The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-17
WELCOMED BY MAYOR
SECRETARY OF STATE STORMS
ALSO TALKED BRIEFLY.
Delegates and Visitors Attend vau.
deviIIe and Smoker at the EN-
pire--Woodmen Gossip.


TO-Day's Programme.
$3.50 a. m.-convention in session
at Tomlinson Hail.
10:30 a. m.-Woodmen Foresters'
competitive drills at Camp Reece.
Tominson Hall.
2:SO p. m.-woodmen Foresters'
competitive prize drills at Camp
Reece.
s p. m.-Exempihcation of secret
work at Tominson Hall by Kent
Camp, of Grand Rapids.
j. G.. Johnson, leader of the party op-
posing the administration faction In the
Head Camp, Modern Woodmen Of America,
was defeated yesterday in his effort to oust
the Murphy delegates and seat the John
son delegates in the thirteenth biennial con-
vention of the Head Camp. Both the dele
cations, consisting of forty-two delegates
each, were seated and will have half votes
The settlement of the contest between the
Kansas delegation occupied nearly all the
time of the convention yesterday. The
body was opened 1T 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. The election probably will be
held to-day. This announcement was made
at the close of the session yesterday aft
ernoon by Head Consul Northcott
The rate adjustment question likely wiz
not come up before Friday. Tomorrow is
will be transacted. The annual parade od
the Woodmen Foresters of America and
the delegates will take place tomorrow al
ernoon.
Johnson could have had his delegates
seated with the Murphy delegation. each
having half OF the Kansas votes, without
being Inundated. But he would not abide
by the ruling of the credentials commits
fee nd ha
The sentiment of the convention against
Johnsons tactics took the form OF defeat
and humiliation for the leader of the op-
position to the administration and its plans
when a State vote was taken upon john
sons motion to throw out the report Of
the credentials committee, seating both
delegations with half votes, and instead seat
only the Johnson delegation and give it
all the votes. The vote stood BOZ to La
against Johnsons motion.
WILL NOT GO TO THE COURTS.
The convention was then called upon to
vote upon the credentials committees re-
port. The report was adopted unanimously.
Johnson denied the statement accredited
to him that he would take this CONTEXT 10
the courts. He could accomplish nothing
by such procedure. Head Consul Northcolt
within their province to settle the question
OF what delegates shall sit In their con-
ventions.
Thus ends the first johnson incident of the
thirteenth biennial convention OF the Head
Camp
Johnson, who is a candidate for head
ka. whose election is practically assured.
according to general opinion among the
prominent delegates will come into promi-
nence again to-day IL the election Is NOT
postponed. In this contest IL is predicted
fewer votes than he got in the contest ycs-
terday. He will receive fewer than loo
votes in the election. IL is said:
Following is the result by States of the
vote on the Kansas delegate contest:
Illinois. yes. A: no. AZ. Iowa. yes. g: no.
% Wisconsin,. yes, II: no. "a Nebraska.
Michigan, yes. =; no. n. South Dakota, YES.
/; no, 8. North Dakota. yes. =; no. 8 Mis-
souri,. yes. 5; no. Ss- Indiana. yes. z: no. 0.
no. 8. Pennsylvania. yes, =; no. z. wy.
oming. yes. :; no. l. Montana. yes. :;
no. 8. Idaho. yes. :; no. 2. Washington.
fornia yes. =; no. 5. Colorado. yes, =; no.
5. Oklahoma. yes. =; no. T.. Indian Terris
tory. yes. /: no. l. MarylaEd. yes. 1; no. /.
=; no. 1. New York. yes. :: no, S. Con:
necticut. yes. :: no. 2. Rhode Island. yes,
=: no. l. Vermont, yes. =: no. D. Maine.
yes, =; no. 3 Utah, yes, =; n Me-
vada. yes. :; no. /. Totals. yes. no. 02
MAYOR BOOKwALTERS " rcLCOME.
The convention was opened yesterday
morning with addresses of welcome By
Mayor Bookwalter and Secretary OF state
Storms on behalf Of the State. When Head
Consul Northcott called the convention to
order each one of the 4ss delegates and head
officers was In his place on the stage and
in the delegates portion Of the floor. and
hundreds OF visiting woodmen were In the
rear of the hall and I'm the balcony
The first business was the report OF the
credentials committee. which seated all the
delegates but the ones from Kansas. The
report then took up the OF the John.
son and Murphy delegations. After dwell.
ing upon the irregular efforts Of the Johns
son delegates to secure seats. the report
Murphy delegations be given seats In the
convention with half votes each
AS soon as the chairman OF the credentials
committee was through making his report
Mr. johnson asked for the ffool. He claimed
that his delegation was the regularly elects
ed one from Kansas. and he made sweeps
ing motion that the Murphy delegation 81
thrown out entirely and his delegates seated
with all the Kansas votes
long address by Mr.. Johnson, In which
he explained in careful detail the entire his.
tory OF the contest between the two Kansas
delegations, and an address by Truman
Plantz of Warsaw. ILL.,. In favor OF th/
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