Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-06-19

inEs. yesterdays session was In tbs
main orderly. No personalities were
permitted. disposition being to disagre'
as peacefully as possible. No one va.
allowed in the galleries and only those
holding credentials were permitted or
the floor While the insurgents regis
tered protests where a contested dele
cation was not allowed TO vote in the
cases OF Illinois, Iowa and Nebraska
/ the administration crowd from Min
nesota. which was also eliminated. did
| likewise Had all been counted and
| the demands of the insurgents grant
ed in every particular. they would still
| have been in the minority by approx
mately 90 votes. In the report OF the
credentials committee dealing with I'M
contested delegates and read by Chair
man Frank Cummings of Grand Rap
ids. 5s of the Illinois insurgents were
seated, IL being stated that contest
against them had been withdrawn
Cook county and the Seventeenth and
Twenty-second congressional districts
were barred as contested.
Rock Islanders Seated.
Among those seated were Phil Which
er of Rock Island and George n. Brown
OF Milan. The report OF the committee
as to its findings on contests was not
read al the morning session. Iowa's
10 insurgent delegates were also seat
ed, but Nebraska insurgents and Min
nesota administration men were ex-
Guided from consideration in the later
part of the report. After the report
had been presented, the head camp
proceeded TO tie Itself into a parliamen-
tary knot, which was untangled for
three perspiring hours. First the adop-
ton of the report on uncontested dele
gates was moved, then John d. Den
nison of Dubuque moved to substitute
a report by states In alphabetical or
der. all states contested or otherwise
voting on each case except its own
Past Head Consul W. A. Northcott
moved 10 lay the substitute on the
table, and 4 roll call was started. 1t
got as far as Iowa, when the insur-
gents insisted upon voting the full rep
resentation from their state and Head
Consul A. r. Talbot ruled that only
uncontested delegates should be allow
ed TO vote. Insurgents took an appeal
from the chair. and then the oratory
began and lasted for three hours.
Both Sides Cite Law.
Speakers were given good attention.
They cited law to prove both conten-
tons. the insurgents being that every |
delegate with "prima facie' credentials |
should be given voice in organizing, |
and the administrations that only I'M |
contested members should take part. |
The strongest point made by the in |
surgents was that if there were con-
tests in every state il would be i'm /
possible 10 organize the head camp at /
al, and this. they limited. might be the !
procedure three years hence. When a .
vote was finally taken on sustaining |
the chair. II resulted 225 for and ISI |
against. Dennison's substitute motion
was lost. 233 TO 125, the administra- |
ton gaining eight votes, and the orig /
inal motion 10 adopt the partial report |
or the credentials committee carried
by those figures.
Compromise Is Talked. ]
II was learned yesterday afternoon
that the final report of the credentials
would seat 10 insurgents in
Nebraska and 10 in Iowa, giving them
about 40 delegates. The administra-
ion got 16 from Illinois and % from
W. S. Hart of Iowa. floor
eader OF the insurgents. admitted aft
n the mornings session adjourned
hat the fight was lost and is said toll
rave promised that there would be no
obstructive tactics on the floor from
low on. II was thought some sort of
compromise on methods of proceed
Ire would be arranged yesterday aft
'rnoon. Administration leaders said
10 candidates would be sacrificed.