The Irish standard., 1908-07-11

only claim to be a reformer and have
contributed more than all else to the
popularity he has enjoyed. The heir
and the party are committed to 'un-
faltering adherence to the policies of
the president What are these poll
cies and what are the achievements of
president and party?"
Mr.. Clayton then reviewed unfa,
vorably the administration of President
Roosevelt. and continued:
IF the love of country and liberty Is
still strong in the hearts of the Amer
lean people; If an oath to support the
constitution is now considered by
them as binding; If the people are in
earnest in their protests against the
rule Of insolent wealth. the unauthor-
lied and baleful influence of corpora
tions and the exactions of the trusts;
IT the manliness of the fathers has
been transmitted to the sons. the
fourth of next March will mark the
advent of the gladstone light of De-
mocracy and the beginning of the re-
turn to constitutional government
honestly and economically admin
lstered."
Wild Demonstration for Bryan.
A wild demonstration for William
Jennings Bryan, which lasted fully an
hour, was one of the features OF the
day. 1t came about as a result Of
Senator Cores speech and pande-
monium reigned State delegations
paraded, delegates howled and alto
gether the scene was one OF the wild
est witnessed at convention in years.
Senator Gore said: "The president Of
the United States has said that his
opinion of our constitution is UNFIT for
publication. That is true Of many Of
the opinions OF the president Of the
| United States. Fellow Democrats, the
great secretary of war came to Okla.
stitution," continued Senator Gore.
"He asked us to give up our right Of
liberty and self-government. But by a
vote of thousands upon thousands we
rejected the, advice of Taft and ac-
cepted the advice Of Bryan" The men
tion Of the name brought the conven-
ton to its feet in the first real Bryan
demonstration. Delegates from near
ly every state jumped to their chairs
and yelled and the demonstration
was on.
Business Of the Day.
AS soon as the parades were over
Chairman Bell ordered that the aisles
be cleared, and when this was done
the chairman said:
THE chair recognizes Senator
Thomas D. Grady of New York, chair
man of the committee on rules"
Senator Grady, mounting the plat
form, announced in a few words that
he presented the report Of the rules
body.
In few words he presented the re-
port and for the adoption Of which
he moved. 1t provided that the con-
vention shall be governed by the rules
of the Democratic convention of 1904.
The report was adopted unanimously
by viva voce vote.
Resolutions of coincidence on the re.
cent death of Senator Jones, former
chairman OF the national Democratic
committee, were presented anG
adopted.
Permanent Officers.
The permanent officers were an
nounced as follows:
acknowledgements Henry D.
! Clayton Of Alabama.
Hn~nro1 o,,Vy-7Trn,r
Kentucky.
Assistant general secretary-EGwin
Seton, Washington. D. c.
Assistant Observation-Disclosures s.
Northen. Atlanta, Ca; H. c. Rich
mond, Fremont, Neb.; c. A. Nash,
Perry, Ia; Edward Cahill, Springfield.
ILL.,; Will Reid, Rawlins, Wyo.; Frank
B. Ross. Indianapolis, Ind, and E. Y.
Mitchell. Missouri.
Reading clerks-William McEniry,
| Rock Island, ILL.,; T. F. Smith, New
York city; William f. r. Byrne.
Charleston, W. Va; c. j. Gavin, Den
YER, COL; Rees F. Horrocks, Little
Rock, Ark, and Joseph l.. Reilly, In
dianapolis, Ind.
Sergeant-at-arms-John I. Martin,
Missouri.
Chief assistant sergeant.at-arms--J.
C. Fam, Indiana.
Chief doorkeeper-Eugene w. Sulli.
van, Illinois.
Tally clerks-Ruby LaFoon, Madison.
Vile. Ky; v. ALERT, Langdon, Md;
E. E. Murphy, Leavenworth, Kan:
Thomas H. Lovelace, St. Louis, Mo-:
Thomas B. Collier Memphis, Tenn,
and G. c. Ernst, Decatur, Ind.
Messenger to secretary-W. v. Rich.
ardsop, Danville. KY.
Messenger to chairman-Ernest
Brasley, Sullivan, Ind.
Parliamentarian-E. D. Crutchfeld,
Kentucky.