Show WOLCOTT IS THE MAN IN COLORADO POLITICS controls the republican convention and ses cures the party machinery maizes a stirring speech denver cepl 29 interest in the republican state convention which met here today is as great as if an entire ticket instead of merely candidate for judge of the supreme court were fo be nominated and a seat in the united states senate were involved it was practically fettled in advance that chief justice john campbell whose term expires nest year would be honored with for a position on the bench but a bitter contest was being waged for control of the party organization in denver and the sate two delegation from the city and county of denver were chosen yesterday by conventions vent ions representing the rival factions one being headed by former senator edward 0 wolcott and the other by david II 11 moffatt the state committee met at the brown palace hotel at 0 this morning to prepare the prima facia roll call for the convention the wolcott people control the committee and in advance of the meeting claimed to have the two thirds vote to seat tho denver wolcott delegates should they fail however to do this as intended tha probabilities seemed to be that both delegations would be excluded from the convention it ia possible two state conventions may be held further ing the breach in the party that was caused by the senatorial conteas last winter when a number of Ke publican members ot the general assembly refused to enter a caucus of the party to decide on the organization of the house when D B fairley chairman called the state committee to order eighty nine members were present only seven counties not being represented tha chairman announced that the business of the committee was to bags on credential dent ial and to hear contests if there were any tha credentials of all counties except denver were accepted there being no other contests the in denver waa then taken up only two speeches of three minutes each were allowed sido tiie aalf wolcott men say that they will bring the contest up before tha convention but it ia said that with tho wolcott men from denver voting in tha convention the will have no chance of recognition edward 0 wolcott was introduced as temporary chairman of the convention and he made a ringing lie eaid was no room for wheels within wheels in the Ke publican party and no was to biear the president of th united states that the sunshine of pilro nage could filter only through him there wa no argument at all before the people regarding the election any man to the united states senata or keeping him out colorado in every way mr wolcott declared waa for president roosvelt the republican party in the state he oaid would nestr surrender its organization to the corporations fairley made a few remarks the temporary roll call was made the permanent roll call by unanimous vote judge diroa waa ati fc chairman aal in an address condemned political especially social ism the following resolution was unan f adopted il colorado blands for i we believe in leaders t nho do things and who keep the wheela of industry moving rather than clog ged with doubts fears and prediction 1 of revolutions of business one fearless leader is theodore roosevelt colorado in state convention here by tender him a unanimous nomination for president in 1904 aal also ah electoral vote of colorado for abo ticket A committee on resolutions hafl appointed and a was taken until j 2 |