Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-07-10
CONVENTION PRELlMINARIES
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COM.
MiTTEE MEETS IN DENVER.
Renders Decisions Regarding a Mum.
Der of Contests for Seats in
the Convention.

| dh bCullIlSHI HAS lHCTSdStU 10 over
whelming proportions, and the nomi-
nation of the Nebraskan seems as
sured beyond any reasonable doubt.
A majority of the Pennsylvania
delegation in caucus named Col
James M. Guffey as national commit
teeman, in open defiance of Mr. Bry-
ans demand for his displacement and
on the heels of Guffeys public ar
raignment of Bryan as "a hypocrite,
migrate and falsifier" A minority of
the delegation held rump caucus
which sought to depose Guffey from
leadership and install James Kerr, a
Bryan man, as Pennsylvania leader
The New York delegation appoint
ed committee of ten to draft plat.
form and named Judge Alton B. Park.
er, the Democratic standard bearer
of 1904, as the New York representa-
tive on the platform committee.
The New York caucus was silent
on the presidential and vice presi
Dental situation and New York still
fails to show her colors.
The Democratic national commit
tee disposed of all contests before it
with the exception of those of Penn
sylvania and Idaho, which went over
until to-day. The general result was
| to sustain the delegates who came
with credentials from their state and
district conventions.
A total of 76 seats were involved in
the contests from Illinois, New York,
Pennsylvania, Idaho and the District
of Columbia. The work was done by
six b-committeemen, four of which
reported to the full body.
Roger C. Sullivan of Chicago was
an easy winner of the 20 contested
seats from Cook county which were
disputed by Robert E. Burke and his
associates.
Senator Fred T. Dubois was sus-
tained by the subcommittee which
heard the Mormon contests from Ida.
no, but the committee was not ready
to make its report to the full com.
mittee before that body adjourned.
Tom Johnson of Cleveland was a
winner in the Nineteenth Ohio dis
trict, where he triumphed over the
subcommittee, winning out by vote
of &c to "a before the national com.
mittee. The Rockwell delegates, E.
E. France and A. c. Holloway. were
displaced and the two Johnson dele
gates, j. F. Flaherty and E. F. Rein
oehl seated in their places. The vic
tory of Johnson was only won after
the Cleveland man delivered an argu-
hnfnrn tho t.,
Ninth Ohio district, the CARRIER fac
ton retained the two contested seats
over the protest of Johnson.
Patrick McCarren of Brooklyn was
ignored in his contest against Charles
F. Murphy for the II seats in Kings
county, New York. Before the sub
committee he became so abusive of
the Murphy and Coler men that he
was not permitted to proceed. and
the meeting was abruptly adjourned
with the decision to take no further
action on the contests. The full COM
mittee sustained this action.
In the District of Columbia contest
where the entire delegation of six
members was involved, the commit
tee divided the seats between the
two contesting parties.
Joseph Howley of the Thirty-first
Pennsylvania district, whose right to
his seat was disputed by Guffey, was
sustained by the subcommittee. 1t
was contended that Howley was not
a Democrat, but had organized a par
ty of his own called "the Bryan par
ty."
The Pennsylvania contests that in.
volved eight seats in Philade4phia
and three in Allegheny provoked bit
ter discussion. Charles DAILY of Phil
adelphia appeared for the contest
ants and arraigned Charles P. DON
nelly and Thomas j. Ryan, the lead
ers of the Guffey faction in these dis
tricts, in the bitterest manner He
charged that the eight Guffey dele
gates were elected by the aid of Re-
publicans and that the rankest frauds
were perpetrated.
Both Donnelly and Ryan, who
spoke in support of the regular dele
cation, replied in kind to the charges.
Ryan became bitter in his denuncia.
tion of DAILY, calling him puppy" and
"upstart" and finally grew so violent
in his denunciation that Committee
man Allison of Virginia called him to
order and caused him to withdraw
his statements. The subcommittee
took these contests under adyise-
ment.
Mayor Tom L. Johnson of Cleve-
land will not be national committee
man from his state. The Ohioans
held their caucus on the train, 80 of
the total of 46 delegates attending.
johnson got only si. votes, the other
27 being cast for Harvey CARRIER of
Columbus, former chairman of the
Democratic state executive commit
tee.