Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-06-26
ILLINOIS SPLIT
MAKES TROUBLE.
Hearst.Harrison Faction Bit.
terly Scores National
Committeeman
POUNCE ON ROGER SULLIVAN
Credentials Committee Buried
Under Avalanche of
Arguments.
BY Special Leased Wire TO New Mexican,

tBy Special Leased Wire TO New Mexican,
Baltimore, Md, June 26.--The ere.
} dentials committee at 1l:30 o'clock, de-
, termined to ask the convention to ad-
) Joun until o'clock tonight owing to
) the inability Of the committee to CONF
) pIete the work on the contest cases.
) Arguments in the Illinois cases had
) not been concluded at that time.
} The Illinois contest cases were the
hrst taken up when the credentials
) committee met today behind locked
and guarded doors. Each side was
lgIyen 10 minutes for the presentation
Iof arguments.
The contestants in the case were
i ne HarrisOn-Hearst delegates, who
- led to have secured an actual ma
Jorlty Of votes over the Sullivan dele
gates, who had been seated by the
Rational committee.
! The claims of the Harrison-Hearsl
delegates to the seats given the Sullf-
van delegates in Illinois We're present.
/ ed to the credentials committee by
Congressman Rainey of that state.
he point made against the contest
ants was that they had not formally
| presented their contests to the Illinois
! state committee at Peoria, but had
! Kept entirely out of that convention, If
was on this ground that the national
committee gave the seats to the Sulli-
van faction.
+. b. Tolman, assisted in presenting
the arguments Of the Hearst Harrison
faction in the contests involving the
IeISht MISUNDERSTANDING and the twer-
| ~ delegates from the Chicago districts.
Frank ]. Quinn and Elsea Williams aD-
peared for the Sullivan faction, assert
ing that the cOutesting faction by ig-
norlng the regular state convention.
rad lost any claims it might have to
regularity. A bitter fight was made
Gy the Illinois contestants on the rule
IoI Roger Sullivan as national commit
teeman. The Hearst-Harrison men
claimed to have carried a majority of
chicago precincts and to have com
trolled the Cook county convention.
Ihey charged the Sullivan men had
Dolted that convention, but when the
case Of the Hearst-F Harrison delegates
was presented to the credentials COM
mlttee OF the Peoria convention. tha
sullivan faction was in control and re-
fused them seats, and the coDtesting
I forces found it useless to 90 into the
convention next day and renew their
fight
Hearst Given Knockout
BaltimOre Md. June 2f.-The tWen-
ty Roger c. Sullivan delegates from
the ten congressional districts in
Cook county, Illinois, We're seated this
afternoon by the credentials commit
tee by vote of 40 to 10. A minority
report will be presented to the con-
vention.
Took Hundreds of Police to Keen
Order.
Baltimore, Md, June 26-Nayor
Carter Harrison of Chicago, and Rog.
eF SullNan, national committeeman
from Illinois, INDUCED in counter
charges before the credentials COM
mlttee early this afternoon over the
police control exercised at the Cook
county Democratic convention. Mayor
HARRISON said he had detailed 2S5 no.
hcemen and % plain clothes men to
preserve order; while Mr. Sullivan
charged him with having planned n
control the convention with the aid
Of the police.
New Mexico Favors Boss Sullivan.
Baltimore, Md, June 26.-Those who
voted against the Sullivan faction
were: Little, Arizona: Creeweu, Cali
fornia; Miller, Nebraska; Carney, Ne
Vada; Kelly, North Dakota; Moses.
oregon; Young, Kentucky; McCor-
mick, Pennsylvania; Whitmore. Utah.
Molnla, Porto Rico. A motion to seat
the Sullivan men in the 18th and Goth
illinois districts carried 3S to 19.
The sixteen Sullivan delegates at
large from Illinois, having eight votes
III the convention, were seated bv
vote of AZ to 9.
Bryan Will Help Draft Platform.
Baltimore, Md, June 26.-The fol.
lowing We're appointed a subcommittee
or the resolutions committee to draft
the platform: John w. Kern, ex-officio
chairman; c. c. Culberson, w. ]. Bry.
an, James OGorman, Isador Raynor.
a. NJ. Dockery, d. J. Walsh, Atlee Pom.
creme, Thomas S. Martin, S. w. Bel.
ford, r. T. Broussard, George W.
Fithan
Other Contests.
The committee seated William H.
Berry in the seventh PENNSYLVANIA
district, affirming the decision of the
national committee. The ninth Penn
sylvania contest was withdrawn.
Contesting delegations from Porto
Rico agreed to division, each taking
three seats.