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TOON RUNS BIG
CONVENTION OF
DEMOCRATS
Loses First Vital Encounter
Over the Unit System. But
Regains Control.
Continued From Paae On*.
th* d "U’d riot h.<\* H. H ;
friend* an<« hi« *n*nM*s j«**med abm.i
equally divided. '•» f'” i--’ ibeir nois*-
making proc li' ’ti» uer* <■• -m <* nrd.
Felder Held in His
Chair by Friends.
Finally hf sat d n. and chairman
Hutchens managed to c*t the previous
question, railed for my somebody w b 0,... |
Identity got lost* hopoo vtn the a■ - |
ful din and racket, put to th" ■'•■n'.n |
tion. and lh* whole slat" of ■ ight w a
elected
Wjjile Watson va~ talking. Felder *.■.
within fifteen feet of him. held in hi?
chatt b? friends
Three or four times be endeavored •«
grr to n s f»< t in 1 say something to
Watson Friends pushed him betk. ar.'
would tint permit him tn arise.
White fa. ed and protesting . rmteh .
r>e glared at Watson. hue :b* ed
headed one" vehemently sought to «•
a rie."g.atinn jo hi' liking and aith
out Felder upon it.
It had evidently been framed up to
put At a' "’? on fl>e d> gallon, and to
bind and P" him fast and the convrn ;
lion hail wr.s pt. ked with rooters and
sellers there to «r* that tlm piograml
non’ enough, despite Wai Son, I'*' l"i.|
h'gh w-i:"l o the other place.
All efforts to make peace before the
gathering of the convention had faded.
Roth Watson and Felder And
that, they would not go to Baliiniorc in
th* same boat .Brantley had said tim
Same thing, .and Pendleton had let if
b* known how he frit about it.
Nothing Like It
Ever Put Over Before.
There was the very deuce to pay in |
the Slaton gubernatorial camp. Friends |
of Slaton had characterized th* pert-|
pie vh<i brought on the Watson-Fei-|
der row a« the v"-v outsld" limit of I
bonehends
Something had to b* done to make
Mat-on'.* following think 'hat Wat
son? demands upon th* convention had
been met. at least in a mrastir. < >tb*t -
wise, trouble in the state election, ami
the "red-headed person" made and st>\ -
Ing unpleasant things
So it whs decided •> force Watson
on the delegation, over his everv pro
test to steam roller him submis
sion. but to mash him Hit into flat
its oil form if harmless.
There nevej was any thing like it put
«vrt tn Georgia politic s b< fm. . and
there probably never will be again
I' ai < ompltshc c! the Impossible be 1
m omplhliing nothing lasting <>> mu
elusive, it mixed oil and water, hut
somebody w .’ t hare to keep shaking the
hottl* eternally’. |i .. ; p, n ,, t
mixed
~ l|n posslb'o chance that
Watson will now "head the delegation,
or know the reason why." as be suld
he wnu'ci Being a mighty smart man
In many particulars, however, he
doubtless know, the reason why. all
right, by tills time.
Be <an not lift his voice tn Balti
more unless the delegation permits
him. Ilf will have to vole for Thomas
R F* d*r for the Democrat* nomina
tion. ;f tl-e delegation, lo , majority
vote, says he must.
In the greatest confusion and disor
der th* convention at 2:2" Immediate
ly after putting through the slate fm
delegates at large, adjourned for two
hours.
Watson was i n evidence from the
ver. opening of the c onvention, alm. st
Constantly on his fee’, and given everv
courtesy wh'r’i the eon■.-ntion could
B opened hi-, campaign hv
-.nosing both the temporary and per
manent chairmen, though only the first
<«as drawn front among his support.- s
a- he had nominated G It. Hutchens
•one of his rec*nt opponents, for the
latter honor
The report of -he committee ,m res
olutions was adopted It provid'd for
four d* .gates from <-a- n ,) strict tn l
eight delegates from the state.at
large. ..oh no alternates The del.-
gat.on w; ( s put under the unit rule
and muw vote >.* ,>ne at Baltimore
Each county was to vote its choice for
de egece-at 'arg. convention,
but the district deb-gates wet., be
chosen by the district organizations
Watson moved that the e1... turn ■'
delegates >t targe b* fl.st taken up
There v~; a sha p div - - >m xo
th" fi*st of ' " s-sslon. Th, Watson
motion was ■ cci ou' of r. n.-.
