The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-07-29
he GREAT COflMONER
LOSES ON TEST VOTE
DEFEAT OF BRYAN'S AMENDMENE \ I
GREETED WITH CHEERS.
The "Peerless One" May be Deposed
as Democratic Leader of Ne
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Grand Island, NeO., July Ao-alhto
a tumult of cheers from the former
followers of VIM. Jennings Bryan,
permanent Chairman smyth, Of the
Democratic platform convention, to-
day read the result of a test vote Of
the gathering, which practically took
from Mr.. Bryan the Democratic lead
ership of Nebraska, which he has
maintained for fourteen years.
The vote came on a motion made by
Congressman G. NJ. Hitchcock, a can
didate for the senatorial nomination,
which in effect was to eliminate the
introduction of platform planks with
accompanying speeches, unless sub
mitted as a section of the majority
or minority report of the committee
on resolutions. Mr.. Bryan, seated as
a member of the Lancaster county
delegation, was On his feet Immediate
ly with a protest and offered an
amendment that would modify that
intent of the original motion. The
Bryan adherents denounced the Hitch
cock motion as gag rule" and their
opponents declared that. individual
rule" must not prevail. Chairman
Smyth ordered a roll call on the
amendment. When two-thirds had
been called, opponents of Mr.. Bryan
realized that he was defeated and a
wave of cheers that drowned the roll
call began.
Vote Unfavorable to Bryan.
AS Chairman Synth read the re-
suit, 1876 against Mr.. Bryan's amend
ment to 394 in favor of it, the dele
gates sounded fresh volume of
cheers that seemed to indicate their
relief from the uncertainty that had
existed as to the strength which Mr..
Bryan might develop in the conven-
tion.
The original motion of Mr.. Hitch
cock then was adopted.
The action of the convention practi
cally prohibits any speech from Mr..
Bryan unless, as a member of the
resolutions committee, he should
speak on one of the planks offered by
the committee to the convention. Co.
ernor Shallenberger and Mayor Lanl-
man, of Omaha, rivals for nomination
for governor, addressed the conven-
tion and hurled verbal shafts at each
other.
Makes a Promise.
Governor Shallenberger promised
the delegates that if reelected togeth-
er with a Democratic legislature, he
would give them opportunity, through
legislative action, to settle the saloon
question definitely.
The convention took recess until
8 o'clock to await the report of the
committee on resolutions.
In beginning his address Mr.. Smyth
said:
For many years We were told that
the tariff was passed in the interest
of the laboring man, and the laborlng
man believed it, but he knows better
now. He knows, and so do the mer-
chant and the farmer and the people
in general, that not one dollar of the
fund raised through the tariff goes
to the laboring mans benefit; that in
stead it is used to create multi-mil-
lionaires and purchase rotten titles
of a still more rotten nobility for
silly American girls.
"The country knows how well Mr..
TAFT and his party have kept their
promise on the tariff question. Never
was there more fragrant betrayal of
a great public trust"
Bryan's Candidate Speaks.
The differences Of the Shallenber-
ger and Dahlman factions on the min
or points of the platform did not pre-
vent a solid front by them against the
county option issue, of which Mr.. Bry-
an was the only sponsor.
At the opening of the raging session
former Senator ". R. Patrick, the
Bryan candidate for governor, took
the platform and openly defed the op-
ponents of Mr.. Bryan. He declared
that failure to adopt the county plank
meant certain defeat at the polls He
attacked Shallenberger and Mayor
Dahlman until cautioned by Chairman
Smyth. He declares that Bryan was
the only man who did or could lead
the army to Democratic victory.
Majority Report Adopted.
The committee on resolutions re-
DOrteG at tho c1oso Of Mr. PatricE's