Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-09
SUB COMMITTEES EXPECT TO az
ABLE TO REPORT TO THE FULL
COMMITTEE AT O'CLOCK THIS
AFTERNOON.
.M'CARREN TIED
HAND AND FOOT
sucH Is THE ALLEGATION or
BIRD coLER WHEN NEW YORK
CONTESTS COME BEFORE THE
!. COMMITTEE.

Denver, July S.--At O'clock this
morning the credentials committee
which had been in session all night
contest. No announcement Of the de.
cision reached will be made until the
committee has completed its work. In
the Illinois case National Committee
man Sullivan personally argued
against the contestants in behalf OF
his own delegates, while Judge Will
liam Prentiss and George q. Mulligan
made the argument for the contest.
ants. Mr.. Prentiss' argument was par
ticularly vehement. He recalled the
Springfield convention at which Bryan
first publicly denounced Sullivan as a.
political train robber," and he made
the expression his own.
Rebukes Sullivan.
He declared that Sullivan was po-
litical ally of the Republican leader,
Senator Hopkins. When the case Of
the contest of New York was taken
up Senator McCarren pointed out that
even with all the elements of the Ear
ty united it wG%2ld be exceedingly diff
ficult for the Democrats to carry New
York state this fall, and that the state
was essential to the election of the
Democratic candidate for the presi-
dency, that his constituency in Brook
lyn, famously Jealous of its rights
would retaliate for the injustice to
them in fashion which no leaders,
however powerful, would be able to
forestall
Tied Hand and Foot.
On the other hand Bird S. Coler
scathingly attacked Mr.. McCarren, al.
leging that he and ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor William F. Sheehan and Nation
al Committeeman Guffey of Pennsyl-
vania were now in Denver engaged In
a conspiracy to accomplish the defeat
of the Democratic party, that McCar-
rem was "tied hand and foot" to the
Republican bosses in Brooklyn. The
contest from Pennsylvania which Is
| the most important case before the
committee was called little before
/. s a. M, }. B. DAILY Of Philadelphia.
who represented all the contesting
districts from that city making the
principal address. DAILY charged con-
slant and corrupt collusion DetweeA
the Democrat leaders in Philadelphia
and the Republican party. The argu-
ment for contestees was opened by
Chas. P. Donnelly, who In sarcastio
4 terms, alluded to DAILY as reform
4 er," who he said knew nothing of
what he was talking about. Colonel
1 Guffey was not present at any time
throughout the hearing.
Long In Session.
The committee on resolutions re-
mained in session until after a. m.
this morning and heard arguments In
favor of many proposed planks and
then adjourned until p. m. today,
leaving the subcommittee to wrestle
with the problem in detail.
The feature of the subcommittee
meeting was the reading by Governor
II Haskell, chairman Of the full commit
tees for more than an hour Of sugges-
tions direct from Mr.. Bryan as to
planks on the various subjects which
he desired the committee to embody
in the platform. 1t was daylight when
the subcommittee took a recess until
8 a. m. and hoped its work would be
finished in time to report the full plat.
form to the whole committee at p. M
Restrict immigration.
Il The sub committee Of the resolu.
ions committee resumed work OF the
II piO-PlSDdIdliou VI Lie pldLlTOu dt
!, $3.50 a. m. and a plank demanding the
i speedy enactment of law to prevent
| the further immigration Of oriental la
, borers submitted by the Oregon
delegation was favorably received and
J probably will be Incorporated in the
) platform.
The credentials committee decision
: destroyed the last hope of the McCar
ren faction to secure seats in the con
vention and resulted in victory fol
. Tom johnson and his friends. The de
cision Of the contest in Idaho Is In ia
vor of the anti-Mormon faction and ii
the Pennsylvania case gives the anti
: Guffey people control of the delegation
! from the Keystone state.
Gets More Votes.
The credentials committee sus
tanned the National committee in the
: contests from Illinois, District Of Co
:, = lumbia, the 32nd Pennsylvania and the
: ninth Ohio district, and gave Okla