The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1908-07-18

ie,' but the clash of brass and drums
was completely lost in the babble of
sound which swelled up from the
great throng.
For the first minute Senators Gore
stood waiting to proceed, occasionally
raising his hand for silence, only to
awaken a defiant yell, twice louder
than before and he finally retired to
the edge of the platform where he sat
smiling, but unseeing, at the great
commotion his words had produced.
Georgia's delegation, in the midst
of the cheering crowd, was conspicu-
Gus for its absolute silence.
Delegates danced UP and down In
the aisles to the measures of "A Hot
Time" and shouted the chorus of
Marching Through Georgia" While
the latter air was ringing through the
hall determined assault was made
by the frenzied Bryan shouters ON the
Georgia standard, which up to this
time had been kept firmly rooted in
its place. The delegation showed in
quick fashion that it was as danger
GUS to March Through Georgia" as
ever it had been in the days of the
war. They rallied around their little
yellow flag-pole, bearing the name of
their state in white against back
ground of blue and stuck staunchly to
their guardianship. 1t was the only
southern standard that remained root
ed, and where it was planted it
stayed
At 2:47 p. m, one hour and twen-
ty-seven minutes after Gore had men
toned the name of Bryan, the demon
stration ended and Senator Gore fin
ished his address.
:, The convention then adjourned un-
til 8 p. m.
The fight between the majority and
minority factions of the credential
committee over the unseating of Colo
mel James M. Guffey and other dele
gates of Pennsylvania began shortly
after the convention met for the night
session.
the convention heard speeches on va
rious subjects from Richmond P. Hob
son and others.
fter these speeches Chairman Bell
recognized Christopher C. Callahan,
chairman of the credential committee.
who presented the majority report of
the committee recommending that |
certain delegates from Pennsylvania
he denied seats in the convention.
Mr.. l. l.. Straus of Maryland was
recognized and presented the minor
ity report, which recommended that |
the contestees in the Pennsylvania
cases be seated. Thirty minutes was
allotted to each side for debating the
question. Mr.. Callahan and Govern
or Haskell of Oklahoma spoke in IA
vor of adopting the majority report.
Mr.. Straus made an imbassioned ap-
peal for the adoption of the minority
report
''The question is on the adoption of /
the minority report in place of that
portion of the majority report relating
to Pennsylvania" announced Chair
man Bell, as he directed the clerk to
begin the call by states. When the
,oll was closed Chairman Bell an
Upon this question the
ayes have 3S7 votes and the noes
;15." The majority report was then
adopted by a viva voce vote.
Great confusion followed the an
of the result of the roll
all, but, through the uproar filtered a
notion to adjourn until II o'clock
Thursday morning. 1t was seconded
n a flash, and carried with a shout,
md the delegates made for the doors.
Thursday.
At 11:30 O'Clock Thursday, Chair {
nan Bell begun the ten minutes of
with his gavel, which he
as thus far found necessary in call 1