The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-09
He With McCarren and Other
Anti-Bryanites Hit Hard by
The Committee on Creden-
tiaIS.
MAJORITY REPORT VOTED
DOWN BY DELEGATES.
Guffey and His Men Are Now
Declaring That Their De-
feat Was Due to Gag Rule
In Committee.

Denver, Colo. July 3.-The demo-
cratic national convention last night
voted down a minority report from the
CT eCentials committee favoring the
seating of the contested Guffey dele
gates from Pennsylvania.
The minority report was signed by
Maryland, New Jersey. New York,
Georgia. Virginia. Minnesota, Della
ware, New Hampshire, Kentucky and
West Virginia.
Harsh Charges Made.
The poll of the states was taken
after spirited debate in which harsh
charges were made on both sides.
The Guffey men declared they had
been defeated by gag rule in the COM
mittee on credentials. which returned
a report seating the ten disputed
Bryan or Kerr men.
On the other hand the speakers
favoring the majority report charged
that the Guffeyites had used money
at the polls.
Scene Like Opera Night.
1t was an unusually attractive spec
tacle that was presented at the night
session of the convention. After the
strenuous demonstration OF the after
noon the delegates were slow in as
sembling, but the galleries and boxes
and other spaces assigend to specta-
tors were filled long before s o'clock
with an assemblage of which much
more than two-thirds were women,
who came in light summer attire and
for the most part without hats. The
horseshoe curve of galleries, lined-with
double row Of posted electric lamps
on background of the national colors
resembled more an opera night than a
political gathering.
Cowboy Band Works Hard.
The cowboy band in the gallery gave
an inspiring concert of national airs,
while the delegates slowly filed in by
twos and threes. Outbursts of ap-
plause' were frequent as the band
swung from "Old Kentucky Home" to
Yankee Doodle" then to Hail Co.
lumbia. Dixie" and Star Spangled
Banner"
Hobson Addresses Convention.
The night session was called to or.
der at sgt, but it was ten minutes la
ter before complete order was restored
The report Of the committee on ere
dentials not having been received, Or.
mond Of Alabama was recognized to
move that Congressman Richmond
Pearson Hobson. the hero of the
! Merrimac, be invited to address the
convention.
The crowd was in no mood to listen
to idle oratory and seemed to vote
/ down the proposition. Chairman Bell
| however decided that the vote being q
| tie, he would cast the deciding vote ir
i favor of the motion and Hobson was
escorted to the chair.
| Hobsons prediction that the natior
was on the verge of a great foreign
war was greeted with Kisses and howl!
of disapproval. Chairman Bell wa:
compelled to rap for order severa
times during the course of Hobson'!
speech when the crowd took exception
to the creeds that were expounded.
kentuckian Also Hooted.
Col w. B. Halderman. of Kentucky
rebuked Hobson, declaring that thu
United States has all the warship'
she needs. The crowd howled hin
down, also.
Former Senator Charles A. Towne
who had been called during the morn
ing session and could not be found
was again called. The crowd tried t.
howl him down also, but he took th'
platform at 9:15.
At $50 the committee on creden
tials presented its report, which reat
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