The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-05-12
HEARST MEN READY TO BOLT They Were Sno. d Under
 in Infss Ina.
 zx PARKER E A MAJORITY Contests in Four of Thirteen
 Districts. The scenes in some of the Caucuscs Were Decidedly Lively--Hearst Men Will Probably Hold
 a Convention.

Indiana polls, May 1.-The delegates to the Democratic State Convention held caucuses by Congressional districts to- night and selected delegates to the Ma tional Convention. Contesting delegates were named at four of the thirteen dis trict caucuses, and of the remaining nine caucuses the Parker men won eight leaving two Hearst men selected as delegates.
 Admission to the caucuses was by tick cts distributed by the district chairman. Az a result of this policy of the State organization the Hearst people have started a movement to bolt the Conven- ton tomorrow and hold a trump conven- ton that will send a complete set of Hearst delegates to the National Con- Nent!on.
 Rump caucuses were held tonight in the second and tenth districts immediately following the regular caucuses and 1t was reported late tonight that the Hearst delegates from other districts had taken the same action, and tomorrow will pre- sent to the convention a full slate of delegates and convention officers.
 The scene attending several of the caucuses were extremely rfotous. In- famed with the bitterness of intense par tisanship, men fought. raved and cursed
 
 at the tenth district caucus and at the second. The Hearst delegates who did not have tickets attempted to force their way into the halls where the meetings were held In few instances they were successful. A sufficient number of Hearst people gained admittance to both the tenth and second district caucuses to start and maintain pandemonium as soon as the Parker people opened pro- Iceedings. Regular and orderly transac- ton of business at hand was utterly out of the question. Parker men were put in as chairmen and then the Parker slates of delegates and convention offi- cers were read. No one heard the names read and the. votes taken were mock cries of parliamentary proeedure. Ap- pearanees indicated that the Parker people were In the majority and on' that showing the district organizations declared the Parker slates elected, and so reported to State headquarters. The Hearst people then took possession and held their trump caucuses. They were able to proceed with less confusion for the Parker people left the hall
 The State Convention will be called to order at II o'clock tomorrow in Tom Iinson Hall by State Chairman w. H. oBrien of Lawrenceburg Alonzo Green Smith of Indianapolis will be made permanent chairman with L. G. Ellingham of Decatur. permanent sec retary. The report of the Committee on Permanent Organization will recom- mend the delegates-at-l large to the Ma tional Convention as follows: State Chairman O'Brien. John w. Kern, Major c. V. Menzies and Ben F. Shively.
 The Credentials Committee will sub- init a report recommending the seating of the Parker delegates wherever there are contests.
 The Committee on Resolutions will present a brief report consisting of one resolution, providing for the adoption of the unit rule in instructing the na- tionai delegates for Judge Alton Par ker and another endorsing National Committeeman Thomas Taggart for the chairmanship of the National Commit teel