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The Atlanta Georgian
AND NEWS
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VOL. VI. NO. 289.
ATLANTA, GA„ WEDNESDAY, JULY 8,1908.
PRTr*!? . ,Q Atlanta..TWO CENTS.
triXlXjEJl oo Trains..FIVE CENTS.
SHALL TIE CUT BROKER BE PERPETUATED?
His Profits Have Run Into Millions of Dollars While
the State Has Got But Little.
HE’LL CARRY NEWS.
Credentials Commit
tee Won’t Report
Until 8 P. M.
WJOOOOOOt^OOOOCWOOWKWOOOO
S GEORGIA DELEGATION
0 RESCIND8 UNIT RULE
o DENVER, July 8,—The Oeor-
o gla delegation today rescinded
O the unit rule. It Is understood
0 three of the delegates are for
0 Bryan any way and twenty-
O three against him If there la a
0 chance to beat him.
8o«rt>o«H»ooi»twioeooooooou
DENVER, Colo H July 8.—Unless alt
signs fall, and the weather Is not par
ticularly dry for Denver today, there
will be a light on the floor of the Dem
ocratic national convention, which was
called to order In Its second session
at the Auditorium at 12:22 p. m.
The news, which came from the
credentials committee after Its all-night
session, that Colonel James M. Guffey,
for a generation almost ruler of the
Democratic party In Pennsylvania, had
lost his light and his contested dele
gates, and aa a result his place on the
national committee, was taken to mean
a light, and a red hot one, on the floor
of the convention.
While the Pennsylvanian realises the
hopelessness of fighting the commit
tee's action In the convention, he Is a
lighter and proposes going down, If go
down he must, with colors flying and
guns biasing. And that means a fight
when the credentials committee re
ports.
Idaho may appear In the minority re
port, and one or two of the other atates.
Therefore, unless all ilgns fall, there
Is liable to be a lively time In the Ati-
dltorlum'before a recess Is taken'.
Tammany showed ' Denver what a
first-clan political machine looked like
this morning.
Indian Camp.
There Is an Indian camp at one of
the parks here. A score of braves, real
Indians. In war paint—were secured
and this morning bright and early
Tammany men were marshaled more
than 800 strong. Headed by the In
dians the men of Tammany marched
to the convention hall.
Big Chief Murphy, flanked by Tom
8mlth, Lewis Nixon, Dan Cohalen and
Tom Grady, were In the front ranks
and each assembly leader had his men
behind him In company formation.
They made a line showing.
Nearly all the political clube who are
here marched to the Auditorium this
morning and the streets of Denver were
lively with music and bright with
badges. The Auditorium filled earlier
today, so far as the galleries were eon.
cerned, and when, shortly before noon.
Phsleman Dell m mA* am the
Chairman Bell appeared on the plat
form. there were not many vacant
spaces In the great hall.
Wouldn't Adjourn.
An announcement was made by the
chairman that the Michigan delegation
has lost Its Bible and areward was of
fered for tte return.
An announcement was also made that
the committee on credentials would not
be ready to report until 8 o'clock to
night.
A motion was mads at 1 o’clock to
adjourn until 8 o'clock. Cries of "No,
jo. no,." The chairman called on the
band for mualc.
Meeting Called to Order.
"Maryland, My Maryland," got the
nret applause today. Thle and “Dixie"
may always be depended on to start
the crowd yelling.
About 12:18 Chairman Bell, Secre
tary Woodson and four or live other
leaders were In earnest consultation
on the stand, It was Impossible to find
out what the confab was about
The convention was called to order
at 12:22 by Chairman Bell. It was sev
eral minutes, however, before order was
restored. Mr. Bell has a good strong
voice and he does not r#;m to be able
lo make enough noise with the gavel to
control such a gathering of free and
untrammelled cltlaena.
