The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-07-09
GUEFFEY READ OUT
OF DEMOCRAT
PARTY LAST NIGHT
out Of the party McCarren, Guffey and
or Of he
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out Of the party McCarren, Guffey ant
other of the anti-Bryanites
Attorney General Strauss read a
minority report which protested
against the seating of the Bryan dele
gates from Pennsylvania. 1t was
signed by members from New York
Pennsylvania, Maryland, Louisiana,
Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, Vir
ginia, Minnesota, West Virginia, Della
ware and Kentucky.
Arguments Are Begun.
Haskell of Oklahoma moved thai
half an hour be given each side foi
argument. Kerr of Indianaa, second
ed the motion.
Callahan, of the majority, took the
platform in favor of the motion al
$50 p. m. Strauss of Maryland at
tempted to get the opening and CLOSING
arguments for the minority on a tech
nicality, but was overruled.
The committee discovered that the
allegation that the delegates chosen in
Philadelphia were not representative
of the Democracy of that city, said the
speaker.
He declared that the contestants
produced evidence that the Democrat
ic party of Philadelphia is not repre-
scented in the convention. He discov
cred that one element was concerned
with the election of a Democrat as
President and another concerned in q
defeat of such a candidate. The lat
ter did not hesitate to buy the polls ir
order to win.
Received Sworn Evidence.
BY these methods the speaker sale
the Guffey adherents in Philadelphia
elected their delegates. The commit
tee, the speaker declared, had received
sworn evidence of these facts.
1t was impossible to escape the con
viction, the speaker continued, after
considering the evidence, that the
dominant faction of the Democracy ir
Philadelphia was maintained altOgeth
err by an alliance with Republican
leaders. and no plea of party harmon!
was to be permitted to operate agains
| Justice being done to the loyal Demo
Gratis who are struggling in Philadel
phia to build up real Democratic or
ganiZation.
Strauss of Maryland, arguing for the
| Guffey organization, declared there
was not a shred of evidence to supper
the finding Of the majority. Moreover
! the report of the majority was in alb
solute defiance of every law governing
election contests Of this sort.
THE report strikes down unim
| peached credentials issued by the SUI
preme party tribunal of the state" ht
said. The report is a ruthless &C
upon the rights of a sovereign state
Charges Gag Rule.
The report of the majority, Strauss
declared. was adopted by supreme
exhibition of gag law. Every effort tc
get at the truth was stffed in the com
rittee room. The contestants came
from no Democratic organization in
PENNSYLVANIA They had no creden
tails and their attorneys were the wit
nesses upon whose evidence the com
mittee was asked to unseat the men
from the Democratic organization oil
Pennsylvania, which for twenty-five
wears had been recognized as sound in
the national counsels Of the party.
The spectators and large number
of delegates loudly applauded Strauss
appeal for the Guffey organization He
argued for the pholding Of the regu
lar organization on the face of the re
turns at the primaries.