The sun., 1908-07-10
hay SESSION WAS ALL TALK
1oovrrNTION WORK HELD UP
nv PLATFORM COMMITTEE.
l,.,, chairman Clayton Delivers HIS
Sncech, Martin W. httleton Makes
same Remarks. There Is some Vaude'
,U,e Then Adjournment Till Evening.

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IVA p',,ad 20 order by Temporary Chairman
Pail shortly after noon
Dv TLoro w,re several circus effects, the
,oxboy band being in evidence more thah
over A.. s,,,,,i,.. o,,s .var
Al ,he Bryan men want to talk all the time.
an az ,he Bryanites shrek their approval OF
nm ~, u,,crancc laldatory OF their favorite.
.J thew hiss everything not pleasing to
the man at lincoll'
=, ia not n deliherative body. II In hop.
IT,, and lump affair. Temporary Chairman
n.n hos been notably unfair to political
ore,ts and to-day Permanent Chairman
uonrv d CLAYTON Of Alabama was similarly
unfair .h ,d,,
Nothing must he dono to offend the ,doi
.,Iincon The whole spirit OF this con-
nsn,;on is that the Eastern Democrats can
~ 70 m. Old Harry. that the Bryanined
S.roocracv of the Middle West and the Far
West is in command ana proposes W run
things with high hand' ,,,
Bryan if defeated his friends say, is still
to be in control of the party machinery and
Il s,her 10 ba a candidate again In 1912 or
Tke Roosevelt is to name his successor.
ALL WANT IRRIGATION.
These Bryan men in personal conversation
oore not a whit for tariff or sound money
or INV other idea for which the Democracy
ia remembered All they talk ia irrigation.
ord thew talk irrigation in fourteen different
diaI,cts and more irrigation if you'll listen.
From irrigation they switch to mines and
mining corporations.
Once in control Of the Government at
Washington these Bryanites would see to
II that there was the heaviest sort OF appro-
nrstions for irrigation and mine develop
inc One thing is certain, according to
those who believe that they can read the
handwriting on the wall, and that is that
Brvan and the Bryanites intend, II possible.
M matter IL he is smashingly defeated on
olection day. to retain control Of the national
organization.
The convention got under way shortly
after noon to-day and the chaplain OF the
day was Rabbi Koch. This was the Rabbits
prayer
THE RABBITS PRAYER.
Great God weakness Is arrogant. but
strength 10 modest Piety breeds power
upon the hills Of earth This assemblage
il charged with mission potent with possi-
biities. We need Thy guidance much
and 40 we convene here in the interest of
democracy once again and open our session
with prayer,
Our prayer is no political concession to a
popular superstition. 1t is fervent utter
anoe Of all earnest souls, conscious Of their
responsibility and seeking strength and life
in Thee.
"A glorious task confers moral bearing
on future greatness. nation must have
ts right to live. II ideal citizenship be
high. il civic righteousness be strong. the
national progress will be sure.
-Partisanship may reward this proceed
ing. but partisanship cannot undo this
progress. Peneath our foundation Of poll
tics there is the cornerstone Of righteous
ness May we understand that partisan
ship is not always patriotism; liberty is not
license, that the waving of flags may not
mean victory
We are met with the afterglow Of the
independence day One hundred and
thirty years of history are looking down
upon us The makers of the nation q
century past pass in array before. Irre-
spective Of political belief they had this
in common: A glorious Americanism.
Lest we forget, may these memories be
as monitors telling us of the magniicenoe
in politics of manhood, Of fealty to princi-
pie of honor and of earnestness, and keep
ing close to these when the days work is
ended may ours be the consciousness. oh,
Judge Of nations. that Thou art with US
yet Amen
ROGER SULLIVAN SAT UPON
l.. McQuiston of Pennsy lvania COM
planned to Chairman Bell that contestants
in the Keystone State had not received the
badges and tickets to the convention to
which they were entitled. Roger G. Sulli-
van explained that the tickets had been
sent, but Chairman Bell jerked up Sullivan
by declaring that the sergeant at arms Of
the convention must Immediately see that
McQuistons request was carried out.
Senator McCreery of Kentucky sub
mtted the report on permanent organiza-
lion and Thomas F. Smith, secretary Of
Tammany, one of the reading clerks of the
convention. read the report in clear and
resonant tones, for which Smith is renowned,
declaring Representative Henry D. Clayton
o! Alabama to be the permanent chairman
Of the convention.
Chairman Bell thanked the sub-committe
Of the national committee the national COM
mttee and the convention itself for the
honor that it had bestowed upon him in
MAKING him temporary chairman and he
saded that the Western States and the
honor.
Senator McCreery Lewis Nixon Of New
iork and Judge John E. Raker Of Cali
lorna assorted Clayton to the platform
sna ollie James Of Kentucky started a series
11 ~, shrleks and cries in Clayton's honor.
wshenever the shrieking and yelling Of
sas convention have fallen short OF the
marx or 1t was necessary to turn them on
,or any purpose Ollie James has been chief
machinist
PRETTY PIECE OF VAUDEVILLE.
WIN Clayton safely upon the platfor m
e elee little tots Of girls dressed in red
w yile and blue slips each bearing a bunch
~ oses that made her bend beneath
ap, sne weight, were assisted to the platform
G0neac Sn each handed Clayton her floral tribute.
Lyon lifted each one in his arms and
4 iou her upon the chairman's desk, hss-
IN Ing each ln turn: The cowboy hand came
&c WIN My Old Kentucky Home" and
n.ee1 Eliza Jane and within a minute
\o. TWO after the shrieks and wells had died
Z lspeech ~'''s ''n o'e''n i'''
Ia ne roared ont the first sentence This
n,. democratic year" and this brought
n.oe, nv more yells and hows. Then Clayton
h'ocreNed to say, az hava NOT q douht biit