The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-04-15
A FIERCE ATTACKHEARST MEN BOLT
A Contesting Delegation
Goes From New Jersey
to St. Louis.
(By the Associated Press.)

| Trenton, N j., April 14.-A practically
harmonious Democratic State Convention
of more than 1,200 delegates to elect dele
gates to the National Convention at st.
Louis which today selected an unin-
structcd delegation, was followed by a
bolting convention of the supporters or
William Randolph Hearst for President.
The boilers numbered about 100 men who
claimed they had been totally deprived OF
seats in the regular convention. The sec
ond convention was held in the Masonic
Temple, the hall having been engaged last
night as Hearst headquarters. The bolt
ing convention nominated delegates at
! large and delegates from five congression-
al districts. The fourteen men named by
the boiling convention will go to st. Louis
and contest the seats of the men selected
at the regular convention.
| The preliminary session of the regular
convention was a very quiet one. All
those not delegates had been excluded
| from the hall on the plea that there was
only room for the delegates and the small
minority of Hearst delegates claimed they
| had been denied their rights in the matter
of tickets.
At the noon recess the Committee on
Credentials heard the contestng delega-
tons from Camden, Atlantic, Essex and
| Passaic counties and in all instances de-
cided in favor of seating the anti-Hearst
delegates. When the committees report
was adopted by the convention, about
| fifty delegates left the hail cheering for
Hearst. The regular convention proceed
ed with its work and without any con-
test elected the State delegation, incud-
ing the following delegates at large:
James Smith, Jr., of Essex; Robert Davis,
Hudson; Johnston Cornish, Warren; and
Howard Carrow. Camden.
The platform reported by the Commit
tee ON Resolutions was then adopted. 1t
| favOrs the abolition of reduction OF all
duties which give unfair advantage to
trusts charges the Republican party with
| fostering gigantic combinations of capi-
| tai and with wasteful and corrupt con-
duct of the government
eve believe that it should be made a
criminal offense," the platform says. 'Fto
attempt to create IL monopoly in the ne
| cessaries of life. The government should
not permit the law to remain uninforced
in order to get compaign contributions
from the trusts
The platform favors the construction
of an inter-oceanic canal but charges
that the President Of the United States
in his conduct relating to the Panama
Canal. was unmindful of his duties, and
ADDS that the treaty with Colombia was
never intended to be construed as Justify
ing the active interference of the United
States against that republic.
The election of United States Senators
directly by the people is advocated
The platform ''deplores the extravaganza
of the present Republican administration
of the State" and also arraigns the State
administration for its subservance to the
railroads and other corporate influences"
Railroad corporations, it is declared should
pay taxes at the same rate as individuals.
A resolution binding the delegation to
vote as a unit at st. Louis was adopted
without opposition.
a resolution was offered commencing
Judge Parker to the delegates intended
as an Indirect instruction was not adopt
ed, vote on it being shut off by ad-
jCurnment. United States Senator Smith
was opened to Instructions The bolt
ing convention was presided over by
Joseph B. Buchanan. A resolution which
claimed that the regular convention had
been controlled by the interests Of cor
pCf@tloHS anu agents Cl lhe E2puDlican
party and that the Hearst delegates had
been deprived of their rights, was op-
posed as too radical. The resolution was
referred to a committee Of ten Which is
to be appointed by Chairman Buchanan
to prepare a manifesto to the Democracy
OF New Jersey.
Only five or six counties were repre-
sented in the bolting convention, and no
regular procedure was followed in de-
telminlng who bad or who had not a
right to scat in that assemblage The
HJlting convention adopted 80 resolu.
tlons. About 200 were present in the
hall.