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Hobson Declares Democratic Victory Would Soon Lead to War on the Pacific Coast
kum and other leading lights of the St.
Louis and San Francisco system. There
!s a tariff plank, of course, but it Is not
ppsentially stronger than that at Chi
cago.
FOR REDrCTIO.V OF DITTY «
It provides for a reduction in the
rates of duty on all articles which c-n
tcr into competition with the produc
tion of trusts, and also reduced rates
upoxnihe necessities of life. It pledges
the party to cut down the duties on all
articles which are sold cheaper abroad
than at home, and there is a gratifying
and unequivocal demand for the repeal
of the dutj- on wood pulp end white
paper. Besides these things the plat
form is strong on insurance of bank de
posits, postal savings banks, valuation
of railroad property, regulation of
trust?, good roads, immigration, pub
licity of campaign expenses and a half
dozen other things contained in the
Nebraska, Oklahoma and other state
rlatforms. With only four conserva
tives on the subcommittee of IS and
•with 3ryan at the other end of the wire
•X wav: la*vttcble that the whole 1 phrase
,h,«T i r - the platform as well as the
TLvl<*tr* treated, should represent his
T!o:-* « still uncertainty as to the
candidate for vice president. Tam
.rany, backed up by New Jersey, Penn
sylvania and Connecticut, stands aloof
•Tom the big locomotive. Murphy and
ex-Senators Smith and Guffey all feel
the treatment which was accorded to
the white haired leader from Pennsyl
vania, who has spent so much of his
time and money in the cause of democ
racy. On the other hand, they accept
Bryan as Inevitable, and have taken the
frround that he should be allowed to
dictate every last detail of the con
vention, so that if lie Is beaten he can
not say it was because some one had
tied a cf.n to him.
SOL'TaiOXS FOR HARRISON*
J-jtige Gray has declined second place
fo often that his decision has at last
,/»n accepted as final. Tammany has
the Bryan managers that New
lork has no intention of presenting a
candidate at the present time as a re
quest from New York. The state would
not object if some man like Francis
Burton Harrison were selected for sec
ond place, in spite of the fact that Tam
many had turned down Harrison for
renominatlon for congress. His can
didacy is being pushed by a number of
southern delegates for sentimental rea
sons. As Is well known, his father was
private secretary to Jefferson Davis,
and was captured with the fleeing pres
ident of-the -confederacy down in Mls-
Eissippl and put in a little time in his
company in Fortress Monroe. This fact
alone Is sufficient to Insure the sup
port of the southerners, and there is a
distinct movement on foot in Harrison's
behalf coming from Dixie and not from :
Manhattan. Almost any other man
might be chosen, with David R. Fran
cis, president of the St. Louis exposi
tion; Tom L. Johnson, mayor of Cleve
land, and John W. Kern, Indiana's can
didate, as strong possibilities.
For a baby state Oklahoma Is do
ing pretty well, thank you. Its gov- :
crnor has been the hard worked chair
man of the committee on resolutions
which completed its work late this
evening:. Governor Haskell has domi- j
natcd the committee from the start, !
and aside from Bryan himself has
had more to do than any other man
with the creation of the platform it
self, and upon him. of course, was
laid the duty of presenting- the report
to the convention. Meanwhile Sena
tor Gore. with his sightless eyes,
started a characteristic speech in the
convention during the day, and by
his early introduction of Bryan's name
touched a match and started a con
flagration which swept over the floor
and galleries, which, after the demon
stration had subsided, left the im
portant pivotal states of New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Con
necticut standing like a fireproof sky
scraper looming out of the very mid
dle of the burned district.
BRYAVS CHANCE NOT AIDED
From a political standpoint. It can
hardly be said the proceedings of the
day either tn committee or In -»the
convention have done much to advance
Bryan's chances of election. The scars
left by the treatment of Colonel Guffey
are not likely to be healed before the
election. It is a mistake to think be
cause Guffey comes from a strong re
publican state that he can be run over
with impunity. The treatment of the
Pennsylvania delegation by the con
vention Tuesday was generally con
demned openly, even by some of Bryan's
strongest admirers. A precedent will
be set which may disorganize a demo
cratic convention some day, and the dis
franchisement of the whole delega
tion in the convention was as useless
am it was extraordinary. Of course,
Guffey appealed to the convention from
the action of the credentials committee,
thus precipitating a sensational fight
at the night session, and. of course, the
convention sustained Bryan so far as
the general principle was concerned of
administering a rebuke to Guffey.
Murphy won In the New York con
test, although the consensus of opinion
1« that Pat McCarren elected his dele
ration legally. The control of the New
York machine Is thus transferred to
Murphy, and the long visaged Pat an
nounced during the afternoon that he
•wouldn't even take the trouble to make
n contest on the floor of the conven
tion. But everyone knows only too
well what will happen In November
Some thousands of McCarren democrats
•will go fishing election day, and Bryan
will have to content himself with in
creased majorities In Oklahoma and Ar
kansas.
