Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-16
HAD A KILKENNY TIME
Riotous Disorder Marked the
Democratic Convention
IN NEW YORK LAST NIGHT
McCarren Delegates Are 0usted From
Their Seats.
PANDEM0NIUM REIGNED THEN
Police Called to Quell the Mob
When Climax Came Over Elec-
g. ton of Committee.
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED THEN

NEW YORK. April 16-Amid scenes OF
turbulence and great confusion the state
democratic convention adjourned at 1926
am today After a bitter contest the
convention unseated Senator Patrick II
McCarren and the delegates from ten dis
tricts of Kings county, seated the McCaoe
delegates from Albany county. elected
four delegates at large and alternates to
the national convention and delegates
from the various congressional districts
chose the presidential electors and elected
new state committee.
The scenes of disorder which developed
from the rejection Of the McCarron dele
gates were increased when a resolution
was Unexpectedly sprung under which the
members Of the new state committee were
chosen by the convention as a whole in
stead of each district electing its own
members This resolution was read amid
so great hubbub that many of the dele
gates declared afterward that they d1o
not hear or know what 1t was about. Al
the close of roll call it was declared
adopted by vote Of 254 to lbs. At this
announcement the convention became an
uproar.
Delegates poured from their seats into
the aisles after name after name was
read and there were shouts of robbers.
thieves Outrageous and the Omcsrs
of the convention were denounced in Wig
orous language. a hundred men rushed
for the platform. clamoring to be heard
in protest and demanding their right &c
elect the members Of the committee In the
usual fashion Delegates seated on the
platform attempted to stop the rush OF
those from the main body Of the hall and
a hand-to-h hand clash seemed to be iulmi-
nent.
Hurry Calls to Police.
Hurry calls were sent to the police. who
had left the hall after the unseating of
The McCarren delegates. Chairman Car
mody vainly beat the table until his gavel
was shattered. There was an alteration
on the stage during which Sergeant-at-
arms Watson was struck and knocked
from the platform. carrying the reading
desk with him.
Amid cries of fraud and robbery
the clerk continued to read the names OF
the new state commit semen which were
attached to the resolutions. The police
returned to the hall and thrust the clam
oring delegates back from the platform
toward the seats and partially cleared the
aisles.
Many delegates standing on chairs de-
manded recognition for the purpose OF
offering amendments providing mat the
committeemen should be chosen by ser
atorial districts. but the chairman ruled
that the roll call could not be interrupted
by the reading of amendments. Inc Cat
taraugus delegation asked to be excused
from voting and was greeted with cries
of towards" The delegation then voted
against the resolution. The Cayuga
county chairman shouted that he voted
against this Infamous resolution. FL
nally the resolution was declared adopted
and in the midst of great uproar the
chairman put motion to adjourn and 1t
was declared carried.
Following the Adjournment Frank S.
Mott of Cattaraugus county said:
A Contesting Delegation.
1.-The only remedy for such an irregular
and unjust proceeding is contesting del
egation to a real democratic convention,
which it is expected will be held in Den
yer in July
Senator McCarren delivered a remark
able and sensational warning to the con-
yent1on: in which he asserted that if the
of those present would live to see dem
ocratic mayor elected in New York city.
After the convention Senator McCarren
said: The fight has just begun: We
will carry this matter into the Denver
convention and fight for the seating of
our national convention delegates
Chairman Conlers said The people
can Judge whether McCarren got fair
deal or not. The vote of the convention
on that score of 325 against 50 speaks for
itself. McCarrens leadership in Brooklyn
was inimical to the democracy of the
county and consequently of the state.
Murphy's Will Supreme.
Tammany Leader Murphy. while GUST
ing McCarren saved McCabe of Albany
from the wrath of Chairman Corners.
and has demonstrated that his will in the
organization is supreme. The vote that
cast McCarrAn out was 325 to 50.
McCarren was alternately greeted with
cheers and derisive cries when he finally
addressed the convention and once was
insulted by a man on the platform near
him. The senator instantly told this man
that he would talk to him outside of the
hall.
Amid scenes tense and dramatic in the
extreme he first appealed to the con-
vention to refuse to sanction the ma
iority report of the committee on Gre
dentials and followed this up with de-
liberate defiance of those who. he said.
were excluding him from the place in
the party councils to which he had beeD
chosen by his democratic constituents.
He threatened the Tammany delegates
with the statement that II the plans to
put him outside the party lines we're car
ried out no one in the convention hall
would live long enough to see the cleo
ton of another democratic mayor of New
York.
Scenes of Disorder.
The senator's speech was attended by
unusual and picturesque circumstances.
From the time he entered the hall he
received the cheers of his loyal follow
ers. but the majority were against him
and the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES were
greater in. volume. He made his fight
calmly and courageously. notwithstand-
much confusion and disorder in which
both the McCarren men and their op-
ponents participated. The protracted two
DAYS waiting for the committees report
affected the delegates. and they showed
the strain during the long roll call
The business for which the convention
was assemblsd-the selection of delegates
to the national convention the nomina-
ton Of presidential electors and the adop-
ton of a platform-wera almost forgotten
in the excitement over the McCarren con-
test.
When the vote was announced McCar.
rem. with his followers, arose and left the
hall. while their friends in the gallery
gave them parting cheer Another cheer
greeted Bird S. Coler of Kings as he and
his fellow-delegates entered to replace
the McCarren men. Senator McCarren
said that he would carry his fight to the
Denver convention.
After the settlement of the McCarren
and other contests the convention pro-