The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-07
STORMY TIME | N HARTFORD (yarst Men Routed by the z ParkeriteS. DELEGATION INSTRUCTED Bitter Words Spoken By
 Prominent Men. Personal Encounter Between Ex-Gov-
 ernor Waller and Dr. F. J. Bro-
 thers is Averted by Ner- row Margin.

| Hartford, Conn, May 6.-In one o1 | the stormfest gatherings the party hal | ever held In a Democratic State con. vention to-day chose delegates to ths St. Louis convention and instructed | them to vote as unit and for Altor B. Parker, of New York, as a presi. dential nominee.
 A climax came at the end of two hours of angry debate between Hearst and Parker delegates in what escaped by hairs breadth being a personal encounter in full view of the conven. tion between former Governor Thomas N. Waller of New London, and Dr. F. J. Brothers of New Haven.
 The question being debated was the substitution of the minority report of the committee on resolutions for the majority report.
 The former report favored an un- pledged delegation, the latter a pledge for Parker and the unit rule.
 Personalities were banded back and forth the attack on Governor Waller accompanying charges that he had de- serted the party in 1896. Much of the actual debate between the chief partic- ipants In the incident was unheard in the uproar but their actions could be seen.
 They were forced almost into per- sonal contact by the delegates crowd- ed about The incident was quickly smoothed over. The minority report was refused substitution. 366 to 1S6. show ing that the Hearst delegates were out numbered.
 ts Details of Convention.
 Preliminaries to the permanent or ganiZation of the Democratic State cen tral committee were practically all ar ranged early to-day, in preparation for the business of the convention although several committees did not take a re- cess until nearly daylight. E It was not until the reports of all the cancuses had been made up that it was definitely known that Parker delegates had won eleven of the twelve caucuses and that Alexander Troup, of New Haven, the leader of the Hearst faction. had controlled his own county caucus by only ten votes.
 National Committeeman Homer S.. Cummins and former Governor Thomas N. Waller for the committee on reso- lutions, prepared recommendations that the State convention instruct its uSlSEdlcS to NOLe IOT EdThGT dL 2L- Louis and to vote as a unit.
 All the county caucuses were lively affairs, and in one. that of Hartford, blows were struck and drops of blood spilled. Hearst men on finding them selves in a minority resorted to ob- stFuctive tactics. and the same thing was done by the Parker men in New Haven county, which the Hearst men controlled.
 The congressional district caucuse5 were a little quieter, but the Hearst men in each instance were aggressive until roll calls had shown that they were in the minority
 In the debate the Hearst and Parker supporters in the Democratic conven- ton to-day. Ex-Governor Waller and pr. Brothers of New Haven. nearly came to blows.
 The scene was almost unprecedented in a convention in this State
 Cool headedness on the part of many delegates alone prevented a worse scene.
 Instructed for Parker.
 Following is the majority report of the Committee on Resolutions at the Democratic State Convention.
 We, the representatives of the Dem
 
 convention assembled, advise and in struct the delegates elected by this convention to the Democratic National Convention to be held at St. Louis. to act and vote as unit in all matters arising in the said national convention. if 1t is the will of the majority of said delegates, and we further advise and instruct said delegates to support in the national convention the candidacy 1R T..I York. for President of the United States"
 A contest developed in the Commit tee on Resolutions today as soon as the resolution recommending the in- struction of the delegates and the unit rule had been read. Objection was made to the word Instruct" A mo- ton to strike out the term was defeat ed after some debate.
 In the meeting of the minority mem bers of the same Committee a contest arose because several delegates want ed MT. Hearst's name mentioned and reference to organized labor incorpo- rated. Outsiders, however. convinced these members that such references would precipitate trouble In the con vention.
 A motion to make reference to or ganiZed labor was thereupon with drawn and MT. Hearst's name was erased. The resolution as 1t stood was then signed.
 It became known on the floor prior 70 the opening of the convention that the Committee on Permanent Organi- ration had selected William Kennedy of Naugatuck. for permanent chairman Instead of Judge DeForest, The Hearstites had caught the Parker men mapping and the Committee meeting had been attended by only twenty-one members. The vote for MT. Kennedy for Chairman had been passed Ii to l0.
 As soon as the convention was called to order the report of the Committee on Credentials was called for. The presentation of a minority report start ed warm argument. The two reports differed in regard to the delegations from four small towns. During the discussion Alexander Troup, the leader of the Hearst adherents, declared that as to political preferences. he was for Hearst because. Hearst was a man whose stand and views were known Parker's best friend could not tell where he stood. Great confusion pre-