The morning journal-courier., 1908-04-17
McGann Opposes Naming Dele.
gates by Committee of Five,
But Foley Forces Win,
80 to 23.
INSTRUCTED FOR BRYAN
Roll Call Made Necessary to Deter.
mine Vote on Squelching Of Me-
Cams Motion--No Pro-
i:
test Against Bryan. y

After as hot n skrmsh as has been
fought at city convention In this city
in years in which rift In the
Democratic Lutte was made very APP
parent the delegates nominated at the
primaries last Tuesday officially nam
ed to represent the party at the State
convention in this city on ApfN ~,
twenty-seven delegates named in few
minutes by a committee of five, The
fight In the convention came over the
appointment of this committee AMI
principally over the number Of per-
sons who should be named on tie
committee. II was a plain renewal of Z
the strife between Director Foley and
Senator James II. McGann and The
former pulled out the victory on d.
vision of tho house. The delegation
was instructed for Bryan on 'esolu-
ton presented by John S. Barlow
which was not opposed as the light Jr
the evening had been mai on The
membership of the committee,
Chairman John Doughan called the
convention to order ami nearly all .hc
delegates chosen were in tnelr pla ,es.
DR.. James y. Brothers was unanl-
mously chosen permanent chairman
and William Cronin took the pla, II
secretary. Both these selections vera
made without any show of trouble and
the convention looked like tame af-
fair but this Illusion was dspelled IS
soon as business started James Lo-
gan fired the first shot when he moved
that committee of five be appointed
to bring In the list OF delegates (,
the state convention. Senator Nc
Gam at once took the floor and offef.
cred an amendment that the number
be increased TO nine. Chairman Dau-
CHAN tried to squelch this at once
by moving that the amendment be
laid on the table and on viva voicc
vote. the house appeared evenly DIM
ded. Chairman Brothers at once CAL
led for standing vote and after 4
hasty glance at the members stand
Ing decided that the motion to lay IN
the table had been carried. 4
This precipitated the trial of
strength. Senator McGann called for
a vote by roll call and the other facL
ton seemed lcath to have It. DR..
Brothers insisted that the aye had car
ried the vote whereupon Peter Nc
Norney disputed the matter with him
and running contest developed which
nearly reached fever heat for a short
time. McNerney insisted that Broth
ers must either name the number
which had voted each way on the
standing vote or allow the roll call
and he declared that Brothers could
not do so ms he had not counted them.
DR. Brothers admitted that he had not
counted them retorting with the re-
mark that he did not believe there
would be any one with enough cur
ioslty to know It, McNerney retorted
to this 20, YOU didn't"
Just ati this interesting stage uf
the convention Michael ]. GooJo add
cd complication by amending NAT
the committee be still further cnlary-
ed to include the chairman of each of
the fifteen ward committees He de-
clared that Senator McGann had
agreed to withdraw his motion, hut
opposition came that he could not
withdraw It without the consent Of
the body Goode insisted upon a
point Of order, but was not upheld and
DR.. Brothers was about to insist upon
his decision that the vote was lost
when McNerncy arose again and de-
clarcd that he appealed from the de-
cision of the chair a roll call was
asked for on this matter and it was
finally decided that the roll call
, should be considered to he upon the
laying of the amendment on the table
, instead of the other test matter OF