Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-07-08
DAY OF STRIFE AHEAD
Last Night One of Toll for the
Committees.
STRUGGLE OVER IDAHO
Division of the District Delegation
Approved.
DISCUSSING THE CREDENTIALS
Tammany Wins Out Against McCar-
ren-Mr. Guffey Under the
"Steam Roller"
DISCUSSING THE CREDENTIALS

DENVER. Col. July 8.-When this
mornings sun crept up over the rim OF
the eastern prairie and put the first dash
of rouge upon the pale cheeks OF the
snow-capped peaks above Denver there
dawned a day which promised to be full
of incident and replete with strife. There
was to be battling in committees and on
the floor Of the convention. as the work
preliminary to the grand consummation,
the nomination Of Mr.. Bryan. progressed.
Last night was full of toll for the conf-
mittees. The subcommittee on resolutions
sat until night. then to daybreak, ana
then adjourned for brief snooze, to re-
assemble after breakfast. The credenr
tials committee sat continuously through
the night. Tammany won out unani-
mously against McCarren. as expected,
This means bloody war In Brooklyn next
fall. Col. Guffey was run oyer by vote
Of p to Is. This means his elimination
from the national committee ana boosts
James E. Kerr. former clerk OF the
House of Representatives.. In the Idaho
contest Senator Dubois won by 26 to 70.
This puts the seal of disapprobation OF
the democratic party on the Mormon
Church In Idaho. Roger Sullivan won out
in the Illinois contest.
Only in the Idaho case were Mr,
Bryan's wishes ignored by the creden-
tials committee. for in that he counseied
compromise. The decision In the District
case was in accordance with his views.
and in Illinois and New York In conform
ity with his express command.
Struggle Over Idaho.
For five hours last night the credentials
committee struggled with the contested
case Of Idaho. Mormonisn1 raised its nor
rid head in the course Of the contest. The
question is simply whether the effort OF
the anti-Mormon party in Idaho to crush
out the Mormon democrats shall prevail
or not.
Ex-senator Dubois is leading the fight
against the Mormons burly Mormon
bishop was one Of the star witnesses TOR
his party who claimed that the fight OF
Dubois on the Mormon democrats is
| wrecking the democratic party In Idaho.
Word was passed around that Mr.
Bryan, in the interest of harmony in Ioa-
no and because the supreme court OF the
state has recently held that all questions
affecting Mormons' rights are questions
of fact to be determined IN court. desired
the delegation to be divided half and half
The Dubois people. at a late hour last
night hotly declared that 1t was all or
nothing with them; that they would not
sit in the convention with the faction as
ISOLATED with anti-Americanism: that they
-
humanity.
I'VE will walk out of the convention If
you give the Mormons representation.
declared Attorney Jackson. who spoke FOR
Senator Dubois. Senator Dubois has
walked out of a convention before. In
1896. at ST. Louis, he formed part OF the
little procession in which were Senator
Teller, Senator Cannon, Charles A. Towne
and the other silver republicans. VINO
made a dramatic exit. and as the last
Id - hn officer q.
marked, well, there seems to be still
quorum left. What is the pleasure Of the
convention?'
District Contests Decided.
The District of Columbia contest also
came up in the wee small hours and both
sides were heard. The contest between
the District of Columbia factions was
amicable. 1t was like ga meeting
of the Chesterfield Society. Not an
epithet was hurled nor a chair
swung. and those VINO remembered the
scenes at Kansas City in 1900 and ex-
pected a fight were disappointed. The
committee. by an overw helming vote. sus-
tanned the action of the national COM
mittee, which gave the Norris faction
| four seats and the antis two seats.
When New York came up Pat McCarren
made his appeal, and accompanied it with
| a distinct threat that unless the Brooklyn
democrats were placated and given fair
| treatment, look out for some knitting in
| November. Mr.. McCarren used extreme
| ly vigorous language In private talk with
members of the committee.
Then Col. Guffey of Pennsylvania came
| IN for his last appeal. He had been
run over by the steam roller of the con-
| ventfon in a most ruthless manner during
| the afternoon, and was exceedingly in
dignant. 1t was declared that II there
was any justification on top side Of earth
| for Temporary Chairman Bells ruling in
| the Pennsylvania case yesterday after
| noon It Is not found in parliamentary
practice, and that it can be explained
only by ignorance of the primary rules of
| parliamentary procedure or fixed deter
mination to crush Guffey at any cost
The Pennsylvania contest developed more
heat than any other.
Work on the Platform.
The resolutions subcommittee had its
troubles. For one. there was Hobson
He brought the Japanese war bogey in
all its horrid regalia to display to the
committee. He talked for a long time,
but apparently did not bring any cold
chill down any committeeman's spinal
| column. The Gompers labor plank held
the boards for several hours, with
speeches by Mr.. Gompers and other labor
officials. They were given a full and
free hearing and every consideration of
courtesy and attention.
The anti-injunction plank which the
New York delegation presented was radi-
cal in the extreme. Mr.. Murphy intends
to give Mr.. Bryan his full support ex-
pectfng to receive In return the support
of all the labor and radical elements in
his mayoralty campaign a year hence.