The daily sentinel., 1908-06-16
An Adjournment Taken.

Shortly before noon the convention
took an adjournment until pm,
and the delegates of each of the con-
gressional districts were instructed to
hold meetings and nominate candi-
dates for delegates to the national
convention.
The Delegates Named.
The delegates from the first con-
gressional district counties met and
decided upon the following list of
delegates to the national convention
from the first district:
Delegates at large = Charles j.
Hughes, Jr.. of Denver. Charles 5.
Thomas of Denver and Mrs. Mary c..
C. Bradford of Denver.
District delegates - Elmer f.
Buckwith of BOulderand j. ID. Line
berger of Julesburg.
Alternate delegates at large
Mrs. Catherine Cook of Adams coun-
ty, j. A. Jeannotte of Lake county
and r. ID. Heislgell of Morgan cOun-
ty.
Alternate district delegates-C. p.
Hoyt of jefferson county and NJ. c..
Harrington of Adams county.
The delegates from the second
congressional district decided upon
the following names:
Aliney of Pueblo, Jose Ur-a;;a Vigil
of Las Animas county and William C.
Jones of Ell Paso county.
District deIegates-Chris Kaiser of
Summit county and T. A. Wheeler of
Mineral county.
Alternates at large. w. Burk-
hart of Fremont county, }. Il. Pierce
of Otero county and Thomas Anncar
of San Juan county.
Alternate district delegates-S. =.
Green of Mesa county and Thomas
Kildruff of Rio BlancO county.
DIR. S. =. Green of Mesa county was
placed in nomination for delegate at
the meeting of the first district dele
gates by James w. Bucklin of Grand
Junction. He received the 4. votes
of Mesa county and the % votes of
Pitkin county-a total of 3S votes
out of total of several hundred.
However, DIR. Green succeeded in
getting an alternateship.
Not a great deal of interest was
taken in the selection of the alter
nate delegates in either of the dis
trict meetings, and very little oppo-
sition was offered to DR.. Green being
made an alternate.
Unanimous Vote.
The convention reconvened at
about 2:30 pm, and the names pre-
sented by the two district meetings
were unanimously accepted, and the
above named democrats We're made
delegates and alternate delegates to
the national convention.
National Committeeman.
This completed the business of the
convention, excepting the election of
a national committeeman from Colo
RADIO.
Ex-Governor Alva Adams was anX-
ious to secure the position, but he
was opposed by Mayor Speer. How
ever, it was announced at noon that
Mayor Speer might withdraw his OPP
position to Ex-Governor Adams as a
favor to Senator Billy Adams, the
chairman of the convention, who is
brother of Ex-Governor Adams, as
well as a close personal friend of
Mayor Speer.
Great interest was manifested in
this race, which was not decided un-
til late this afternoon.
AIva Adams Chosen.
When the convention took up for
final disposition the matter of elect
ing the national committeeman May
or Robert w. Speer of Denver Sc
cured recognition from the chair, and
pidteu III NOMINATION. eA-pcNei hCi ~
va Adams, who had strongly opposed
Mr.. Speer in the fight over the Den
yer delegation.
Mayor Speer reclared that he NOM
mated Alva Adams mainly out of
compliment to his brother, Senator
Billy Adams, the chairman of the
convention. He said that Senator
Adams record as a democrat entitled
him to the fulfillment of the desire
to see Ex-Governor Adams made ma