Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1908-04-16
BOSS M'CARREN OUT.
Credentials Committee Refuses to Seat
Contestants From Brooklyn.
FIGHT LASTS NEARLY ALL DAY,
Contest Delays Meeting of ConventiOa
Until Evening.
WARM TINE IN COMMITTEE
Defeated Leader Threatens to Make
Minority Report.
BRYAN MEN GIVE UP STRUGGLE
No Further Attempt win he Made TO
Have New York Delegation
Instructed for the
Nebraskan.
BRYAN MEN GIVE UP STRUGGLE


II McCarren, heading the delegation from
the Fourteenth district. unseated by
the credentials committee, the vote being
"a to 10 in favor of the contesting dele
cation, led by l.. c. McManus. Both the
regular and contesting delegations in Herki-
mer county were seated and delegates given
half a vote each.
The committee on credentials voted 81
to Is to unseat the McCarren delegates in
the THIRD district and to place the con-
testants on the permanent roll Of the con-
vention.
Tho committee on credentials decided to
scat the McCarren delegations from the
First district Of Kings, headed by p. II.
quinn
At $40 y. m. Chairman 'Carmody called
the convention to order and announced
owing to the fact that the committee on
credentials had not completed it's labors
the convention would stand adjourned un-
Ill p m,
NEW YORK. April ia bitter contest
between state Senator Patrick II. Ne
Carren and the forces led by Chairman w.
J. Corners and Charles f. Murphy over
the seating of the McCarren delegations
from Kings county delayed the opening OF
today's session of the democratic state
convention. The fight was in the Gre
dentials committee and its finish was
pected in time TO allow the convention to
meet again about p. m. Meantime
the Corners Murphy forces agreed upon
the names OF Alton b. Parker, Charles F.
Murphy Lewis Nixon and Charles Froeb
as delegates-at-lsrge to the national con-
vention. II was also announced that
Nathan straus would be one of the presl-
Dental electors.
Anticinatinp that tho couomtttee an cra
dentials would unseat his delegates, SEN
ator McCarren began preparations late to-
day to carry the fight for his delegates
TO the convention floor. The senator inn
mediatey began the drafting of a minority
report upon which, It was said he would
make a speech in the convention. Sen
ator McCarren said that he would have
no further recourse to court injunctions
TO secure the seating OF his delegates
and as he passed Chairman Corners in
the hallway Of the hotel where the COM
mittee was in session he declared that he
proposed to make things interesting in
the convention.
Bryan Men Give Up,
National Committeeman Norman E. Mack
of Buffalo. who is a member of the COM
mittee on resolutions; Augustus Thomas,
president of the Bryan Progressive league
and others interested I'm Bryan's cause
held conference before the meeting Of
the committee on resolutions today and
decided not to oppose the report of the
committee, which will declare for an unin-
structed delegation to Denver. Mr. Thomas
who since the adjournment of the resolu-
tlons committee last night had consulted
by wire prominent democrats in the south,
said today;
Mr Bryans friends. after conference and
without esppCial review the general
conditions as far as MIR. Bryan is con-
cerned, believe that, considering the lack
would be unwise to introduce any other
question that might make a division-even
ton That also was the opinion of Nj
Bryan's friends, headed 10y Mr. Mack, on
the committee on resolutions.
Battle Wages All Might.
After an all night battle before the com
mittee on credentials Senator McCarren
delivered an ultimatum to Tammany Hall
that that organization keep its hands off
the Kings county democracy. IL was
shortly before o'clock this morning at
the hearing before the credentials commit
tee, that the Kings county senator. ad-
dressing Daniel r. Cohalen. who is at the
head OF the law committee Of Tammany
Hall and leader Charles f. Murphy's per-
sonal representative. said
81 hold il to be no part of our duty.
any mans, to question the figures cast
at any election. l speak of Kings county
now. Ali we i'm Kings county ask OF you
in New YORK. is TO mind your own business
and We will undertake to mind our busi-
ness. We do not seek your advice and we
will not tolerate II. And we will find our
way to make our wishes known to you II
you fan 10 observe our answer"
McCarren Throws Gauntlet.
Probably by means OF republican Judge
and tie up a national convention as you
tied up a state convention" interrupted
Cohalan.
1T is a serious matter when a case OF
this kind is brought before your committee
on contested seats continued the senator.
1T is within the province Of this committee
20 deal Justly with ali the facts
wen take these affdavits into the ex-
ecdtlve session and find out about IT," con-
tnucd Cohalan.
That's all I ask " rc;ortcd McCarren,
and viii be there.
few minutes later tha committee which
had been in session since shortly before 6
o'clock last night. adjourned TO meet at 10
o'clock this morning.
When the committee adjourned there yet
remained several contests in Kings. Herki-
mer and other counties to be disposed OF
before the convention could be called to
order The committee on national delegates
and presidential electors could not COM
plete it's task OF making up the lists of
delegates and electors until the contests
had been decided In fact. the whole ma
chincry OF the convention awaited the COM
pletion Of the report OF the credentials
committee.
Bryan Men All Active.
Friends OF William j. Bryan promised 10
add to the excitement OF todays session
of the convention by attempting to secure
vote ON a resolution calling for an in
structed delegation for Bryan To the na-
! tional convention The committee on reso-
lutions al last nights meeting voted down
motion To substitute a Bryan instruction
resolution for the one adopted by the sub