1f provided for a ■ : arg.- in <;,» , ~r
btisln*?*
Wat? Op ’n< t .... Cl ;c . ...
ni-en b. insisted ilia' *ga’-- ■ ■ fare
be elected firs* Ramlnii-w
of rhathan " Fd ... ~, ~c
th* anti-Wnt? >n people t. ans j..
feet and sale!.
"It can mik< 3 no diff. ■ n • w v
t!on comes first
Il went to a vote Watson
heavy nay ballot. Xnnoum emmi ~f
the choice of district delegates
then taken UP.
Visitors Hold Up
Start of Convention.
The curtain went up t • 11:4k ■> . <
to the tunc of "Ame-u i. I he '
was jammed from orelestr.i pit tn io
doors, except for the gtllei?. w np h hao
only about l"0 occupant'
Fred J Paxon > hah man of . p-jf
d!st*!rt delegation. mad« an opneal tn
»h* ■ *oe d that all except ,1* »g yt»r r< -
tlr* r-om tit* mam fl •■■■ ?hu h *
•** >fi i- v •M - ■ • »C| »I '
WATSON FOR CHANGE IN
SYSTEM OF CONVENTION
Thomas E. Wai son. former Populist candidate for presi
dent. today introduced a resolution in the Georgia Democratic
state convention, calling on the national convention at Baltimore
to adopt a new system of representatin in national conventions,
based on the Democratic vote of the states instead of the present
system of congressional representation.
He also proposed resolutions condemning the use of a naval
vessel as a private yacht by the president, the furnishing of tree
a ill omohilcs to government officials and the beautifying of the
city of Washington at the expense of the taxpayers.
i', *at <on fusion resulted'and there was
Ino evident disposition on the part of
thrt'* *"at'.] in th" thebe -“Cttdns lo
move.
Thomas B Feld-: ocrupicd ;« -at
with th* Fifth ni-tri"t delegation on th 1
"f; si>l" of th" houre. while Thomas E.
| Watson. In a clean "colonel" suit was
lon th" right, with th«- XJeDufile delere-
I tion.
It was evident that no effort had
I born made to "x ludo visitors, from trn
j main floor ami the house was packed
| w ith men who had no right the ' Rufu?
E Hutrhrns. campaign manage: for
Vodere oof), made a second rarnest ap
peal to the visitor* to retire to the ga;.
|erl*s.
Among th" prominent men on th"
stag, were James W. English. J. Al
bert Howell, jam*" 1.. Anderson. Judge
John V. Renn'-tt of tflynti V.' ' Dod
son of Burnt":. W B Kisre. A M
Robinson. <’ar! Vinson of Baldwin. J. I.
Fiyn* of Spalding. Ed Maddox oft Floyd,
John fl " of Walker and Fred I.
Faxon. ,
M • Hutchens finally asked every del
egate to hold up ids. hand and a sudoen
phalanx of binds went up. Every man
on th" floor ■ laimed so be a delegate.
He tic cairned to call th" oflb ial roll. In
spite of the time it would take, hut
without avail.
Thomas R. Felder moved that lb*
convention adjourn to the Auditorium,
where ther- woidd 1>" room for all. Xo
adjournment was taken, t'liairmnn
W t' Wright, of, tlie executive com
mittee. then called for order and
called for nominations for temporary
chairma n
Watson Names
Temporary Chairman.
Th-omas E WatSnn nn his fppt at
on<p. anil was bn mediately reco<niz«»d.
Ke nomina t«’il John \V. Bennett, of
\\ r» fount'. H<- \'hs Seconded b\
Ren M. Rlackburn, of I'ultnn Nomi
naii"ro were <!<»??<] and Mr. Bennett
" a fleeted by acclamation. This wa ■
firs't blood for Wai son
M Watsons thst appearaive wa.x
greeted nelthei with hi«.«r< nor marked
appliuse II nomination of Judgr
Bennett ’.vent through as though it had
been previously arranged.
