Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-07


easy winner of the twenty contested
seats from Cook county, which wer,
disputed by Robert Z. Burke and hi'
associates. Senator Fred Du Bois was
sustained by the subcommittee which
heard the Mormon contests from
Idaho, but the committee was moi
ready to make it's report to the full
committee before that body adjourn
ed. Tom Johnson, of Cleveland, was
a winner in the nineteenth Ohio dis
trict, where he triumphed over the
subcommittee, winning out by the
vote of &c to 25, before the national
committee. The Rockwell delegates,
E. E. Francis and e. E. Holloway,
were displaced and the two Johnson
delegates, J. F. Flahertyq and e. F.
/ Reinoehl, seated in their places. The
victory of Johnson was secured only
after the mayor had made an ex-
tended and eloquent argument before
the committee. In the ninth Ohio dis
trict, the CARRIER faction retained the
two contestants over the protest of
Johnson.
Patrick McCarren. of Brooklyn. was
practically ignored in his contest
against Charles +. 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 abrupt
ly adjourned, with the decision to
take no further action with regard to
the contests. The full committee sus-
talned this course without debate
In the District of Columbia contest,
where the entire delegation of six
members was involved, the committee
divided the seats between the eonteset-
ing parties, the faction headed by Wit
liam X. Clayton. which had the ere
dentials. being given four and the re-
naming two to the contesting delega-
ton of Charles w. Dare.
Joseph Howley, of the thirty-flrst
Pennsylvania district, whose right to
his seat was disputed by the Guffey
people was sustained by the subcom-
mittee. II was contended that Howlcy
woo iiOl q hNAibNldAf buN lliN OlbdtllH~
ed a party of his own called "the
Bryan party"
The Pennsylvania contests which
involved eight seats in the city of
Philadelphia. and three in Allegheny
county, provoked probably the most
bitter discussion that was heard be-
fore any Of tho subcommittces Chas,
Berwood DAILY of Philadelphia APP
peared for the contestants and ar
raigned Charles p. Connolly and Tom
J. Ryan, the leaders of the Guffey
faction in these districts, in the Bit
terest manner. He charged that the
eight Guffey delegates were elected
by the aid Of republicans and the
rankest frauds were perpetrated. Con-
molly ard Ryan. who spoke in sup
port Of their delegation, replied i'm
kind to the charges. Ryan became
bitter in his denuncation of DAILY,
calling him puppy" and "upstart."
and finally grew so violent in his de-
nunciation that Committeeman Eli
son, of Virginia, called him to order
and caused him to withdraw his state
ments. After listening to ordinations
and recriminations for an hour and
half, the subcommittee took the con
tests under advisement and will re-
port tomorrow morning.
The Illinois contests were equally
fraught with personalities and bitter
denunclatons Of opposing delegates
Roger Sullivan addressed the subcom-
mittec In defense of the Cook county
delegation, asserting that the entire
regularity Of proceedings in Connection
with the selection of delegates. Sui
livan's chief contention was that the
Illinois delegates charged by the
Burke faction did not apply to the
election of delegates to a national con-
vention, but under the law had refer
ence only TO state conventions. In
this he was sustained by the subeom-
mittee James c. Dahlman, of
Omaha. Bryan's close adviser, was one
of the three members of the subcom-
mittee who decided the Illinois con-
test in Sullivan's favor, the other two
members, Atwood. of Kansas, and
Wade, OF Iowa, being also strong
Bryan supporters. Mayor Hahlman
stated after the subcommittee adjourn
ed that the contesting Burke delegates
were unable to establish the charges
Of illegality as far as they applied to
a national convention. After the dis
cussion, the Burke spokesmen an
nounced that they would carry their
case to the committee on credentials
and If defeated there, to the floor of
the convention.
Leaders of several of the contesting
delegations chagrined by their defeat
charged that the subcommittee were
packed against them. Little hope was
expressed by the opponents of Sulli-
van, Guffey and Murphy that they
would win half the national commit-
tee. The matter of whether Oklahoma
should be allowed fourteen seats as
accorded by the national committee
or eighteen as claimed by that state.
was passed along TO the credentials
committee. But fourteen. however.
will appear on the temporary roll call.
The national committee adopted a
suitable expression Of sorrow for the
death Of James X. Jones, OF Arkansas.
the former national chairman.
PlgNNSYIVANIANS RESOLVE
no STAND by COLONEL GUFFEY
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