The Cairo bulletin., 1904-07-08
THE TWO REPORTS.
BY the Associated Press.

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THE TWO REPORTS.
BY the Associated Press.
| st. Louis, July 1.-THE mai ,rity Ie
/ port in part nys: your committo,
| gave to each of the contestants am
contestees who desired to appear be
fore us, all the time it was possible
| to do, and in each case by asking
such questions as occurred to an,
| member of the committee endeatoret
| to ascertain as near as could be al
the important facts bearing upon eacl
contest. In the state of lliEnis, hos
ever. the several contesting corgres
sional districts were asked 70 select
three representatives to speak for al
| the contest in that state"
Referring to the contests from Hi
nois the report says I'm the matter
of conte is from, 2, 3, C. 8, 10, II. II
| Is. 16. Is, % and IS ana the seats OF
Ben S. Cable and John r. Hopkins
from the state at large, in lllinoi2
your committee recommend that the
delegation as named by the national
committee are entitled to seats in
this convention as regularly accredi.
ted delegates and alternates
in the matter Of the corte fr-,m
the 21st district, state of Illinois, youC
committee report that the name OF
Alfred Orendorff and A. B. Carmen
as delegates, and j. N C. Shumway
and Jesse i. Griffin as alternat rs are
entitled to seats In this convention as
properly accredited delegates aud al
ternates."
The minority report that Bryat
moved as substitute for the major.
ty report began thus:
illinois has a state central copin'it.
tee with one John j. Hopkins a its
head Finding ieself in the minority
of the state convention, said commit
tee deliberately planned 10 overrule
the Democratic vote of the state era
secured by fraud and intimidation :
majority Of delegates to tho national
COMMITTEES. TO this end they Drough,
contests in a number of districts out
side those controlled by said cor.rit
tee and placed their own men upon
temporary roll call of the conventiob
. :. '"'Fhen they had a credentials CEN
'mittee made up, and as far as posi-
s6le'..: CHAD d triot members of the ere;
committee taken from econ
:tesfants whom they had seated This
:cfgds shtiaIss COMMITTEE, g without llc:in'
'tsntioii::.t9. 50 into :the. merits :crIhe.
'::scftea..the' Hopkins defegsteS'
in:eve RI. .:instance. IA !minoritN..Qf the;
feef h%cr1dfntials !. iresentei a.
Mn. .Quiiln,: :chairman:of the
.conX ven lon! .!jleclared that The minority
report ':was. .Sonly! advisory and'.woEii'
e.fleI' f6f>:recor1. lie, then put .a.voie
upon he;maiQrity: report and .leclarei
it carried .:and. .'r6fusd1. a .roll~csll,' al
though:it; t;Was. then and there'deniand. .
ed. -.
sin the. hearing sbefore .tha cGc len.
tials committee Of this Democratic
national convt4tion but a very limited
amount of time wa allowed for con.s
of this contest. so short \
time that it was impossible 20 pre-.
sent the evidence 10 the committee.
the time being consumed in argJnents
made by the attorneys for the con
testants and contestees."
The report concludes:
Under all circumstances" he SAID
the minority believe that 1t T. irper-
atively necessary that this convention
shall repudiate the outrageous action |
If the convention of Illinois. Tp 10
otherwise is to disregard the prinoi |
pies of the Democratic party"
Menzics Of Indiana. followed in op |
position To Bryan. His speech W.
from the outset bitter. and he criti |
Used Bryan for coming into Illinois I
% take part in this contest
Quinn, Illinois, who was chairman 4
If the Illinois conventicn. vas the
lext speaker. defended the action of
he state convention. and declared
himself a good Democrat-"So gJnj
Democrat" he SAID, that ! never
all a man a train robber and a thief
Inless know the facts" He 9lsc
ritici cd Bryan for what he termed
lis interference in Illinois affairs.
Bryan concluded the di- cusicn ir
second speech in which he main
aimed the position he had alreaiy
aiken and Insisted that the actor
( the national committee was an al
roVal of the claim that franc haa
cen committed in Illinois.
Immediately after concluding the
of The minority report Bryan
Tas recognized to speak In behalf Of
is motion to substitute the minority
Dr the majority report
In opening his speech Bryan an
ounced that he had not come 30 tbc
with the idea Of bringing
p any question that could or would
CONCLUDED on Secood Pase)