The Honesdale citizen. [volume] (Honesdale, Pa.) 1873-1908, 1908-07-09

that the contcsting Burke delegates
were unable TO establish the charges
of illcGality as far Rs they applied to
national convention.
After the decision the Burke men de-
clarcd that they would carry their
case to tho committee on credentials
and II defeated there to the 1oor OF the
convention.
Leaders of several of the contestina
delegations, incensed by their defeat
charged that the subcommittee were
packed against them. Little hope was
expressed. however, by the opponents
Of sullivan. Gufrcy, Murphy and Du.
bois that they would win later.
The matter OF whether Oklahoma
should he allowed fourteen seats as ac-
corded by the national committee or
eighteen MS demanded by that state
was passed along to the credentials
committee. But fourteen, however,
will appear upon tho temporary roll
call.
No Second Place cholos Yet.
All efforts to unite on vice presi-
Dental candidate have proved futile,
and the convention will begin Its de-
liberations with the contest for Sec
ond place wide open.
A mninri,v nf tho pennsv,van,o del.
,,,,,,nn I'm corrus named Co,opa,
Jnm,s N Cufrnv os national commit.
trcman In open defiance OF MIR. Bry-
ans demand for his displacement and
on the heels OF Guffey's stinging pub
lie arraiGnmcnt Of Mr.. Bryan as @
,hr,,cri,, In,roto ana falsiforn
minority ,f m, pennsvlvsnia deIeUa.
,i,n hold n rumn coucus which sought
to dcnoso Guffry from leadership and
install Jnmcs Kerr BRYAN man. an
pcnnsylynnia's lender
The New York delegation appointed
n COMMITTEES of ton TO draft a platform
and nnmcd Judue Alton r. Parker. the
Democratic standard bearer of 1904.
ns thr New York reprssentatiye on the
plntform committee.
Most of the states have effected their
organization, electlng members Of the
committees.
p...,. e...n,.L c..,.,.
Tb, arrival Of state daIeoat,ons
,,r,.,,a :, .b,u a con,inuous swolI,no
Of l,., Of =
,cring occossinns for other cand,6otss
mis- has he,ome so onnarent that tho
n,,ir.,,ion ,f pryon seams oss,rad
mot onI, hr rho rnnu,r,d tyo-,h,rd.
yo,, az tho conv,n,inn hut Inv nrac.
tically unanimous vote, except that
of Minnesota and Delaware, whose
representatives still insist they will
hS stradfaSt to the end to their favor
itc sons. and scattering anti.Bryan
votes from Georgia, New York, Penn
Sylvania, Maine and several other local.
itics-a scattering opposition dwarfed
by the magnitude OF Mr.. Bryan's total.
While this steady tide of Bryan
strength has been setting in. the allied
opposition have been looking intently
hut vaiuly toward New York, for II
has been recognized that Chief
Murphy the political genius OF the del.
cEalion, held II key which might un-
luoSc II movement of genuine force
against the Nebraskan With New
York taking the lead and throwing Its
IS votes AGAINST him, Guffey and his
Pennsylvania cohorts might have fol-
might turn Il block of southern strength
away from Bryan. and this, with the
organized strength of Johnson and
Gray, might have given vitality to the
allied opposition. hut all these reck-
oninrs have como to noupht hecsus,
of Now Works. nrrSist,ut silence
For tbc first finn, ,hr nlIied onnosi.
t,on disclosed figures showing what
mirht hny, hnun.ncd had New York
announced NJ thr onts,t that its seven.
ty.cipht vu,,s w,uId II. SWING AGAINST
Rrynu Acc,rlm. +, this t,his a total
nf olo v,t,s mr. cousidoro,I. mora
thon tho n.c,ss,rv nunhor Z, h,ocL a
Hrvou nomination u,uld hoya surno
into limo Win Now York tho claim IN
Irt,i h,;uu ,s r,lI,u,s.
AI,hono /. EIorido >. cooro,o oe.
Iouisionn ~. vost viro,n,o "a. North
Cor,I,n, oi. ronrocticrt 10. na,a.
ware II. Maine ~. >,ossocbusa,,s 20.
N,u, u,mnshiro A. Nor, Iarsov oa.
Nav ynrL -s. ponnsvIv.nio 40. phode
Island 4. v,rmont g. ,iinnoso,a 90.
oIin 10. u,,s,n,s,n n, AI.s,,a a, D.
to Rico. G. The total vote of the con.
vcntion Is 1,OD2, the one.thlrd neces-
sary to prevent a nomination being
RIA, whereas the allied opposition
claimed fifteen In excess of this re.
Quiremcnt had New York furnished
the rallying point.
The heated contest In the Pennsyl-
vania delegation RACED around Mr..
GuTfov hut bis victnry his anamiaa
say, is less significant than might ap-
pear. The hopes OF the Bryan men
are centcrcd on the nine contesting
delegates from Pennsylvania. As these
contestants nre Bryan men, they are
practically assured Of being seated by
the Bryan committee on credentials,
and. once seated. Mr. Guffey's prelim.
mary victory may he succeeded by Mr..
Rrynn's final triumnh according 10 ths
calculatinus OF the Rryan mon Against
this however Guffev socurnd tho sic.
uuturcs of forty pcnnsvIv,nio dale.
r,tns whnsc s,,ts ora uucontos,oa ana
who boro an urdisnutod ,,,i,r,,,, .,
,h, siy,,.,i,,,,, ponns,,,,,a,,,a - -
,,,,,i,,,., -,
'ne Ant''lnJunetlon Flank
samuel G"mprrs and two other rep
r"Sehtaliv"S OF the American Fedora
tion OF Labor appeared before the sub
committee on platform asking for the
Incorporation Of nn antiinjunction
blank in New HOrk'S tentative draft