The San Francisco call., 1904-04-22
Massachusetts Dem
OCratS Adopt Unit
Rule.
Hearst Boomers Are Snow
ed Under by a Majority Of
Three to One.
Convention Held at Boston 0verwhelm-
ingly Rejects Resolution In
dOrSing the Editor.


BOSTON, April 21.-By an over
whelming vote the Massachusetts,
Democratic Convention in fremont
Temple instructed four delegates at
large and twenty delegates from the
various Congressional districts of the
State to support Richard Oiney of this
city for the Presidential nomination at
the Democratic National Convention
next July.
Four delegates at large pledged to
the support Of Olney were elected, and
the Hearst supporters were defeated
by vote of about 500 to 200. A reso-
luton indorsing Hearst was voted down
by large majority
The following were elected delegates
at large: William A. CASTOR, Mayor
Patrick A. Collins, William L. Doug
lass and Congressman John r. Thayer.
George Fred Williams, leader of the
faction of the Massachusetts Democ-
racy supporting Hearst's candidacy,
made vigorous protest against the
adoption of the unit rule. but the con-
vention, by a vote Uf nearly 3 TO I,
refused to strike from the platform the
clause calling for unanimous action
with reference to Presidential nomi-
nees, and after adopting the resolu-
tiens presented by the majority of it's
committee voted, on motion of Mayor
Josiah Quincy, that the unit rule gov
ern not only the support of Olney bur
also all matters pertaining to the con-
vention.
The platform adopted consisted of a
single plank, an Endorsement of Olney.
and instructs the delegates to vote as
unit for him.
| UPROAR IN CONVENTION.
The proceedings of the convention
were marked at times by scenes of the
! greatest turbulence.
When the committee on ballots re-
tired the chairman of the committee
on resolutions presented the majority
| report of his committee. These resc-
lutions favored the candidacy of Olney
| for President and instructed the entire
State delegation for him.
| 1t was during the reading Of these
resolutions that the convention reach
ed the climax of it's turbulence. The
| first mention of the name of Olncy
/ evoked prolonged applause. but when
the motion for adoption of the unit
rule was made there was an uproar.
Shouts of mo, no. from the Hearst
delegates rang through the hall and
cries of ITS an outrage could be
| distinguished in the general noise and
confusion.
When this demonstration had sub
sided, the minority report was read.
indorsing Hearst as the Democratic
nominee.
THREATENS TO BOLT"
The reading of this report was the
signal for another uproar. The ques-
tion then came up on the substitution
| of the minority report Of the COM
mittee for the majority report. \
heated debate followed. Delegate Gun
ningham of Somerville declaring that
if the Hearst delegates were not given
fair show" they would form a new
party /.
A vote on a substitution resulted in
an overwhelming victory for the Olney
forces, the motion to substitute being
lost.
At this point the committee on bal
lots reported the result of the voting
for the delegates at large.
After adjournment George Fred Will
| liams issued a statement in which he
said that the action of the convention
in adopting the unit rule was rank
absurdity from beginning to end and
that the district delegates would pay
no attention to to-day's rule.
'If they were instructed" he said,
"by their own conventions, they will
act accordingly. If they are unin-
structed they will vote according to
their own will and the national con-
vention will not for a moment give
consideration to to-day's convention"