The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-05-10

The Democratic congressional con-
vention which met at Alliance
was turbulent, scrappy and exciting.
II resulted in a complete victory for
the Hearst faction, the Parker follow
ers losing every round. w. j. Foley,
of East Palestine, who was the con-
gressional nominee two years ago,
was again placed upon the ticket, there
being no opposition The real fight was
on the national delegates. The Stark
county delegation wrangled for two
hours over the question of proxies,
the Parker people having quite a num-
Der which they wanted recognized.
They had sufficient, 1t is claimed, to
have turned the tide I'M their favor
had all been admitted, but even this
is denied by the exultant Hearst fol-
lowers who came out of the fight
flushed with victory.
A KNoCKDOWN FIGHT.
While the wrangling was going on in
the convention, which was held in the
Independent (SpiritualisU church, Ed
Patriot, got into a controversy with
Attorney Charles f. Smith, of Salem.
Smith had been nominated for nation
al delegate and Potts's crowd was not
supporting their own county man.
Potts went to Smith and told him
that he was a Parker man which was
the reason he was against him. Smith
said he for Darlypr
you're liar" yelled Potts, his
face scarlet with anger.
you're another" replied Smith, who
was white to the lips.
Whack, went the big fist of Potts
against the head of smith, who fell
like log. The big, burly Potts jump
ed upon him, but a dozen delegates
grabbed him and hauled him away,
forcing him struggling to his seat.
Smith is a little man, hardly coming
to the shoulders of his antagonist. He
made no effort to fight back.
This disgraceful scene in the house
Of God created great excitement, and a
few moments afterward a delegation of
the churchmen came in and protested
against such unseemly conduct They
sent word to the chair that they
wanted things done decently and in
order
Potts settled down and from that
time on was as meek as a lamb, |
though the carmine was a long time
going ont Of his face
TWO DELEGATIONS.
Columbiana county had her own
fight. The casus beli was two dele |
cations from East Liverpool. ]. G. !
Walsh and Edward Cook were at the !
head of delegation that they claimed
was the only regular one. There were |
six In the bunch. ]. j. Weisand head |
ed the other delegation. Neither
would give up and when 1he matter |
was brought before the committee on
credentials each side was given three |
of the six votes and harmony prevail
ed in that quarter.
Mr.. McSwiggen of Washington town
ship, kicked on the Columbiana ccun- |
ty caucus. He said that he and five |
other delegates had come to Alliance |
the night before to be present at the |
caucus, but that the other fellows had |
gotten together without notifying
them. He demanded that they hold an
other caucus and gained his point. |
Everything was ratified except the
member of the credentials committee. |
A. I. Dennis was thrown off and o. ]. |
Astry, ex-mayor of Salem, substituted. |
His selection resulted in the comprom-
ise In the East Liverpool delegation. |
McSwiggen was full of fire, although |
an old man. He afterwards introduced |
a resolution reaffirming the platforms
OF 1896 and 1900 and had 1t referred
TO the committee on resolutions. II !
was afterwards engrafted into the reg
ular report, much to the old gentle
mans delight.
WE'RE HILARIOUS.
The resolutions passed reafflrmed the
platforms Of the two Bryan campaigns,
and when they were submitted the
Hearst followers yelled themselves
hoarse. while It was noticed that the
Parker crowd were ominously silent.
One OF the incidents of the notable |
gathering was the stirring up of the
Hon. Thomas j. Duffy, who two years
ago ran on the labor ticket. Cook. of
Bast Liverpool, In the discussion over
the rival delegations from that city,
ierided Duffy with the fact that he had
left the party to run on the labor tick