Ben M Blackburn whs chosen secre
ia; v v ithout opposition Hr is one of
W atson s hading supporters
Watson Defeated In
First Move For Control.
Watymr fired his first gun at 11:15
o'cl-ick in an impassioned speech In
u"f"nse of th" county unit system He
declared that It was th* safeguard of j
the mall epunty against the large city.)
He maije a motion that I his con vention I
ablegate all can, use", ( >f today and last!
night and let each county chairman
speak for that coumy's unit He said
he wanted this convention to run Itself
as a whol" and not be dominated by
star chamber sessions.
Tit* chairman put the question and
Judge G I, Sweatt, of Ware, moved
that the motion be tabled. There was
■in up mir in the house. b u t the motion
was tabled by a good majority and M’
Watson went down in defeat In hi
first real move for control of th" con
i ventloji.
Immsiihitely iflcr dudg" Sweatt
mad* th* motion to table Watson’s mo
tion B ind >iph And* "son. of P'hatham.
who was s at, ,I upon the stage, Jumped
to his feet and declared that Watson
wa’ out of order, as the convention was
only a irmporary and not permanent
oi g.inlzatlon, and that Watson’s motion
could not he entertained until the eon
v< tit ion was permanently organized.
Igno ing th* point of order, t'bairm.in
Bennett put the motion to table.
Anderson Moves To
Refer All Rows.
The "rod-h»ailed person" sank to his
- it, uijtrd h\ peryphatjop, a loser in
Ids aHempt t<» "railroad his program
• »\or the convention.
' 'solution ofTi red b\ Randolph An.
det son. outlining the convention pro
ceedings provided that all resolutions
i should b“ submitted t" the convention
in v' lire and be referred to the t< 4m
mitt.F on resolutions: that all del* 1 -
b« v jiod and contests be :>•-
iferted to ihe committee nn <redentials.
' hc-e commptes to bo < <»mposed of one
|oDiiii>»i from each counts, and each
nnui'.f ’Frio. » it own chairman,
i rt'.F Anderson resolution further pro
d tbit •a< h < <'pe rr< Joijbl ditiift
i 'ppo f f»o oonventi< t| , i? . ho|« r fori
I d : trf- r d f - lega te j: tn tho I'Dtional r<»n - *
• 'f in i.»n v Baltim- and that the dek |
|sh'' at-kogr bo ole<t. ] fp ”p*n eon-'
•' e’en |r, all • ■ -pc.-t • the t-f solution |
i d ’ho «”onv option should be g'»\ - •
I'M’"' by the rules which gm ern tlu
: ii.,u". of repr.,sente lives
Audet-mi made a plea fm his rcsnlu-
I le-:i I’b."r was a.i uprmm. with a
ndieu mil clamoring for reiognltion.
W i - n. on hi< demand, received reeog.
in' An attempt by Anderson to in
lerrupt him was hooted down. Then
Ar. ’. -smi ui-.ited Watson m the stage,
ar Ge Sag" of .Aletiutfi.- was lifted
‘ before ihr crowd amid a sl-um of
, 1 1' wa< id,-nt Iha t the < rowd
mli, ai th* in'urg' nt speak
! e r
W.flc.nn ~ffoied Hin«-mimrnt to the
Ande-sor >< lut»OD adnpt ,|nff r .
” if . r h o ije»
•\eu»’ u- i i • j >i! f harmony. An-
THE LTLAXTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS: WEDNESDAY. MAY 29. 1912.
rier-on accepted th»* ihe
two men sat. down together at the front
of the ?tagr. and Wat«on throw hi arm
around Anderson’s shoulder a- they
• onferied on th* resolution.
B\ this time It was rei >»gnlzed that
Anderson was the leader of the antl
\Vats f »n forces and th n Watson men
centered their fire on him. Th* reso
lution as amended by Wai son was
adopted.
Hutchens Is Made
Permanent Chairman.
