New-York tribune., 1908-07-09

be @ al1 ms tSe facts bearing upon each contest and
careful ta S Of .ses ses Of II. fol-
| lowing contests the delegations as named es the
resnaay nstGaaI eeereded and aternates to
this oonyention nam namely;
The The isf. ID Sd. 4th 5th, ssh. TIN. sth' 9th and
01H The ID 3D. 4th 5th 5th and 9TH districts of the
staTe T6s oI 18Th ne District of the State Of Ohio
Tie I2d Rstrist s Of ths State OF
The tt e aftsf or Of the Contest the I'd
5h and sth districts 4s 9f tb 5ee shall
and ecosnissd by d this sfep1sfes from
sad oG dstacts in the State Of Pennsylvania to
W.T.: i:+ D,strict-NeiI Bonner Michael Francis
| I'd District-Ryerson w Jennings 1zo-.,.
| 4th District-A Raymond Kan f1ord
fGsfi, Ssh District-Patrick F; Horan. Paul wise
9th ~ the Contest from the 18th Dis
tTict OF the @ II be seated in this
| vention the accredited delegates lio
f A. Powers Dr. William Watts
| While the chairman was reading the report Roger
| c. Sullivan chairman Of the Illinois osleed
which state was generally understood 10 ha
| termined to fight side by side with PennsyiVaiid ~
| behalf Of the minority report, was Dusty 80
about the floor comforting with a nunloer Oh o'hA
delegations and preparing for the fight so soon u
| come. =.
| When Chairman Callahan read the decision oi
., o,,,,i++se 4, favor of the contestants against
! C;uffey in Pennsylvania, there were iew MSS
and some applause. The interruption was OF @ ore.
! duration, however. and the reading ol 'he 'eP
| was continued. -.
| In the matter of the two lists of committee ap-
nointr1ents from the State Of Pennsylvania, MT
CalIaghan reported that the. credentials commit
tee recommended that in view OF the contest ue
cfsious the lists be referred back to the Delegation
for further action.
| Mr.. Calaghan closed by moving the aoop'i0N u
| the report.
| IT second that motion" shouted delegate from
| Indiana
| opnized L L. straus of Maryland. who read the
minority report which recommended that the con-
j testees" in the Pennsylvania cases be seated
| The report recommended that the delegates from
the lst. d. 4th sth and 9Th districts Oh Fhilaoe :
| mia PENNSYLVANIA districts holding seats IN 'ne
| convention be declared lawfully entitled to sucn
seats and in support of the recommendation the
minority gave the following reasons
First-That there evidence adducsd BY 9TH, tn.
contestants before the committee to support tneir
second-That the eontestants produced ed no @ ers 70
Geals %Gndnci9s In fbs to Convention aTeTsf1 'ne
a,Y r0nyen4on Of the Democratic party Of penn
syivania or TO any tribunal functionary Of sad
5 pastg grn,sF2 1T to aas ssscon fSGri law M Of the
FourthEThat the credentials OF sad c9ntestees sS
that abundant proof OF their right to the seats
The action of the majority Of the COMMITTEES Ill Is
a staggering blow at the independienee OK fn1
cs1 2esf mon @ no other foundation than the
premacy within state lines of the party orsaniza-
We therefore recommend that the said con con
fss'sef b9 iegaaed f pemoerstc primary and ndOrsed
by the Democratic National Committee
The report is signed by the representatives on
| the committee from the following states: Mary
| land. New Jersey. New York. louisiana Illinois
North Carolina Georgia, Virginia Minnesota. Del
aware New Hampshire, Kentucky and West Vir-
| glnia.
| The statement made by Mr.. Straus that the
: | action of the majority Of the COMMITTEES was
| staggering blow at the Democrats OF sovereign
| state called forth cheers He asked the chairman
for permission make a few remarks IN support
| of his motion to substitute the minority Tor the
| majority report
, Not now" said Chairman Bell Put your mo
, | ton and will state the question
"It is moved and seconded that this minority re-
mort he adopted in place that portion OF the ma
forty report relating 20 the contests said Chair-
man Bell.
Governor Haskell of Oklahoma was recognized TO
| o,,0 that 4eba+s be limited to thirty minutes on
either side
Mr.. Kern. Of Indiana. seconded the motion amid
| scattering Noes
The motion was put to a viva voce vote and car
| ried the volume OF Noes being small and ema-
| Mating almost wholly from Pennsylvania
, | The chairman recognized Chairman Callashan oi
, | the credentials committee as the first speaker IN
behalf of the majority report Before Caliaghan
I =.
+t,-s he had the right TO open and close the de
bate
, | -rbe chair ruled however that the chairman OF
!, | tho committee as he represented the majority
| should have the right to open and close, and ne
, | again recognized Mr.. Caaghan.
!, | Mr. CaliaShan began by saying that the time al
| lowed the majority would be divided between him
| self and Governor Haskell OF Oklahoma, the latter
closing the debate. II had been expected that
| ollie James of Kentucky, would speak in support
of the majority report. but the limiting Of the tle
| prevented.
| Mr CaIlaghan said the evidence before the com
mittee showed that in Philadelphia the Gufe!
faction brought a host OF Republicans TO the Demo
I | cratic primary polls These voters. he declared
were members of the Philadelphia Republican ma
. | chine of which ''one McNichoI' the head. Ii
| one Congress district where the normal Demo
cratic vote was about 1000 the vote in the prmar,
swellcd to more than ZOO This but one in
stance of many declared Mr.. Callaghan. the evi
dence of which supported by undisputed affi
| dayits
| when we consider all the evidence. he said i
| closing 1T was impossible to escape the con
cluson that the Democracy OF Philadelphia fa
been kept at home by alliance Of one element q
| the Democracy with the dominant Republican ma
chine in that city. We were urged that expedienete
of harmony required that should shut our eye
to these Irregularities. but no set of men with
spark of Justice In their breasts could 30 othe
than have done.
! The first speaker for the minority report was Nj
Straus who had presented IL. He was recognizes
: bv Chairman Bell Mr.. Strothers
| .'Straus' corrected Mr.. Straus. and the chairma
again recognized him by his own name
Mr. Straus asked that the substitution OF TN
minority for the majority report should be on tn
ground that the majority report was an attack o
the ipdasansihe rights OF the Democrats OF the soy
ereign state He had spoken only few minute
| when an Oklahornan delegate raised the point
: order that no speaker mas the rish' TO discus