Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-07-07
ENEMIES
OF Peerless One in PeRsy
and Illinois Win Their
Contests
Bitter Fights Occur Before
National Committee in
These Gases

Denver, July Gin record time the
Democratic national committee today
disposed Of all the contests before it
with the exception of those of two
states, Pennsylvania and Idaho, which
went over until tomorrow morning.
The general result was to sustain the
delegates who came here with creden-
tials from their state and district con-
ventions. A total of rs seats were in
volved in the contests from Illinois.
Pennsylvania, Idaho, Ohio and the
District of Columbia. The work was
done by six subcommittee, four of
which reported today to the full body,
Roger Sullivan of Chicago was an
easy winner of twenty contested seats
from Cook county, which were disput.
ed by Robert E. Burke and associates.
Former Senator Fred T. Dubois was
sustained by the subcommittee which
heard the Mormon contests from Ida
no, but the committee was not ready
to make it's report to the full commit
tee before that body adjourned.
. Johnson of Cleveland was the win
ner in the Ninth Ohio district, where
he triumphed over the subcommittee,
winning out by a vote of &c to "a be-
fore the national committee. The
Rockwell delegates, e. 3. France and
"A. C.; Holloway, were displaced, and
two Johnson delegates, ]. F. FIaherty
and E. F. Reinoehl, seated in their
places. The victory to johnson was
secured only after the Cleveland man,
delivered an extended and eloquent
argument before the committee.
In the Ninth Ohio district the Gar
Der faction retained two contested
seats over the protest of Johnson.
Patrick MeCarren of Brooklyn was
practically ignored in his contest for
twelve seats in Kings county, New
York Before the subcommittee he
became so abusive of the Murphy
Golfer men that he was not permitted
to proceed and the meeting was abb
ruptly adjourned with a decision to
take no further action with regard to
the contests. We ...
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, the faction headed
by w. NICK. Clayton, which held the
credentials, being given four, and the
remaining two to the contesting dele
CATION of Chas. w. Dare.
Joseph Rowley of the Thirty-frst
Pennsylvania district, whose right to
his seat was disputed by the Guffey
people, was sustained by the sub
committee 1t was contended that
Howley was not Democrat, but had
organized party of his own called
the Bryan party .s..sr =.
The Pennsylvania contests, which
involved eight seats in the city of
Philadelphia and three in Allegheny
county, provided probably the most
bitter discussion that was placed be-
fore the subcommittee. Charles Da-
ley of Philadelphia appeared for the
contestants and arraigned Chas. p.
Donnelly and Thomas ]. Ryan, lead
ers of the Guffey faction in these dis
tricts, in the Interest manner. He
charged that eight Gufey delegates
We're elected by the aid of Republic
ans and that the rankest frauds were
perpetratei. Both Donnelly and Ryan,
who spoke in support of the regular
delegation, replied in kind to the
charges.
Ryan became bitter in his denuncia;
ton of Daley, calling him a puppy
and upstart. and finally grew SO VIC
lent In denunciation that Committee
man Allison Of Virginia called him to
order and caused him to withdraw his
statements, After listening to Grim.
nations and recriminations for an
hoar and a half, the subcommittee
took the contests under advisement
and will report tomorrow morning.
| The Illinois contests were equally
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