Show I WILL Iin APOLOGIZE Panic Stricken Republicans Arc AlI Al-I ter Corny non 1 Shod No sooner had it become apparent that the Republican part had placed itself on record as endorsing one of the most shameful things that could be done by the coiiY9ntion than the leaders and their blind followers began to regret their action Ever since the convention was called in session and the parties lined up they have seen that the weight of brains is on the Democratic side They have few good lighters and outside of I I Varian there are none who could hope to vanquish such able leaders as the Democratic I Demo-cratic side furnishes in profusion Parliamentarians Par-liamentarians among the Republicans are lamentarians teeth Pierce I almost as scarce as hens Cannon and Eichnor being perhaps the il best equipped outside of Varian and they not so strong either On the Democratic Demo-cratic side are Evans Hart Thurman Richards Ivens and Nebeker each of whom has achieved special distinction as parliamentarians in the legislature The list does not end there however Tne Democratic side fairly bristles with able men at home on the rules and with good sense to back them The Republicans from the first have felt the weakness of President Smith I is now becoming well known that he seldom makes a ruling of his own but that most of his information comes from Stenographer Stenog-rapher McGurrm whom he consults very freely Half the time ho makes rulings after bending down and whispering to McGurrm and i called upon to explain why he did so of course he cannot for I the simple reason that McGurrin has time only to give him the pointer without any II I < explanation With such a drawback as I explanaton readily be seen that the Republicans i Re-publicans dread any occasion which shall bring on a short catchy fight when they will need a prompt decisive man in the chair They know if the Democrats ever do begin In earnest they will make things so interesting for the chair for a short period that he and they will be thoroughly thorough-ly humiliated I he gets so thoroughly humiated mixed on the simplest questions of parliamentary par-liamentary law they shudder to think what a spectacle he would cut when the other side begin to give him a whirl which would take matters into deepwater deep-water Therefore the convention had hardly adjourned before the Republicans were thronging about among the Democrats endeavoring to explain themselves Thev I were thoroughly ashamed of themselves The idea that they had put themselves Into such a plight In order to shield a man who had not the backbone to meet the situation like a man was Indeed humiliating hu-miliating The game was scarcely worth the powder The Democrats of course would accept no explanation They said the record was sufficient That showed a cross exhibition of partisanship and until that record was effaced they could I have no respect for the men who had so I far forgotten all the principles of personal per-sonal honor as to make I As for Coray he had one of the warm II rat times he has ever had in his life The Republicans are so anxious to hold ReplIlct that they were aft < > r out the flag truf Mm Olt te f3g foot < and dragoons last night with a demand that he apologize and so I allow the party to crawl more or less I gracefully out of the hole I is understood under-sTood that today he will be forced to go bones and retraot lown on his marrow retract that which he was not brave enough to retract when he could have done so I gracefully I Convention Clint No amount of charity no consideration I of parliamentary for his palpable Ignorance parlament I tary law can hide the fact that President I Presi-dent John Henry Smith was guilty of a dlnt I CTOSS violation of personal confidence I yesterday Concisely stated aside from personal considerations a communication sick member explain I was sent him by a explan ing his enforced absence Whether or not it should be made public was left to his I judgment as i was a private letter He caused It to be read and go upon the record I rec-ord of his own free will and accord Then he allowed another delegate member of his own partyto gratuitously Insult the writer and the whole convention conven-tion without a reprimand that bv all laws of honor should have been swift and short I may prove unjustly but nevertheless never-theless there are those of clear brains who are askingWas there a plot between be-tween President Smith and Delegate Cora Co-ra to betray and Insult the confidence of the particular member of the convention conven-tion tonI a man has the proper conception of honor he will not extend another the hospitality of his home and then Insult him while he is there Neither will an honorable man or body of men spread a communication on record only to enable them to more easily Insult the writer Can the president of the convention seethe see-the point 4 S 3 When Shakespeare says I Is good to have the strength of a giant but tyrannous tyr-annous to use it Ilk a plant he must have had visions of Republican gag rule In his czarlest days Tom Reed always had some reason to give for his rulings Our convention is getting the same sort of rulings with a wondrous dearth of reasons OJ for a czar of Intelligence There Is a terrible suspicion abroad that Rev Mr Gillllan was called upon for prayer two days in succession because of the marvelous brevity of his supplications He made himself quite popular with the doubters S 3 The committee on elections and suf frage held an interesting session yester day when I received a strong delegation from the Womens Territorial Suffrage association Addresses were delivered by Mesdames F i S Richards Sarah M Kimball Kim-ball George 1 S Carleton Melton Emma line B Wells Zina D H Young and Jane S Richards and Drs M H Cannon and Romania B Pratt The committee gave the most flattering attention to the ladles Of course among them there was little need of missionary work a they have already determined to place the equal suffrage plank before the convention conven-tion However this was simply preliminary prelim-inary to the coming campaign on the floor o If Squires were not so rotund there might be some excuse for the president calling him Squares The majority party technically speak lag Is the larger party But technicalities I technicali-ties do not count In the convention the majority party there is about as small as any party could possibly get at least i acts that wayS S 3 S When a man gets the bighead his heart groWs correspondingly small foray of Chickencreek is afflicted this way Ho is striving to become notorious notor-ious Bill Dalton showed a similar disposition dis-position President John Henry Smith has been aided In his duties by Democrats more than he Imagines Scarcely a day goes by but what they could if so disposed put him In embarrassing positions Yet he is narrow partisan and unreasonable in his rulings He may yet have cause to regret his lack of a gratitude Evans of Weber was heard to say to Squires after the convention adjourned You have the power to pas minority members but i is a long lane that dont turn youll regret this yet Coray should remember that anyone can attack an absent man But it takes true manliness to face the music One who will not withdraw an attack which he cannot justify Is a moral coward |