The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1908-07-31

n-ao the report in his pocket. slept al
me switch. and the majority report OF
me credentials committee was car
Iied with a rush about midnight be.
lore Mr.. Alexander discovered what
'He convention was about. He was
U"uer the impression the voting was
ON the majority report on the Pennsvl-
ana election contest. and that there
"ouid De plenty of time in the morn
ing 10 bring in the minority report on
me Illinois contest. As a result of
Tie failure Of Mr.. Alexander to awak-
eH aI the critical moment the Sulli-
' an delegation retained its seats and
'ne contestants were left outside the
convention hall with no chance Of get
'lhg In unless they could force their
way past the guards.
Mr.. Burke. who had his wits about
MIN and realized that his homes of
getting the minority report before
lhe convention were fast disappear-
ing was in the convention hall on a
borrowed ticket. He jumped up and
sent thought waves in the direction
OF Mr.. Alexander. but the southern
q mediumistic qualities never had
Oeeh developed. He continued to !
sleep the credentials report was
adopted, and Mr.. Burke. with a sigh. |
prepared to make plans to 90 to Col |
orado Springs just as soon as Mr.. |
bryan should be nominated.
The Burke headquarters in the Al !
oany hotel presented a sleepy aspect
IN the afternoon. Messrs. Burke and
apparently were the only
ones awake. The others took cat
maps on cots in the five or six rooms
the suite. Mr.. Alexander
presumably still was sleeping, some
where with the Florida delegation.
sullivan is lucky dog" repeated
dulligan. Did you know that we had
minority report all ready to pre-
sent on the Illinois contest? 1t was
n }. E. Alexander's pocket and was
o have been presented right after the
pennsylvania contest was disposed
Il. But it was quite late and the del
gates were tired and sleepy. and Mr..
alexander may have dropped off.
There was general disposition
throughout the delegations to hear
ne Illinois minority report" contin-
ed Mulligan. And the chances are
hat a majority of the delegates would /.
ave voted in favor of the contestants
S they did in the Guffey contest. but
hey were under the impression that d
hey were voting on the adoption of
he majority ;epOrt on the Pennsyl- II
ania contest, and that the Illinois
minority report would be taken I'D in
ne morning. Instead of that they "
7ported to adopt the majority report :
the credentials committee, which .
eated the entire delegation from ILL l.
DIS and gave the contestants no right :
{ appeal
Mr.. Mulligan. who was one of the
delegates at large, drew il
ON his pocket the minority report p,
lat he had given to Mr. Alexander
lie night before and observed that
Committeeman Hord of California .
so had intended to speak on the g
Inject, and that the report was to be k
gned by those two committeeman, n.
Id also the committeeman from Or
ION, Arizona and Alabama.
The position taken in the minority :,
port was that the convention in
hich the Chicago delegates were Sc
cted disfranchised democratic voters :,
Chicago, for the reason that the
N was not made within the provis-
ms of the primary law.-ChicagoI =
ally Tribune.