The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-07-07
SETTLED THE
CONTESTS IN
SHORT ORDER
Democratic National Commit
tee Has Little Work to Do
This Morning.
DUBOIS AND GUFFEY NOT
YET OUT OF THE WOODS
ROGER SULLIVAN AN EASY WIN
NER IN ILLINOis-PAT Nc
CARREN IGNORED.

Denver. july SIN record time today
the Democratic national committee dis
posed of all contests before it. with the
exception OF those of two states-Penn-
syivania and Idaho-which went over I'M
I'll tomorrow morning. The general re-
suit was 10 sustain the delegates who
came here with credentials from their
state and district conventions. total
OF 20 seats were involved in the contests
from Illinois. New York. Pennsylvania
Idaho, Ohio and the District of Column
bia- The work was done by six sub
committees. four Of which reported today
TO the full body.
Roger Sullivan of Chicago was an EASY
winner OF the twenty contested seats
from Cook county. which We're disputed
by Robert E. Burke and his associates.
Sustained by Subcommittee.
Senator Fred T. Dubois was sustained
by the subcommittee which heard the
Mormon contests from Idaho, but the
committee was not ready to make its
iull report TO the full committee before
mat body adjourned. Tom Johnson of
Cleveland was a winner in the Nineteenth
Ohio district, where he trumphed over
the subcommittee. winning out by the
vote of 26 to "A before the national COM
mttee- The Rockwell delegates E. f.
Francis and 4. f. Holloway, were dis
placed. and the two Johnson delegates
j. F. Flaherty and z. F. Heinoehl seat
ed in their places. The victory of john
son was secured only after the mayor
had made an extended and eloquent arg,i-
ment before the committee. In the Ninth
Ohio district the CARRIER faction retained
the two contestants over the protest of
Johnson.
McCarren Ignored.
PatricS McCarren of Brooklyn was
practically ignored in his contest al ainst
Charles F. Murphy for the twelve seats
| IN Kings county. New York Before the
subcommittee he became so abusive OF
the Murphy-Coler men that he was not
permitted to proceed and the meeting
was abruptly adjourned. with the decision
TO take no further action with regard to
the contests. The full committee sus-
tanned this course without debate
In the District of Columbia contest the
entire delegation of six members was in
volved. the committee divided the seats
6etyeen the two contesting parties. the
faeeSn headed by w Mex. Clayton.
four, and the remaining two to the con-
testing delegation of Charles F. Dare.
Bitter Pennsylvania Fight.
Joseph Howiey of the Thirty-first Penn
sylvania district. whose right to his seat
was disputed by the Guffey people was
sustained by the subcommittee III was
contended that Howley was not Demo-
crat, but had organized a party of his
own called the Bryan party.
The Pennsylvania contests which in
volved eight seats in the CITY of PhjIadeI
phia and three in Allegheny county. pro
voked probably the most bitter discussion
that was heard before any of the sub
committees. Charles Berwood DAILY of
Philadelphia appeared for the contestants
and arraigned Charles Pc Donnolly and
Thomas j. Ryan, the leaders of the Cuff
fey faction, in these districts, in the bit
terest manner He charged that the eight
Guffey delegates were elected by the aid
of Republicans and that the rankest
!. nernptrafed DnnQOilv
and Ryan. who spoke in support of the
regular delegation. replied in kind to the
charges. Ryan became bitter in his de-
nunciation of DAILY. calling him puppy"
and ''upstart,'' and finally grew so vio-
lent in his denunciation that Committee
man Ellison of Virginia called him to or
der and caused him to withdraw his state
ments. After listening 10 ordinations
and recriminations for an hour and n
half the subcommittee took the con-
tests under advisement and will report to-
morrow morning.
SuIlivan's Victory. p
The Illinois contests were equally
fraught with personalities and bitter de-
nunciations of opposing delegates Roger
Sullivan addressed the subcommittee in
defense of the regular Cook county dele
CATION asserting the entire regularity of
all proceedings in connection with their
selection. Sullivan's chief contention was
that the illegafities charged by the Burke
faction did not apply to the election OF
delegates TO a national convention. but,
under the law. had reference only TO state
conventions In this he was sustained by
the subcommittee. James c. Dahlman of
Omaha Bryan's close adviser. was one of
the three members of the subcommittee
who decided the Illinois contest In Sulli-
vans favor the other two members. At
wood of Kansas and Wade OF Iowa. being
also strong Bryan supporters. Mayor
Dahlman stated after the subcommittee
adjourned that the contesting Burke del
the
charges of illegality as far as they ap-
piled to a national convention.
After the decision. the Burke spokesman
announced that they would carry their
case to the committee on credentials and.
IL defeated there. to the floor of the con-
vention-
Claim Committees Were Packed.
Leaders of several of the contesting del
egations incensed by their defeat.
charged that the subcommittee were
packed against them Little hope was ex-
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