After repeated calls he sent the aer-
grant-at-arms to clear the aisles and
nnally succeeded In getting a sufllclent
•emblance of order to warrant starting
up the proceedings. Chairman Taggart,
?r the national committee, came up to
help him out. Mr. Bell declared that
no business would be done until order
"as restored. The delegates quickly
quieted and Rev. Dr. Relsner was In
troduced and opened the convention
with prayer.
Then Mr. Bell announced the Mil
waukee and other marching clubs.
TOM JOHNSON.
His delegation from Ohio wasn't
seated.
"PKPLACES"
Club Not a Public Place, But
a Home May
Be.
In a decision handed down Wednes
day the state court of appeals places a
clear construction on the "public
ice" phrase of the prohibition law.
was made on an appeal brought by
attorneys representing Charlie Cooke,
of Oglethorpe Macon, county, who waa
convicted In the city court of that place
of keeping Intoxicants In a public place.
The case Is odd In that the "public
place" alleged Is a prison cell.
It appears that while confined In Jail,
Charlie gave to a companion sundry
drinks of Chattanooga whisky which
had been obtained from a liberal sup
ply at his home.
In deciding the.cqae the , court does
not confine Iteelf tb the one place In
question, but to publle places In general.
The court below Is reversed. Judge
Arthur Powell wrote the decision.
That feature of the prShlblflon law
_jalnst Intoxicants being kept In a pub.
lie place Is construed by the court aa
follows:
"(a) The phrase, 'public place,' as
used In the prohibition law by a broad
general and not constructive definition,
Includes any place which, from Ita
public character, members of the gen
eral public frequent, or where they may
be expected to congregate at any time
as a matter of common right: also
any place at which, even tho It Is
privately conducted, a number of per
sons have assembled thru common
usage or by general and Indiscriminate
Invitation, expressed or Implied: It In
cludes those places which, tho public
ly owned, are devoted to a private use
and are not open to the access of the
public; also other places owned or con
trolled from which the Indslcrlmlnate
public Is generally excluded, notwith
standing tha
mm boys
Spends Honeymoon by En
gaging in Legal Scrap
With Boni.
kiAJW, Jnly ( —Princess de 8»|
hjoeraoon In Paris todny by
* , l, |>l fight with her former husband;
tonnt Bonl. for the rntsntlon of her three
began began
' engaging
— d;
iT.rj'I"'rep .restored to him. Rhe Is deter-
S'J'd to dsht the salt. When she errlred
1 eaued connsrl to defend tbs csss.
at at a particular time In
question a number of persona may
have congregated there If the congre
gation te the result of a special In
vitation for that occasion alone.
"(b) A town guard houae relatively
to a prisoner confined In a cell there
in with a safe construction Is not a
public place.
"(c) A person's residence, primarily,
Is not a public place, tho It may be
come eo thru the use to which the own
er devotes It."
Home May Be Publlo Place.
The decision Is expanded at great
length. It Is held that If a person uses
his home as a regular depository for
wet goode. Inviting there all of his
friends and acquaintances to enjoy with,
him the delights of the cup and allow
ing the Impression that a drink can al
ways be obtained there, auch makes hla
home a public place under the terms of
the law.
It la also set forth that a legitimate
club, organized with exclusiveness,
where members are not admitted Indis
criminately. Is not a public place with.
In the sense of the law. Neither is It
termed Illegal for Intoxicants to be
served at a barbecue,. picnic or ban
quet. given In a public manner, but from
which the general public le excluded, so
long aa auch entertainment occurs at a
place not otherwise a public place.
Club Not a Publlo Place.
For Instance. It would be legal for a
person entertaining a rlend at
his home, or on an outing and to which
a large number of persons are Invited,
with Intoxicants; but It would not be
legal for such lo take place at a hotel
or other place ordinarily open to the
public. It la all right for Intoxicating
liquors to be kept at a club, open to made ewx effort to mjtber tbt
many persona, ao^ong as that club Is (hi^motg&g
Georgia has nearly 5,000 convicts.
About half are “felony convicts” and half
“misdemeanor convicts.”
