Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1907-10-11
Conventions Held In Same Hall
at Same Time
DEMOCRATS IN A TANGLE
Ballot Law Comm s.
sion Aust Decide Who Is Demo-
Bartlett Men Captured Convention

Springfield. Mass, Oct Two
separate tickets were nominated by
the Democrats of Massachusetts in con.
vention in the Court Square theatre
while pandemonium reigned. One was
headed by Charles w. Bartlett of New
ton. and the other by Henry NJ Whit
ney of Boston. The state ballot law
commission will be invoked by the
Whitney followers to settle the ques-
ton as to which ticket shall be recog-
nized as regular. The tickets are as
follows:
The Bartlett ticket: Governor,
Charles w. Bartlett. Newton; leuten-
ant governor, John A. Thayer, Worces-
ter domination declined): secretary Of
state, Charles u. L. Chareste. Holyoke:
treasurer and receiver general Will
lam T. Connery, Lynn; attorney gen
eral, Harvey II. Pratt, Sctuate; audi
tor, Daniel l.. Shea, Chicopee.
The Whitney ticket: Governor,
Henry NJ. Whitney, Brookline; lieu
tenant governor, George A. Schofield,
Ipswich; secretary of state, Charles Y.
K. Chareste. Holyoke; treasurer and
receiver general, Arthur Lyman. Wal
than; attorney general, David f.
O'Connell, Worcester; auditor, Joseph
A. Conry, Boston.
Having gained control Of the ma
chlnery of the convention. the Bart
lett faction, by getting to the conven-
ton hall early and in large numbers,
was able TO carry through its program.
Upon announcement by the chair
man OF the state committee that Bart
lett leader, Daniel ]. Kiley of Boston,
had been chosen temporary chairman,
the Whitney delegates, who were ap-
parently in the minority in the proper
ton of about one to three. retired to
the rear of the theatre and held con-
vention in the foyer.
AT Whitney headquarters. after the
convention, Whitney announced that he
would remain as a candidate, but that
he would throw aside every other is
sue in favor of that of fair treatment
for the majority.
The Bartlett leaders We're at the
theatre early and brought to their as
sistance great portion of the police
force of this city. They had their own
set of doorkeepers, and an hour and a
half before the convention was called
to order. the first five rows in the or
chestra were occupied by Bartlett men.
Delegates wearing Bartlett ribbons
seemed to have little difficulty in eX-
changing their credentials for tickets
at the box office of the theatre. while,
on the other hand. the delegates with
Whitney badges encountered much de
lay and some absolute denials. The re-
suit was that when Chairman Feeney
of the state committee called the con
venton to order, the main part of the
orchestra was completely filed with
Bartlett supporters.
The storm broke almost Immediate
| ~, when nominations were made for
temporary chairman. Daniel j. Kiley Of
Boston, an ardent Bartlett leader. and
Joseph A. Conry. also of Boston. a
Whitney supporter. were placed before
the convention for this position. BY
this time half the delegates were on
their feet, shouting and cheering, and
there was great confusion. in the midst
of which Feeney declared that Kiley
had been chosen, and. fnging the
gavel on the floor, left the stage.
Mr.. Kley picked up the gavel and
began his duties as presiding officer
AS he did So COnry arose in box be-
side the stage and began to talk. 1t
was impossible to hear what either
said. but in IA few moments Conry left
the box and went to the foyer There
he mounted table and was soon sur
rounded by Whitney supporters. The
shouts Of the two presiding Ulcers
could be heard once in a while above
the din. but only those who were close
TO them could understand what was
being done.
The Whitney convention, in the rear
Of the hall, transacted its business with
great speed. and although the police
were ordered to remove the Whitney
men as disturbers, nothing of that sort
was done. In the meantime the Bart
lett convention was being conducted
in a more leisurely and vet more noisy.
manner.
I The conventions both went through
the usual formalities of permanent or
ganization. appointment of committees
on credentials and the adoption of reso-
lutions. The Bartlett platform was
presented by George f. Williams, and
the Whitney resolutions by Josiah
Quincy Of Boston. Every effort was
made to conduct both conventions in a
strictly legal manner, as both factions
realized that their actions would be
brought before the state authorities
for adjudication.
The Bartlett faction adopted a plat
form which was devoted chiefly to de-