Watson': name was put in nomina
tion for permanent chairman, but he
was on his feet in a moment shaking
his head disappror ingly. He. In turn,'
nominated G. Rufus Hutchens, th* Un
derwood < arnpalgn manager at whom
he bro directed short i’.:',i< k : recently’.
Hutchens was chosen permanent chair
man by acclamation. Ney I* Colquitt,
of .'batham. who was one of the secre
taries of the Underwood campaign, was
made permanent secretary of the con
vention.
.'halrmin Hutchens then opened his
"keynote" address, but there was evi
dent unrest in th* crowd that wanted
action Instead of . loquen. e. and his ad
dress had progressed but a. short time
b*fot" there were calls for him to sit
down A heavy tain was falling by
this tlm* and its beating on the roof
almost drowned the speaker's voice.
Mr. Hutchens' addre-s war, largely a
eulogy of Oscar Underwood. 'While he
-poke, Watson • and Anderson. *cat*d
side by sid*. conferred In an interested
and most amicable manner. Mr.
Hutchens spoke only five minute.".
The Red-Heaaeri
Person Stirs 'Em Up.
Watson was recognized at once as
soon as ''hairman Hutchens had con
cluded. and moved that th* convention
lake a vole by counties, calling on each
chairman, and thus vote on delegates
at large and from that respective .dis
trict. Up whs heard with attention.
' Let encl) county say who it wants
to go to Baltimore." he said.
J. J. Fly nt. of Spalding, asked Wat
son to permit the counties to elect del
*gates-at-large In th* way originally
planned.
Anderson, of .'hatham. urged that the
question be dropped until the time for
election of delegatcs-at-large be reach
ed. when he would agree to call the
roll of the counties on the election of
delegates-at-large. Thl« was agreed to.
Chairman Names
Convention Committees.
Chairman Hutchens announced the
committee on credentials as tollftws:
J J. E. Andeison. W. E. Roddenberry,
A J. .McDonald. Uecil N-ill, A. U. Me
t'lellan, J. <Brown, E. S. Ault. A. ('.
Small, .1. E. Quillen. <’ E. McGregor,
\A E. < onnelly and E. M. Eason.
Th* committee on resolutions fol
lows: Alex Eawrence, H. H. Perry, W.
A. Dodson W A Post. Albeit Howell,
J. J McKay, S. P. Maddox. W. I.
Witham. Former Barrett. .1. E Pottle
;A. S Johnson and John S. Adams
I These committeemen . arc given in
I the order of their congressional dis
! t riets.
i
i Mr Watson Introduced a resolution
calling upon the'national convention at
Baltimore to change the rule to give
the states future representation in na
tional contentions based - upon the
Democratic vole in each state and not
upon the total population.
Watson had several other resolu
tions. One denounced .the use of a
naval vessel by the president as a pri
vate yacht. Another denounced th?
practice of furnishing automobiles to
the president and other national offi
cials. He also demands that the gov
ernment not beautify the city of Wash
ington at th* expense of taxpayers.
Other resolutions were directed at th'
trusts. .The crowd heanl. them in si
lence and they went to th* committee
on resolutions. His resolution that all
fourth-class mail be placed on the free
list was given npplaus*.
District delegates t<» Baltimore are as
follows:
FIRST DISTRICT- J. A. Brannen.
I Statesboro: J. W. Overstreet. Sylvania;
F. P. Mclntyre,, Savannah; R. <Gor
don, Savannah.
SECOND DISTRICT -T. S. Hawes,
Decatur E. R. Jerger. Thomas. E. J.
I Hofmaycr, Dougherty : W. C. A'ereen,
Colquitt.
THIRD DISTRICT- Judge AA . H.
Easiter, Vienna. W. K. Bowen. Fitzger
ald. W. If. Gurr. Dawson; R. E. Walk
er. Shellman.
FOI’RTH DISTRICT—E. H. Chap
pell*. I ’olumbus; E. <Mandeville, Car
rollton; Dr I-’ M. Ridley, Sr.. La-
Grange: T. T. Miller, Columbus.
FIFTH ItISTRIi T —Joe S James,
Douglasville; Hollins N. Randolph. At
lanta: F. <’ Davis. DeKalb; John S.