CUT DOWN TAFT BANNER
Bryanitcs Object to Walking
Under Republican Emblem
LINCOLN, Neb., July 8. — The Taft
banner stretched across O street near
Twelfth, and which has excited the
wrath of many Bryan supporters here
\u25a0waiicut down at midnight tonlyht. The
news of the occurrence caused no par
ticular surprise, as threats of such
action had been freely made.
• Tiie occurrence was unaccompanied
Ijy any demonstration, as few peoDle
were on the street. The work is be
lieved to have been that of a sintrle
person, or at most two. operating on
opposite Bides of the street.
The wreckage of the banner cauirht
In telephone and telegraph wlrei and
Is suspended In a limp bundle about
10 feet above the street.
BRYAN DEEPLY MOVED
Words to Acknowledge Demon-
stration Fail Commoner
FAIRVIEW, LINCOLN, Neb.. July 8.
•Thfe democrats have been very good
to /ac and I can find no words to ex
press my deep appreciation of the con
fidence and good will which the dem
onstration Indicates."
- It was with these words that W. J
Bryan this afternoon, speaking to
newspapermen, acknowledged the re
markable demonstration given him by
delegates to the democratic national
convention. ;
That Bryan wai deeply affected by
the outburst wm apparent In the grav
ity with which he uttered the senti
ment. One hour and 27 minutes of
delirious homage was pictured in crisp
telegrams received at Falrview, and
the thrill of it showed in Hashes in
the' eyes of the man to whom It was
paid. • ..
PLOTTERS *»* BEHEADED— SaIjron. Co
chin Chiua, July 8. — Toe tfarec Asnamlte officers
condemned to death for complicity In a plot
to poison the members of the garrison hare
(pen beheaded at Hanoi. > -.-..
BRYAN'S COMPLETE
CONTROL IS SHOWN
Tumult Demonstrates Absolute
Mastery of Democracy
by Commoner
Ex« Pugilist in New York Dele*
gation Defends Banner With
Knockout Blow
George Van Smith
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
DENVER, July B.— lf William Jen
nings Bryan had not repeatedly demon
strated his absolute mastery of democ
racy as represented In the national
convention of 1908 the record break-
Ing demonstration for the commoner
today would have dissolved every doubt.
Every performance given by the Bryan
company playing In Denver results in
a broken record. Democracy went aft
er the demonstration record of 48 min
utes, established two weeks ago by the
republicans in Chicago. The attempt
was eminently successful. The bour
bons not only smashed the record, but
nearly doubled the distance, with ap
parently only slight distress. The dura
tion of the demonstrtitlon launched
by Senator Gore of Oklahoma, and car
ried into a new realm of long distance
by a clever band master endowed with
a keen sense of humor, was Its least
significant feature. It was chiefly
Interesting as a measure of the control
Bryan wields over the convention as a
voting body.
CONTROL IS ABSOLUTE
That Bryan's, control of the conven
tion was absolute was demonstrated by
the crawl Judgo Alton B. Parker was
compelled to make for the edification of
the followers of the peerless leader, by
his refusal to permit Pennsylvania to be
represented on tne important commit
tees of the convention, by his instruc
tions covering every possible platform
contingency, and finally by dismissal of
Guffey from the national committee.
The surrender of Tammany and Roger
Sullivan and hie Illinois fighting men
was conclusive evidence of Bryan's su
premacy, but it remained for the dem
onstration this morning to prove that
the Bryan control is virtually exclusive.
Bryan's claim of 813 votes on the first
ballot was most undemocratlcally con
servative. Based on the showing made
by the delegations which refused to
participate in the demonstration today
an estimate of 100 anti-Bryan votes out
of the I.OOS to be cast on theflrst bal
lot would be liberal. Seven delega
tions — New York, Illinois, Minnesota.
Georgia, Delaware, New Jersey and
Connecticut, with a total voting
strength of 224 — refused to participate
in the demonstration. New York's 78
and Illinois' 54 votes will be cast for
Bryan and the Bryan program from
first to last, leaving a total of 92 re
calcitrants, Maine and Maryland were
coy about joining the demonstration,
but Maryland capitulated in 10 minutes
and Maine surrendered at the end of 20
minutes.
REFUSE TO SWING INTO LINE
The bright particular features of the
big noise were the efforts to force the
Tammany and Georgia delegations Into
the line by state marker earrleVs, who
circled the auditorium for more than
an hour. Tammany resisted with force
of arms, and the Georgians calmly sat
beneath- the indignity of "Marching
Through Georgia," sung by scores of
southern delegates who under other
circumstances would have resented an
air probably never before heard in a
democratic convention,' and which has
been tabooed in republican conventions
since the second nomination of Grant.
