Arizona republican., 1908-07-09
The BryaniteS Failed to Muster as Many Votes as
 Will be Required for the Nomination
An Exciting Night Session Which Was Begun In Confusion and Was Devoted Entirely 10 the Fight Over the Report of the Credentials Committee Which Was Sustained
 by Vote of 3S7 to 6IS.

| mittee begs to report that they have carefully investigated each of said contests; hearings have been given both contestants and contestees in each of the said contests, and the committee has endeavored to ascer- tain as near as can be all the facts bearing upon each contest, and after a careful investigation of the merits of the contests, recommends that in teach of the following contests the del egations named by the national com mittee be entitled to seats as regu- larly accredited delegates and alter mates to the convention, namely:
 ''The state of Idaho; the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, sev- enth. eighth. ninth and tenth dis tricts of Illinois; the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh dis tricts of New York; the nineteenth district of Ohio; the thirty second district of Pennsylvania; and the District of Columbia.
 Tn the matter of the contest from the first, second, fourth fifth, and sixth districts of Pennsylvania, we recommend that the contestants be seated and recognized by the con- vention as the duly accredited dele gates and alternateS from the said districts of the state of Pennsylvania
 Tn the matter of the contest from the ninth district of Ohio. the com mittee recommends that the follow ing be seated in the convention as accredited delegates from the said district: E. A. Powers and Dr. Will liam Watts"
 While the chairman was reading the report. Roger Sullivan, chairman of the Illinois delegation, which state it was generally understood was de- termined to fight side by side with Pennsylvania in behalf of the minor iS report, was busily running about the floor conferring with a number of other delegations preparing for the fight soon to come.
 When Callaghan had read the de- cision of the committee in favor of the contestants, and against Guffey of Pennsylvania there were a few misses and some applause The in terruption was of brief duration. however. and the reading of the re- port continued.
 THE DEBATE BEGINS.
 In the matter of the two lists of committee appointments from the state of Pennsylvania. Callaghan re- ported that the credentials committee had recommended, in view of the contest of the decisions, that the list be referred back to the delegation for further action.
 Callaghan concluded by moving the adoption of the report.
 T second the mOtion," shouted a delegate from Indiana.
 The chairman stated the question. and then recognized I. l.. Straus of Maryland. who read the minority re- port, which recommended that the contestees in the Pennsylvania cases be seated.
 A statement made by Straus that the action of the majority committee was a staggering blow at the democ- racy of a sovereign state called forth cheers. He asked the chairman for permission to make a few remarks in support of his motion to substi- ute the minority for the majority Not now" said Bell, put your motion and I will state the ques- tion. It is moved and seconded that the minority report be adopted in place of that portion of the ma jOrity report relating to contests" said Bell.
 Governor Haskell of Oklahoma was recognized to move that the debate be limited to thirty minutes on eith- CT side. Kern of Indiana seconded the motion amid scattering cries of mo" The motion to put it to a viva voce vote carried, the volume of noes" being quite small, ema- hating almost wholly from Pennsyl- vania.
 The chair then recognized Chair man Callaghan of the credentials committee as the first speaker in behalf of the majority report Be fore Callaghan began. Straus claim ed that as he carried the affirma- tive he should have the right to open and close the debate The chair ruled, however, that as chairman of the committee and as he represented the majority, he should have the right to open and close, and again he recognized Callaghan.
 Callaghan began by saying that the time allowed the majority would be divided between himself and Haskell of Oklahoma, the latter closing the debate. Callaghan said the evil dence before the committee showed that in Philadelphia the Guffey fac tion had brought a host of republi- cans to the democratic primary. These voters, he declared, were mem bers of the Philadelphia republican machine, of which "one McNichol" was the head. In one congressional district where the normal democratic vote was about 1000, the vote of the primary was swelled to more than 2,700. This was but one instance of many. declared Callaghan, in the evil dence which was supported by un disputed affidavits.
 When we considered all the evil dence," he concluded, ''it was inn