Candler. DeKalb
SIXTH DISTRICT S H Phelan,
Roberta J J Flynn. Griffin; B. S.
Willingham. Forsyth; Dr. R. A Frank
lin. Jackson.
SEVENTH DISTRICT John P.
Norris. J R. Brock. Moultrie N. Ses
sion*. John M. Vandiver
EIGHTH DISTRICT T. J. Brown.
Elberton; Ernest ''amp, Monroe: J. R
ITwcdy. EHionton B. E. Fortson. Ath
ens
NIN T H DISTUICI John S AA nod.
Pickens; S. <’ Dunlap. Hall. Dr. J C
i Bennett Jackson. B F, Ca r r. Bank?.
TENTH DISTRICT—J. D Howard.
! M Hl- da*x iH" G 1 Evam Sander*-
- vt| *: G T. AVilsnn. Columbia , ounty .
X I ' a ' '"-Ig". Augusta
I ELEVENTH DISTRICT I'obmel A
I T AA’ond wa’ d. Low ndes . Colonel 1... \A
B'am'h. Brooks. I. W I '■■oper. Ware:
R W Dickerson, ‘'lini-h.
TWELFTH DISTRHT \. s. Brad
ley. Emanuel; A Lee Hatch':. John
son; Douglas L. ~b Arthur Montgom
ery : ,M. H Boyer. Pukckl.
The following district eleeto s anil r.‘.
ternate electors were chosen:
Firsi district. E <Collins and J. A.
Dixon. Second district. B. W Fortson
and M. M. Coope: . Third district. J. N.
Dupree and .1. A. Hutchinson. Fourth
■ iisG'ict. c. Minter and F. S. Boston;
Fifth district. D N McCullough and J.
B StitCes: Sixth district. ' J. Coogler
it’d J M Coch’an; Seventh diet iet. J.
X Lang ami E S. Giiffln Eighth dis
-1 i i Will.a os and George T.
Smit : > Ninth dirtrlc'.. W F Sirnrnons
and I H Sutton. Tenth district. W L.
ph;' r- a"d H P Blount Elexenth
• =ir xx ■ i arr xml J; 1 Miiche",
: . 7-« » district, .1 H. Johnson and
T. H Hassett.
Last Words Before
Battle Is Joined
Before the issue was actually joined
between the Watson and Felder fac
tions in the convention, the opposing
leaders mad* final statements which
practically removed th* last hop* that
a fight on the floor might be avoided.
Mr. Watson declared that there could
not. in decency, be anything of compro
mise in him.
“I can not sit on the delegation with
Mr Felder; I will not sit there yvlth
Mr. Brantley.
T must b* placed absolutely -at the
head of the Georgia delegation, and
that delegation must b* made up en
tirely and exclusively of my friends. I
would not care to go to Baltimore em
barrassed hv a hostile and unfriendly
delegation behind me.
"I shall begin my tight immediately
after the temporary organization is un
dertaken.
I shall move that all secret cau
cuses held last night and this morning
he *et aside and abrogated, and that
every county vote for itself in open
•convention, county by county, upon
every question coming up.
"I shall triumph or fall in that fight.
Its outcome will show conclusively
whether I am to control or be con
trolled.
"I am content to stand or fall by it.
I am right; I would rather be right
than be elected chairman of the dele
gation to Baltimore at a sacrifice of
honor and principle"
Peace Overtures
Rejected, He Says.
"My friend, J. J. Brown," continued
Mr. Watson, "came to ms last nifcht
and said Felder wanted to know if I
would meet him in conference to talk
things over.
I unhesitatingly refuted to meet
Felder for any purpose.
"Such overtures of peace a? had been
nude to me; befo:-* Brow n saw me were
made upon a basis that I felt I might
consider. Rut yvhen 1t came to meeting
Felder and talkins things over with him
I balked.
"I ’nave finally and definitely deter
mined to put this matter to a. test in the
convention.
“Watson and a Watson delegation
will go to Baltimore—or Felder, and I
car* not whom, will go."
"That's all. and that is my last word."
Felder's Last Word
“I'll Stick to Guns."