Absolute is far too mild a term for
the brand of political control which
will make democrats from Florida,
Mississippi. North and South Carolina,
Virginia, Texas, Arkansas and Ten
nessee sing the martial air that is an
affront to every southerner, and a half
dozen bars of which will create a riot
anywhere south of the Mason and Dlxon
line. The recorded political history of
this country furnishes no parallel.
The demonstration was loosed by
Senator Gore of Oklahoma when he
said: "We rejected the advice of Taft,
and by a majority of nior» than 100,000
accepted the edvlce of Bryan."
In an Instant democracy was deep In
the fulfillment of its promise to smash
the demonstration record made by the
enemy at Chicago.
DEFENDS NEW YORK BANNER
Delegation markers were torn from
their fastenings, and . with Okla
homa In the van, marching to the
strains of "Dixie," a parade which
included all but nine of the delegations
was in ' motion. Charlie White, ex
champion pugilist, with the New York
delegation, scented the trouble that
was headed his way and 'prepared to
repel boarders. Before Boss Murphy's
reinforcements reached White one ad
venturous Bourbon who tried to pull
down the New York banner had run
into a right cross to the Jaw and
was being assisted to an anteroom and
stimulants.
Time after time determined attempts
were made to force New York into the
parade. A quick wlited band master
ordered "Tammany" played. Again he
tried with "Should Auld Acquaintance
Be Forgot?" with his band facing the
crape draped portrait of Grover Cleve
land. Nothing availed.
Murphy men rallied around their del
egation marker and threatened death
to him who should dare lay hands on It
Six members of the California delega
tion voted tonight against the majority
report of the committee on credentials,
which was charged with the duty of
ousting Jim Guffey's contested Pennsyl
vania delegates.
The commoner's program went through
by a vote of virtually two td one, and,
strangely enough, the division In the
ranks of the Californlans was not on
the lines of cleavage which have marked
the squabbles of the Bell and McNab
factions. Conley and 8111, Bell men.
voted with Tom Fox, Young, Lynch and
Fitzgerald, McNab men. - Blanchard.
Catts and Raker, with their chieftain
Bell. Joined hands with Cole, Edelman',
Warden. Harris, Thomas. Qulnn, Bow
den and Dockweiler In support of the
commoner's majority report. McKllli
can and Capps were absent.
JOHN" BARRETT IS ILL
DENVER, July B.— John Barrett of
Washington, president of the bureau
of American republics, is ill at the
home of John W. Springer In this city.
It was rumored yesterday that h« was
threatened with typhoid. This report
was denied, and it was stated that the
expectation was that he would be out
within a few days, as. he was merely
suffering from a cold ' •
Barrett came to Denver to attend the
democratic national convention.
WILL CONTEST FATHER'S WILL
NEW YORK, July B.— William M. In
graham Jr. of Waverly, N. V.. has In
structed his attorney to begin contest
of the will of his father, a lawyer of
Brooklyn, who died June 7, leaving an
estate of more than $2,000,000 but be
queathing his son only $100.
THE SA^ FRA^OISCO CALL, vTHURSDAY, JULY 9^ 1908.
CALIFORNIANS ARE
AGAIN IN HARMONY
Unwarranted Interference on
Part of Secretary Murray
Is Responsible
Sends Telegram to Judge Raker
Protesting Against Stand
of Dockweiler
Edward F. O'Day
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
DENVER, July 8. — "Everything is
harmony now. The scars are all healed
and we are all going to get together
and make common cause against our
common enemy, . the republicans."
That substantially is what several
members of the California delegation
told me today, and it is was borne out
by the treatment accorded in what is
regarded by all the delegates, pro-
Bell and anti-Bell alike, as an unwar
ranted interference on the part of John
F. Murray of San FranoJsco, newly
chosen secretary of the California state
central committee.'
Presuming apparently to speak for
the state central committee, Murray
telegraphed to Judge John E. Raker,
the chairman of the body, protesting
against the stand taken by Isidore
Dockweiler, California's representative
on the platform committee, on the in
junction plank. Murray directed Judge
Raker to confer with Governor Haskell
of Oklahoma, chairman of the plat
form committee, on the matter, and
added that he had wired to Governor
Haskell repudiating Dockweiler's posi
tion. : •
Judge Raker was anything but
pleased at this interference by Mur
ray, and immediately showed the tele
gram to Dockweiler. The Los Angeles
man smiled and appeared no whit dis
turbed at the .disapprobation of Mur
ray. •
It has not in the least Influenced his
position on the injunction plank.
As stated In these dispatches two days
ago, Dockweiler is in favor of a con
servative Injunction plank. Being a
lawyer, he takes the purely legal view
of the functions of the courts. Appar
ently his views did not accord with
those of certain labor men in the state
central committee, supposing that Mur
ray acted on any but his own personal
initiative.
