The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-09-12
ENGAGED IN A
WARM WRANGLE
Three Contesting Delegations
Appear Before Colorado
Democratic Convention.
NO OPPOSITION TO ADAMS
CONTESTS REFERRED TO GRE.
DENTIALS COMMITTEE.

Denver. Sept. 1.-THE Democratic state
convention met i'm Coliseum hall today to
nominate full state ticket and two ms
uces or the supreme court. When the con-
Nention opened there seemed 10 no doubt
tnat Former Governor Alva Adams OF Pue-
oioNWould be nominated for another term
as governor. although County Judge Ben b.
LINDSAY has always been a warm support
or or Adams and was not i'm any sense
contesting with him for the honor. Lind
seys friends were anxious that Adams
should accept the endorsement of the con-
Nention for the position of United States
' senator to succeed Thomas M Patterson.
whose term expires next March, and pass
1p the gOvernorship to Linsey Senator
T6aIteIsoi, whose fight against the local
DemOcrauc organization dominated BIZ
mayor Robert w. Speer has won him
warm support from outside counties in
slsts that Adams take the gubernatorial
domination in VndicatiOn of his claim that
ne was elected governor two years ago
ano was robbed of the office.
Three Contests.
Three contests have been filed. the most
important being from Denver county. Sen
ator Patterson heads a delegation which
is contesting the seats Of the delegation
named by the regular organization on
the ground that this faction does not rep
resent the true Democracy OF Denver as
they are bound hand and foot to the local
State Chairman Milton Smith called the
convention TO order at 1915 and announced
that State Senator Taylor Of Glenwood
Springs had been chosen temporary chair
nan. In brief speech Chairman Taylor
declared his intention TO treat all factions
fairly
Names Not on Roll.
The chairman announced that the roll
call did not contain the names of three
counties from which contests had been
filed and asked il this met the approval
OF the convention. Clay b. Whitford. a
member of the Speer delegation which oc-
cupied the seats assigned to Denver coun-
~ while the Patterson delegation were
lined UP against the wall at one side
arose and demanded that the Speer dele
gates be seated. lie declared that thew
had the same credentials as did the chair
man and insisted that they be recognized
For nearly an hour he stood on his feet
while jeers and cries of "sit down" were
hurled at him from all sections of the
hall.
Delegate r. Q. Bonney of Idaho Springs
moved that three speakers representing
plead their cause before the convention
This motion was tabled.
Referred to Committee.
For another quarter OF an hour whtfOrd
made an effort to have read a written
protest which he had sent TO the chair
nan OF the convention. A delegate from
CEaffee county moved that all the pro-
tests and other communication concern
ing contests be referred 10 the commit
tee on credentials on viva voce vote, i'm
which the Speer delegation voted nay
loudly. the motion was declared carried.
After the delegations had all handed i'm
their lists OF committeeman. the chair an
nounced that each contesting delegation
would be given the privilege of having
representative of the different commit
tees. The choice was announced and the
convention adjourned until 7:SO tonight.
Adjourned Until Today.
The convention reasseno.bled at 9 o'clock
tonight and almost Immediately took re-
cess until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning
after the announcement that the commit
tee on credentials would be unable to
report on the three contests until that
time. The committee on credentials con-
tinued rs work tonight.