The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1908-07-10

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From convention committees. The
convention was apparently IN sum.
cient order to proceed to business
several times, but Mr.. Bell did not
take advantage Of any one OF the ply.
sociological moments but continued to
pound with his gavel, the rap, rap,
rap Of the wooden mallet on a mar
BILE slab being punctuated from time
to time with the conventional call OF
Gentlemen will take their seats"
The galleries finally helped the
chairman out and their storm OF
Misses quieted the turbulence on the
floor. It was 8:37 when the business
of the evening was taken up. Mr..
Ormond Of Florida was recognized to
move that representative Richmond
Pearson Hobson, Of Alabama, be in
vited to address the convention.
cteered and Hfssed.
Cheers ana a few Kisses followed
|Hobson to the stand, and he received
a warm welcome as he stood beside
Chairman Bell.
His first words showed that he real.
lied that a speech at that particular
moment was not entirely welcome to
all OF the delegates, for he declared
that he would not venture to make an
address, did he not feel it his duty
to do SO, and to deliver himself Of
the truth as he believed he saw IT.
He then began at some length to
lead up to q discussion OF the Japan
csc incident of several months e
at Vancouver and San Francisco.
MI. Hobson made a speech of great
length which Is omitted here for the
reason that he was unable to a
anything Of Importance because 81
the repeated Interruptions.
Colonel Haldeman, of Kentucky, was
recognized by the chair and standing
at his place in the center aisle, he
asserted that the convention had busi-
ness to transact and ought to pro-
coed to 1t without further flights Of
pratory. Colonel Haldeman then pro-
ceeded to take issue with Mr. Hobson,
declaring that the Unied States has
twenty-five first-class battleships and
Japan sixteen.
Chairman Bell announced that the
on credentials would not
ready to report Cor several minutes.
This afternoon said Mr.. Bell, II,
sent a committee down into the New
York delegation to escort to the plat
form Senator Charles "A. Towne--''
wassas far as the chairman was
allowed to proceed and MI. Towne
took the rostrum amid much applause.
Nj. Towne kept strictly to the
promise he made at the opening Of
his speech, when he said that he
would occupy but little Of the time
Of the convention. His address was
brief and he left the platform with
the distinctly expressed good will Of
the convention.
Brief Message.
Taylor, Taylor, cried many Of the
delegations, remembering the invita-
lion Of the afternoon to the Tennessee
senator.
Mr.. Callaghan of Massachusetts,
chairman of the committee on Gre
1entials was in the aisle clamoring for
recognition when Senator Taylor was
escorted to the stage by a number Of
MS constituents. He was introduced
by Chairman Bell amid cheering.
Il have only a few words to say,
4 brief message from the SOUTH" he
said. "That message is this: Wipe
out the sectional line SO far as poll
les is concerned. We are one people
n common impulse. Nothing
ian wipe out that line. The great
conflict which put Yankee Doodle
the pension list and Dixie on
;rutches could not wipe 1t out. We
ire all one people still. Let us not
ct the learned knight from the west,
Who has grown stronger through two
and who comes before the
people today as the almost unanimous
choice Of the democratic party as
heir standard bearer. For vice presi.
lent we have a lot of distinguished
men floating about in the air.
Report on Credentials.
I'm the matter Of the contests from
he state Of Idaho, Illinois, New York,
pennsylvania and the District OF. Col
lmbia your committee begs to report
hat they have carefully investigated
'ach of said contests that hearings
ave been given to both the contest
.nts and c%ontestees in each Of said
ontests, and your committee has en-.
leavored to ascertain as near as could
e all the facts bearing on each con-
est, and after a careful Investigation
t the merits of each contest recon-
nends that in each of the following
ontests the delegations as named by
he national committee be entitled to-
eats as the regularly accredited dele
ates and a%Iternates to this conven-
ion, namely:
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