TURNED DOWN* BY RAKER
Judge Raker was very glum about
this first act of the new secretary of
the body he presides over.
"The executive committee • of the
state central committee does not meet
until July 22. It is therefore impossible
for them to deliberate on any matter
before this convention," he said. "Mur
ray must have acted on his own respon
sibility. He had no right to send the
telegram."
Judge Raker's views are shared by
all the. members of the delegation. Here,
then, is one matter about which they
are harmonious, and their agreement
has had an excellent moral effect. The
air is clearer; the undercurrent of sus
picion and dissatisfaction has disap
peared.
Harmony has always been the slogan
of the delegation, but it seems to have
more meaning since Murray got busy
In the interest of further dissension.:
Instead of dividing, he seems to have
united the delegates. The California
democracy has a genius for creating
anomalous situations; in the present
case it has more than justified Its pe
culiar reputation.
BONI NOW SLURS
HIS FORMER WIFE
Promises Sensational Legal
Battle to Secure Children
From Princess De Sagan
PARIS, July 8. — Count Boni de Cas
tellane, whose former wife was mar
ried yesterday in London to Prince
Helle de Sagan, the count's cousin, has
opened what promises to be a sensa
tional legal battle for the possession of
his three children, the offspring of his
marriage with Miss Anna Gould. The
step taken by the count yesterday,
which generally has been misunder
stood, Is merely a preliminary skirm
ish.
This was not a formal demand for
tho custody of the' children, but an
aftermath of the removal last week by
the count of his son, Jay, from the
residence of his former wife at Ver
sailles.
Maltre Bonnet, counsel for the count,
yesterday afternooA petitioned the court
to reindorse his client's right to retain
Jay temporarily on account of the
child's illness and because of the In
sufficient care he was receiving at Ver
sailles during the absence of his mother.
Maltre Bonnet told the correspondent
of the Associated Press today that a
decided move would be made in a few
days when he would ask the court to
give the custody of all the children to
the count on the ground that the prin
cess de Sagan was not a suitable pro
tector for them, inasmuch as she is
under the complete domination and con
trol of Prince Helle, who is unworthy
to hol<f the position of father to the
children |
"As.praof that Mme. Gould was com
pletely dominated by the prince de
Sagan, we will offer her action in trav
eling In Italy, the Riviera and to Eng
land in company with the prince de
Sagan before she was married to him,"
Maltre Bonnet declared. "The case will
proceed as -soon as the princess de
Sagan announces her readiness to de
fend her Interests." .
SPECIAL JURORS MAY
PASS ON THAW'S SANITY
Justice Mills Will Not* Allow
Hearing by Commission and
Sheriff's Jury
SPECIAL DISPATCH. TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, July B.— lt was learned
today that should Supreme Court Jus
tice Mills decide next Monday to allow
a Jury to pass upon Harry K. Thaw's
mental condition the hearing will not
be held before a special commission
and a-, sheriff's \u25a0Jury. It is said that
Justice Mills will order the commis
sioner of Jurors of Westchester county
t6 draw a special panel ,pf 200. Jurors
and preside at tho trial.
RECEIVERS FOB PAPER COMP ANT— Hart
ford, Conn.. Jnlr 8. — Edward C. Frisble of th!»
City and Sidney Mitchell of Chicago have been
appointed receivers for ; the property .of the
United boxboard and paper company .In thlu
state. \u25a0 .
ENTHUSIASM AND
STRIFE OE LEADERS
Continued from Page 1, Column 6
they would be very much gratified," he
added, "if it is returned."
Ollie James of Kentucky was recog
nized to move that a recess be taken
until S o'clock.
When the motion was put there were
loud and almost equal choruses, first of
"Aye" and then of "No."
"The chair is in doubt," said Bell,
"but it is his opinion tnat the delegates
voted aye and the galleries no. I will
put the motion again." .
This time the galleries voted unani
mously and the shout of "No" over
whelmed the ayes.
"Gentlemen," said the chairman,
brandishing his gavel, "Gentlemen, ,
come to order. The chair is convinced
that enough delegates have voted no to
retain the convention in its seats for a
few moments longer."
A cheer of approval came down from
the galleries and its feeble echo rose
from the convention floor. Great con
fusion followed, hundreds of voices
calling fov various speakers.
"The chair will now recognize Mr.
Heifner of Washington," said Chairman
Bell, when a semblance of order had
been restored.
Heifner said:
"I move that we hear a few remarks
from Senator Bob Taylor of Tennessee."
Amid mingled cries of "Taylor"' and
"No, no," the chair appointed Heifner
as a committee of one to escort sena
tor Taylor to the chair, but ho '.iad
left the hall.
