El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-06-27

and gradually died out before tn,
urgent demands for order.
Wilson Wins First Test.
At Z:3O p. m, the question OF the
adoption of the report was put to Z
vote The minority report was frs
The vote was taken as lineup Of
the Wilson and Clark forces, the
minority report on the South Dakota
contest case favoring the Wilson dele
gates and the majority report favOring
the Clark delegates. The Wilson forces
won.
Great cheering greeted the Illinois
announcement Of 5S votes favorable to
New York cast 80 votes for the
minority report, favorable to Wilson.
The Roll Call.
The vote on the minority report of the
credentials committee on South Da-
kOta follows:
AIabama-Yeas Il; nays 10.
Arizona-Yeas none; nays g.
Arkansas-Yeas none; nays Is.
California-Yeas 20.
ColOradO-Yeas !; nays IL
Connecticut-Nea cas- /; nays Is
Delaware-Yeas 6.
Florida-Yeas ?; nays 10.
GeOrgia-YeaS Is.
Idaho-Yeas 8.
Indiana-Yeas Il; nays 10
Hlinois-Yeas SIS; nays none.
Iowa-Yeas II 1-2; nays 141-2
KansaS-Yeas 20
Kentucky-Nays &c.
LOuisfana-Yeas - navs Z
Maine-Yeas II; nays l.
MaryIand-Yeas IL; nays Is -.
Massachusetts-Ye Z; nays %
MiSsouri-Nays IS.
Minnesota-Yea "a
Mississippi-Nays 20.
MisSOrui-NayS Sc.
Montana-Yeas s.
Nebraska-Yeas Il: nays ..
Nevada-Yeas 2; nays g. not voting /
New Hampshire-Yeas 6; nays ..
New Jersey-Yeas %: nays I.
New MexicO@Yeas 0; nays Z; not vot-
ing l.
New York-Yeas 80.
North Carolina-Yeas 20; nays l.
Ohio-Yeas IS; nays Is; not voting
OkIahoma-Yeas 10; nays 10.
Oregon-Yeas 10.
Pennsylvania-Yea Il; nays 5.
Rhode Island-Nays 10.
South CarOlina-Yeas Is.
South Dakota-NOt voting is II
Tennessee-Yeas 10; nays IA
Texas-Yeas 30.
Utah-Yeas s.
VermOnt-XeaS S.
Virginia-Yeas "a
WaShingtOn-Nays Il
West Virginia-Yeas IL; nays 10;
wiscOnsiH@Yeas 1s; nays 6. 1inOt vOt-
ing.
Wyoming-Yeas 3; nays 3.
Alaska-Yeas 2; nays 4.
District of Columbia-Yeas s.
HaWaii-Yeas 6.
Philippines-Yea 6.
Porto Rico-Yeas 4; nays ?.
Official result TO adopt minority re-
port seating Wilson South Dakota
delegates: Yeas, 639 II; nays, 437; not
voting %; absent ?.
Philippines Delegates Excluded.
Sens Tor John Sharp Williams made
point of order against the vote Of the
Philippine Islands on the ground that
the supreme court has ruled that the
islands are not part of the United
States
None of the other contests before the
committee were taken to the floor of
credentials committee as to all other
cases was accepted. The Harrison
Hearst delegates from Illinois aban-
1Oned their fight Two Clark fac
ions from the District Of Columb ia
we're seated with half a vote each.
The Philippine delegates were then
excluded on viva vOce vote.
The six votes of the Philippine dele
gates being excluded, the total vote
was, therefore, recorded as 633 - for
the minority report instead of $50 II.
James as Chairman.
ion was then made and Ollie James
was elected permanent chairman, on
he report of the committee. Chair /
nan James was escorted to the plat
.orm amid rapturOus applause and be-
gan his speech as permanent chairman. |
Mr.. James's address as permanent |
chairman was in part as follows:
I am deeply grateful to this great |
convention of patriotic American Demo- |
rats for this high honor.
I congratulate the Democrats of the |
lation on the fortunate auspices under 1
which we have assembled Here no |
.harge of bribery hovers above this !
lall, no cry of thief and rObber is 4
lurled by one fellow Democrat at an
,ther"
..DenOcratic Party the People,
'TheDemocraticp party is essentially q /
'arty Of the people because it is the \
'eOple.
There are two records that will be
resented to the American people in
he coming campaign for their consid-
ration One is the record of the Re
ubllcan party with promises betrayed
defiantly betrayed; and
he other is the record of the Demo-
ratio party of promises faithfully and
Onestly kept.
The Republican party itself, recog-
1zing that president Taft has been I'M
aithful to the great masses of Amer
ian people, refused by honest majority
o renominate him.
The Republican party, flushed with
lany victories, imperiOus as a tyrant, /
the demands of the people,
1ok the reins of the government in
POS under the solemn promise that il
-ould revise the tariff in the interest
f the consumer. Instead of keeping
his promise, it betrayed it.
Republicans and the TaT1ff.
The Republicans raised the tariff
gbeEE -tha2)ey9r i6e1-ore until it reached /
s maximum Of protection, being At
ercent.
'The Democratic party appealed, on
S record in the 61st congress on the
ayne-Aldrich tariff bill, to the Ameri-
IN people and received from them
.rdict of guilty against the Republican ! ,
-rty and the bestowal Of power upon !
First, we reduced the tariff upon
oolen clothes 40 percent. This was y
e one schedule that president Taft I
mself said was too high. This bill
ent to the senate and. though it was I
ntroled by the opposition party we a
und sufficient assistance to pass it | c
to the president The president re-
rned it, with his veto, and assigned ! n
his reason that he had no tariff a