“Felony convicts” are prisoners who have
committed murder or tried to—or have burned
houses or robbed homes or committed serious
crimes. They are sentenced for life or for a long
term of years. We have 745 for life now, 295 for
five years, 301 for ten years, 138 for fifteen years,
238 for twenty years, and so on.
“Misdemeanor convicts” are prisoners for
short terms who have committed small crimes—
such as gambling and the like.
We have a prison commission, of which we
will write in a day or two.
The law directs that misdemeanor convicts be
used for road-building—in so-called chaingangs-
and that felony convicts be leased to private indi
viduals on contract.
The Lease System Begins.
Here are the leases Georgia has had in her his
tory. N
The state had only white convicts until after
the war—200 in number at that time.
The legislature of 1866 passed a law permit
ting the governor to lease out the able-bodied con
victs, and in May, 1868, General Huger made
Georgia’s first convict lease of 100 men to one Wm.
A. Fort, of Rome, at $25 each per year. Then sev
eral small contracts were made for terms of 1 to 5
years until in 1876 a law was passed authorizing
the governor to make a lease for a period of 20
years, the lease to be made to three companies
known as Penitentiary Companies Nos. 1, 2 and 3.
The price was to be $25,000 a year, no matter
how many convicts there were. And for a num
ber of years before the expiration of this lease the
state got a net sum of about $7.50 per year per
convict after expenses were paid. This lease
went into effect April 1, 1879, and gave 1,230 con
victs at the beginning, which ran to 2,000 for a
number of years before it expired in 1899.
The New Oontraots.
In 1898 new contraots were authorized for 6
years.and bids were opened and convicts awarded,
beginning April 1,1899. Over 2,000 oonvicts were
leased at $99.18 per yieftr each.*
October 15, 1903, new contractu were made,
covering 1,500 convicts, at $225 each, the actual
number shown for that year, however, being 1,742
employed, the difference between that number
and the 2,000 or more previously mentioned being
transferred to county public work under a new
law.
This last contract expires March 31, next, and
1,746 long-term convicts will have to be dis
posed of. ,
Where the State Loses.
Now let’s see where Georgia comes in:
For 30 years Georgia’s prisoners have been gold
mines for qjher people. Suppose that if Georgia
must traffic in human flesh to the highest (bidder,
Georgia shall get the profit from now on.
It had been hoped that by the time the pres
ent lease expired Georgia could make use of all of
her convicts on road building and the state road.
Not so—it (will cost hundreds of thousands of dol
lars a year to feed and care for these 2,000 men, if
they were used by the state. There seems to be
no hope of raising this money by taxation or any
other means. The treasury now is empty.
Then there seems to be no way but to lease
them again.
Three Millions For Lessees.
In 1879 Georgia sold its convicts out to indi
viduals for 20 years, at a profit of $7.50 each, with
the right to speculate and almost do as they
pleased with them. At a conservative estimate if
a convict is by the commission estimate now worth
$450 a year, he must have been worth to these peo
pie an average of $100 more than they paid for
them.
So then Georgia received a profit by her own
figures of three hundred thousnnd dollars in 20
years, while these men who leased them must have
made a profit of easily three millions of dollara.
In 1899 Georgia sold herself out in the convict
line for 5 years more at $8.50 per month, while
the report of the commission of that very same
year says they were being sub-let for not less than
$14.50, and the new contract made at the expira
tion of this one was at $225 each. So there must
have been $100 a year each profit again, or a mar
gin of about one million dollars on this contract.
In 1903 another sale was made for 5 years at
$225 each, while the present report of the com
mission goes so far as to say they aro now worth
$450 each.
And we have the statement of certain convict
brokers that they are getting $600 a year for some.
So there has been a profit again to individuals for
the present lease of anywhere from one to two
millions of dollars.
Not so much fault could be found if this were
a profit made solely by virtue of the shrewdness
of the contractors using the actual labor, but the
people of Georgia know that the greatest benefits
have been received by men who aro nothing less
than CONVICT BROKERS, some of whom never
see a convict from one year’s end to another.