"Gore, Gore," called the delegates.
"In. a moment," shouted the c!iir
man, who then announced that the
convention first would hear from
Charles A. Towne and then from Sena
tor Gore, but Towne was not to be
found.
GORE CAUSES OUTBURST
"We will hear from Senator Gore,"
finally announced Bell, amid great
cheering and the delegates from Okla
homa whooped and yelled in delight
as the blind senator from the newest
state in the union was led to the plat
form. His first utterances were hap
py, and loud cheers greeted his decla
ration that Oklahoma was the most
democratic state in the union.
The cheers were repeated later -, hen
he said:
"The president of the United States
has said that his opinion of our con
stitution is unfit for publication. That
is true of many of the opinions of the
president of the United States."
"Fellow democrats, the great secre
tary of war came to Oklahoma and
waged war against our constitution, '
continued Senator Gore. "He asked
us to give up our right of liberty and
self-government. But by a vote of
thousands upon thousands we rejected
the advice of Taft and accepted the
advice of Bryan."
The mention of the name brought the
convention to its feet in the first real
Bryan demonstration. Delegates from
nearly every state jumped to their
chairs and yelled. , Many members of
the New York delegation joined in the
cheers, but a majority remained in
their seats. Minnesota, and Delaware
were the conspicuous exceptions.
A 'Bryan banner, which had been
lurking in the rear of the hall, was
rushed to the stage and. waved above
the heads of the chairman and speaker.
1 The applause was relaxing some
what when the band poured oil on the
flre by striking up "Dixie," and In
stantly the flame was burning fiercely,
and brighter than before.
Georgia's delegation, in the midst of
the cheering crowd, was' conspicuous
for its absolute silence.
When the demonstration had pro
ceeded for some 15 minutes, a delegate
from lowa caught up the standard of
that state and led a march to the stage,
where there was a grouping of the
states.
It was a wild rush to the platform
in which there was great confusion.
Delegates other than those • carrying
the heavy standards joined in" the. surg
ing crowd, Invading the space set aside
for working newspaper men and seri
ously interfering with their labors.
The only state standards that finally
were left in their places were Georgia,
New York, Delaware, Minnesota, Con
necticut, Maryland and New Jersey.
PARADE AROUND HALL
After 10 minutes of yelling the per
spiring, scrambling delegates, with
their state standards, left the platform
and started on a parade around the
hall.
California's Bryan banner, heavy
with gold tassels and fringe, was car
ried to the stage, while the cheering
continued unabated.
Maryland at last deserted from the
"stay at homes" and Its banner was
taken into the midst of the parade.
The standard bearers finally 'lnvaded
the galleries, Maine and Alabama lead
ing the climb to the second tier. : .•
Delegates danced up and down the
aisles to the measure of "A Hot Time"
and shouted the chorus of "Marching
Tnrough Georgia."
While the latter air was ringing
throughout the hall a determined as
sault was made by the frenzied Bryan
shouters upon the Georgia standard,
which, up to this .time, had been kept
firmly rooted in its place. The dele
gates rallied around their little yel
low flagpole bearing the name of their
state and stuck stanchly to their
guardianship. It was the only southern
state standard that remained unrooted,
and where .it was planted It stayed.
The Coloradb standard was carried
again to the stage after the demonstra
tion had been in progress for three
quarters of an hour. This time It was
in the hands of Mrs. Mary C. C. Brad
ford of Denver, one of the state's dele
gates, and her appearance called out
renewed cheers. Mrs. Bradford, who is
a delegate at large, was intended to be
a parallel tc the famous "woman in
white." who played such an Important
part in stampeding for Bryan the gal
leries during the Chicago convention of
1596. \u25a0
She was soon. Joined by another
woman, also in white, who struggled
desperately to hold up the heavy ban
ner of California beside the speaker's
desk. Her strength, however, was not
equaV to the test and' she was com
pelled to surrender it to stronger hands.
STRENGTH BEGINS TO FAIL
After the uproar had continued for 50
minutes" Maine joined In the -parade,
which was constantly, swinging, up and
down the aisles. Kentucky and-penn
sylvania, however, had returned to their
places and the. 'demonstration seemed,
for the time, to be dying.' down. * It. was
only waning .strength, however,? that
put anyTcheckon; the. enthusiasm. ;.. -
Men tramped through the alelek, their
collars torn wide open, their • faces
streaming with perspiration and yell
ing with all the: power their torn
and tired throats ', would allow. Tho
band played through, It all.
Senator Gore, with a placid coun
tenance and unseeing eyes,, sat unper
turbed, waiting for the tumult to end
before resuming the speech that had
started the demonstration. : : -« ..
