Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1906-08-22
s11IIIyAN yICroRIous.

By q y,te of 1908 to $40 the demo-
cratic convention 10 Peoria. ILL.,, yestsr.
dsy placed upon the table the request Of
Mr.. Wm. J. Bryan tor the resignation
of Mr.. Roger Sullivan from the national
committee. D,-.,ite the fac, that Mr..
Bryao had decIa. cd that be did not wish
I, be indor.ci unless Sullivan was re-
undated, the ',vention declared him
70 be the one AID obls man capable OF
leading the den' c'stlc party to victory
in 1908
The Endorsement of Bryan aud the
tsbliup If the motion cslling for The
resignation of Mr. Sullivan came at the
close of most exciting session Of the
convention. IN shich there were several
fights aud Throughout which confusi IN
rsignsd supreme. The committee on res
olutions decliaed 10 report a plank call
ing for the resigustion of Sullivan. and
the vote followed upon D motion made 10
the convention by Judge 0sen Thomp,
son. of Jacksonville, calling for Sulli-
vans resignation.
II had been agreed that each side
should have As minutes in which 10 pre-
sent its side of the case, and Judge
Thomp ON was the irst advocate OF the
cause of Mr.. Bryan. He aroused the
hostility of Sullivan's friends by the un'
sparing manner in which he dwelt upon
the last democratic convention at Spring
field.
He strobe up and down the platform,
his face white with wrath aud his form
shaking with the intensity of bis ieel-
ings His csuslic eriticisms fiual Iy l''st
him the ear of the convention, and he
might never have been able to conclude
his speech if Sullivan had not personally
requested quiet.
Sullivan, who followed Thompson,
and who was the first speaker in his own
behalf, declared that the ear of Dir.
BRYAN had been poisoned against him
and that the demand for his resignation
spraug from his personal enemies.
Wild cheers followed Suilivan's re-
marks, and when his voice could be
heard Judge Thompson said:
"Mr Sullivan having given his orders,
hope we may now continue in quiet. "
Kisses and cat call, greeted this remark
and Judge Tbompsoa repeated 1t with de-
Liberation, emphasizing the word "or-
der" He WAS again hissed BY the conven-
ton the cheers of his friends mingling
freely in the uprosr. The speaker closed
his address by an earnest appeal tn the
delegates not TO lurn down Mr.. Bryan.
Sullivan arose aud said: "You have
Witnessed the speclaoIe au this platform
OF an individual IN crafty hls personsl
grudge, dragging 1t into this convention.
He came here to crafty his spleen, hatred
and malice against me.
"You'r a liar" came from the Nupage
delegation. Instantly q Sullivan dele.
gate sprang for the speaker, AID II took
half dozen policeman to stop the fight
Order WIS finally restored, and just
as Sullivan commenced to speak two
men, clutching es"h other by the throat
staggered through the aaar on .hs oppo'
si,e aide OF tine hall. They cnfed each
other without mercy, and it took pla-
toon of police to drag them out of the
hall aud put them on the sidewalk,
where they started the second round.
Sullivan coDclud d his speech by de.
claring that be wished to make no trouble,
and If he was not wanted as national
copmitleemaE, he matter coald bs ad..
justed two years from now.
Other speakers followed aud end,a vor-
o. to restore harmony.
The final result showed for placing
the motion on the table, 1898; against
the motion 10 table, $40; not voting, 81
4he eonYeAiioa then adjourned.