Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-07-09
GAS PtRasTtullr FOUGHT NIl'|
Bad Feeling Between oemoeraeto|
Leader and Guffey Has essh VI
Evidence Long Time and 0eclen
alton is Made That Lattsr -
standard Oil Republican.
(By Associated Press.1


DENVER, COL. July 8. - W1it1n
J. bryan, through his forces In til
nat ional Democratic convention, tOdey
answered the criticism of his ckaraey
ter by Colonel James NJ. Guhey. g.
Pennsylvania, by action swift aa4
cure. The credentials conmittA1
srippcd tight the Guffey dclsEats1
pitched them out Of the PenIsyiyes
MIA delegation and destroyed the M
jority by which Guffey held the rieA&
to elect the officers to the worktn
committees and to the national Coz
mittee. &;
A question of parliamentary iAN!
has arisen on which may possibly ~
suit u serious fight In the coave4
ton. Senator Arthur G. Dewak :
Pennsylvania, in criticism Of the -
ton Of the convention IN rcterrtg
the Pennsylvania dispute to the
desstials committee. points put
!the ny h open for skny us1E - -
disrupt the orxaniSetion ~ oa4g .
delegation under the ruii4g HsStR
Temporary Chairman Bsit yssttss
In the Guney contest tho tt6
voted as follows: rs
In favor Of seating The GuRey e.
tested delegates-Tennessee. vr1int1
West Virginia, New Mexico. Scott
Carolina. New York, New Jersey. Nes
Hampshire, Mississippi. Maryla19
Louisiana. Kentucky inl Delaware
Opposed to seating contested g.
igatos--Arkansas. Ca'ifo-nia, Connees
ticut. Florida, Indiana. Hawaii. -
sas. Minnesota, Massachusetts,. ~
vada, North Dakota, Ohio, Oreep9
! Rhode Island, South Dakota, We. meuk6
Washington, Wisconsin,. WyominG7
Alaska. Porto Rico. Illinois. Ts19e
Utah and Iowa.
North Carolina declined to vpee.
The Guffey people will take q
fight to the floor Of the conventjo
They held a conference after Tie
port Of the credentials committoe
Gufsey Controls Keystone psaaoes
A dispatch from WashtDgtOn -
There has been had blood for 81
! between Mr.. Bryan and Jsme
GufYey, the Pennsylvania Demost
boss. and The light nov raglne
Denver Is but the culminatiua -
old feud
GuFey has controlled the Rsnnl
vauia Democracy with N iroa
for twenty years. -
He has not been regarded =
Democrat for years.
He Is understood to be deepS2
tcrcsted in Standard OH and e -
connections with other co:por1k3
which have always fought Mr.. ~
! and the Democratic party sinea
Bryan became it's recognized ~
Before 1896 there was nevss
question as TO Mr.. Guaey's par32
atty. ~
Since that time Il has siW1yy
suspected that while supporti1G
Democratic national ftc1pe1, -
por, was only nominal. and IT,
heart the GufFey oeEanixatt01
ferred to see a Republican e3e<ee0
the Presidency. SIN there -
opca rupture between Slr. Bry1R
Colonel Gafcy until last wek.
Three years ago Mr. GuRey 80
Mr. Rryan a set Of stained gssog u
dows tn he placed In the hoWe ~ .
ter was building near Lincoln
Bryan accepted them. but aftetWU
there was some publicat,ca 10 t1or<
feet that the Pcnusyivsueso -
making himself solid With ~. -
an through gifts. aad Mr. Bvyoa 80
IDENTITY believed the motive Of c.!
GufFey was not proper. for be -
him check for The windows.
Gaaey Jed the fight sSsisst ~
In the selection of dclexafes . -
vcr. using an the ,o~cr Of TIE -
! machine 70 cleo: an anttBryy9
cration. go
Those ~ho know GuGey. -
ods and the Influences vhtra g
him ~ are believed 10 coa1s9
do no, doubt that Mr. HFy1n ~
, scj In Demanding thsf ~ - =
Of hts POSER Ia the pssiy -
syivania- =