No Excuse For Middle Men.
There is no excuse for middle men. The law
should make it a crime for any man to speculate
or traffic in prisoners, ns has been done in Georgia
for years.
There is no. more excuse for 5-year contracts
than there was for 20-year contracts years ago.
Why do wo pay a prison commission thou
sands or dollars a year If it is not capable of look
ing after the business interests of onr convicts f
As has been said in the legislature, everyone
knows that “Georgia’s convict system smells to
heaven.”
It is a disgrace to our state, nnd no one has
had the courage to attack it as it deserves. Gov
ernor Smith has done what he could in the short
time he has been at the capitol and The Georgian
has waited months, yes, years, hesitating to show
to the world what a people like Georgia permitted
to exist, but there will he no more hesitancy on
our part. Georgia comes first with us and we shall
open the door wide. We shall, until something Is
done that does justice to Georgia, print a series of
articles that will acquaint the world with the facts.
We shall print names if necessary. We hope it will
not be necessary, but we are in this fight to stay.
We shall print in tomorrow’s Georgian a true story
of a white convict’s life in a “camp,” and the next
day we shall introduce to onr readers the prison
commission.
Stepped On Paper to Extin
guish Blaze and Burned
to Death.
SPARTA, Ga„ July S.—This eommnoltj
waa shocked laat night at the accidental
burning to death of Mra. Frank G. Thonus.
one of the jnost prnmlnent_ ladles of thla
BOOMS FOR JOHNSON AND GRAY
WERE FROZEN TO A STIFF FRAPPE;
PEERLESS ONE RIGHT ON THE JOB
)
cltr. Mra. Thomaa waa engaged In houae-
hol'd dutlea and for some purpose bad light
ed a piece of paper. She threw It
not open to everybody.
It la alao all right, according to the
court, for a man to keep aplrltuoua or
malt llquora at hla home and uae them
for the entertainment of hla gueats. ao
long aa he doea not make every man
who wants a drink hla guest.
The decision extends the construc
tion of the prohibition law which waa
made aome time ago In the Roberta
case which went up from the city court
of Atlanta and In which the queatlon
aurroundlng the aale of near-beer waa
aettled. It la the aecond declalon to be
rendered on the law.
GOVERNOR NORTHEN
FAILED TO SPEAK
As he waa anddenly called out of the city
lit, Tneeday afternoon. ex-Oovernor 8. J.
Northen waa unable to deliver hla addreaa
on tha convict leaae ayatem at the Central
Congregational church Tneaday night. A
large audience waa present and waa much
disappointed at not hearing the former gor.
^Governor Northen will addreaa the peni
tentiary committee of tha legislature
Wednesday afternoon.
pot her foot upon It to extinguish It. Tl
burning paper set Are to her ureas and In
minute she waa enveloped In flaraea. Her
husband reached her with a blanket and
effort to smother the dames.
father In
a life end
were all badly burned when they had suc
ceeded In extinguishing the dames.
Mra. Thomaa waa ao Imdly burned that
all medical efforts ware of no evall. and abe
died In a few hour*.
Rhe lenvea a bunhand and nine children.
W. W. Thomas, editor of Tha lehmeellte, be
ing her eldest son. She was a stater of II.
R and Sidney Lewla. The fnneral will be
held tomorrow morning.
CWMMJOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWOWJOO
§ WHAT LEGISLATURE I
DID WEDNESDAY
Oooooooooooooooooooooooooo
The house convened at • o'clock.
Returned debate on Western and At
lantic extension bill.
Received several new bills.
Adjourned to » a. m. Thursday.
The senate convened at 10 o’clock.
Received number of new bills.
Passed several local bills.
Pasted "Engineer*’ bill."
Patted appropriation of 216.000 for
State Normal and Indugtrtal College.
Adjourned to 10 a. m. Thursday.
