Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1904 — SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS [ARTICLE]

SECOND DAY’S PROCEEDINGS

Convention Meets and Then Takes Recess to Await Reports. St. Louis, Mo., July 7. —The morning session of the second day of the Democratic national convention lasted less than an hour. There was a delay in calling it to order and at 11 o’clock it became necesary to take a recess in order to await reports from the committees on permanent organization and credentials. The committee on permanent organization met at once and elected Representative Champ Clark as permanent chairman. The choice was unanimous. The real cause of the delay was the time needed to prepare the report of the committee on credentials. This committee disposed of the last contest at an early hour in the morning, but was unable to have its report ready for the convention. The order maintained In the convention hall was a great improvement over the previous day, although the proceedings were heard with difficulty. The first business was tbe presentation and adoption of the report from the committee on rules. The question of representation of the Insular possessions on the floor of the convention precipitated the first contest in the recent convention at Chicago and that Instance was duplicated here. The delegates were given representation.