It was well into the afternoon before we reached the plank I chiefly cared about.

When I read this the storm broke.

Half the committee rose against it.

At the close, with more heat than was either courteous or tactful, I said: "Gentlemen, I wish to do no more than bid farewell to a leader who four years ago took the Democratic party at its lowest fortunes and made it a power again.

He is well on his way to the grave.