The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-07-08

Bell recognized Mr. John E.. Lamb of | Indiana, who offered a motion for a | call of the States for membership of the, various standing committees of the | convention. The motion was adopted There was much confusion as the roll l of States was begun, many delegates leaving their places.
 The reading clerk when he came to l Arkansas pronounced the name of the l State like Kansas. and there came a shout of protest from the delegation | whose members shouted back Ark | kan-saw. Amid laughter the clerk corrected his pronunciation.
 Indian Territory" called the clerk. l Indian Territory" There was no re- l sponse, and the clerk called the name | third time. -
 ."she's married" yelled. a delegate T mean Oklahoma" said the clerk, and the list went up to the chairman's stand, amid much laughter.
 l The calling of the States soon ceased and the list of committees were sent l up by the pages while othef business l was in progress.
 The chair recognized I. J. Dunn of 1 Omaha, Neb., to present the resolutions l of respect to the memory of the late | Grover Cleveland, prepared at 8 con- ference of the friends of Mir. Bryan | this morning.
 l The recognition of MT. Dunn shut off | the Parker. resolution. It was as fol- lows. .s | As 1t has pleased the Ruler of the | Universe to remove from our midst Grover Cleveland. late President of the United States. who was three times the candidate for the Democratic party. | be it -
 Resolved That we. the delegates of I the party in National Convention as- sembled, recognize in him one of the strongest and ablest characters known I to the worlds statesmanship who pos sessed to an extraordinary degree the elements of leadership, and by his able. l conscientious and forceful adfninistra- I ton of public affairs, rested honor I upon his course upon his party; and. | Resolved, That we hereby express | our sorrow at his death, and extend our warmest sympathy and condoience to | his. family, and that this resolution De 1 spread upon the records of the conven- | ton and copy be forwarded to Mrs. l Cleveland; and, .r Resolved, As a further mark. of 1 respect to his memory. the convention now adjourn until 12 o'clock (1oon) to- morrow" = g l Governor Francis's EuIogy. # Mir. Dunn. mounted upon a chair moved the adoption of his resolution, and for the purpose of seconding the | resolution, the chair recognized ex- Governor David R. Francis of Missouri, who spoke briefly in eulogy of Mir. eyeland. .'
 The address of Governor Francis was punctuated with frequented applause and a shout greeted his words let us now bury all dissention of the past" many of the delegates rising to their feet, all cheering Justify. At the com clusion of Governor Francis. address, the chairman recognized Col. w. E. Haldem. of Kentucky. Speaking for Kentucky and for Kentuckians," he said: "and as the personal and polit- I ieaI friend of Mir. Cleveland wish to second the motion and endorse every word that Governor Francis had said.
 Tt Is moved and seconded--began Chairman Bell. but he was at once interrupted by cries of Parker. Par ker" which came from all parts of the hall Judge Parker paid no attention at first, but the cheering and cries continued to grow. The galleries join ed in the cheering and applause. Fi- T nally Judge Parker arose and made his way to the platform Judge Parker said:
 "It was my purpose. had been for tunate enough to secure the attention of the chair, to offer the following:
 Be it resolved: That before under taking the important work confronting us. we, the representatives of the dem ocratic party in national convention as- sembled. record our profound regret at the great loss sustained by the coun- try and civilization in the death of Grover Cleveland.
 We honor him as a true statesman who kept inviolate the faith bequeath- ed by Thomas Jefferson to this time honored organization and to the peo- pie.
 We recall the great and full appre- citation the signal service he rendered in maintaining jealously the just dis tribution of powers guaranteed by the constitution to the executive, legis- lative judicial departments of our government, insisting that no greater burden be imposed upon the people by taxation than is necessary to admin ister the government economically; in striking at the root of the growing evils of special privilege and trust mo- nopoly by demanding tarin reduction; in making political appropriation for the people of civil service reform un- der the motto public office is a pub lie trust"
 we revere him as a patriot who never failed to denounce wrong and uphold right wherever found; whose courage was unmistakabIe; whose in- tegrity was unquestioned; whose ad- herence to his high ideals could not be shaken.
 We deplore his death as that of the first citizen of the United States, the pre-eminent embodiment of tho politi- cal and social trpths, that from un- selfish service comes the noblest pow CT and that the power of influence is vastly greater than the might of au- thority. Finally we commend to Amer tcan youths the study of this most striking example of universal honor and reverence won by true character through sturdy adherence to undying principles; and we hereby direct the of Aces of this convention to transmit by telegram to Mrs. Cleveland in Prince ton, N. J., this expression of our sor- row and our pride.
 We further request the democratic members of the Senate and the house of representatives to take steps to in- sure the erection in Washington al the earliest day possible. Of an ade- quate national monument to commem- crate the services of Grover Cleve- land.
 , Tt is still further resolved that fin respect for the memory of this great democratic statesman and patriot, this convention shall Immediately adjourn until 10 o'clock on Wednesday July g. . 1908"
 The former standard bearer of the democratic party read his resolution in a wringing voice and he was ac- corded the most careful attention : throughout the reading of the resolu- . tion applause compelling him to hault z in his delivery
 Judge Parker's Second. ' At the and of his reading Jud1a Pa r.