Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1912-06-29
GOV. WILSON MAKES
GAINS AS CONTESTS
ARE DETERMINED


sey Governor Wins--tiow West
Virginia Voted on Them
Baltimore. Md. June "a. Chairman
Parker called the convention TO order
at 12,45.
The Invocation was offered by the
Rev. Adolph Guttemaeher.
Minority Report.
The first business OF the convention
was the hearing the report of the ere
dentials committee.
Delegate Morris. of Pennsylvania,
offered minority OF the credentials
committee, seating the Wilson dele
gates from South Dakota The COM
mittee had seated the Clark dele
gates.
MaccorkIe For Majority
Former Governor William A. Mac
Corkle. of w. Va, spoke as a repre-.
sentative of the majority OF the com
mittee, and asked the right TO present
the right OF a sovereign state vote on
the floor Senator Luke Lea for the
contestees and M. NJ Crane. of Texas.
also spoke for the minority report.
Former Governor Blanchard Of La, I'D
vised that the case bedecided on It's
merits
Demonstration For Wilson.
During the debate on the contests
a demonstration was started for VIII
son. Some one yelled. three cheers
for Wilson" Pictures waved In the
galleries and delegates took the chairs
A great number OF Wilson ]. banners
we're raised. and carried around the
hall A big Champ Clark banner was
also hoisted, and carried around the
room Underwood's friendos also
started to yell. and the police closed
the doors, forbidding any one to enter
whether delegates or not.
Missouri Takes a Hand.
The Missouri standard was pluck
ed from its place and waved by the
delegates. who endeayored to march
around the hall cheering for Clark and
at Eli, fifteen minutes after the dem
onstration started on the convention
floor they were waving banners and
flags. and the delegates still cheered
and struggled about the floor The
sergeant-atarms endeavored to calD
the convention to order, but his cries
could not be heard outside the press
stand after twenty-one minutes order
was restored. and the roll call was
ordered on the South Dakota con
tests.
Wilson Men Seated
The nine Wilson men were seated
from South Dakota The vote was
639A to 437. 5tk not voting and two
were absent The ten South Dakota
delegates did not vote. The delegates
from the Philippines were excluded
on a viva voce vote.
How West Virginia Voted.
On the final vote on the South Da-
kota contest West Virginia voted ten
for the majority report. IL for the
minority report and III didn't vote.
Permanent Chairman
The report OF the committee on
rules and order of business was unan-
lmously adopted and James is chair
man. and e. e. Britten. OF North Car
DINA, permanent secretary.
James Speaks
Senator-Elect, Ollie James. of Ken
lucky, In his speech as permanent
chairman, paid close attention TO the
tariff. He congratulated the demo-
Gratis that no charge of bribery. no
cry of theft and robber had been hurl-
cd by one democrat at another and
no soldiers stand reserved to keep
us from each others throats."
He pointed out that the republican
party had arrogantly denied the prom
ises. while the democratic party had
faithfully kept all promises.
He added. THE Republican party II
self, recognizing that President Taft
had been unfaithful to the great mass
OF the American people, refused by
an honest majority OF the convention
to renominate him. and it was only
brought about by the most Wholesale
cOnscienceless and deliberate unseat-
ing OF delegates honestly elected that
was ever perpetrated on an American
political party"
They then recounted the tariff
work of the House, which sought to
reduce dutys ''in the interest OF 2
consuming public" and pointed out
that Taft vetoed the wooden tariff
which reduced the tariff forty per
cent. After pointing out the demo-
Gratis lacked eleven votes to pass the
measure over the veto he said: And
today the wool trust stands not be-
hind majority of the lawmakers OF
the republican party, but behind the
veto Of the president. and the eleven
more than one-thfrd of the represent