The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-06-08
THE CONF 1T
TEL'S REPORT
Grapevine Special c! their Probsbio
Action.

Says The Nashville American:
The Credentials Committee of the
Democratic State Convention will r.
port to the convention this morning
at the session which convenes at 9. 80
o'clock. The committee has pract'-
cally concluded its work, and 1t was
stated by JUICE John NJ. Taylor,
Chairman of the Committee, that &
few details had tn be attended to tn s
morning, for which purpose the corr
mittee will met at the Tulane Hotel
at o'clock
The corlmittee's afternoon and
night sessions, the latter lasting ur+il
1870 o'clock were executive, ed the
members CT The c1r'rlittee declined
to state what had been done, assign
ing as the reason that it would be dis
courteous to the convention by which
it had been appointed, to announce in
advance the action taken.
1t was learned, however, that the
committee will recommend by vote
of Z to 8, the seating of the Patter-
son delegation from Shelby County
By vote of to the committee will
that the n votes of David
County be divided between Cox and
Patterson, Patterson to receive Al
votes and Cox Sc. The minority on
this committee will submit a report
urging the seating of the entire Pat
terson delegation, and will submit an
elaborate presentation of the contest
in Davidson as viewed by it.
Giles County, it is understood. will
go to Patterson. Several versions
Of the committees action on this
county were heard by grapevine tele-
graph, one being that the committee
vas unanimous, another that the vote
vas to 2, and the other, and what APP
)eors to be nearest correct, that the .
was to 4. That it goes
o Patterson however, is said to be
certain. A few minutes before the
adjourned Newt H. White,
# Wales, the leader of the Cox forces
n Giles County, came to the Capitol
nd held a conference with a member
f the committee. Mr.. White appear
d to be worried over the situation.
Lawrence, Smith, Wilson and Weak
ey counties, it is understood, will be
commended for Cox by a vote of
tx with a mionrity report signed by
our members recommending the seat :
lg of the Patterson delegation, and,
l the case of Weakley, of the Patter-
on-Bond delegation Washington i,
ounty will also go to Cox on a major !
y report, but the vote is not stated :
Maury County is said to have had r
lie committee tied up very badly, and .
lere were attempts made to secure :
majority report on this county From =
aury County there are two delega- .
ons, one claiming to be uninstructed
III lHS OJIlCI W DG uClSu III az I,
rson. 1t was stated at first that ;,
is county had been settled but later
hitch arose somewhere and there a
ere many conferences after several ;,
the reports on other counties had =
zen signed. In every case minority !
ports will be submitted and a wild :.
ID woody time is looked for when
e convention convenes today.
The committee first discussed the
rious contests and voted upon them
ter the entire discussion was at an
d. There were many wild rumors y
ing around, one, which gained cur ="
ncy about II o'clock, to the effect y
at Gov Cox had come TO the State -
Lpitol and was holding a conference III
til some friends. The truth or fall q
y of this could not be learned but :
was noted that several close friends 81
Gov. Cox appeared on the scene -
out this time and were exceedingly
sly. ~ hegt y