The sun., 1904-07-06
BRYAN.aEARST MEN ALL LOSE
NATIONAL CONMITTEE THROWS
our THEM CONTESTS.

In the Illinois Contest the Committee Psund
Tfnt the Hopkins Men Secured Con-
troll by Questionable Work, but Ne
ferred che Matter 10 the Convention.
ST. LOUIS, July 5.-Not Hearst or Bryan
| contestant 10 delegates seat In the national
convention was recognized to-day by the
Democratic national committee in dispos-
ing Of the contests. to the number Of sixty.
The conservative. or regular. delegates
were seated In each case. In the contests
In the Tenth Indiana district the Twelfth
Ohio (Columbus) district. where ex-Repre-
sentative Lentz appeared for the contest
ants; in South Oak kota; In the first six dis
tricts in Pennsylvania; in the second Maine
district, where the Greepleaf delegates were
seated; In the several district contests in
New Jersey; in the district Of Columbia,
where the Morris delegates were seated,
and in the several contests In Illinois where
the Hopkins or anti-Bryan-H Hearst dele.
gates were seated.
The national committee In each case up
held the representatives Of sub-committees
on these contests. and the only ones likely
10 be carried up to the convention committee
on credentials are those In Illinois and
Ohio, District OF Columbia and Indiana.
The only contests which aroused any
special interest in the committee were
those in the fifteen Congress districts in
Illinois and against the seats Of two Of the
delegates at large, John F. Hopkins and
Ben T. Cable. The subcommittee,
Of which Gumshoe Bill Stone OF Missouri
was chairman, which considered these
contests, submitted a report which practi-
cally found the Hopkins people had So
cured control Of the national delegation
from Illinois through illegal substitutions
in the list Of Congress district delegates
and by securing control Of Congress dis
trict conventions through unseating regu-
larly elected county delegates.
The subcommittee found, however
there was no ground for contesting the
seats Of two Of the delegates at large.
In its report the subcommittee said:
We recommend that there be placed
upon the temporary roll the names Of those
delegates holding credentials from the
State convention Of Illinois, it being the
opinion that the national committee, in
cases like this, should recognize the cre-
dentials issued by the regular officers Of
the only State convention held.
with reference TO the delegates at large.
there was no evidence to impeach the title
Of the contestee In some Of the Congress
districts there was evidence to show
that Questionable methods prevailed. In
some 1t appears that delegates selected by
dist riot caucuses were replaced by persons
who had not been selected by the delegates
from the districts, and, In some instances
II Is al least doubt ed whether the subst itu.
tions we're properly made.
However. II would require long and
exhaustive examination to ascert ain the
real facts. Such an invest igation Is i'm
practicable. and, in our view. such would
be beyond the province OF this committee.
We are unanimously Of the opinion that for
the redress Of the alleged grievances in these
contests the convention itself and not the
national committe ee is the proper forum
The Bryan H Hearst-Hsrrison people took
heart on learning Of the report OF the SUBJ
committee and Immediately took steps
to prepare their case for presentation to
the convention committee on credentials.
They did not care II the subcommittee
had decided by a unanimous vote to seat
the Hopkins delegates or that the national
COMMITTEES unanimously had approved the
findings OF the subcommittee. They in
sisted right was on their side in nearly all
Of the district contests and that 1t was
the duty OF the credentials committee
to take cognizance Of the statements made
in the report OF the subcommittee OF the
national committee upon the Illinois con-
tests.
The Hop kins people were not disturbed
over the elation displayed by the Bryan
Hearst people after the subcommittee re-
port became public property. They looked
upon it as a sop thrown to the other side
and app arently were satisfied the Bryan
Hearst people should take all the consolation
they could find in the sub-committee report.
80 long as that report recommended the
seating OF the Hopkins delegates. Mr..
Hopkins was not much worried over the
situation. His friends declared the faction
would be stronger in the committee on Gre
dentials than II was in the national COM
mittee, and that they feared not the final
action OF that committee or OF the con-
vention.
on credentials will sustain the action OF the
national committee. with the possible ex-
ception Of the contestant, Alfred Arendorh,
in the Twenty-first Congress district, where.
kins and the Bryant Hearst Congress district
conventions. and yet his name does not
appear in the list Of national delegates
elected by the Springfield State convention.
Mr. Hopkins Will not oppose the Gre
dentials committee in placing Mr.. Aren-
dorff's name on the list as delegate. Other
wise the credentials committee II expected
to affirm the action OF the national COM
mittee in every contest. ..
The Bryan Hearst people now plan to
have a minority report presented TO the
convention from the committee on ore
dentials on the Illinois contest, and this
will bring the fight on the floor Of the con-
vention, where 1t is expected William j.
Bryan will take up the cudgels for the
Bryan-Hearst faction.
Mr. Bryan sat for hours yesterday and
last night listening to the arguments In the
Illinois contest before the sub-oommittee,
In order to familiarize himself with the
case in all its details, and he is much in
censed at the action Of the national com-
mittee in throwing his friends In Illinois
out of the window.
The committee decided to give Porto
Rico and the Philippines representation
Of six delegates each In the convention
without voting powers, until after the con-
vention passes upon their status. Palmer
Woods was elected as national committee
man from Hawaii in place Of the late W. b.
Cornwall.
As this was probably the last meeting
Of the present national COMMITTEES, Clark
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