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Show BULL MOOS W ifsmicii! Convention Hears fiitj' Argument and Then Ai journs Until Saturday. NO BALLOTJS TAKEN Attack on Congressman I, Renewed by National Committeeman Moon. After fighting bitterly for an i ' ' a half the question of 'rat 1' f"1 "on of the.Den.ocratic renominat.ng James H. May, n fuBion candidate for congress gressive congressional convention .ft Second district adjourned last :: until 2 o'clock next Saturday afte2 without bo much as putting ft, action to a vote, then.,' ber of the convention eeemed to hm whether action had been taken , , U t might be taken wh refold M. H. W eiling as the fusion candid;2 fVsre; lor . First toSgM-fc In fact, there was no evidonra LJ f,i coming that the Progressiv' 3 officially noMed of the actio! $ Democratic congressional conv.afc " The result of it all is that the Bi MooBers so far are without a uir S10m?1 candldat from either distn"' The attack against Mr. Mays, iU.i ; " on the floor of the state ftd,: J" convention Friday afternoon, nt : t' newed with vigor as soon as tat ,h vontion was called to order sk-;, after 5 o'clock yesterday afttraon'j the courtroom of Judge T. D. - The attack was led bv A. T. Sit-Progressive Sit-Progressive national committeenu, 2 . A. McMillin and W. D. Llviipm : while C. G. Patterson, secretary of it :iS: convention, and L. D. Martin li. pioned the cause of Mr. Mays. Dates Back Two Years. ep The attackers based their fiH a '' i the allegation that Mr. Mays kid if r, clined to meet obligations in Conner';:: .7, with the campaign fund of two ;Jr ago. Mr. Livingston did not his charges of Friday with ie;'e?i:i to the character of Mr. Mays, bu; if ' clared that he Btood ready to bact Has ' chargea on the convention floor 01 ! ' court. The charges had to do rii r-some r-some coal lands in Carbon county ui ...V manipulation of stocks, the pi:ri concerning which, Mr. Livinjretoc were in the hands of Senator Boies ':' rose. 1 No sooner had Chairman P. P. C .. . tensen called -the convention to order d f'; announced the purpose of the mtf.l than Mr. Moon made an attempt to sta ;X( pede the gathering In favor of 0 ra, Livingston, whose name he placed bef:i rrfe;, the convention for nomination to k .. gress from the Second district IS nomination was quickly seconded, n r: Mr. Moon then made a motion that norrJ SA nations be closed, the rules gu6pendi ari: :3ijij Mr. Livingston be nominated hy mation. JAJ Patterson Speaks. But Mr. Mavs's supporters vm ni AJ to the occasion, and his name ms pia 1 ant before the house by Thomas McmJ 'Xot. The battle was on. After H. A. MrJ. :;re . and others had spoken against Mr. J. i( and explained the agreement of He I1- : ocratlc and Progressive conference : a. 0 mlttees with reference to the nonlta-i j. of the congressmen, C. G. FMJOTpMJ ; tin retary of the convention, took tee ;fr0 Mr. Patterson explained that. a ;m suit of Investigations conducted t (( night, he believed the charges , against Mr. Mays were Incorrect k -j - n in detail why. However, he. dea;; the charges were proved true t !e?p doubt, he could not sanction the -t,oa nation of Mr. Mays. The cha.n- ffl. asserted, he believed to M' ia eral thrusts at Mr. Living on, I ; the floor and told of certa J troubles two years ago de.nLiV-l 5rr-candidacy 5rr-candidacy of Mr. Mays. Mr. u 4 suggested that while Mr. . . :i in congress was In no way que.w that there were a dozen 0 h" J, slves In the state who would M" equally as good a record. Might Support Mabey. He further suggested ,er be named as the Prcsh' ,j slonal candidate this year, or , Progressives throw their w Charles R Mabey. the. W ct!1) diate, whom he considered .n ' and capable man with fwr.:! In closing he made "f'tfore his charges of the daj D m;ci Mr.- Mays and eald '' WIU 1 any candidate for morally bound tomf SuMr." "N, he desired his name be v ' before the convention as a cu candidate. immedW '; Chairman Christensen Imm .excepted .ex-cepted the w'hd "Late-ns "Late-ns a congressional M' wMsK-Mr. wMsK-Mr. Moon declined to wltnar nation. ... T eanfort',. At this Juncture Allen i- K the floor and made a Pl deal. The conventions, he . not bound to VlJ lions of the conference c , . said, further, that JjJ , u . that the Democratic com been notified hat Mr acceptable to the B ull " v, pressed the opinion thai drco " convention, under sue bu( f had not acted in ba dlnJ fJ fir-result fir-result of the mlsutn. be tkf & gested that the matter som( ..... Kg 1 expected here v. lth lndjourn nrA g traduced a motion W ? ' .,, f Saturday afternoon at ua P ; a motion met wl h st but was carried wl ren,3lnei , COTgresmalsIl |