Omaha daily bee., 1912-06-25
Receives Thirty.0ne Woes in Demo.
cratic Committee Beating
james.
STAND BY ITS SUBCOMMITTEE
Bitter Fse. % on Floor of
Nc.a Forecasted.
REFUSES COMPROMISE
Conference with Parker Proves
Without Result.
NEBRAsKAN TAKES AGGRESSIVE
Says He VIII Become Candidate for
Temporary Chairman - Unex-
pScted Action Canses Much
Excitement.

BALTIMORE, June 24-Former Judge
Alton B. Parker of New York was chosen
as the candidate for temporary chairman
Of the democratic national convention by
the national committee tonight Parker
| received thlrty-one votes. Seneator-e elect
Ollie James of Kentucky twenty and Sen,
ator O'Gcrman of New York two.
The committee balloted on the recon-
/ mendation Of the subcommittee on ar
| rangements made several days ago that
Mr.. Parker be the chairman. This aroused
the protest of William ]. Bryan and a
subcommittee tried in a conference be-
tween Mr. Bryan and Judge Parker this
afternoon to prevent promised fight in
the convention tomorrow.
When this failed the committee deter
mined to stand by the subcommittee s
selection. Progressive democrats, twenty
two Of them, protested against the selec-
tion, twenty supporting Mr.. Bryans
champion, Representative James of Ken
lucky, and two voting for Senator O'Gor-
man, who had also been pronounced as
acceptable for the temporary chairman
ship by the Bryan faction.
The action Of the national committee is
expected to result in a bitter factional
fight on the floor Of the convention and a
struggle for supremacy between the
Bryan democrats and so-called conserva-
tives that may affect the presidential
nomination.
The vote on the temporary chairman
ship was announced as follUws,A
For Parker-James Weatherly, Ala
bama; A. j. Nicholson, Arizona; Urey B.
Tucker Arkansas; Nathan Cole, jr., Cal
ifornia; Homer Scummins, Connecticut
T. Albert Jennings Florida; Clark
Howell Georgia; Simon P. Doonnley,
Idaho; Roger C. Sullivan, Illinois;
Thomas Taggart, Indiana; Martin J.
Wade, Iowa; Urey Woodson, Kentucky;
E. E. Jones. Maine; J. Fred C. Taioot,
Maryland; Edwin o. Wood, Michigan; c.
H. Williams, Mississippi; J. Bruce Kre-
mer, Montana; Eugene e. Reed, New
Hampshire; Norman e. Mack. New York:
w. T. Brady, Oklahoma; j. M. Guffey,
Pennsylvania; George W. Greene, Rhode
Island; r. e. L. Mountcastle, Tennessee;
R. N. Johnstone, Texas; Thomas H.
Brown, Vermont; J. Taylor Ellyson, Vir-
ginia; A. ]. DAILY. Alaska; Edwain A.
Newman, District of Columbia; Gilbert
Waller, Hawaii; D. NJ Field, Porto Rico.
Total, thirty-one.
For Ollie James-Alva Adams, Colorado;
Willard Salisbury, Delaware; William F.
Sapp, Kansas; Robert Ewing, Louisiana
F. B. Lynch, Minnesota; Edward F.
Goltra, Missouri; p l.. Hall, Nebraska /;
John Sunderland, Nevada; Robert S.
Hudspeth, New Jersey; Josephus Daniels,
North Carolina; William Collins, North
Dakota; A. A. Jones, New Mexico;
Harvey c. CARRIER, Ohio; w. A. Miller,
Oregon; B. r. Tillman, South Carolina (by
proxy; E. S. Johnson. South Dakota
Frank K. Nebeker, Utah; w. H. Dunphy,
Washington; Joseph E. Davies, Wiscon-
sin; John E. Osborne, Wyoming; A. A.
Jones, Philippines. Total, 20.
For Senator O'Gorman-John w. Cough
lin, Massachusetts; John T. McGraw,
i West Virginia.
When Urey Woodson. committeeman
from Kentucky, voted for Parker against
James he explained that Kentucky did
not wish to place James name before the
committee. He asserted that he had