The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-09

are one people of one common impulse.
Nothing can wipe out that line The
great conflict which put Yankee Dodle'
on the pension list and ''Dixis' on crutches
could not wipe Ii out We are all one
people still. Let us nominate the piumed
knight of the the west, who has grown
stronger through two defeats. and who
comes before the people today as the al
most unanimous choice Of the Democracy
as the standard bearer. For vice pres-
dent we have lot of distinguished men
floating about in the air. think we can
induce some of them to take place on
the ticket.
They are like the old man in the
mountains who swore off drinking. but
took n bottle of whisky home with him
and said to his wife: Honey. | have
sworn off drinking whisky. but here is
bottle for precaution. and il ] get
sick and don't want to take il. why
Honey. make me take it.
A gale of laughter interrupted the
sneaker. who soon concluded with brief
tribute to AIR. Bryan.
Credentials Report.
As Senator Taylor retired the chairman
announced: Gentlemen of the conven-
ton we are now going to get down to
hard work. The committee on creden-
ognizes Mr.. Christopher G. Callaghan
as chairman of the committee.
Mr. Csllaghan then read the report.
which was follows:
In the matter oil the cOutcStS from the
state of Idaho Illinois New York Ohio.
Pennsylvania and the District of Colum.
bia your committee begs to report that
.thev have carefully investigated each of
said contests: that hearings have been
given to both the contestants and con-
testees in each of said contests. and YOUR
committee has endeavored to ascertain az
near as could be. all the facts BEARING
upon each contest. ard after careful
investigation Of the merits of each corr
test recommends that in each of the fol-
lowing contests the delegations as named
by the national committee he entitled to
seats az the REGULARLY accredited dele
gates and alternates 10 this convention.
namely:
Entitled to Seats.
The state Of Idaho.
The First. Second. Third. Fourth Fifth
sixth. Seventh Eighth. Ninth and Tenth
districts of Illinois.
The Second Third Fourth. Fifth. Si~tr
and Seventh districts of the state of New
York.
r-he nineteenth district of the state of
Ohio
The Thirty-second district of the state
of Pennsylvania.
The District of Columbia
In the matter of the CONTEST from the
First Second. Fourth. Fifth and Sixth
districts of the stnte of Pennsylvania. we
seated and recognized br this convention
as the duly accredited delegates and a.
ternates from said districts in the state
of Pennsylvania. to-wit:
First district-Neil Bonner. Michael
Francis.
Second district-RyArso, w. jennings.
Fourth dis'rict-A. Raymond Raft. Hor-
ace r. Fogel.
Fifth district-Patrick r. Koran. Paul
Wise.
Sixth district-P. J. Hallahan.
In the matter Of the contest from the
Ninth district Of the st?te of ONio YOU
committee recommends that the following
be seated in this convention the ac-
credited DELEGATES from said districts:
T.. A Pcwe- D~ William Watts.
Sullivan Got Busy.
While the chairman was reading the re-
port Roger c. Sullivan. chairman of the
Illinois delegation, which state was gen.
orally understood to have determined 10
fight side by side with Pennsylvania I'm
behalf of the minority report. was busilv
running about the floor comforting with
a number of other delegations and pre-
pairing for the fight as soon to come.
When Chairman Callaghan read the re-