At 1] o'clock this morning Felder said
this last word:
"I am going into the convention with
49 other delegates. I am going to hold
my peace until a fight Is made on me.
Then I will defend myself to a finish.
There will be no backing down. 1 shall
stand to my guns to victory or death."
There was a well defined and appar
ently entirely truthful rumor going the
rounds last night, to the effect that
Governor Brown took the matter of
peace with Watson In hand, and had a
Jong conference with the "red-headed
person," seeking to smooth things out.
It. is said the governor labored most
diligently and most patiently w ith Wat
son, but that Watson would agree to
nothing but being the head of a pro-
AA’atson delegation, with Felder left at
home.
The governor is said to have repre
sented to Watson that his demands
were impossible; that the best Watson
could hope for would be a delegate's
place, without any promise of the
chairmanship of the delegation.
Watson is said to have rejected the
governors good offices, but with ap
preciation of the governor’s good in
tent.
Governor Brown is said to have been
greatly’ distressed and disturbed by the
turn, things have taken, and to have
gon* far out of his usual road to bring
things into shape if possible.
Watson’s Meeting
AGood-Natured Riot
Those wl’O went to Thomas E. Wat
son •• much advertised meeting at the
Kimball house last night, expecting
there 10 get a straight line on what to
look for in th" convention today, had
their trouble for their pains.
Mr. Watson's meeting was a good
natured riot, and accomplished prac
tically nothing, so far as framing up a
program for the convention was con
cerned.
The little ball room of the Kimball
was packed and jammed with a swelt
ering. gabby, curious mob of people,
there to see whatever it was that might
happen, and not caring a hoot in par
ticular what that might be.
Mr. Watson Peaceful.
Mr. \A atson made th* first speech''.
He declared that he had come to At
lanta to make the state convention a
love feast, and far be it from him to
start anything unseemly.
"I do not want to skin any eels." said
the ":ed-headed person." and the crowd
howled with delight.
"I have been misrepresented by toe
newspapers," he continued. "I hav
been put down as wishing to disturb
th* peace inside the state Democratic
party On th* contrary .I am for peace
I have come here not to run the con
tention my wax but to put it In you"
"and?, that *ou may run it your way '
Tb*n the crow d howled som* more.
1 want to snatch the lead»r;hlp of
the Democracy from th* hands of that
failure, Bryan I yvant to go to Balti
more to put the South back where it
belongs, in the front of this nation's
affairs. t
Others Wanted to Talk.
And now, friends." said -Mr. Watson,
"1 want this lo be h business meeting.
X\ e have much to do We must agree
upon h ptog am for tomorrow. We
must select the proper officers and rec
ommend them to the convention. Let
us proceed to that work."
Mt Watson then nominateti s J
Uowan. of Bulloch, for the chairman
•hip of the meeting, and Mr. Cowan
was elected wit* a vim
AL Cowan attempted to a f*w
■cords- did. in fact s»' a But th*
•ir d b’gat’ 't ing *■ Wx'-c*
I i "xpia<nt ’ 'rut Watson would
HUTCHENS CHAIRMAN
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Rufe Hutchens, Underwood eanipaign niantiger, was made
chairman of the bin l)emocrati<‘ convention today by Tom Wat
son.
GJ. GIRL ROBBED
OFS2O.DOBGEMS
Savannah Home Is Looted by
Daylight Thief in Absence
of Family.
SAA’ANNAH. GA.. May d' As a result
of having left her home unguarded for
two hours in the aftArnbon. while she
went visiting. Miss Marie. Nisbet, daugh
ter of John Nisbet, is dei>lo"ing the loss
of jewels valued at $20,000 and there is no
clew’.
The thief evidently had perfect knowl
edge of the house.
Miss Nisbet suspects no one and the po
lice have nothing on which to work.
talk at the proper time, but’ that right
now there were ?thers who wanted to
talk..
After a measure of qui-’t hail been
restored, B. M. Blackburn, of Atlanta,
offered a resolution," after delivering an
impassioned pro-AVatson address.
Juc|oe Twiggs On a Table.
