The St. Louis Republic., 1904-07-04


declared the anti Hearst delegates right
fully entitled to the seats, and this after
wards was indorsed by the convention.
THE DEFENSE
On the other side of the question James
Il. Smith of Salem and L. b. Spurgeon Of
Nandalia, the contesring delegates. have
this to say:
We were elected delegates by the dis
trict caucus, and our election was made
unanimous. every delegate in the caucus
voting Tor the motion. our credentials
We're handed to George Brennan secretary
of the convention, who threw them on
The floor. This Is not henrsay, for Mr
Smith witnessed the action. Afterwards
Judge kaSy and Mr.. Smith called ON Mr
Hopkins with the CredentIa. md explained
what had been done. Mr.. Hopkins admit
ted u wrong had been pelpetrated and
said he would fix it right. But he didn't
do II, for fraudulent report was sub
initted for ours. IN which the names OF
j. Il. Crowley and T. Z. Ford were sub
stituted Tor ours as delegates 10 the Ma
tonai convention. No report was ever read
10 the convention from our district. Even
the fraudulent report was not read"
Carter Ii. Harrison tnIcagU is eX-
pected to arrive this morning To prosecute
his contest for five Chicago districts Rob
ert +. Burke. whose seat is being con-
tested by Harrison, said he had inter
viewed several members of the National
Committee and did not believe the COM
mittee would consider the contests. He
did not know of one member of the COM
nillee tDat would FAVOR II.
Theodore Nelson arrived yesterday with
another batch of protests signed by dele
gates to the recent State Convention.
We now have 15S signatures" said Mr..
Dunlap last night. and believe We will
have a clear majority OF the delegates
who participated in the convention. even
including those seated by the State Com
mittee and by the savel of the chair
man. We find that many delegates are
not at home or are Ill. In some cases,
like Nermilion and Peoria counties. where
the names of the delegates given seats
by the State Committee never were made
public we cannot get our papers TO them.
th.te were l.32l delegates in the conVen-
ton
The delegations are identical with the
regular or Hopkins. delegation. so far as
the following districts are concerned: The
FIRST. Fourth, Seventh, EIgnTh, Thlr-
teenth. Fourteenth. Seventeenth. Nine
teenth. Twentieth. Twenty second and
Twenty-fourth.
1t is understood that the slate to be
adopted by the Illinois caucus is as fol-
lows:
National Con;mitteeman-Rcger Sullivan
of Chicago.
Chairman of Delegation-John p. Hop
kinS of Chicago.
Committee on Credentials-Fred J. Kern
of Belleville.
Committee on Resolutions-Ben 7. Cable
of Rock Island.
ornament Organization Samuel AL
Schuler of Aurora.
Mayor W. c. Crolius of Joliet believes
Inat J WOuiu De a RODu tniHS 10
nate both gold and silver from the plat
form, but that the adoption OF a gold
standard plank would do more to disrupt
the party than anything else He also be-
lieves there should be regularly and le-
ultimately elected State committee,
even II 1t Is necessary to call a new State
convention for the purpose.
Friends of John z. Hopkins OF the Hi
nois delegation began to arrive in st.
Louis yesterday. During the afternoon
conference was held in Mr.. Hopkinss
rooms, at which were present Mr.. Hop
kins. Roger Sullivan. who is slated for
member of the National Committee from
man of the Springfield convention; Maui
of Illinois; George L. Brennan, Ben T.
Cable and Fred j. Kern. The Illinois con-
test was discussed and Frank J. Quinn of
Feoria was selected to represent the Hop
kins interests before both the National
Committee and the Credentials Commit
tee.
1t Is reported that the slate for the
Illinois representatives on the various
committees was made w at this confer
ence. A statement from Frank ]. Quinn
verified the rumor that Fred J. Kern Of
BelleviIle was to be the Illinois member
Of the Credentials Committee. When asked
as to the possibility Of James H. Eckels
being named as a member Of the Commit
tee on Resolutions, Mr.. Quinn said: 1T
is out OF the question. Mr.. Eckels is at
Oconomowoc, and It is very proba BILE that
he will not reach St. Louis until after all
The preliminaries Of the convention are
over"