The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-07-04
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factions for purposes of their own.
without a shadow Of cause. The Hop
kins people. on the other hand, ahege
that the original elections were void.
and that the action taken at the Illi-
nois state convention when the dele
gates OF the Harrison and Hearst peo-
pie were unseated was only righting a
wrong previously committed
lyan at Work
The Harrison people seek TO substi-
tute the names Of their men for the
Hopkins delegates in the Second, Third,
sixth, Ninth and Tenth districts Eff
forts also VIII be made 10 unseat the
Hopkins delegates in the Eleventh,
Twelfth. Fifteenth. Sixteenth. Eight
eeuth. Twenty first, Twenty-third ana
Twenty fifth districts. The fight for
the seats in the Illinois delegation takes
on added interest from the fact that
Mr.. Bryan has entered the lists active
y against the Hopkins people and viii
/ lend all of MS influence to unseat them
He declared today. In my opinion
| there is no more important question
before the public today than whether
or not a few men, one of whom hap
pens to have gavel in his hand, shall
override the wishes of the voters who
have selected certain men to represent
| them in convention. The people elect
/ their men and should have them, but
/ in some cases of late 1t does not look
to me as though they were getting
| them. I am opposed to such things
from every standpoint"
! IT was thought today that Mr.. Bryan
would be 2 member Of the committee
| Oh credentials. and thus be able 10 help
/ his friends in Illinois from the inside
of the committee, but he said today
/ that he would not be a member OF the
] credentials committee. IS il was neceS-
! sary for him 70 be on the committee
| on resolutions. and he could not very
| well be on both committees, as they
would probably meet at the same time.
Was No Bolt.
/ The Hopkins people contend that the
/ nstiOnal committee viii not be able 10
| take cOgniZance Of the contests in Illi-
nois for the reason that there was no
| bolt from the state convention BY
/ either the Hearst or Harrison people,
and that the national committee can
| not take I'D a contest unless II is a
! state matter. Differences arising from
direct causes. they assert, are not
/ within the province Of the national
! committee. In addition to the contests
| in Illinois there VIII be a fight for all
the seats of the delegates from the
| District Of Columbia The Hearst man.
agement claims in this connection that
arbitrary rulings By the chairman gave
the seats unjustly 10 delegates who
I are friendl,- to German.
/ Practically the same ground of arbi-
I trary ruling IS made the issue IN the
Tenth district Of Indiana Other con
| tests that VIII come before the com
mittee tomorrow are from the Second
Maryland district, First. Second, Third
| Fourth, Fifth and Sixth districts OF
! Pennsylvania, and the Second, Sixth
and Seventh districts of New Jersey
1t was said that the hearing of the
evidence in these contests would moi
/ consume a great deal of time, and thai
the main fight would be made before
the committee on credentials in the
majority Of cases. The Hopkins faction
of the Illinois Democracy especially is
positive in its assertions that the ma
tiOnal committee will seat their men
They claim TO have made a canvass
OF the national committee. and assert
that the greater part of II is favorable
10 their contention that contests arts
ing in district caucuses are not prOpe.
matter for the national committee tC
| adiUdicafe