The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1912-06-27
OLLIE JAMES IS
MADE chairman
Progressives Force Selection Of
kentuckian for Permanent Place.
PLATFORM BEFORE NOMINATION
w. J. Bryan Author Of this Unprece-
dented Step. He Also Refuses
to Head Resolution Commit
tee, and Names Kern.


vention today engaged in a desperate
effort to reverse yesterdays set back.
The progressives forced the selection
of Ollie James, of Kentucky, by the
committee on permanent organization
to be permanent chairman. James is
a progressive and one of Bryan's
closest friends and his keynote speech
! is expected to be strongly progress
live.
Bryan repudiated the Murphy-Tag-
CART Sullivan attempt to mollify him
and refused election as chairman of
the resolutions committee. He also
made it plain that unless an out and
out progressive platform is adopted
he will return minority report and
carry the fight back to the floor.
Bryan also forced an unprecedented
step with the resolutions committee
demanding by vote of Al to IL that
the platform be not adopted until the
candidates are named. The effect of
this will be that if a conservative
should get the nomination he will
have to run on the latters declaration
of principles.
In place of Bryan Senator John w.
Kern, of Indiana, the -Commoher's
closest personal friend was chosen
chairman of the resolutions commit
tee.
Because the credentials committee
was not ready to report the temper.
airy roll of the convention marked
time and listened to oratory for an
hour and will then adjourn until
o'clock tonight
The rules committe, by a vote Of
i22 to Is, agreed to recommend to the
convention at its session tonight that
the request of the resolutions COM
mittee to have consideration and adj
option of a platform before instead OF
latter the nomination of the national
ticket be carried out. This would be
a victory for the progressives as the
plan was made by Bryan.
Baltimore, June 26.-Special: The
resolutions committee of the democras
Tic convention, as soon as the men,
Ibers got together today, named Sen
IatOr O'GOrman, OF New York, Senator
ICulberson, of Texas, and Senator
Rayner, of Maryland, committee to
call on Bryan and ask him to accept
the craftsmanship of the committee.
Bryan refused to accept, saying he de-
sired to keep himself in a position
where he could make a fight on the
floor of the convention if necessary.
Kern, of Indiana, was then elected.
The credentials committee of the Ma
itional convention meeting this
morning, elected Joseph Bell, of In
diana, chairman and Frank Donahue,
first lieutenant to Tom Taggart, of
Indiana, Democratic politician.
When the convention reassembled
lat noon today there was little bust
ness ready for their consideration and
it was said by the leaders that the
session would be somewhat prolonged.
The resolutions committee was still
engaged in preparing their documents
and were not expected to present
them until tomorrow. he
The committee on permanent organ.
ization was inclined to make the tenn
Iporary organization permanent, thus
doing away with speech making, but
this was still to be definitely deter
mined. 1t is also possible that the
fight in the credentials committee
over the disposal of Illinois contest
ants between the Hearst-Harriman
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carried to the floor.
The general program for the ses-
sion provided for the perfecting of
the permanent organization and an
adjournment until tomorrow when the
platform would be adopted and the
balloting begun.
! The delegates and visitors spent
considerable of their time criticising
the national committee for having
brought the convention to this city.
Hotel accommodations are inadequate
and the restaurants are unable to feed
the hungy boards on time. The peo-
pie of the city tried to make up and
many opened up their homes to the
visitors, 8 but this did not affect the
average delegates and 1thersIw much
discomfort. "'. 700 stdJ 10 Jrr
The various committees were in
session most of the morning. There
was a sentiment in the permanent or
ganization committee that the chair
man to be selected should be Senator
elect Ollie James. of Kentucky.
There has been numerous confer
ences held between the conservative
leaders in an effort to settle the Illi-
lnois squabble between the Hearst
Hartman factions. Both sides insist
lit had carried the delegate convention
and should be seated.
The session of the resolutions COM