Burns, Henry, Gallagher, Henry, the witness
testifying. Leonard stated to me--

Objected to by the defendants.

Some time before the Pittsburg convention, witness was called upon
by P. O. Sullivan and J. J. Delaney, who had learned that he was a
delegate to the convention. They said they represented eleven D's,
and that in order to seat Boland and Miller, Sullivan and Delaney
had been thrown out by the suspension of D.

Mr. Boland objects to this.

Mr. Ryan and I protested at the convention and asked that Delaney
and Sullivan be seated. We stated that a good member of the
executive should sit as a delegate in the convention; for the same
objection, we objected to Mr. Feeley and Mr. Gleason. Each of these
men voted to seat the other. We objected to the proxies from
Chicago, Messrs. Tim Crane and Florence Sullivan, the latter proxy
for Father Dorney. The other said he represented Alexander
Sullivan.

It having been stated that district S. represented or had been
represented by virtue of a cablegram sent to Gleason and Sullivan,
Boland requests them to act for Australia, and that John J. Maroney
and Dr. Betts were admitted as proxies. We asked the secretary if
any money had been sent by this district in any communication had
before the receipt of this cablegram. Secretary said he hadn't had
any communication with S. at all. The communication was with
Alexander Sullivan and Michael Boland.

We then asked how the Australian cablegram came here, by which
route. The secretary didn't seem to know. Mr. Ryan then informed
the convention that all cablegrams reaching here from Australia
were recorded in the London post office. For this reason he thought
it highly improbable that any such message came to the gentleman
mentioned.

Here Mr. Sullivan denied having been appointed delegate to the
convention, or that his brother Florence represented him there.

The Witness--I was R. D. at that time in place of Gen. Kerwin.
Before my election as delegate I never acted as R. D. There was no
connection with the home body. I received $500 from Mr. Ryan, which
it was said I was to use as my judgment dictated. I asked Boland if
I should do any active work outside and kept a lookout for it. I
spent money afterwards in trying to right the order.