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cysdeusssls cooRitsee consisting of
l.. wesnherGes. Louis Linn aud Js.
N bleck. the eoaveatisR took Q
recess until eleven e'cleck 10 sssss
the arrival of delesases who were es-
pecsed oa the norn,nS train froa
the esss Upon recoaveninS. the
credentials committee reported liza
Of delegates There wss no confess.
As 70 selectinH the thlrteea dele-
gates To the state convention, the
meesias decided 10 leave ii to eoa-
mittse of three, and the followinH
were appointed, Elmer Wiley, W.
VI. whslea, Geosse Ssllivsa. A ~
cess wss tskea until l:30 o'clock 10
enable the committee 10 prepsse .
veIsort.
Hese 10 whore the only hitch csos
in the smooth running Of the sGsiss
Of the conversation. These wss opsa
objectioa 70 . certain nsme presented.
Also esch oes If the COMMITTEES ia
sissed that The two others should b.
sent 10 Colorado Springs. d..
SsIlivsn ssid he would step sside in
favor Of his frisad, Geo. W. Mccoy,
the deputy esss warden. BosA
Wiley end Whslen insisted thst thsy
vosld sot pepost their own ns.ss
baek - loaG - shess wess otissss
who dssipsd 10 sstsad the Colossde
Springs gathering.
The upshot was that the com
mittee reported sixteen names Had
the chairman exercised his authority,
he could have sent the committee
back with instructions to make selec-
ton of thirteen, eminent authority
on parliamentary procedure declares.
This ssme authority WAS wont 10
criticise the chairman for receiving
the report Of the committee at 81
when the report contained more than
thirteen names.
However the committee's work
WAS broaght TO halt suddenly by
both Wiley and Whslen resigninN
The chairman then appointed
another committee consisting of Geo.
Sullivan, Frank Comstock and Geo.
w. Reed. The same objectioa to .
certain sspirant for the honor Of .
place upon the delegation wss en-
countered by this new co@nitsss.
But it was swept sside and the
following list reported:
Jos II. Block, Crested Butte; n.
j. Schmitz, Gunnison; A. j. SteveDa,
lola, Elmer Wiley. PnkiA; ". H.
Whalen, Crested Butte; Geo. Mccoy,
Gunnison, l.. Weinberger. .Gunnison.
Geo. Hetberington, Gunnison; Chss.
c. NcWillisms, Marble; Louis Linn,
Pitkin; F. B. Knoble, Pitkin; Cha.
F. Roehrig. Gunnison; Herman
Ellbrecht, Gunnison.
The following resolution WAS
adopted:
Resolved, that believing a large
majority of the Democrats of Gunni-
son county are in favor of Champ
Clark as the nominee for president,
our delegation be. and is hereby in
structed TO work and vote for him as
the Democratic standard bearer in
the coming presidential campaign;
and be it further
Resolved, that in 50 far IS our del
ecation to the state convention is
concerned, no proxy shall be valid
unless held by a duly accredited
delegate from the convention.
Signed W S. DrrTo.
C. c. McWIIIANs.
GEO. W REED.
Another resolution was offered by
Delegate Whalen looking TO the