The San Francisco call., 1904-07-05
HEARST'S STRENGTH WAVES AND GORMAN QUITS
Sub Committees Begin the
Hearing of Contests
for Seats.
Bryan Acts as Hearst's Rep
resentative in Illinois
Quarrel.

ST. LOUIS. July 4.-The national
committee met at 10 o'clock to take up
the contests for temporary seats in
the convention. The main fight was
in the Illinois case, which included the
seats Of John Hopkins and Ben T.
Gable, delegates at large. and two dele
gates from each Of the thirteen other
districts.
William ]. Bryan, who has made the
fight Of the Illinois contestants one of
his own. was one of the first to enter
the committee room, having obtained
the proxy of James c. Dahlman, ma
tional committeeman from Nebraska
John =. Hopkins was there to fight
for his own seat. holding a proxy which
he had obtained from Thomas Gahan,
the committeeman from Illinois.
The Harrison and Hearst factions
scored the first success before the COM
mittee. AS soon as the Illinois fight
was taken up it was agreed by both
sides that the better way to settle the
dispute was TO permit it to rest with
subcommittee, which should report
TO the national committee later. The
important issue then came on the man
ner Of the appointment Of the sub
committee. Chairman James K. Jones
of the national committee is favorably
inclined TO the Harrison and Hearst
people, ard they naturally desired to
have him appoint the committee. John
p. Hopkins made a vigorous argument
in favor Of the appointment of the
subcommittee by votes of the national
committee. The first test Of strength
came on the vote, and the national
committee voted in favor of the Harri-
son and Hearst plan Of selection by %
to Is.
UB-COMNIITTEES NAMED.
The committee reconvened at
o'clock in the afternoon, and Chairman
Jones announced the subcommittee
TO listen TO the evidence in the contests
as follows:
Illinois-William J. Stone. Missouri
(chairman); Adair Wilson, Colorado:
T. 2. O'Brien, Minnesota; Norman z.
Mack, New York; John T. McGraw.
West Virginia
Ohio-J. b. Breathitt, Arizona CHAIR
mani; ". B. Gourley, New Jersey; R.
n. Johnston (Texas); @. F. Williams,
Massachusetts; J. T. Ellison, Virginia.
Maine-J. b. Eaton, North Dakota
/ (chairman); Henry Lehman, Louisiana
(proxy) Marion Taylor, South Dakota;
]. R. Jacobs, Oklahoma; ]. VI. Hurlbut,
Idaho.
South Dakota-M. F. Tarpey, Cali
fornia (chairman); NJ. A. Milne, Ore
gon; T. /. Norris, New Hampshire; w.
F. Sheehan, New York (proxy); Wal
lace McLaurin (proxy), Mississippi
Pennsylvania-Jam NJ. Head. Ten
nessee (chairman); r. r. Kenny, Della
ware; Trey Woodson. Kentucky;
Thomas Taggart, Indiana H. P.
/ SpauIding, Indian Territory.
District of Columbia-D. B. Fergu-
son, New Mexico, chairman; ]. NJ. S
Neil, Montana: w H. Murphy, Wash
ington; B. P. Raney, Florida; D. H
Peery. Utah. proxy.
Indiana-B. r. Tillman, South Caro-
lima, proxy, chairman; E. L. Johnson
Ohio, proxy; Josephus Daniels. NORTH
Carolina; J. P. Clark, Arkansas; J. NJ
Green, Rhode Island.
New Jersey-Henry D. Clayton. Ala
bama, chairman: ]. R. Ryan, Nevada
J. G. Johnson, Kansas; Joseph Lutey
Vermont; ]. T. Osborne. Wyoming.
The committees went into ses-
sion Immediately following the adjourn
ment of the national committee. The
committee will meet again tomorrow
at 10 o'clock, when the committee
will report.