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THE WEATHER. Fair tonight and Thursday. 7 o'clock a. m., 71 degrees; 8 o'clock a. m„ 72 degrees; 10 o’clock a. m., 80 degrees; 2 o'clock p. m., 82 de grees. The Atlanta Georgian AND NEWS SPOT COTTON. Atlanta, steady; 1IH. Liverpool, easier; 6.19. New Orleans, easy; lie. New York, quiet; '11.20. Galveston, quiet; lie. Mo- bile, quiet; lie. Savannah, dull; 11c. Charleston, quiet; 11c. Augusta, dull; 11%. Wilmington, quiet; lie. 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WJOOOOOOt^OOOOCWOOWKWOOOO S GEORGIA DELEGATION 0 RESCIND8 UNIT RULE o DENVER, July 8,—The Oeor- o gla delegation today rescinded O the unit rule.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 had by the No-