Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-16
Senator Makes Speech in
Democratic Convention
Scoring Hughes.
CRITICISED FOR
-
LEAVING BENCH
Final Session Of Convention Delayed
in Agreeing Upon Platform - Morn
nations Made Few Minutes Before
Midnight Thursday and Friday Su-
perstition Is Avoided-But One Lone
Delegate '"Agin" Wilson.

Coliseum, st. Louis, June 1.-THE
final session of the democratic conven-
ton was called to order ut 11:26 a. m.
The seats filed slowly. At II o'clock,
the hour set for the caiilng of the con-
ventlon, there were not more than 200
delegates in their seats.
Prayer was offered by Rabbi Leon
Harrison, of St.sLouis, who gave thanks
for the great leader of this nation,
welding no strong arm of flesh and yet
triumphant in his invincible plea for
justice and humanity
There was a report that Governor
Ferguson, of Texas, would present a
minority plank on Mexico The gov
ernor later let it be known he would
present no minority plank
In response to a request from dele
gates to fix the time and place for no
titcation of President Wilson and Vice
President Marshall OF their nomination,
Chairman James explained that it was
the plan to confer first with each can
didate.
Reed Attacks Hughes.
Senator Reed, OF Missouri then made
a speech. The burden of Reeds speech
was an attack on the nomination OF Mr..
Hughes because he was taken from the
supreme court bench.
Reed read IA statement which he at
tribute to-. MIR. Hughes in 1912. which
declared against a supreme court JUS
tice entering politics.
At 1902 Senators Hollis and Walsh.
members Of the resolutions committee
and the sub committee as we'll came
into the hall. They said the platform
had not been reieased with'.authority
and said no one but Senator Stone
could release it for publication
While Senator Reed was speaking
Senator Stone, ENTERED the hall. and
ultho the platform had not yet been
presented to the convention, he au-
tnorized its immediate publication. be
cause it had been published in some
parts of the country, having been re-
leased by the United Press without au-
thority.
Platform Starts Trouble.
America was played by the band
when Senator Reed concluded and
Chairman Stone. of the resolutions
committee, mounted the platform t.
present the platform. Senator Stone
looked haggard from his long vigil.
Il am not going to read" he said,
referring to the platform. Il have not
been able to sleep moment in more
then thirty hourS.V
Chairman Stone then delegated the
reading to Senator Walsh, of Montana,
and Senator Hollis, of Montana. Sena-
tor Walsh took the speakers stand
first and began reading at SO o'clock.
Before Senator Walsh had finished
the preamble spectators in the gal
leries began to leave and the noise
made it hard to hear.
The reading of the platform was fin
ished al 1:20. There were cheers and
the band struck up again.
Chairman Stone then moved tho
adoption Of the platform as read, and
there were some cries of vote 1t
down." There were other cries Of
.''Shut up
No Sympathy For Ireland.
Martin NJ, Lomasney, a Massachu-
sets delegate, objected to the adop-
ton. After wrangle Senator Stone
yielded to Lomasney ten minutes of his
time.
1t turned out that Lomasney wanted
to put in plank to express the SYM
pie of Ireland
"Raus init him." roared Maryland
delegate. The convention rocked with
laughter.
Big Sides Cummings of Maryland.
moved that Mr.. Lomasney's resolution
be referred to the res solutions commit
tee and Chairman James SO ruled.
Minority Report on Suffrage.
minority report on suffrage sub
mitted to; the convention by Renre-
sentative Bartlett, of Georgia; James
r. Nugent, of New Jersey; S. B. Flem-
ing, of Louisiana, and Governor Fer
guson, of Texas, says:
THE following report as offered to
the committee on platform and resolu
tions to-wit:
"The democratic party has always
stood for The sovereignty of the several
states in the control and regulation Of
elections. We reaffirm the historic
position of our party in this regard ard
favor a continuance Of that wise provi-
sion of the federal constitution which
vests in the several states of the
union the powers to prescribe the
qualifications of their electors, which
said quoted provisions was voted down
in said committee by vote of 26 to IL,
and we hereby tender said provisions
as minority report and ask its adop-
tion by this convention.
Suffrage Debated.
h Governor Ferguson. of Texas pre-
sented the report under an aEreemen,
for thirty mintes' debate on each side
Governor Ferguson declared he en-
dorsed the state rights amendment.
The majority plank is not the con-
viction Of the democratic party" he
said, "and in the desire TO secure a
little political advantage this surren-
der of democratic principles is made.
s The Texas governor pleaded in the
convention not to lay aside old and