Connecticut western news., 1908-04-16
NEW YORK DEMOCRATS MEET
Empire State Convention Opens Ses-
 sions In Carnegie Hall.

sions In Carnegie Hall.
 New York, April 15.-The Democratic state convention opened at Carnegie hall and promises to be as interesting in its deliberations as In it's conclusions. A two days session Is planned. and unless all signs fail the time allotted will be required for the business in hand. Thomas Carmody of Penn Yan. who was elected temporary chairman of the convention, will retain his seat as permanent chairman.
 First in interest to the delegates is the fight being made by Senator Pat rick H. McCarren to prevent the un- seating of his delegates. Contests have been prepared by the leaders of the anti-McCarren Democracy of Kings county, of which section of the state McCarren is de facto representative.
 The basis of this fight is the alleged frauds committed in almost every cleo tion district in which there was a con test at the primaries to elect delegates to the convention.
 The anti-McCarren forces were taken by surprise when Senator McCarren secured a supreme court writ compel ling the placing upon the temporary roll call the McCarren delegates from Brooklyn. It was too late for a coun- ter court action, and when the state committee met the court order was obeyed. The end of this fight, however, is not yet. The anti-McCarren dele gates from Brooklyn have already served notice that they will make an effort to have the court order vacated.
 Chairman William J. Corners of the state committee called the meeting to order, and Chairman Thomas Carmody of Penn Yan delivered the opening ad- dress.
 In his address MT. Carmody blamed the financial troubles on the Republic an administration, declaring that Re publican methods have brought unrest and dismay. He declared:
 "In the wreck of our industrial pros perity, in the corruption of official life. in the invasion of home rule, in the un- balancing of the coordinate branches of government, in the transgression of the principle of equality before the law, in the ignoring of the doctrine of equal justice to all men, is found the primal cause of the great evils of our public life, is found the indictment of the Republican party"
 The principal names mentioned for the four delegates at large to the Den- yer national convention of the Demo cratic party are William J. Corners, Charles F. Murphy, Lewis Nixon and John B. Stanchfield.
 Among the reports circulated in the hotel corridors was one to the effect that Chairman Corners had asked Au- gustus Thomas, president of the Bry- an Progressive Democratic league, to wire. Mir. Bryan asking for permission to withdraw the opposition to an un- instructed delegation.
 The Bryan men offered in the con. venton a resolution instructing the delegates to be chosen for Mr. Bryan. Under the rules which the convention had adopted for its procedure the Bry. an resolution was referred unread tC committee. The committee on resolu' tions met and in turn referred the Bryan resolutions to a subcommittee of seven. The subcommittee heard an appeal by MT. Thomas and then by vote of 6 to 1 decided to report tc the full committee recommendations against an instructed delegation. The subcommittee's report was received and adopted by the committee on reso lutions by vote of 2S to 4. A minori ty report of the subcommittee calling for an instructed delegation was de o members of the committee on resolu tions were absent when the vote was taken. The Bryan men declared later that they would carry the fight to the floor of the convention.