The Sentinel=record., 1912-01-09
BRYAN FAILS
 IN CONVENTION
NEBRASKA LEADER MADE FIGHT IN NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEET
 ING AND LOSES DEclslvELY.
Early Threat of Appealing to People Through Third Party is Later penied--Gusfey Wins Seat
 On Committee.

Washington. D. C.. Jan S.-Wn liam Jennings Bryan made his fight in the democratic National Committee ioday and lost
 Ile made Colonel James l.. Guffey member cf the committee from Penn vIyania thc issue. and tlhe committee declined to unseat Colonel Guffev by a seie of 20 to IS. Mr. Bryan at cree appealed from a decission of chairaian Mack and was defeated 8 to ia
 Ire eom.;'iiae session was marx. cd by extreme bitterness of feeling Once the lie was passed and blows seeaied imm'nert. Mir. Bryan from Iirst 10 last. was the central figure and :re figh' Le precipitated at the very noLert ths committee was ea.leG to order lasted throughout the day
 So much time was devoted to the contested seats in the committee that the matters if choosing conven- tlea city, fixing the time of the gather ing and adopting form of call to include the .permissive primary plan of selecting delegates went over until tomorroW
 Baltimore stood out tonight wei to the fore of all her competitors. The The representatives of that city proud ly displayed a certified check for $lO0.00o as their bid for the conven- tien. St. Louis seemed to hold sec ond place with Denver and Chicago under consideration and New York far behind. The committee will meet at ln:s0 a m. tomorrow. and the rep resentatives of the various cities will tegin presenting their claims at II o'clock.
 Many members of the committee favor June 25 as the date for the con yention. This will be just one week alter the republican convention in Chicago.
 The committee began its sitting with open doors, but as socn as Mir. Bryan began his fight they were chased and
 mained 50.
 t Is said there was no mincing Of words by any of the speakers. but q the end of the day apologies were offered end when adjournment was taken, all members seemed outward ly to be on the best of terms.
 Colonel Guffey hurled the lie at Representative A. Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania. who was contestine for the seat. Later Colonel Guffey declared his temper momentairlly had got the better of him and he was sor. ". Mir. Palmer said that although he had been thrown out of the com mittee. he would continue to labor nntiringly for the party Mfr. Palmer had previously asserted heartily that if 1t were not for Colonel Guffey's gray hairs the issue between thei would have had a more personal as rect.
 Mir Bryan, arraying himself against some of his friends of old, inelud- ed National Chairman Norman E. Mack, and Senator William ] Stone of Missouri, fought desperately to the last and had the committte in a turmoil of excitement. He had been erected with cheers when he entered the room bearing the proxy of Ne hraska. MT. Bryan said he would leave Washington probably early to- morrrow afternoon
 MT. Bryan inveghed bitterly az ainst Colonel Guffev and Is said te rave been waspairing in his arraign. raent of the Pennsylvania member. The feud between the two men is ol old standing. Representative Palm CT had accused Colonel Guffey of con sorting with the republican ma thlne'' in Pennsylvania and of dlsioy- alty to his party. Mir Bryan repeat ed all of this and more. At the en' Ii Is said he had no apologies to oftel and undoubtedly he will carry on n'' fight against Colonel Guffey.
 At one time during his impassion ed appeal to the committee to rid it's elf of .'Guffey and Guffeyism, MT Bryan went so far as to threaten 'al anpeal to the people" if the commit tee should decide aga'nst him Th' threat had no effect MT bryai