DENVER, July
down a couple of tons of slightly soiled
but perfectly good snow from the
mountains and dumped It on the street
near the convention hall, aa a tender
tribute to the Gray boom and the
Johnson boom.
Any person who passed waa at lib
erty to make a snow ball and keep It
aa a souvenir of an occasion when two
sterling patriots, a leading Jurlet of
Delaware and a leading proletarian of
Minnesota, were refrigerated by the
celebrated Bryan cooling process until
there was brine on them a foot thick.
Frost Is too torrid a term to fit In
any description of wl,at has happened
to theee great popular uprisings for
Gray and Johnson. Take all the anow
on all the mountains within sight of
Denver and pile It In a heap and that
would be a seemly monument.
Vague Whispers of Bolt.
There were vague whispers that three
atates Instructed for Bryan would bolt
and go for one or the other of these
forlorn hopers ** “ ■*“ *
By SAMUEL Q, BLYTHE.
8peolal Correspondent Hearet News Servloe.
8.—They brought
that If three did not
MORNING RESULTS
IN TENNIS GAMES
Wednesday morning at East Lake
was given over to the preliminary
round In the consolation singles of the
Southern' tennis championship, but one
round being played.
The results follow:
Singles—Poet defeated Orr *-*. 8-1.
Consolation singles, preliminary
round:
Nunnally defeated Ashe by default.
Egan defeated Orme, 8-1, 8-7, 8-2.
Sanders defeated Matthews, '8-1, 1-8.
Spratllng defeated Berrien. 8-4, 8-1.
Prescott defeated Alfrlend by default.
Coleman defeated V. C. Smith, Jr.,
8-4. 2-8. 3-4.
Holliday defeated Daniels hy default.
Arnold defeated Farrell by default.
Logan defeated A. Haas, 8-1. 8-L
Colquitt defeated Lowry, 8-4, 8-1.
Hayes defeated Ozbura by default.
bolt, ona surely would, and other ru-
mors even more rnlnbowy.
The ordinary visitor can see for sixty
Or eighty miles In thla rarefied atmos
phere, but tbs anti-Bryan people have
greater powers of vlzlon. They can
discern a fly apot aa far away aa Pike's
Peak, and It looks like a load or hay
to them. And, when they chaae up to
It and And It Is a fly apot they are not
cast down, for In these stirring times
It does not take much to cheer up a
Gray or a Johnson boomer. Inasmuch aa
the expenses go on so long as the
headquarters era open.
The day started pleasantly with an
early meeting of tha Ohio delegation
wherein the delegates while declaring
In triple tremolo their unswerving loy
alty to Bryan and their undying friend
ship to all hla policies and moat of hla
politics, gaily look large hickory clubs
and beat that bosom friend of Bryan’s.
Tom Johnson, Into a pulp.
Tom Johnson Macerated,
It waa not that they loved Bryan leas
but that they ardently desired a chance
Continued on Page Four.
CUFFEY CUII
FORMER GOVERNOR BLANCHARD.
He's on committee to notify the
Democratic nominee.
"THE LITTLE
IS CHOSEN EDITOR
OF UNCLE REMUS'S
Julian Harris Is Made Suc
cessor to His Distin
guished Father.
Flrat round:
Egan defeated Nunnally, 8-8, 8-1.
Holliday defeated Arnold, 8-1, 1-8,
7-6.
WOULD LET GOVERNOR
APPOINT JUDGES
Renator L. A. Henderson, of the Thirty-
ninth district. Introduced a Mil In me sen
ate Wednesday providing for a change In
tha manner of selecting superior court
Judges and solicitors.
Ilia hill plans to taka them out of tbs
class of offices dlled hy popnlar rota, and
to have them dlled thru appointment hy
tha governor, subject to the coodrmatlon
cnATTAXOOOA, Tenn.. July 8.—Colonel
John L. Moore, of Atlanta, delivered the
principal address at today's session of the
Tennessee Optical Hoctety, In session at Ho.
tel Patten. Colonel Moore's addreaa waa on
the subject of the making of lenses.
