The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-06-19
SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE DAY
In CHICAGO AS THEY REALLY HAPPENED

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American flags. mounted on spear
tipped stats of brass. They were de-
cldedly the handsOmest emblems seen
at the convention.
Crowd Could Not Hear.
Although Senator Hopkins is a
speaker with excellent enunciatiOn and
d clear, resonant voice. making him
| self audible throughout the hall il va =
a task that taxed his powers To the M
most. The roar of conversation in the
convention swelled steadily as the SEN
ator voice grew a bit husky. and
some or the planks We're not heard
clearly by the mass of the delegates
Inc tarin revision plank was not
heard, or If it was it was diregarded
entirely. Not a single handicap fol-
lowed as Senator Hopkins finished the
/ reading of that plank.
/ Several of the delegates in tho Penn
sylvania section brought big mega =
phones with them today. prepared to
yen Tor Knox, Knox. Knox the slo-
] gan which has been heard all over the
city since their arrival last week
Drowned by Hum of Voices.
The noise of conversation increased
steadily, and il was only a short time
before Senator Hopkins was practicaIIv
submerged in the vocal strpgeIe
chairman Lodge sat quietly at his
desk, taking little apparent note of the
situation. A white-haired delegate
from Colorado finally became restless
Mr. chairman he called. bring
some order"
Bang went the chairman's gaveI ana
he said:
The chair must request the galleries
10 cease from converse ton so audible
as To prevent the delegates from hear
ing the resolutions"
The hall was instantly quiet and
Senator Hopkins went on in compare
tive quiet. 1t was only a few minutes
however, before the roar of voices
again became prominent and swelled
steadily. giving promise Of another in
terruption to the reading
When the multiplication plank was
reached the words integrity of the
courts called for applause. There
were cries Of mo" when the suggestion
was made that necessity existed for
change in the present manner OF issu-
ing injunctiOns. The conclusion of the
plank was generously applauded.
Negro in the Platform.
The reference 10 the negro in the plat
-oi III anu TIE ltllEIdLlOn OF the party
demand for the enforcement of the thir
tenth, fourteenth and fifteenth amend
ments 10 the constitution called out ap-
plause.
For a third time the delegates on the
floor called for order in an effort to stop
the veritable roar of conversation which
swelled from all quarters of the hail
Senator Hopkins also turned I'm an appeal
10 the chair Senator Lodge pounded
heavily on the table. but his admoni-
ton was needed only for few seconds.
when the hum Of voices again grew TO
proportions that practically drowned the
speakers husky and fast-failing voice.
The vigorous and continuous waving of
fans by the l4.000 spectators and dele
gates in the Coliseum gave to the i'm
mense living picture as viewed from the
copic film on exhibition.
GaVel Not Needed
Senator Hopkins made another appeal
Lodge welded the gavel with some
strength, but again the rapping was of
little avail.
Delegates and spectators alike still were
lost In discussion of the anti-injunction /
plank and seemed 10 have little concern !
with the other features as outlined by the /
reader.
A few minutes later Senator Hopkins /
once again appealed to the chairman for I
assistance I'm his struggle against the up |
roar in the convention. and once more /
Chairman Lodge asked the galleries to /
cease audible conversation and once |
more the gallery subsidized for a few sec /
Onds and then broke out again.
Senator Hopkins went steadily on, when 1
he was himself brought to a /
stop by a sharp rap Of the gaVel. intend 4
ed 10 produce quiet. He turned to the /
chairman, expecting him to again address /
the galleries. but the eyes and attention 1
or the chairman were elsewhere. and Sen /
atOr Hopkins turned again To his task.
sHnHnar LOT 70
cluded at 1f:16.
i move the previous question on the
report l have just read. and the minority /
which will be read by Representative
Cooper" II was Senator Hopkins who /
spoke
Kansas and Ohio seconded the motion
and IL was put to a viva VOce vote and
,arried. although there were many noes
raised I'm opposition.
r Representative Cooper. as he advanced
10 the front was greeted with cheers and
cries of encouragement from the Wlscon-
sin delegation.
the reading OF his report, an
bounced that the debate on the question
would be confined within forty minutes,
lne-half to each side. Senator Hopkins. !
pate on the side of the majority and
Cooper would lead the
tight on behalf of the minority
The minority of the committee being
cooper. with the majority in regard TO
he tariff the trusts railroads. injunc-
ions and trials in contempt cases has felt
compelled 10 submit a minority report on
hose subjects
la Follette's Ideas.
He then proceeded TO read first the
engthy plank proposed substitute 70
hat offered in the reported platform. The
substitute embodied the LaFollette idea
II a physical valuation of allNrailroads
as a basis of the fixing of the rates.
While the Republican party has done ,
much there yet remains a great deal to be
accomplished in the public interest. The ,
minority report favored the enlargement
# the powers of the interstate commerce
commission and the clothing of il with au-
hority OF instituting proceedings on its
,wn motion. IL was urged that the COM
mission be given power 20 determine
whether ar increase in rate should be al
owed when such increase Is challenged 7
Increase in the personnel of the commits 7
ion also was urged. the plank declaring
[ to be absurd that seven men should be I
expected 10 deal adequately with all the
nesn of problems confronting them under !
Jew conditions. If necessary IL was pro-
ided there should be sub-commissions 10 c