After the demonstration had been In
progress for an hour ; and 19 minutes
Chairman Bell made his first efforts to
stop the tumult. ,
V At 2:47 o'clock, an. hour and 26 min
utes after Senator Gore had- mentioned
Guffey Delegation Is Rejected by Convention
After Acrimonious Debate on Reports
Majority of Credentials Committee Upheld
by Big Vote, Thirteen States Opposing
DENVER, July B.— At the night session of the democratic
national convention, after an hour of speech making, the committee
on credentials reported on the Pennsylvania and other contested
cases.
A minority report on the Pennsylvania delegation resulted in
an hour's acrimonious debate, after which the convention rejected
the. minority report, which was favor-*
able to the Guffey faction, by the de- \
cisive vote of 615 to 337. The majority
report was then adopted by a viva voce
vote, and the convention adjourned un
til 11 o'clock tomorrow.
In his speech supporting the majority
report the chairman of the credentials
committee said that the evidence before
the committee showed that in Philadel
phia the Guffey faction brought a host
of republicans to the democratic pri
mary polls. These voters, he declared, j
were members of the Philadelphia re- '
publican machine, of which "one Mc-
Nichol" was the head. In one con
gressional district, where the normal
democratic vote was about 1,000, the
vote in the primary swelled to more
than 2,700.- This was but one instance
of many, declared Callahan, the evi
dence of which was supported by un
disputed affidavits.
In behalf of the minority report the
chair recognized John D. Bellamy of
North Carolina, one of the signers of
the document. He declared the con
testants brought absolutely no sort of
credentials with them to set against
the undisputed count of ballots cast in
favor of the Guffey delegates.
The speaker called out a storm of
disapproval when he asserted that the
republicans who went to th» polls as
democrats had a right to have their
votes counted as democrats.
HOBSOX TALKS OP AVAR
While the convention waited for the
report of the committee on credentials
Richmond Pearson Hobson of Alabama
was invited to speak.
Hobson began at some length to lead
up to a discussion of the Japanese in
cidents of several months ago at Van
couver and San Francisco. He then de
clared that If the democratic party was
successful In the election he believed
that it would, before the end of the
four years, "have a great foreign war
on its hands."
Instantly there came from the con
vention a chorus of mingled groans,
catcalls, hisses and cries of "Xo, no."
Hobson was compelled to cease his
speech entirely, but stood calm' and
tense, 1 determined -to finish his address.
".My countrymen, my message is near
ly through," said Hobson when he had
attention. A cry of "Amen" sent a gale
of laughter over the hall.
, "I want to say to you," went on
Hobson, gritting his teeth in determina
tion, "that not so very long ago the
president of the United States said
in my presence that there exists the
greatest probability of. a war with
Japan."
"If this great war comes." continued
Hobson with intense earnestness, "the
party upon which the responsibility
comes will be ground to powder. I
believe that at this Juncture we should
place the responsibility where It be
longs —upon the party now in power
and which has declined to provide
adequate coast defenses."
He was for a time heard in silence,
but a roar of laughter went up when
a voice in the rear shouted: "Hurrah
for the Merrlmac."
PLEA FOR BIG NAVY
Hobson finally closed with a plea
that, when the democrats succeeded to
power in the nation, they so prepare to,
ward off war as to provide peace and
good will toward men throughout all
the world.
"The chairman wishes to add a word
or two," said the chairman as soon as
the tumult that followed Hobson's re
treat had given him a chance to be
heard, and he then said:
"The chair hails -from the Pacific
coast and up to the present moment
he has seen no occasion to enlist."
A" roar of laughter greeted the re
mark, which turned into applause when
he said: "If we have our way out on
the Pacific coast we will have, a big
enough navy to protect our coast."
Colonel Haldeman of Kentucky .was
recognized by the chair and proceeded
to take issue with Hobson, declaring
that the United States has 22 first class
battleships and Japan but 16.
"Arid I want to say that we are not
afraid of Japan or anybody else on the
face of the globe," concluded Colonel
Haldeman amid applause.
TOWSB AXD TAYLOR SPEAK
Chairman Bell announced that ' the
committee on credentials would not be
ready to report for several minutes.
"This afternoon," said Bell, "I sent
a committee down into the New York
delegation to escort to the platform
Senator Charles A. Towne"-
That was as far as the chairman was
allowed to proceed, and Towne took the
rostrum,amid much applause. His ad
dress was brief and secured the good
will of the convention.
"Taylor, Taylor," cried many of the
delegates, remembering the Invitation
of the afternoon to the Tennessee sen
ator.
Callahan of Massachusetts, chairman
of the committee on credentials, was
in the aisle clamoring for recognition
when Taylor was escorted to the stage.
