Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-04-16
ON TO DENVER
wcCarren aud Bis Friends will
Carry New York Fight 10
National Convention
ADJOURNED at 1890

!, New York, April 16.-Amit
scenes of turbulence and great con
fusion the state democratic conven
4 tiOn adjourned at 1890 a. m. to-
day The scenes Of disorders which
developed from the rejection of the
McCarren delegates were increased
when resolution was Unexpectedly
sprung under which the members OF
the new state committee were
chosen by the convention as whole
own member. The resolution read
as follows:
Resolved, that the following
names be and they hereby are se-
| lected and appointed to constitute
| the democratic state committee of
the democratic party for the year
1908 and until such time as their
successors may be named at state
convention be hereafter called for
that among other purposes; and that
the said committee is hereby au-
thorized and empowered to fill any
vacancies which may arise therein
from any cause
This resolution was read amid sc
great hubbub that numbers of the
delegates declared afterward that
they did not hear it or know what it
was about. At the close of roll cal
1t was declared adopted by vote OF
254 to 1913. 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 officers of the convention
were denounced in vigorous lam
guage. A hundred men rushed for
the platform clamoring to be heard
in protest and demanding their
right to 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
hand to hand clash seemed immi-
nent. Hurry calls were sent for tho
police who had left the hall after
the unseating of the McCarren dele
gates. Chairman Carmody vainly
beat the table until his gavel was
shattered. There was an alteration
on the stage during which Sergeant
at Arms Watson, who was struck
and knocked from the platform car
rying the reading desk with him.
Amid cries of fraud" and rob
berry the clerk continued to read
the names of the new state commit
teemen which were attached to the
resolution. The police returned to
the hall and thrust the clamoring
delegates back from the platform to-
ward their seats and partially
cleared the aisles.
Many delegates standing on chairs
demanded recognition for the purpose
of offering amendments providing
that the committeeman should he
chosen by Senatorial districts but the
chairman ruled that the roll call could
rot be interrupted by the reading OF
amendments. The Cattaragus delcgl-
tion asked TO he excused from voting
and was greeted with cries of cow
ard" The delegation then voted
against the resolution. The Cayuga
county chairman shouted that he vot-
ed against this infamous resolution"
The vote of the Erie and Ulster dele-
cations was mo" but the delegations
from New York, Kings, Queens, Mas
sau and Richmond. voted solidly !
yes" The resolution was declared |
adopted and in the midst of great |
uproar the chairman put a motion 10 |
adjourn and IL was declared carried. |
Following the adjournment Frank 4
$. Mott of Cattaraugus county said:
The only remedy for such an ir-
regular and unjust procedure Is a
delegation to real demo-
cratic convention which II Is expect
I'd will be held in Denver in July"
Senator McCarren and the dele
gates from ten of the Kings county
districts were unseated after a hard
fought contest by their leader in
which Senator MeCarren first pleaded
Tor the right Of his delegates to be
seated and then delivered a remark
ible and sensational warming TO the
in which he asserted that
Z the Kings county men were thrown
'ut none of those present would ever
i've to see democratic, -vor elect
d in New York city.
After the convention Senator Nc
carren said.
The fight has just begun. We
will carry this matter into the Den
Ter convention and fight for the seat
ng OF our national convention dele
,ates."
Chairman Conners said:
The people can judge whether
icCsrren got fair deal ar not. The :
Ote Of the convention on that score
4 325 against 50 speaks for itself.
icCarren's leadership in BROOKLYN I
ras inimieal to the democracy Of the
Ounty and consequently Of the 4
tate" Il
Tho Kings county democracy will 7
e recognized by a committee OF &
hrec TO b. chosen by the state COM
Iittee according 10 an annoanep-
lcnt to-day The names n the re-
rEanizers we're not made public.