Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1908-08-14

and Richard Doe at the right time, so
that there may be no hitch. Commit
tees are appointed one on resolutions,
which will have the drafting of the
platform one ON credentials or con-
tested seats; one on permanent or
ganizatlon. These are the important
ones. When they are all chosen, and
there has been a lot Of hand-clapping
and cheering, as well-known men are
appointed to this or that committee,
the temporary chairman announces an
adjournment, usually until the next
dav.
Pulling Wires I'm Committee.
At last the machinery is in motion
and the district delegate begins to
wonder what he is on hand for. A
big man at home, he Is lost In the
hurly burly and roar Of the conven-
ton. He may be assigned to commit
tee, but he had nothing to do with
that. The State boss decided that So
and-so should be member Of the Per-
mane2t Organization Committee; that
Mr.. Brown, who is a political econo-
mist, should be honored by a seat in
the Resolutions Committee, and that
the Boss himself or one of his most
trusted lieutenants should be a men,
ber of the Credentials Committee. These
bodies all meet separately. All the
that were handled by the Ma
tional Committee the week previous go
to the Committee on Credentials unless
pressure has been brought to have the
withdraw their fight. The
Credentials Committee wires are pulled
the same as was the National Commit
tee, and the result is usually nearly
the same.
Framing the Platform.
1t is when the district delegate sits
In the Committee on Resolutions to
draft the platform that he begins to
realize that he is only small "i''
with the bosses. The genial
Mr.. Doe, VINO has been coming to the
national conventions since 1868, is
elected chairman with hurrah. He
assumes his position and draws from
his pocket carefully prepared docu-
ment, which the secretary proceeds to
read. The district delegate might have
had an idea some time previously that
he would be consulted as to the plat
form. But the party leaders saved him
all the trouble and worriment. They
had skilled men at work on the plat
form weeks before, and 1t Is built ac-
cording to their ideas. The committee
usually adopts the platform with a
rush. Sometimes there is a fight on
particular topics. But party expedi-
ency usually rules.
Real Work Now Begins.
The Credentials Committee fire.
quently sits for three days and the
convention must wait until It's labors
ire finished. The Committee on Per-
manent Organization is usually a cut
md dried affair. Finally the Credel-
tials Committee reports and the new
roll is made up. Then the Committee
IN Permanent Organization makes its
report. 1t recommends that the Hon
orable Senator or Mr. So-and-So" be
called upon to preside. Cheers greet
the name, and the gentleman Is escort
I'd to the platform. After he has been
elected he makes profound speech, the
other officers are chosen and, like race
horses, the meet Is on.
If the Committee on Platform is
ready to report it reports after the
permanent chairman has made his
speech On the report there must be
a roll call. There is always, too, the
possibility Of fight. Certain 'planksY
that please Maine may be abhorrent to
Texas When the matter of the plat
form Is disposed of, either by the COM
mittee reporting or by the announce
lnent that it is not ready to report, the
permanent chairman announces another
recess; maybe until the next day, DOS.
sibly until later In the same day.
Nomination of n Candidate.
Frequently the time Is taken up with
speeches placing the candidates for
President In nomination. These ad-
dresses are usually good In their way.
Men noted for their eloquence, who
can portray the virtues of the aspiran nt
in language that will thrill their hear.
ers, are selected for this work. The
platform is usually accorded the speak
er and his grafton is hailed with deaf
ening applause and cheers. Each can.
didate Is brought to the front and his
works painted II glowing colors. Then