The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-07-06
Philippine Delegates Are IRdig-
 nant al Treatment
ARE DENIED RIGHT ID VOTE
They Enter Vigorous Protest, In-, cluding Their Platform, Which
 Does Not Recommend Inde-
 pendence of the Islands.

pendence of the Islands.
 St. Louis. July 5.-The national commits lee held this afternoon what in all prob- ability will be it's last meeting The re- ports of subcommittee presented to hear contests in the state of Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania Maine. New Jersey, Ohio. South Dakota and the District of Colum- bia were heard and eoneurred in. These reports in every instance recommended the placing on the temporary roll call of the convention of the contestees. Not one contest was successful The majority of these will go before the committee on credentials. In the Illinois case which is by far the largest and most important. the committee submitted a report which, emitting a brief statement of the natura of the different contests. read as follows:
 Tt is the opinion of the committee that l the national committee in cases like the present should recognize the credentials of the regular officers of the only stata convention held. In some of the congress- ional districts there was evidence to show that questionable methods prevailed. Iny some cases It appears that deegates selected by district eaucuses were res placed by persons who had not been selected by the delegates of those dis-l tricts and in some instances 1t is at least doubtful whether the substtutions werai properly made.
 Investigation Is lmpracticable
 Tt would require long exhaustive in-. l n r. G,,o vsstieaton is impraeticable and in our view such would be against the province of ,ris committee. We are unanimously or tae opinion that for the redress of the e1ieeed grievances in those contests. ths convention Itself and not the national committee Ia the proper forum.v
 On motion of John T. McGraw of West Virginia, Palmer Woods of Honolulu6{ya. (, clared n member of tae committee to auo,eed William II. Cornwel deceased.
 MT. McGraw then brought much woe upon the delegates from the Philippines by securing the passage of a resolution providing that the delegates from those islands and Porto Rico should be given each six seats In the convention, but no votes until their status had been fixed by 1 the convention
 The Philippine delegates who were 1 awaiting the action of the committee i'm the hall outside left in great wrath, de- claring that they had been denied adrnis-. sion to the convention and they guessed they were not wanted"
 Clark Howell of Georgia submitted al strong resolution commenting the work of the retiring national chairman James K Jones, and other officials of the com mttee. 1s was unanimously adopted, and Chairman Jones made d brief address expressing thanks for the speeches prais- ing his work and that of the other com- mittee officers. Speeches were made by Committeeman Clayton, Mack and others
 The eommitteen then adjourned.
 Philippine Delegates Indignant.
 The Philippine delegates got together soon after the national committee meeting and drew up the following protest to the convention:
 Tt Is understood that the national con- mittee will recommend that the Philippine delegation be. seated in tAe national cony| l vention merely as a matter of courtesy. and that the delegation bS denied Hhe right of vote and speech. The democTatici delegation from the Philippine islands be- l ieyes that for the good of the democratic party and a matter of justice to the people of the Philippines their voice should be heard in tine councils of tho party. There Is no doubt that the Filipino 1 people look to the democratic party for | assistance. In the democratic platform, | framed in Manila the 30th of April 1 1904. and adopted by democratic repre- l sentatiyes from every part of the island, the people from every part or the Philip pines stated to tine democratic party their wishes. their needs tparticularly of un- | restricted trace with the United States) l and their demand for redress.
 That Is the thing that should be con- sidered by the democratic convention be- fore it adopts a plank with respect to the | Philippines. The Philippine delegates urge upon the convention as matter of justice that due consideration be given the plat l fcrm."
 Platform Is Part of Protest.
 The platform is given in full as part of | the protest. It asks for a form of ter | ritorial government similar to that of 1 Porto Rico and the Hawaiian islands at the earliest practical date, declares It's l belief that the Philippines and the United l States are firmly united; demands a gen- eral statement of poiicy; condemns the ] republican policy as being responsible for the ruinious depression in the islands: asks for free trade with the United Statea 1 On the same basis Al Porto Rico; deplores l the fact that money interests have been able to prevent the sugar and tobocco in- | terest from being developed, requests that 1 the incoming Of American capital be made more attfactiye declares for non par 1 llsan government in the Philippines and l for civil service: requests the largest pos l sible measure of home rule and the dele- gation Of all important powers to tho Philippine commission and comments the work of the army and navy as having pacfied the islands.
 From what could be gathered from the 1 delegation it seems that the failure of the Philippine platform to declare for the independence of the islands Is largely re- sponsible for their treatment
 Wants Injunction Against Ants.
 Houston, Tex. July 5.-Upon in- | formation that the Guatemalan ants in charge of Professor Cook had been l landed at New Orleans, Ross L. Clark today applied to the state district court here for an injunction restrain ing their introduction into Texas, and this was granted temporarily with