The state Jewelers art meeting at the
Julian Harris, son of the late Joel
Chandler Harris, and "the little boy,"
will succeed hla father as editor of
Uncle Remus's—The Home Magazine.
He will alao be general manager. To
thoae who have the success of tha
magazine at heart, and those who have
during the paet year come to regard the
magazine aa something more than a
mere Impersonal monthly periodical, the
announcement will be received with
gratification.
Julian Harris waa the active organ
izing zplrlt of the magazine, scouted
the financial zupport that made It pos
sible, and after the magazine was start
ed, personally put Into effect the Ideas
of the editor, lie understood Juit what
Mr. Harris desired, waa Intimately ac
quainted with hla purposes, and la
equipped to carry out those purposes
so that tha magazine will continue to
carry on Ita every page the stamp of
the personality of Its distinguished
founder.
It la announced that Uncle Remus
left behind him considerable manu
script Intended for the magazine, and
that theze editorial! and article! will
appear from time to time. Among
them li a serial entitled, "The Yankee
Hater,” which will Introduce three de
lightful characters which are certain to
And place In the hearts of Mr. Harris'
readers. They are "Balaam," “Aunt
Crtssey Flncannon” and "General Hern
don."
Personally In touch with hUt father's
alma and Ideas, Julian Harris la othar.
wise splendidly equipped to take charge
of the magazine editorially. Hie record
le that of the most brilliant young
Journalist the South has produced. He
a now 34 yeara of age, exactly half of
which number has been devoted
newspaper and magazine work. At the
afce of 30 he was assistant Sunday ed
itor of The Chicago Times-Herald, and
at 23 he waa managing editor of The
Atlanta Constitution. He was only 30
when he began the monumental task of
organizing and establlahlng the only
Southern magazine which haa ever at
tained a national scope. The Influence
of Joel Chandler Harris wee strong, of
course, and made the magazine possi
ble, but without the keen huslneaa eight
of the eon And hie Indomitable spirit,
the task of getting capital Interested In
the project and the organization work
ed out would have been too great.
In a literary way. Julian Harris le
gifted beyond hla reputation. He haa
published but little aa yet, but with the
opportunity now of devoting hie atten
tion more particularly to writing, It is
the belief of hla friends that he will
win Inatant recognition aa one with
Ideas and with exceptional abllty to
express them.
Don Marquis, who has been associat
ed with the magazine from the start
aa associate editor, will continue In the
same capacity, and by hie lively end
thoughtful editorials, hie facile verse,
and hts splendid literary Judgment will
exert great Influence In the magazine.
T.
\N
’ennsylvania Boss’
Grip Broken by
Queer Ruling.
By ERNEST ROE8ER.
Special Correspondent Hearet Newt
Servloe.
DENVER, July 8.—William J. Bryan,
thru hie forces In the national Demo
cratic convention, today answered tha
criticism of his character by Colonel
James Guffey, of Pennsylvania, by ac
tion, swift and sure. The credentials
committee gripped tight the Guffey
delegates, pitched them out of the
Pennsylvania delegation and destroyed
the majority by which Guffey held the
right to elect the offices to tho work
ing committees and to the national
committee.
A grave question of parliamentary
law has arisen which may possibly re
sult In a serious fight In tho conven
tion.
Senator Arthur D. Domalt, of Penn
sylvania, In criticism of the action of
the convention In referring the Penn
sylvania dispute to the credentials
committee, points out that the way Is
open for any one man to disrupt the
organization of any state delegation
under the ruling made by Temporary
Chairman Bell yesterday.
8trong Precedent.
He says It was the strangest bit of
parliamentary action ever witnessed In
a Democratic convention.
The convention refused to seat the
officers of the Guffey delegation and
altho they were certified, they were
sidetracked from participation in the
work of the vsrtous committee.
