The Cairo bulletin., 1908-04-16

| McCafren, leader of the Kings count,
Demo cracy, was unseated tonight as
delegate to the state convention ate
| a two days contest before the commit
! tee on credentials. He was alternately
greeted with cheers and derisye eric s
when he finally addressed the conven
| ticE.
Scene and Dramatic Scenes.
Amid scenes tense and dramatic
in the extreme he first appealed to the
convention % refuse to sanction the
majority repc rt of the committee and
followed this up with a deliberate de
fiance of those who. he said, were eX,
Guiding him from a place in the party
councils to which he had been chosen
by his Democratic constituents.
Summary Treatened.
He threatened the Tammany dele
gates with the statement that if the
plans to put him outside the party
lines were carried out no one in the
convention hall would live long enough
to see the election of another Demo
cratic mayor of New York city.
The senator's speech was attended
by unusual and picturesque circum
stances From the time he enered the
hall he received the cheers of his 10y
al followers. but the majority were
against him and the counterdmonstra
tions were greater in volume. He made
his fight calmly and courageously not
withstanding. The proceedings were
attended with much confusion and dis
order in which both the McCarren men
and their opponents participated
Business Forgotten.
The business for which the conven-
tion assembled the selection Of delfS
gates to the national convention, the
nomination of presidential electors and
the adoption of a platform were a.
most forgotten In the excitement over
the McCarren content.
When the vote, 325 to 50, was au-
nounced, Nc Carren with his followers
left the hall while their friends in the
gallery gave them parting cher. An
other cheer greeted Bird S Coler of
Kings county, as he and his fellow
delegates entered to replace the Nc
Carren men. McCarren said he would
carry the fight the Denver conven
tion.
Proceed to Business.
After settlement of the McCarren
and other contests, the convention por
ceeded with its task and named dele
gates and electors and adopted a plat
form.
The Platform.
The platform says: I'VE believe
that as the country is greater than the
party so is the party greater than any
sonal ambition and individual prefer
ment must give to the good OF the
many, and the triumph of the cause.
The resolutions then adopted call
upon the Democracy of the country
to send to Denver in July next, un
pledged, unfcttcred and uninstructed
their ablest, tsrongest and most repre-
men, to the end that out of
the deliberation and consultation OF
such men, to the end that out of the
and consultation of such
men, there may be then and there
ticket which will rally
to its support, the judgment, con
science and vote of the majority of
the citizens of the country"
The Delegates.
The delegates at large are: Alton
b. Parker, of New York; Charles F
Murphy. of New York; Lewis Nixon
Of New York; Charles Froeh. of
Brooklyn.
Each congressional district elected
two delegates, and the entire dele
gaticn was instructed to vote as a unit
1T the Denver convention.
After the platform had been adopt
ed and the delegates named, scene
IF wild disorder followed the an
nounccmcn1s of the names of the new
state committee. The delegates from
several districts protested that the
names read we're not those selected.
The chairman replied that the ques
tion was whether the convention.
its own committee, should be
empowered to name the new state
committee The aisles were crowded
with delegates refusing to be seated
and the police for many minutes
were power'ess to keep them quiet
1t was then past midnight and the
excitement was greater than during
the McCarren incident At the
height of the disturbance the ser
gcantat arms was knocked from the
platform. The committees report
finally carried
Harry v Walker. one of Bryan's
most enthusiastic supporters in Ncw
York. declared that he would call an
other convention to send cUntcsting