The Blackburn resolution, w iii< ii w s
adopted, was as foil ,w *’
"Resolved. That this convention rec
ommend to the state convention tomor
row that the selection of delegates o’
large to the national Democratic con
vention at Baltimore be made by p.e
senting for ballot each name separately,
ami that such names he voted on sep
arately."
Then the crowd began bellowing for
Watson again.
While h" was speaking th* disord'
grew\ and filially Mr. AA'atson got m 01.
and moved lo adjourn. Amiri the ex
citement, judge Twiggs, of Savannah,
got upon a table and made’a Watson
speech that held the mob for a while.
Th* judg* was a Woodrow WiEon
man in the late primary, it seems, but
the crowd didn't care. It didn't want t.;
hear anybody but Watson. anyway
And it continued vociferously to ex
press itself accordingly.
Felder's Name Unmentioned.
Realizing that the confusion was
there so stay and that adjournment
might as well b* taken, a resolution in
dorsing Mr. Watson for delegate at
large to Baltimore and forth" ' hall -
manship of the delegation wa.- crowd' ;
through, and the big mob dfsp"r?"d.
That "At al’ there xxss t" the m*"'
ing. It did not insist upon any singl
demand previously mad" by Mr Wat
son, sav*; that he h* named a d' o-gatc
to Baltimore.
Thomas B Feldc:'s nu:.ce was no'
mentioned in th* proceedings M■
Watson's one reference to "skinning
eels" was the nearest the meeting ever
got to a taste of the Feld*: - Watson
row.
Montana to Give
Six to Clark
BU I’TK. M‘»N’T, May 29 With Um
delejrati'R favoring Ulark tlu
Pt-mncraHr convention nf Montana
convened her* toda: Befcr® the .*.O -
«’on began, leaders in th* part' a.<-
» lark «ure nt ir? ! ruc f cd
d*!eja*’on Th* nx d^leca” - ’• ere a!
be chosen h'. the comenth»n.
WK SUP USED
AGAINST OfiRRDW
Franklin Identifies Record of
Deposit of SI,OOO He Says
Was Bribery Money.
LOS ANGELES. May 29. Assistant
District Attorney Ford resumed the ex
amination *f Bert Franklin today at
the Darrow br’bery trial Ford pre
sented a depot..( slip which Franklin
identified as the slip which he filled
out and pt'esented at the teller's 1 win
dow of the First National bank with
the sl,(H)<> check given to him by Dar
t’d yv.
Franklin testified that Darroyv gave
him this check October 6 to be used
in making a first payment to Juror
Robert F. Bain, provided he could be
induced to accept a bribe.
The deposit slip was admitted in
cvideiT-e. Dariow's counsel moved to
trike oiii the exhibit. The motion was
denied.
Ford presented a cheek for J.M)n
drawn by Franklin on his account at
th* time of the deposit of the .Dan
row cheek, and Franklin identified it.
The check was marked as an exhibit.
Franklin testified he had most of th*
?500 with him when he called at the
home of Juror Bain that night. Frank-
Jin testified he reported the Bain mat
'ter the next day to Darrow.
"Will he stand pat'.’" Franklin said
Darrow asked bint.
“I said." continued Franklin, "that I
was sure he would."
American’s Sugar
Ruined; U. S. to Act
WASHINGTON, May 29. A confir
mation of the report that 8,000 tons of
sugar, owned by Americans, had been
destroyed by the t'uban rebels reached
t li* state department today .
Secretary of State Knox declared the
matter would be presented to the Go
mez administration and pecuniary rep
aration demanded.
Eight ships of ilie third and fourth
divisions of the Atlantic fleet are ex
pected t" reach Key West tonight.
Rebel Plot in
Havana Shattered
11 WA'-’ A. Mnv ?9. A. plot for a D€-
uprising in Havana < am* to Hight
tola? ''.hen i r*b*l sp\ »’.qs raptured
and ffiniplpto plan? of th* conspiracy
'Apr* fount] upon him Many arrests
hi'* b*cn niHrrpr] # it jq reported, a]-
1 bough t'i‘ S'»\*rniu*nt profe r se. tfj no
soars. -’tating li'at beside the several
hundred trained troops remaining here
thousands <»f a me<t volunteers are
r<a<iy to spring to the < ity’s» defense at
a ifionirnt’s notice.
