The San Francisco call., 1908-07-29
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THE INDEPENDENTS
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~ the old party standards. glorving in
their Victories or ul1llchingly facing
their defeats watching with sadness
the rise Of unworthy leaders the up-
raising OF new ideals. the slow but
steady wasting away OF the Figor
which made the old parties the useful
engines Of our political activity.
We have seen the once great repub-
. licsn party turned into vast CONNER
cial enterprise for the aggrandiZement
o1 the money power The party OF the
trusts. II has become the greatest OF
all The trusts itself, with the national
house OF representatives, as lis direct
DRY and tle United States senate as its
executive committee
g nave seen the once great dem
oc-a-1c party turned into a wing or an
rex of this party OF the trUstS-i5s
traditions Knocked. its creed ignored
is principles violated ruthlessly. its
Old leaders turned out al the back
CQor- while the front door was flung
wide open for the entrance OF the
Ryaus and the Belmours. who are To-
day most potent II the council halls
where once sat 2 Jefferson, Jackson
and z Tlden-'
we have seen the Rockefellers and
the AorEa1s. the Ryars and the Bel
DoEtS- the Hills and the HsrTimans,
dominating forces OF the two old par
Les--le partisan board OF the. anal
gaDated political parties for revenue
ol-y--orea king bread and drinking
vine together across the same board
The address OF Ar- Walsh was heard
with close attention and greeted with
frequent applause. his mention Of the
name OF M Hearst being loudly
c1eered-
The resolutions committee was not
ready and tie convention proceeded 10
XIII time by the transaction OF some
routine matters and by listening 70
number OF speakers pending the arri-
va O TIE committee
The speech making continued
through the greater part OF the after
noon and i was not until $50 o'clock
that tre committee On resolutions ex-
platform was read BY Clarence J.
SLes-1 OF New York
The platform IS read was adopted
unanimously. the delegates evincin z
UlbOulde6 enthusiasm as IL was done.
Adjournment was taken until 5 ?. n
HOWARD FIRST NAMED
Chairman Walsh. OF calling 20 order
the night session OF the convention an
-0u=ced that the next business was tke
presentation OF candidates for the nom
nation for president OF the United
States. and directed the secretary 70
call -le roll Dr. L - EeSley OF Ala
baEs took the rostrUE1 10 place in nom
tuation Milford W Howard OF Fort
CzIIfornIa yielded 70 Massachusetts,
and Rev ROLAND D. Sawyer OF the lat
Ter state took the platform 70 nominate
Thomas L Hisgen-
TIE conclusion OF Sawyers speech
was the signal for . yell from the Mas
sacbUserrs seats II which the California
delegates and 2 few from Minnesota
and South Dakota Joined TWO women
n the center box OF the first balcony
jumped 10 their feet and waved the
men 70 greater Efforts \ big banner
bearing HiSgeu's portrait was brought
- the platform where II was Joined oE
the California state flag After two
minutes Chairman Walsh began rap
ping Tor order The Minnesota stand
ard was put in the procession. then uli-
nois. Washington and Nebraska Three
minutes later the demonstration had
sUbSi6e1-
Colorado" called the clerk
Colorado yields 70 Indiana came
Indiana has 10 candidate FOR presi-
dent" shouted z delegate from that
state. but she hss 8 very live candidate
10r vice president
The call proceeded until Georgia was
reached and Barnard Sutler OF Atlanta
John Temple Graves The applause
that greeted the name OF Graves was
neither 50 vOci1erOus nor so long con-
tlnued es that which followed the pre-
sentation OF the name OF Hisgen-
BRTAN'S NAME KISSED
\ roll call then progressed until
Kansas was reached J I Shepard OF
that state asked the chairman i i was
possible % name any candidate for the
nomination who was not z member OF
The party The reply was that the
question had not Yet arisen whsreupon
Shepard took the platform, announcing
that he had q candidate He mentioned
the candidate Of the democratic party
and z storm OF Kisses and boOs greeted
the reference.
The hall continued in an uprOar for
several minutes. the galleries persist
ing IN breaking into the proceedings
with Jeers and Irrelevant remarks
Shepard was finally allowed 70 proceed
be had spoken buC Z few minutes when
point o. order saying II was evident
that -Ee speaker was about 70 place n
nomination man who was not mem
ber o. the independence party. he
therefore asked that the convention
proceed 10 name 2 candidate OF its own
4 scene of riot Immediately followed.
several delegates attempting 70 reach
the rOstruD Tor the purpose OF giving
physical violence 70 the speaker. 4
number o. SeEgealts al arms threw
themselves across the aisle n front OF
the rosIrUm steps and held hack the
infuriated men By sheer physical
strength.
Mitchell persisted. however. IN ask
ing 7 Shepard intended 10 nominate
nan who was not & member OF the in
dependence party he insisted upon
categorical answer. and Chairman
The gentleman viii answer the
question"
OF course I don't want 70 deceive
you" said Shepard 7 intend. II I an
allowed 70 finish, 70 nominate William
J Bryan
SCENE OF RIOT FOLLOWS
The hall broke into a wild uproer, z
dozen delegates again mzdly strUg-
Cling 70 the main aisle n an attempt
70 reach Shepard Canes and fists were
shaken at him furtously, while hOwls
q execrarion went Up from all sides
q the hal
Quiet was q long time coming. but
when Il finally arrived Chairman
Walsh ruled that inzsmuch as Shepard
had attempted 10 nominate q candidate
who was not q member OF the indepen-
dence party Ee was out OF order
Shepard instantly started 10 leave
The platform and Ssrgesnt az Arms