The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-15
Senator McCarren Issues an
Ultimatum to Tammany.
Warns 1t to Keep Its Hands OF
\ Kings County.
AN ALL NIGHT BATTLE
Was Waged Before the Commit
tee on Credentials.
Convention Awaits a Settlement
of the Row.

New York, April ia bitter contest
between State Senator Patrick H. Nc
Carren and the forces led by Chair
man Conners and Charles F. Murphy
over the seating of the McCarren dele
cations from Kings county delayed the
opening of today's session of the Dem
ocratic state convention. The fight was
In the CREDENTIALS committee and it's
finish was expected in time to allow
the convention to meet again about 4
p. m. Meantime the Conners- Murphy
forces agreed upon the names of Alton
b. Parker, Charles F. Murphy, Lewis
Nixon and Charles Froeb as delegates
at large to the national convention. 1t
was also announced that Nathan
Straus would be one of the presiden-
tial electors.
After an all night battle before the
committee of credentials, Senator Nc
Carren delivered an ultimatum to Tam
many hall that that organization keep
its hands off the Kings county Democ-
racy.
1t was shortly before 4 o'clock this
morning at the hearing before the Gre
dcntials committee that the Kings
county senator addressing Daniel F.
Cohalan who is at the head of the law
committee of Tammany hall and Lead
resentative, said:
IT hold 1t to be no part of our duty
or any mans, to question the figures
cast at any election. I speak of Kings
county now. All we in Kings county
ask of you in New York is to mind
your own business and We Will under
take to mind our business. We do not
seek your advice and we will not toll
crate it, And we will find our way to
make our wishes known to you If you
fail to observe our answer"
Probably by means of a Republican
judge and tie up a national convention
as you tied up a state convention" In
terrurted Cohalan
TT is a serious matter when a case
of this kind is brought before your
committee on contested seats" contin-
ued the senator.
1T is within the province of this
l.. committee to deal justly with all the
facts"
We'll take these affidavits into the
executive session and find out about
it," continued Cohalan.
That's all / ask retorted McCar-
rem. ''and l will be there
few minutes later the committee.
which had been in session since short
ly before 6 o'clock last night, ad-
journed to meet at 10 o'clock this
morning. When the committee ad-
journed there yet remained several
contests in Kings, Herkimer 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
complete its task of making up the
lists of delegates and electors until the
contests had been decided; in fact, the
whole machinery of the convention
awaited the completion of the report
of the credentials committee.
Friends of w. j. Bryan promised to
add to the excitement of the conven-
tion. The committee on resolutions at
last nights session voted down a mo-
tion to substitute a Bryan instruction
resolution for the one adopted by the
subcommittee which calls for an unin-
structed delegation and Norman E.
Mack of Buffalo gave notice that he
expected to present a minority report
to the convention.
1t was toward the close of the long
and exciting battle before the commit
tee on credentials that Kings county
leader took the floor in answer to
charges of fraud and corruption that
had been made against him by the op-
position of the Fourteenth assembly OF
the district of Kings.
McCarren Denies Charges.
1t was after o'clock when McCar-
rem got the floor before the committee
to deny the charges of fraud at the
primaries. He denied absolutely thai
anything unfair had been done in
Kings county. He spoke calmly and
impressively as he complained tina,
copies of the specific charges had beer
withheld from him so that he ha6
had no opportunity to answer them ir
detail In answer to a question a te
why he had not supported Hearst fol
governor, McCarren said he was proud
of the fact that the Kings county De
mocracy had not put itself back of the
candidate of the Buffalo convention
mo man is more loyal to the De
mocracy of this state than 1 am saio
organiza ton I represent will not stant
to its destruction. When 1 left TIL,
to its destructoin. When l left tn,
Buffalo convention 1 served motto,
upon the candidate at the head of tn
ticket that if he would support tn,
ticket in Kings county he could have
and gladly. the support of the undi
vided organization. but made it Nlail
he was to adhere strictly to this VIII el
he put candidates in the field agains
the regular Democratic candidates fo
office in Kings county. 1 withdrew m,
support quickly and fatally for him
I made it plain that neither I nor m
organization would stand to be knife
in the back by the head of the tick et
We supported every candidate on tn
ticket except the candidate for Cover
nor. If any man believes, regardless
of me or my opinions. that the organ
ization of Kings county VIII stand fo
this treatment that man does not kno,
this organization
The McCarren men at this point in
terrupted the proceedings for severe
minutes with their cheering.
Something Wrong in Kings.
sIn the face of the figures read +
this committee, which have not bee
disputed" said Mr.. Cohalan in repl,
at seems to me there is somethin
wrong in Kings county. When the er
rolled vote among the Democrat
drops from 10000 to something oye
10000. ii seems to me there is some
thing radically wrong in the leade,
ship. organization and machinery {
the Rings county. Democracy.
''Hfre stands man who gleefuIl