| Show GOMM If ON ONU r U CREDENTIALS t Bryan Bry n in Evidence During the Early Morning Hours I FIGHT FOR ILLINOIS FRIENDS I ASKED LEAVE KAKE MINOS n ITY RE ORT ORTI I St SL Louis July Jub 7 on one exception tion the contest in the Illinois district the credentials com corn n tte of the he Democratic eon con convention followed tho ead of the nat eat national ional lonal committee committee and seated the dele delegates gates recommended r as the temporary I roll call cal of the convention This result I was accomplished d after a session stoR test last testing lastIng i ing all nIl night eight nIght The feature of or the session Ion was the declaration of W 0 J 3 Bryan who paid the committee a call at 3 a m at that he should make the Illinois con contests contests contests tests an issue on the floor of the eon con convention Mr Ir Bryan B an explained to the tile corn com committee that he be had been busy bus on an the platform committee during the time tune the Illinois contests were being All he asked was the right to make a minority report to the con convention convention This was granted The committee gave patient hearing bearing to every contest represented except that of Dr Mary Mar Walker claiming z a seat in the convention as the we woman man representative of the Democrats of or New e York Dr Walker Valker waited patient ly the indulgence of the committee until a late hour and gave Vt up in inde de despair Action in Various V Cases J The committee took action regarding rez Porto Porte Rico the Philippines the of Columbia Illinois Maine New Nev Jersey Ohio Pennsylvania South Da kota and the Indian Territory The contest Involving three seats was decided deci ed the Hearst nud nd in favor of or those on the temporary roll The New Jersey contests were d do de decided in the same way Va The contests conte ts I in this state involved inv the First and t Second districts and the arguments presented by both beth skies sides was heated I and a nd involved d unpleasant personalities It was 3 when the New Jersey Jerse matter was disposed of Mr Ir Bryan had haq been waiting Trailing in the commute room for some time He at once took the floor and requested that the Illinois I contests which had been disposed of by the committee early in Its session se be reconsidered d that a record vote might be b had to base a minority report The chairman explained ex ln that such a course would not be necessary that any an member of the committee had a aright aright aright right to make a minority report To Tomake Tomake Tomake make the matter regular however howe r the committee tee voted the privilege of gf mak tusk ing lug such a report to such sueh of its mem bers hers as desired to unite in one Mr Bryan ryan again took the initiative as no member of the committee e indicated a desire to make a minority report He e stated that he wanted to mak such sueh f a report and asked ask d all of the committee uP who would sign his to stand I His Bin Support Slight Responding to queries from Okra Okla homa Wisconsin Minnesota and Rhode Island arose Mr Bryan thank thanked ed the committee e abil ah withdrew with the th That t should sh uld draw drav a minority report and make the fight fiti t on the floor of or the convention In the Ohio contest on est involving the Tel Tw l fth congressional district Hoss noss and Gilliam who hal hail h M obtained seats at the heads of the national commit tee retained them The sitting members in the Penn PennsYlvanIa Pennsylvania sylvania contest t were retained r with Ith out argument on either side H If H Smith of South Dakota con tested the seats of the entire delegation Jp Ie e charged barged Mr with befu opposed to any an but a Hearst or Bryan ryan I Iman man and quoted language he said saki Mr Pettigrew used in the state conven n tion in answer to a question asto as a t to whether he would bolt holt the national convention Do Po you suppose I would pledge e my self to support the n nominee of the St Louis convention I put the question to Suppose they nom I bate old Cleveland or some other man in the ring of the Dent Dem D em party part Suppose they reorganize us and nominate a Republican on o A I Republican platform declared d for trust and the Uie money mone power I t tell teI l you that I would bolt the ticket and do d every thing t ing In my mj power to defeat it at th the polls The committee did dW not n disturb the sitting delegation dele of which Mr lIr Petti grew gre I is the head hand ho d The Tha committee adjourned at 42 4 a ra tn after finishing nil ail contests e tests before I ef re it and aid authorizing I its chairman and aDd secretary secreta to prepare and arid present sent its report to the tt convention ca e |
