The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-04-10

adoption of the report, and it result
ed in a vote OF lbs to &c in favo. Of
the counties selecting their own dele
gates, and the friends OF MIR. Leehau
felt that they had been ahundantly
vindicated and that they were right
in their contention.
The chairman appointed Messrs.
LaFollette and simmons OF Huron to
conduct Col. Lynch TO the chair
as the permanent officer. The new
chairman made a very brief address,
and SAID That there were three prjn-
cipleS in his life which he had
always adhered to: To love his God:
to protect and provide for the good
woman who had accepted him years
ago; and to wo1k for the success of
the democratic party.
$. A. Ramsey. chairman of the
committee on resolutions gave his
report. The resolutions dre volumi-
nous and cover a wide range of
action, but the democrats proposed
to put themselves on record and to
show the country just how they felt
on these issues. MIR. Ramsey read
tue resolutions with good effect and
be was frequently interrupted with
applause when he set forth some par
ticula1ly interesting passage. The
resolutions will be found on page g.
Before the resolutions were adopted
Henry Volkmar, editor OF the Mill
bank Review, asked.to be heard on a
part of the resolutions. He declared
that he subscribed to every :.pa1t and
portion of ..the resolutions with the
exception Of the last few words Of
the closing paragraph which In
strncted the delegates to "vote for
William. Jennings Bryan first, last
and all the time" Mr.. Volkmar
desired %to..substitute an amendment
to that phrase reading to the effect
that "the delegates vote for Mr..
Bryan so long as his name remains
before the convention. and then for
the delegates to use their own judge
ment for the best interests of the
party in voting for a second choice"
Mr.. Volkmar begged and pleaded
with the delegates not to bind the
delegation up so closely that it would
be-impossible to vote for any other
man in case Bryan could not be
nominated.
Some one shouted out "Who's your
MANI" And Volkmar, evidently
with some reluctance, said that 1T
was johnson of Minnesota. He
declared that there we're several
other men on the resolutions com.
mittee who felt in much the same
way that he did. Volkmar declared
that he was for kryan--there was nc
m%istaking that proposition, only be
did not want to be deprived of the
right to vote for another candidate
IL iJ was necessary.
|, MI. Ramsey, in defense of the
phrase, said that Volkmar hae
evidently heen reading the New
York World. which had been trying
for months past to get the states tt
avoid tieing up their delegate!
hoping for The contingency to aris'
whereby Bryan could possibly b,
defeated. Dudley came to the rescu,
with an amendment to add to th,
end Of the resolutions with this
"and to vote for no other man,
Volkmar's amendment precipitatet
quite a warm discussion when Il
became evident that the johnson
followers were trying to get som
recognition. Ex-senator Pettigrev
finally took the platform in defens'
, of Mr.. Bryan, and said be hoped tina,
!, the gentlena an would withdraw tn,
resolution for the reason that John
son would not receive a vote in the
Denver convention. He declared
, that Johnson had merely lent hi.
!, name to the conspira tors OF the cas-
for the purpose of defeating Bryan
or embarrassing him, and that h
+ could not even be the second choic'
was not sincere in his candidacy b.
, felt certain for the reaSOn that John
, son had contracted with a lyceun
bureau to go On the platform t.
! lecture and that he was making tbi
presidential play merely for tn
advertising ne could get out Of it t
! help swell the receipts, and Petit
q grew SAID that he was even sorr
that, he had tn give johnson tloa
much advertising in this convention
The senator read a teles ram from til
BRYAN volunteers OF the Minnesot
state central committee, signed b
six of them urging South Dakota t
stand by Bryan,
The vote was then taken on I'll
resolutions and they we're carrie
with but three dissenting votes.
Mr., Ramsey then presented tW