Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-09

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Bell to Hobson's Rescue
"The chair wishes to add word or
two" said the chairman as soon as the
tumult that followed Hobson's retreat
had given him a chance to be heard,
and then he said:
"The chair halls from the Pacific
coast, and up to the present moment
he has seen no occasion to enlist"
A roar of laughter greeted the re-
mark which turned into applause when
he said:
cific we will have a big enough navy
to protect our coast"
Col Haldeman of Kentucky was
recognized by the chair, and standing
at his place in the center of the aisle he
asserted that the convention had busi-
ness to transact and ought to proceed
to 1t without further flights of oratory.
Col. Haldeman then proceeded to take
issue with Mr.. Hobson, declaring that
the United States has twenty-five first
class battleships and Japan but six
teen.
"And I want to say that we are not
afraid of Japan or anybody else on the
face Of the GLOBE" concluded Col. Hal
deman amid applause.
Chairman Bell announced that the
committee on credentials would not be
ready to report for several minutes.
This afternoon" said Mr.. Bell, Il
sent committee down into the New
York delegation to escort to the plat
form Senator Charles Towne-."
Town Receives Applause
That was as far as the chairman was
allowed to proceed. and Mr.. Towne
took the platform amid much applause.
Mr.. Towne kept strictly to the promise
he had 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.
| Taylor, Taylor" cried many of the
delegates, remembering the invitation
of the afternoon to the Tennessee sena-
tor.
Mr.. Callaghan of Massachusetts,, the
chairman of the committee on creden-
tials, was in the aisle clamorlng for
recognition, when Senator Taylor was
escorted to the stage by a number OF
his constituents.
AS Senator Taylor retired after a
brief speech, the chairman announced:
Gentlemen of the convention, we are
now going to get down to hard work.
The committee on credentials is ready
to report. The chair recognizes Chris
topher c. Callaghan, chairman of the
committee"
Mr.. Callaghan then read the report.
Prepare for Action
While the chairman was reading the
report Roger Sullivan. chairman of the
Illinois delegation, which state was
generally understood to have deter
mined to fight side by side with Penn
sylvania in behalf of the minority re-
port, was busily running about the
floor conferring with a number of other
delegations and preparing for the fight
soon to come.
When Chairman Callaghan read the
decision of the committee in favor of
the contestants, against Guffey in
Pennsylvania, there were few Kisses
and some applause. The interruption
was Of brief duration, however, and the
reading of the report was continued.
In the matter of two lists of commit
tee appointments from the state of
Pennsylvania, Chairman Callaghan re-
ported that the credentials committee
recommended that in view of the con-
| test decisions the lists be referred back
to the delegation for further action.
Mr. Callaghan concluded by moving
the adoption of the report.
IT second that notion" shouted a
delegate from Indiana.
The chairman stated the question and
then recognized ]. L. Straus of Mary
land who read the minority report,
which recommended that the con-
testees in the Pennsylvania cases be
seated.
The statement made by Mr. Straus
that the action of the majority of the
committee was a staggering blow at
the Democracy Of a sovereign state
called forth cheers. He asked the chair
man for permission to make a few re-
marks in support of his motion to sub
stitute the minority for the majority
report.
Bell Calls for Motion
mot now" said Chairman Bell.
Put your motion and l will state the
question"
'Tt is moved and seconded that this
minority report be adopted in place of
that portion of the majority report re-
lating to the contests" said Chairman
Bell.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma was
recognized to move that debate be lin
| tied to thirty minutes on either side.
Mr.. Kern of Indiana seconded the mo-
ton, amid scattering cries of mo"
The motion was put to a viva voce
vote and carried, the volume of noes
being quite small, and emanating al
most wholly from Pennsylvania.
The chair then recognized Chairman
| Callaghan of the credentials commit
tee as the first speaker in behalf of the
majority report. Before Mr., Callaghan
began, Mr.. Straus claimed that as he
carried the affirmative he should nave
the right to open and close the debate.
! The chair ruled. however, that the
chairman of the committee, as he rep
resented the majority, should have the
right to open and close, and he again
recognized Mr.. Callaghan.
MIR. Callaghan began by saying that
the time allowed the majority would
be divided between himself and Gov
ernor Haskell of Oklahoma, the latter
closing the debate.
Mr.. Callaghan said the evidence be-
fore the committee showed that IN
Philadelphia the Guffey faction brought
a host of Republicans to the Demo-
cratic primary. These votes. he de-
clared, were members of the Philadei-
phia Republican machine, of which
zone McNichol" was the head.
In one congressional district where
the normal Democratic vote was about
1000 the vote in the primary swelled to
more than 2700. This was but one IN
stance of many, declared Mr.. Callag-
han. the evidence OF which was sup
ported by undisputable affidavits.
s'When we considered all the evil
dence." he concluded, ''it was impossi-
BILE to escape the conclusion that the
real Democracy of Philadelphia had
been kept at home by an alliance OF
one element of the Democracy with the
dominant Republican machine in that
city"
The first speaker for the minority re-
| Mr. CfrauQ WhO had OracAnf-