El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-06-30

/ ter never dreamed Of by a Democratic
( convention four years ago and never
made a party affair. For this should
my district be disfranchisedg
sit down" Put him out" Shut
up" were shouted at him from all
Gentlemen" said the chair. this
man is entitled TO a respectful hear
ing"
gates Kissed Shannon closed his
] appeal by asserting that I'm going
2 back to Jim Reeds district, the ban
ner Democrat district in Missouri.
and report to my people that we went
down fighting because you came into
our district and set aside our Demo
cratic actions"
Hugo X. Asher, Of California,
secretary Of the credentials COM
mftfee. decIaredf ssThe state Of
Missouri refused to confirm Jim
Reed as a delegate to this con-
vemtfOu. his own state rejected
him, and your committee took
pleasure in standing by the
state"
The question was demanded and If
the president had the receiver to his
ear at the white house telephone he
must have smiled. for Reed was com
pletely flattened by the weight Of
the mighty aye that adopted the com
mittee report.
Threatened Fight @FizzIes."
The long fight that had been
threatened lasted only about eight
minutes. Administration steam rollers
do effective work
When the committee on permanent
organization presented the name Of
senator Joseph 7. Robinson, Of
Arkansas. it was 50 evident the ad-
ministration machinery was in con-
troll that Bryan senator David Walsh.
OF Massachusetts, and other insur-
gents did not raise a voice How
ever, Robinson's selection was a sort
Of compromise, as the president had
originally wanted his secretary OF
state. Colby. for permanent chairman
As he got senator Carter Glass as
chairman Of the resolutions commit
tee he did not press Colby for the
permanent Craftsmanship and Robin
son was taken By Observation-Disclosures
men because he was at least uniden-
titled with any faction in the field
for nomination
Robinson Takes GaveL
Along about this time Robinson
took the gavel- The women in the
convention got something OF a shock
when vote was taken on a telegram
congratulating the governor OF Ten
nessee on calling a special legisla-
tive session to adopt the Anthony
suffrage amendment, for there were
several hundred noes. This was the
first showing Of male hands on the
female suffrage question and it was
not quite pleasing TO the militant
women were told they were violating
a state law by wearing their hats
and they all came off
"Plutocratic beneficiarles Of the
protective tariff" and things like
that, filled the permanent chairman's
speech The people will show the
Republicans this fall that the presi-
dency Of the United States cannot
be bought and sold" the Arkansas
statesman told the delegates, and
added TO history with the assertion
that Every American citizen had
to hang his head in shame at the
scandal that attended the Republican
conduct Of tbs Spanish-American
war" but they held 'em produly, he
said, when the Democratic party put
over the great victory at St Mihiel
and the Argonne.
He certainly did appear TO be most
seriously grieved about the 6. o. P.
and well pleased with Mr.. Wilson's
party. He got applause for John
Paul Jones by comparing him to
Josephus Daniels, and scared clear
those American birds Of prey which
Mr.. Daniels sent over to make the
kaiser quit
Delegates Read Sport News.
Most Of the delegates took the op-
portunity to read the sporting news
in the afternoon paper while the
speaker "keynoted-" He's not a bad
humorist. however He said Harding
once denounced Hiram Johnson as
faker and BLACKBOARD and wondered
what Hiram thinks Of Warren" He
answered by saying, johnson has
to keep quiet because It would be
unlawful 10 use the language Hiram
would have to employ TO give his
opinion OF Warren"
He didn't forecast much Demo-
cratic hope regarding Mexico