He urged tho wiping out of the sec
tional line so far as politics 'is con
cerned and said:
"Let us nominate the plumed knight
of the.west, who has grown stronger
through two defeats." •
"As Senator Taylor retired the chair
man announced: "Gentlemen of the
convention, we are now going to get
down to hard work. The committee
on credentials is ready to report. The
chair-recognizes Christopher G. Calla
han,. chairman of the convnlttee."
Callahan then read the report, as
follows:
REPORT OP MAJORITY .
In the matter of the contests from the states
Of Idaho, Illinois, New York,' Ohio, reonsylra
nla and the district of Columbia your committee
begs to report thai they bare carefully Investi
gated each of said contests; that hearings have
bees given to both the-contestants ..and con
testees la each of said contests, and your com
mittee has endeavored to ascertain as near as
can be all the facts bearing upon each contest,
and after k careful invent Igattou of tha merits of
each contest recommends that lv each of the
following contests the delegations as'named by
, the name, of Bryan, a majority of the
state- standards :werft" in their proper
places and the demonstration was prac
tically ended. Senator Gore resumed
his* speech.
"My countrymen," he said, "to the
greater and older states of this great
republic Oklahoma has only, this to say:
'Go \u25a0 thou . and do likewise.' "
Cheers and applause greeted 'Senator
Gore as he made his way from the plat
form. \u25a0 , • . • ,
The- ' chair again recognized Ollle
Jamesfof Kentucky, who, moved that a
recess until 8 o'clock be taken.
Bell put the motion and, without
waiting, for a negative vote, declared
it carried, and the session was ended.
the national committee be entitled to seats as ,
the regularly accredited delegates and alternate
to this conTention. namely:
The state of Idaho.
The first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth,
seventh, eighth, nlata and tenth districts of
Illinois.
The second, tiiinl. fourth, fifth, sixth and sev
enth districts of the state of New York.
The nineteenth district of the state of Ohio.
The thirty-second district of the state of
IVnwylvanla.
The district of Columbia.
In the matter of the contest from the first,
second^ fourth, fifth and sixth districts of the
state of Pennsylvania we recommend that the
contestants sh-ill be seated and reoognlaed by
this convention as the duly accredited delegates
and alternates from sal.l 'districts In the state
nf Pennsylvania, to wit: First district. Neil
Bonner. Michael Francis; second district. Ityer
son W. Jennings; fourth district. A. Raymond
liaff. Horace F. Fogel: ftfth district. Patriot
F. 1 1.. ran. Paul Wise; sixth district, P. J. llal
lalmn.
In the matter of the contest from the ninth
district of the state of Ohio your committee
recommends that the following be seated In
this contention as the accredited delegates from
said district: E. A. Powers. Dr. William Watts.
Callaghan concluded by moving the
adoption of the report. "I second that
motion," shouted a delegate from In- |
diana.
The chairman stated the question and
then recognized I. L. Straus of Mary
land, who read the minority report
which recommended that the contes
tees in the Pennsylvania cases be seat
ed and which was as follows:
REPORT OF MIXORITY
The report recommended that delezates from
the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth di.-.
tricts of Philadelphia, Pa., districts holding
seats In the convention be declares lawfully
entitled to such seats, and in support of the
recommendation the minority gave the follow
in? reasons:
First — That there was no evidence adduced
:by the contestants before the commirte* to
support their claim to said seats.
Second — That the contestants produced no
credentials conducive to accredit them la any
way to mombershlp In this convention.
Third — "That they made no protest or appeal
to any convention of the democratic party «.J
Pennsylvania, or to any tribunal or function
ary of s.iid party, or to any court in said state,
as provided by the primary election law of the
, state.
Fourth — That the credentials of said con
: testers were unexceptional in every particular
and that abundant proof of their right to the
seats was adduced.
The action of the majority of the com
mittee is a stajKering blow at the independ
ence of the democracy of a sovereign state.
This convention can rest upon no other founda
tion tban the supremacy within state lines of
the party organization of every state.
We therefore recommend that tli» said con
testees retain the seats heretofore awarded them
by a legalized democratic primary and in
dorsed by the national democratic convention.
The report is signed by the repre
sentatives on the committee from the
following states:
Maryland, New Jersey, New York,
Louisiana. Illinois. North Carolina,
Georgia, Virginia, Minnesota, Delaware,
New Hampshire, Kentucky, West Vir
ginia.
VAST COAL FIELDS
FOUND IN PHILIPPINES
Discovery Places the United
States in Independent Posi-
tion in Future
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON, July 3.— News of the
discovery of vast coal fields on Batan
island, contained in a special cable
gram, was promptly communicated to
army and navy officers as well as to
others who are Interested In the coun
try's Philippines policy. Opinion was
unanimous as to the Importance of the
new discovery.
"By the discovery and development
of these coal deposits," * continued
Brigadier General Clarence Edwards,
chief of the bureau on insular affairs,
when a copy of the cablegram was
shown him, "the United States is placed
in an independent position as far as the
world's coal supply is concerned."