Tho work of the committees Is being
done without Pennsylvania being rep
resented. The state Is practically dis
franchised by an Irregular parliamen
tary decision, as Senator Dewalt calls
OF
Hitchcock Will Manage the
Eastern End From
New York.
HOT RPRIXOR, Vs.. July A-The tub-
committee on the .National Republican con
vention met here today at noon for the
purpose of selecting the chairman and treas
urer of the national convention. Frank
Hitchcock waa named chslrman end George
RJeldon. treasurer, of New York. Just
what la to be done with Vorys la not oteurly
foreshadowed. He will probably tie niude
national manager of the Ohio campaign.
Renator Hemeuway la to he made the
Chicago manager of the national campaign,
Hitchcock to nuke his headquarters In New
York.
out the aid of a Pennsylvania commit
teeman. It la tha same with the rules
and regulations, permanent organiza
tion and with decision on contests In
other states.
"Under this ruling," said Senator De.
wait, “any one man in a state delega
tion can arise and pass forward a list
of officers and by the precedent estab
lished yesterday the matter mutt bo
decided by the credentials committee.
No Right to Orgsnlze.
"This credentials commutes, when
deliberating upon Pennsylvania con
tests, was not alono organizing Ita own
committee, but It was seating a man
on every committee. It has Jurisdic
tion over every committee elected by
the caucus. To simplify It, the decision
of the-' credentials committee placed a
man on the credentials commute, It
placed a man on the organization com
mittee and ao on for all of them. Tho
credentials committee had a right, of
course, to organize Itself, but It had no
right to organize any other commit
tees by seating delegates from Penn
sylvania.
"When the motion was made yester
day to refer the contest to the creden
tials committee, an amendment ger
mane to the motion was offered by Mr.
Gorman. An amendment germane to
nn amendment must be recognized. In
thla Instance It was overridden. It waa
not parliamentary law; It was revo
lution.
Roll Call Demanded.
"Mr. Gorman's amendment would
have settled the dispute with Justice.
He demanded a roll call of the Penn
sylvania delegation and had a, right to
It. I don't think Mr. Bell refused to
entertain his motion Intentionally—I
believe he did not understand the situ
ation.
"Under parliamentary law, If there
had been any observance of parliamen
tary law yesterday, the chair would
have accepted the list of officers of the
faction which elected by a majority
and by regular caucus. It would have
done nothing else—under parliamen
tary^ law.
Then the convention, upon protest,
could have ousted these officers if It
were found that there was good reason
for such action. This would have been
regular."
Murphy Wins Out.
The committee was In executive ses.
elon for an hour and a half. It had
been elttlng since 6 o'clock last even
ing and the members were tired out.
The other contests were decided as fol
lows:
New York—Murphy delegates seated
unanimously.
Illinois—.Sullivan delegates seated
unanimously.
Nineteenth Ohio—Johnson delegatee
seated. 24 to 22.
Ninth Ohio—National committee sus
tained.
■ Third Pennsylvania—National com
mittee sustained.
Idaho—DuBols delegation seated by
a vote of 26 to 20.
District of Columbia—Clayton faction
given 4 votes: Davie faction 2.
The Guffey Contest.
In the Ouffey contest the states voted
i follows:
In favor of seating the contested dele
gates: Tennessee, Virginia, West Vir
ginia, New Mexico. South Carolina,
New York. New Jersey. New Hamp
shire, Mississippi, Maryland, Louisiana,
Kentucky and Delaware.
■ Opposed to seating contested dele
gates: Arkansas, California, Connec
ticut, Florida, Indiana. Hawaii. Kan
sas, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Nevada,
North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon. Rhode is
land. South Dakota, Vermont. Washing
ton. Wisconsin, Wyoming, Alaska. Por
to Rico, Illinois, Texas. Utah and Iowa,
North Carolina declined to vote.
The Guffey people will take the fight
to the Boor of the convention. The*
held a conference after the credentials
committee. Interest Is feverish, and It
Is not unlikely that there jvlll be a
serious condition within the
the
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