Taft at Desk,
Has No Comment
WASHINGTON. May 29. Tired and
convinced that Hie political situation
ba.- ce.'i'lie'l its most critical point.
President Taft today plunged into the
thick of th* t'uban and Brazilian ques
i :*ns
Senate: Muii-sy ''ram after b.-ing
closet'-d with the pic'ident. declined to
make any <''mnietit on th* result of the
N. ■ Jci - 1 ncimi'i* ■ x' 1 rt to claim
tha 'h' would nm "hang* th* final re.
. uit i it i"I > i<* * • icFnt had a!
,-ra<E en ough de! 1 gates to a.-surt his
sm TEST FOR'
SLATER OF WIFE
Trial of R. L. Clay Postponed
Indefinitely Pending Report
of Three Experts.
R L. Clay, the alleged wife stayer, will
not go to trial in criminal division of su
perior court during this term. Judge
Roan today postponed the trial indefin
itely pending the report of alienists as to
Clay's sanity.
Drs. James Ellis. J. B. Baird and Coun
ty’ Physician S. H. Green, assigned by
the court to examine the prisoner, spent
tWo hours this morning with Clay in the
office of the solicitor general only to ad
journ to ask the court for more time.
All three doctors agreed after the fa
miliar insanitv tests had been applied
that the c»se of the prisoner was a puz
zling one. The man, they said, bad apt
parently lost his power of speech since
the shooting or was playing a part. The
physicians ascertained that Clay had been
hit on the head some months ago and
deprived, partially, at least, of his hear
ing.
It was given out that the alienists will
make a complete examination of the prg,-.
oner in the Tower tomorrow afternoon.
AATtnesses familiar with Clay will be sum
moned and the jailer, who had charge of
the man. cross questioned
AV. M. Smith, attorney for Clay’, said to
day- that he would enter a special insan
ity plea xvhen the ease went to trial no
matter what the decision of the alienist
would be.
RAIN FALLSSIDEWAYS
IN BIG, STICKY DROPS.
SOILING GAY DRESSES
It rained today.
It rained hard and in spots and it
rained large sticky drops.
It first started raining about 7
o'clock this morning when a good many
persons were still sleeping. It being
the sort of rain that ran sideways in
stead of straight down, there were a
good many who were forced from their
beds by little_drops falling on their fore
heads.
The 7 o'clock rain didn't last very
long, however. In fact, it looked for a
while as if the day was going to be
bright and burnished, but 11 o'clock
saw the clouds get mad once more.
Result, more large sticky drops.
It wasn't a very clamaging rain ex
cept to one young woman from Kirk
wood. who wore a blue dress, that ran
yvhen struck. Also to a young man
who thought he would wear an ice
cream suit. He did—but it was choco
late and not vanilla when the rain was
finished with him.
LIBELEROF CONGRESS
SENT UP, THEN GIVEN.
PAROLE; TO QUIT U. S.
WASHINGTON. May 29.—Henry \V.
A. Page, convicted of criminal libel for
Condemning the house judiciary com
mittee in a pamphlet entitled "Death
of Liberty." was today sentenced in
criminal court No, 2 to five years in the
penitentiary and fined JI.OO0 —the max
imum penalty—anti then was placed on
probation.
A formal motion for a n*w trial was
made and overruled.
Page will sail for England next Wed
nesday. He promised th* court be
would desist in his campaign to im
peach the judiciary of New York state
and would circulate no mor* defama
tory literature.
RUNAWAY HORSES
DASH INTO CHURCH;
WORSHIPERS FLEE
WAUKAU, WIS.. May 29—Two
frightened horses ran away here and,
seeing the doors of the Methodist
church open, dashed in.
Two ushers tried to stop them, but
the animals did not pause politely at
the door. They knocked the usher down
and started up the center aisle.
The people screamed and tried to
climb out of the pews and the horses,
more frightened than ever, tried to find
some way to get out.
Just as they reached the pulpit the
minister caught them by the bridles.
They soon yvere quieted and led nut
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