The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-07-07
BOLTER'S CASE.
Judge A. g. G. fsierer Is interviewed b
the Daily Leader

Judge A. q. G. fsierer is interviewed b
the Daily Leader
Judge A, G.. c. Bierer returned from
the national convention yesterday
He left here on last Saturday, at an in
vitation of the regular delegation
from Oklahoma, to appear as their
representa- and oppose the contest
of the boiling delegation before the
national committee and conve alton.
In answer to the question from the
Leader representatives:
Judge, what have you to say OF the
of the Oklah oma contes ? he replied:
Both delegp tions fled their Gre
dentials with the secretary Of the ma.
tional committee, That committee
appointed a Subcommittee composed
of Senator KenDey, OF Delaware, G.
Gordon. of Maine, .. T. johnson, of
Ohio, II. ID. O'Brien, of Minnesota, and
]. Nj. Woods, of South Dakota, to ne ar
and report the contest. A trial was
had on Monday afternoon, and after
full hearing this subcommittee unan-
imously decided that the delegation
headed by Jacoos as national commit
teeman aud Wrightsman as delegate
at large, was the riRhtful delegation,
and its deleg ates entitled TO be pl aced
on the roll Of the national conven tion.
Tais report was unanimously approved
by the national committee and the
six delegates allowed the tickets of
admission to the convention and tae
delegates badg, S, and Jacobs recog-
nized as the national commit teeman
eject.
1.-The opposition carried the contest
to- the credentials committee of the
national convention, and that commit
tee, without a particle of hearing or
word being said on either side, ad-
mitted both delegations to the con-
vention with one-half vote each. The
com nittee, however, did not interfere
with the election of Jacobs as national
committeeman, so he will be the head
of the org 4nization of the territory,
and Sipes is finally defeated. The only
favorable result TO the contestants was
that their delegation got seat on the
floor of the convention with one-half
vote each, and this did not eriously
affect the regular delegation, for they
got all the delegate badg S, were
placed on the committe es and received
the honors of the convention. AS
there was no contest on the report OF
the committee on platform, or on the
nomination for president, the voting
was a perfurctory office.
The action of the committee on Gre
dentials merely follows its action in
the contests from the Indian Territ Dry
and the District of Columbia, in which
cases also the contesting delegations
I'D uxyif half T.
our case there was strong minority
report protesting against overrul ne
the action of the national committee
which had given the matter full
heariog without pretense of investi-
cation. So far as the seating of the
contestiug delegation was concerned
it operated to give Oklahoma a mum bel
of additional tickets, which were
sorely needed, as the allotment ot
guest tickets to our delegation was
only four each, or "a for the delegates
from the territory"
The Leader representative asked
What will be the effect of this fight
on the Logan county Democracy"
1T will injure us in territorial con-
ven lions for some time to come. We
will be classed with boilers until we
have shown the Demo cracy of this
territory that this county does not sp-
prove such actio n and is willing to
abide the determination of the ma
jority. By it we are alienated from
the counties on the north and east,
which have been our friends. This
friendship must be regained by our
fidelity to the party Of the rritory
and those who are our friends in the
territorial conventions
"Did you enjoy the convention?"
Yes, exceedingly. 1t was an har-