The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1904-04-15
DEMOCRATS AT WICHITA.
State Convention Elected Delegates to st
Louis-Johu HI. Atwood Elected
National Committeeman.

Wichita, Kan, April S.-There was
no contest in the democratic state con.
vention. 1t was announced just be-
fore the delegates left for the conven-
tion hall that the Hearst forces had
quit. BY the arrangements the Hearst
people asked for no instructions. No
fight was made on Claude Duval for
chairman. The Hearst people were al
lowed j. G. Johns and H. P. Far
reilly as delegates at large and did not
fight A. M. Jackson in the Third dis
trict. The Seventh district will be
represented by Hearst delegates. An.
ti-Hearst men say the national delega-
tion will stand Is against Hearst to 5
for him. A Hearst man admitted that
the deal had been made and that there
would be no contest
At 1920 the convention was called
to order by Chairman H. P Farrelly,
of the state committee. Rev. ]. D.
Ritchey, of st. Pauls Episcopal
church, opened the proceedings with
prayer. Secretary McCrum read the
call. Mr.. Farrelly for the committee
recommended Claude Duval for chair
man. There were few dissenting
votes.
When Chairman Duval was escorted
to the platform he said: mo higher
honor can be conferred upon man in
the realm of party politics than to
have the privilege of presiding over
the deliberations of a democratic con-
vention. Especially is this true when
it is a convention composed of demo-
Gratis true and loyal to the principles,
doctrines and traditions of the party.
called for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the national convention
that will nominate the next president
of our great country. Gentlemen of
the convention, at this time you, as
the representative delegates of the
democrats from your respective coun-
ties, are face to face with grave re-
sponsibilities.
Those of you who have carefully
watched the action and anticipated ac-
tion of those states that have and
will yet select delegates to the st.
Louis convention know that many OF
the states desire to see a candidate
nominated who not only supported
our ticket in 1896 and 1900, but also
one that will unite all factions of our
party. Many Of these states are now
placing before the democrats of the
nation favorite sons: Missouri,
Cockrell; Illinois, her Williams;
Maryland, her German; Wisconsin.
her Wall; Massachusetts, her Olney:
California, her Hearst, and New York,
her Parker. So, gentlemen of the con-
vention. let me ask that you thought
fully and seriously consider what you
believe to be the desires and wishes
Of majority of the democrats in your
respective localities and throughout
this great state, carefully consider
what you believe to be best for our
party and then with your conscience
and your God do what you believe
best for democratic harmony and dem
ocratic success
The committee on resolutions, in its
report, indorsed the Kansas City plat
form of 1900 and the Chicago platform
of 1896; expressed confidence in Will
liam J. Bryan and declared for the
nomination of men for president and
vice president who supported the
tickets of 1886 and 1900 and who were
in sympathy with the platforms upon
which they ran; roasted the republic
ans of the state for turning down the
old machine and creating another
more dictatorial than the old and
charged them with building a railroad
machine and with turning the state |
capitol into a roundhouse; commended |
Senator w. A. Harris for his record |
in the United States senate and |
charged the action of Senator Burton |
to the republicans.
A resolution indorsing William
Randolph Hearst and his victory over
the coal trust as an example for dem |
ocrats to follow, but not referring to |
him as candidate for president, was |
the last in the report.
A supplementary report consisted of |
q resolution of coincidence on the |
death of w. H. Craddock, candidate |
for governor two years ago, was |
adopted by rising vote of the candi- |
dates.
The report was adopted by a unan- |
imous vote amid the cheers of the |
Hearst men, who took it as indorse
ment of their candidate.
Delegates A. Harris |
Fl. T. Farrelly, David Overmyer, ]. G.
Johnson, S. l. Hale and ]. N. Hay |
maker.
District delegates James w. |
Orr and Frank Fitzwilliams; Second.
T. w. Morgan and w. P. billiard; |
Third, A. NJ. Jackson and G. w. Ga
briel; Fourth, A. S. Kemper and ]. NJ.
Fifth, w. H. Pepperill and
T. L. Bond; Sixth, S. S. Smith and A,
A. Roth; Seventh, o. P. Scarce and
c. w. Oswold.
John H. Atwood, of Leavenworth,
was elected national committeeman by