The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-08
EIGHT AND EIGHT.
Kansas Democratic Delegations
Division on Hearst.
There Are Four Who Are Con-
sidered Doubtful.
HE HELD THEM DOWN.
Chairman DuvaI Refused TO
Permit Any Speeches.
Feared That Hearst Sentiment
Would BE Aroused.
Resolutions Strongly Endorse
HE HELD THEM DOWN.
Resolutions Strongly Endorse
New York Editor.

Wichita. Kan, April S-While the
Democratic state convention did not
instruct the twenty Kansas delegates to
the st. Louis convention to vote for the
nomination of William r. Hearst for
president, an endorsement of Hearst
was worked into the platform of so
strong a character as to almost amount
to instructions. As S. L Hale, one of
the national delegates, and who is count
ed by both sides. remarked after the
convention, Those resolutions are so
strong that it would look as though the
only consistent thing the Kansas dele
cation can do is to vote for Hearst"
OF the twenty delegates to the nation
al convention the Hearst men have
eight sure, there are eight anti-Hearst
and four doubtful The Hearst leaders
claimed last night that they would have
the four doubtful when the time comes,
but this is doubted.
The sure anti-Hearst men are Sena-
TOR William A. Harris of Leavenworth,
James w. Orr of Atchison, Frank Fitz-
williams of LeaVenworth. w. p. billiard
Of Bourbon, G. w. Gabriel of Labette
W. H L. Pepperen of Cloud, S. c.
Smith of Jewell, A. A. Roth of Russell.
The sure Hearst delegates are J. G.
johnson of Marion, Hugh P. Farrelly
OF Neosho, J. n. Haymaker of Sedg-
wick. T. W. Morgan of Franklin, A NJ.
jackson of COwley, o. P. Scearse of
and ]. NJ. McCoun of Lyon.
On the doubtful list are David Over
myer Of Shawnee, S. / Hale of Rush,
A. S. Kemper of Pottawatomie, and T.
l. Bond of Saline.
Mr. Overmyer declined to state his
preference for president. He mas been
contending that he is not necessarily
against Hearst but he was against in
structions for him. Hale is claimed
by both sides. Kemper was elected as
an anti-Hearst man but the Hearst
leaders claim to have secured from
him last night a pledge to vote for
Hearst. Bend was not at the conven-
ton. He was elected as an anti
Hearst man, but he is known to be a
ersonal adnirer of Hearst and it is
suspected that his position is about the
same as that of Overmyer.
NJ. f Ihmsen, Hearst's personal
manager who is here, claims even
more than these. He claims both Hale
and Kemper as sure" Hearst men, and
also claims Pepperell and billiard. Both
the latter, however, expressed them
selves yesterday as against Hearst.
billiard was at first supposed to be for
Hearst but told several people after
his election that he was not for Hearst
OF course, Ihmsen may have personal
assurances which lead him to believe
that all four Of these will line up for
Hearst later on.
At a meeting of the delegation last
night Overmyer was elected chairman
and W. H L. Pepperell secretary.
The most of the anti-Hearst men are
for Parker. DR.. Gabriel and several
others SO expressed themselves.
The anti-Hearst crowd had the sup
pOrterS of the millionaire newspaper
man thoroughly defeated on temporary
organization-at least the Hearst men
were so convinced-and they agreed to
make no fight for the organization pro-
viding the anti-HearSt crowd would
permit the election of Hugh Farrelly
and J. G. johnson as delegates
to the national convention. This agree
ment was made and the ants were
then certain of victory.
But during the noon recess the
Hearst men got busy again and for
mulated an endorsement of Hearst to
go into the resolutions. When the
convention met after dinner Chairman
Duval was afraid something was up,
and for over an hour there was a fight
on the part of the anti-Hearst men to
keep any speeches from being made
They were afraid of "rabble rOusers. ="
They knew that if John H. Atwood
were to get a chance to talk before the
resolutions were adopted and the dele
gates elected he might stampede the
convention for Hearst. 1t would have
taken very little oratory of the right
kind to have accomplished this. The
Hearst sympathizers were in the ma
jority in the convention, but many
delegates whose personal choice was
Hearst believed it bad policy for Kan
sas to try to dictate to the east who
should be the Democratic nominee for
of good politics, they lined up with the
anti-Hearst crowd for mo instruc-
tions" But it would have taken very
little to have aroused them for Hearst
instructions.
The resolutions committee wrangled
over the endorsement of Hearst until 4
o'clock in the afternoon, and it was
while waiting for it to report that the
trouble in the convention occurred. The
'antis" tried to go ahead with the cleo
ton Of delegates while waiting for the
report, but the Hearst men defeated
that proposition by an overwhelming
vote Then Chairman Duval ruled that
the convention could do absolutely moth
ing but proceed with the regular order
of business" which was receiving the
report of the resolutions committee and
until that report was ready the conven-
ton would have to wait. The conven-
ton was perfectly willing to wait prO-
vided it could be entertained with
speeches in the meantime, but Duval
ruled that all speeches would be out of
order He would not even entertain a
motion TO suspend the rules in order to
allow speeches, because there were fire.
Quent cries for Atwood. DuvaI stuck
to this ruling so persistently and got at
loggerheads with many of the parlia-
mentarians on the floor until he was
worn out and called Sam / Hale, who
was sitting on the platform, to the cha fr
At times the uproar in the convention
was so great that a brass band had to
be called on to play to quiet it.
Hale got the crowd into a good humor
and kept the upper hand of it most OF
the time hv sheer force of 'jollying. "
until the resolutions committee came in
with the platform.
The slate of delegates-at-large which
was practically agreed upon before
the convention by the leaders Of the
two factions, was broken in two par
ticulars. and the Hearst crowd gained
ONE other anti-Hearst man was sch ed
some other anti-Hears man was SEIZED
uled as one delegate-at-large, and J.
Mack Love, also an anti-Hearst man
as another. It had been agreed b5
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