MRS. FRANK GOULD WILL
STOP HER DIVORCE SUIT
Husband's Love for Children Is
the Moving Cause for
Reconciliation
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
NEW YORK, July B.— There is ground
for tha belief that the action for di
vorce brought by Mrs. Frank J. Gould
against her husband is to be discontin
ued. Mrs. Gould herself admitted the
fact. When asked over the telephone
this afternoon if It were true that her
suit would be discontinued she replied
in the affirmative.
Frank Gould's attachment to his
children will be the moving cause for
the reconciliation with his wife, and
those who have watched events say It
is due any day. • •
FIFTY-THREE PERISH
DURING THE HOT WAVE
NEW YORK, July 3.— Although the
backbone of the heat wave was broken
at dawn by a cool northerly wind, eight
persons who were weakened by the ex
cessive heat died today. The hospital
and police reports show that 53 per
sons died and more than 300 were
prostrated by the excessive heat.
every sick
S<§i ff&ntsh woman to
Get a bottle from your Drug-
gist or Dealer and let it prove to
you, personally, how good it is in
cases of Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
Costiveness, Cramps, Diarrhoea,
Biliousness and Malarial Fever.
MACHINE LOSES BY
MAJORITY OF 1 1 2
Contra Costa Voters Secure
Primaries by Bitter Fight
at Polls
Railroad Uses Whole Bag o!
Tricks and Big Fund, Only
to Fail'
MARTINEZ. July 3.— Complete re
turns received at the county clerk'a of
fice today from yesterday's election give
the majority for mandatory primaries
at 112 in a total vote of 2.552. The
closeness of the result gives positive
evidence of the desperation of the
Southern Pacific political bureau and its
allies. That the victory was won was
due to the combined efforts of the LJo
coln-Roosevelt republican league. Judga
William S. Wells and hi 3 friends. Judge
Wells had been selected for a crush
ing defeat by the political powers that
be. headed by A. B. McKehzie, chair
man of the republican county central
committee, and Arthur B. Coleman, a
\ member of the republican machine stata
executive committee.
Every device of cheap politics was
used to confuse* the voter. Attempts
were made to drag into the contest
every local political fight that had dis
turbed the county for years. Every pre
cinct quarrel, every township jealousy
that could be played upon was used a3
& leverage.
TIIY TO FOOL VOTERS -
So utterly desperate was the con
test that many voters were befuddled
and were persuaded for the time that
the demand for mandatory primaries
was not right.
Despite the tremendous advantage of
control, of the influence of the South
ern Pacißc political machine in not a
few quarters of the county, the exer
tion of organization strength as It hud
never before been exerted, the man
datory primaries will be held.
The people of Contra Costa county
will go to the polls In August as a re
sult of yesterday's election, and will be
protected by the law in their balloting
for nominating convention delegates.
In not a few precincts the primaries
carried by virtually unanimous vote. In
others a tight fight resulted, due to a
misconception of the situation born of
misrepresentation and deceit. Money
was spent lavishly by tho machine. At
Port Costa it was said that plenty oC
cash was available for an anti-primary,
fight. - . .
WILL FOLLOW ADVAXTACE
Tho election yesterday will be fol-^
lowed by steady campaigning against
the now rattled machine. The Lincoln-
Roosevelt republican league and all of
the victors in the fight will continue
the battle. Complete returns follow:
I>s No
Richmond, precinct Xo. 1, UK H2
Richmond, precinct No. 2 \u25a045..^ -ISB
lUciunond. precinct Xo,. 3 ' 23 \u25a0• 43
San Pablo 4« 64
Stesre H4* Srt
Xlartlnr* 13i> ISO
Concord ". CS lia
Walnut Cre*k ST 40
Antloch 211 SO
BrentvrooU 45 3«
Byron :.... 7.1 8
Alacio 5 2TJ
Crockett Zi 107
Tort Ccsta 75 21
Pinole 110 2C
Li»f ayette 3d 5
Alhsmbra 15 . 4U
I'aeheco 29 4."!
Black Diamond «4 ' 65
Clayton S4 IS
Giant 20 O
Valona SI 44
itoti«K> so a
DaaTille 20 S7
San Ramon 6 30
Tassajara 5 6
Bay Point n 12
Sotnersvlllc \H o
Oakley S2 IS
SelDy 53 I
Totals 1.4D7 1.35."
Total Tot* cast 2.552
Majority for primary us
SAFE BLOWERS TAKE RICH LOOT
NEW YORK. July 8. — Loot valued at
$25,000 was secured by safe blowers
who, early today, drilled their way
through* a 20 inch brick wall Into the
offices of the Diamond Point pen com
pany in Beekman street and then shat
tered two safes with dynamite.
The police have no clew- to the rob
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