The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-09

convention f1dii. DenteT. July O.
y At the night session of the conven- =
y ton. after an hour of speechmaking. y
4 the committee on credentials report
y ed on the Pennsylvania and other 4
= contested cases. minority report =
4 on the Pennsylvania case resulted IN
= an hours acrimonious. debate, after =
\ which the convention rejected the \
\ majority report. favorable TO the =
\ Guffey faction, by the decisive vote
y of 615 TO 3S7. The convention adj =
\ journed until II O'Clock tomorrow.
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Convention Hail. Denver. July Sat
the night session the galleries were well
filled long before the first of the dele
gates and alternates began TO make their
appearance. A great crowd of sight
seers was gathered outside the Audito-
rum. In the hall the Cowboys band. un-
work. entertained the assembling dele
gates and spectators with a long pro-
gram of popular selections Under the
glow of thousands of electric bulbs, the
convention hall showed to the best ad-
vantage.
With the vast audience in its place the
night scene was a brilliant one.
The always diligent band in the gallery
was in evidence early in the evening
and worked away for the pleasure of the
galleries. which were almost filled be-
fore O'Clock arrived. Apparently 1t was
the opinion of many OF the visitors tnat
duction of the spectacular scenes enacted
during the day. The delegates were
however. of another mind. ana haNlmS
wearied themselves early in the day, cid
not pour into the hall with the same alac-
rity as was shown by the public
Majority Report Missing.
| The officers of the convention and the
members of the credentials committee
were In panic as the time approacneu
1 = ~, because the
ma jority report of the committee was
missing The precious document was II,
the possession of the stenographer ana
| he could not be found The same m
dfvidual was also In possession OF
speech to be delivered by Representative
Ollie James OF Kentucky. who was aisu
| in mental distress because of the absence
of his Grafton.
at l o'clock. when he went away WIN
| the report under strict INSTRUCTIONS u
write il and return II as soon As pos
sible. Chairman Callaghan OF me ere,
dcntials committee. with ,, 'i n;,ber and and
| thither about the hall. frantically seno-
ing messengers and working Inc teie-
| nhone to every spot where his ina gina "a
fion allowed him to suspect ina. .ira7
missing stenographer might be In retire-
''N chaIrman's Aid Invoked.
| Mr. CaIlaghan finally went to Char
an rse1I with the Information that he
could not find his report and suggestea
that some speaker fill in the time ,na sl.
must elapse before the missing report
The convention officials after short
conference held after Mr.. Callahan nhu
| rushed away on another not sceh., us
cided that no work snouid pc .l.us or -
nv the convention tonight except TO con-
sjder the report of the credentials com
| nittee. Debate on the majority ana MN
ority reports II was agreed. shouid pe
| limited to thirty minutes on each STU
| The report of the committee on perma,
rent ORGANIZATION and the speech oil
Chairman Clayton went over until To-
morrow. q, ,,.ny
| errntv seats in the delegates sections
hnt The batteries held practically their
full capacity Crowds of ticket-holoers
| continued to storm the various ooors
and a record breaking attendance was IN
| sight Women seemed 10 predofnihdte ~
the throngs Most of them We're gaily
| rowned as for the theatre or opera The
| hand worked overtime to keep the Groves
| amused and fairly earned the applause
that was literally bestowed
Chairman Wandered Oh.
At $50 D. M the report of the commit
| toe on credentials was brought to the
hall but Chairman Bell had wandered
off and could not be located. and the
\ delegates
neriod of inactivity while PAGES and mes
sengers were securing the hall to bring
the chairman to his desk and his duty
| The floor scene was one of much con-
fusion. the aisles being congested with
delegates either pressing their way to
their places or engaged in earnest con-
lsuItation. The aisles are quite narrow al
best. and tonight they seemed impass-
able.
Colonel Guffey. about whom the storm
of the night was expected TO center. ap-
| peared on the floor shortly after o'clock
and Immediately was surrounded by
number of his lieutenants and sympa-
thizers. who were prepared to take uT
the battle in his behalf Colonel GqfieS
I seemed pale. but determined. Will
| clenched fists and furrowed brow he
talked with great emphasis of express
sion to those about him. one OF whom was
| Peter O'Boyle. his chief aid in the Penn
syivania delegation Mr.. O'Boyle was
scheduled to speak in defense of the col
| oneI In case of attack from any quarter
When Chairman Bell had been brought
hack. after bringing down his gavel IN
i a rapid tattoo. he gave vent once more