmony required that we should shut
our eyes to these Irregularities. but nc
set of men with a spark of justice in
their breast could do other than we
have done"
The first speaker for the minority
report was Mr.. Straus. who had pre-
sented 1t. He asked that the suhstitu
ton of the minority for the majority
report should be on the ground, that
the majority report was an attack upon
the indefensible rights of the Demo
Gratis of the sovereign state.
Mr.. Straus. who spoke with great
fervor and earnestness. was given an
ovation as he left the stand after max.
ing an impassioned appeal for the
adoption of the minority report.
To conclude the argument in behalf
OF the minority report the chair recog
nized John ID. Bellamy. of North Caro-
lima. one of the signers of the docu-
ment. He declared the contestants
brought absolutely no sort OF creden-
tials with them to set against the un-
disputed count of ballots cast in favor
Of the Guffey delegates. The speaker
called out a storm of disapproval when
he asserted that the Republicans who
went to the polls as Democrats had a
right to have their votes counted as
Democrats. mo. no; nothing like
that" came the chorus from the floor.
The closing speech for the majority
and the last OF the debate was Gov.
ernor Haskell, of Oklahoma. He charg
ed the Pennsylvania contestees with
being the tools of the Standard oil
company. He said the convention
should say to the contestees: Go
back to your Standard Oil tanks" and
instantly he was drowned with a yell
OF approval, which was however min
gled with many Kisses.
The previous question having been
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