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From the Mobile Mercury.
Majority and Minority Report Of the
Committee on Credentials Of the
Democratic Convention at Baltimore.

| From the Mobile Mercury.
Majority and Minority Report Of the
Committee on Credentials Of the
Democratic Convention at Baltimore.
Our space has been entirely inadequate to
give the full and detailed reports Of the Con-
vention and Conventions which sat at Ba IT,
more last week The Geographic reports of
the results which we have given have been &C
curate enough, and the minutise Of detail are
not demanded by the most numerous class of
readers The majority and minority reports
of the Committee on redentails-inasmuch
as it was upon the action had upon them that
the Convention separated-are Of such impor-
lance, though, to the proper understanding of
the causes which led to the separation, that
We feel bound to spread them before our
readers in full
To the President Of the National Democratic
CoRUeati0n, dc.
The Committee upon Credentials respect
fully report
That prior to the adjournment of this Con-
vention at Charleston, on the Sd of May last,
the following resolut on was adopted:
RESOLVED, That when this Convention ad-
journs to-day, it be adjourned to re-assemble
at Baltimore, Nd, on Monday, the 18th day
of June next, and that it be respectfully re-
commended 10 the Democratic party the sew
eral States to make provision for supplying all
vacancies in their respective delegations to this
Convention when it shall re-asSemble
On the re-assembling of this Convention at
Baltimore, the following resolution was adop-
ted:
Resolved That the credentials of all persons
claiming seats in this Convention, made va
cant by the secession Of delegates at Charles
ton, be referred to the Committee on Creden-
tials: and said COMMITTEES is hereby instructed
as soon as practicable, to examine the same
and report the names Of persons entitled to
such seats. By the further order of the Con-
vention the claims of all persons claiming
seats were also referred to your committee.
Your committee, thus instructed, have pro-
ceeded to examine the claims of all persons
which have been brought before them.
Your committee found that the delegates
of the several States of Alabama, Mississippi
Louisiana, Texas, Florida, had become wholly
vacant by reason of the secession of the entire
original delegations from this Convention
The delegates from the State Of Georgia, Ar
kansas and Delaware had become vacant in
part only from the same cause.
In no other State had there been any seces-
sion but individual seats were contested in
the delegations from the States Of Massachus
etts and Missouri.
Aside from the above, no question touching
the seats of delegates was brought to notice
of your Committee.
After patient and full investigation, your
Committee are of opinion that the persons
hereinafter named in the resolutions which
| har tad n ~ IL
are severally entitled to seats as delegates of
this Convention /; and they respectfully re.
commend that they be so received by this
| Convention.
From the State of Florida no credentials of
any delegates were presented to this COnven-
ton.
From the States Of Mississippi and Texas
no contesting claimants appeared.
| From Alabama, Louisiana Georgia, and
Arkansas, there appeared contesting claimants
/ for all the vacant seats.
Of the four votes to which the State of Ar.
| kansas is entitled, the now sitting delegate
| represents one vote. The seats representing
the remaining three votes had become vacant
by the secession of the orig nal delegates.
These seats were all contested one set Of
contestants consisting Of six persons, and the
other set consisting of three persons.
Your committee are of opinion that all Of
these contestants should be admitted to seats
as delegates, with the power of voting as here
mater declared in the resolution reported in
that behalf
In the Fifth Congress onal District of Mas
sachusetts it appeared that B. F. Hallett, and
another person were appointed delegates to
this Convention, and R. Il. Chaffee and another
person appointed substitutes and Mr.. Hallett,
not being able to attend at Charleston, notified
| Mr.. Chaffee Of that fact, who thereupon pro-
ceeded to Charleston, presented his credentials
and was duly admitted to his seat, which he
continued to fill at the time of the adjourn
ment Of this Convention to Baltimore.
At the re-assembling of the Convention at
Baltimore, Mr.. Hallett appeared, claimed the
seat which had been awarded to Mr.. Chaffee,
and receiving the entrance ticket from the
chairman of the Massachusetts, delegation
actually took possession of this seat
| Your committee are of opinion that when
| Mr.. Hallet, had notified Mr.. Chaffee that he
could not fulfil his duties as delegate, and Mr.
| Chaffee, repairing o-Charleston, had been duly
accredited to this Convention, his right to his
seat became absolute, were not subject to be
| superseded at the pleasure of Mr. Hallett
and that Mr.. Chaffee is now the rightful dele
gate to this Convention.
In the Eigth Electoral District of Missouri,
the facts are precisely parallel to the above
Massachusetts, case. The only difference is
in terms, johnson B. Gardy having been cleo
ted delegate" and John OF 4llon, Jr.. having
been elected alternate" Your com.nittee,
for the reasons above stated, are of opinion
that Mr.. OFa.lon is now the nghtful delegate
In regard to the contesting claimants
from Georgia, your committee have to report
that the evidence adduced before your COM
mittee by the respective parties presented
great variety of novel as well as complex facts
and questions touching the right of either party
to seats.
Your committee, in attempting to solve
these difficulties, encountered endorsements
on every hand. After a most patient con-
sideraton Of the whole matter, it seemed to
your committee that the only way of reaching
a satisfactory adjustment is to admit to seats |
both delegations, with power to each of said |
delegations to cast one-half of the vote of the |
State in the manner expressed in the resolu- |
tons herewith submitted.
JOHN NJ. KRUM, Chairman.
The following are the resolutions
RESOLVED, LIST. That Geo. H. Gordon, E. |
Barksdale. W. s. Barry H. c. Chambers, Jo |
r. Davis, Beverly Matthews, Chas. Clarke, |
w. L. Featherston, P. F. L,ddell, c. G. ARMS
tead, w. F. Avant, and IT,. Hudson, are en-
titled to seats in this Convention as delegates |
from Mississippi.
I'd. That Pierre Soule, F. Cotterman, B. c. |
Wicklite, Michael Ryan, Maunrell White, |
Charles Bienvenala, Gustav Lenroy, j. C. |
Morse, A. S. Heron, N. d. Colurn, j. n T. |
Richardson, and j. l.. Walker, are entitled to |
seats in this Convention as delegates from the
State of louisiana
Sd. That R. w. johnson, T. c. Hindman,
S. P. johnson, Henry Carroll J. Gould and
John A. Jordan, be entitled to seats as dele
gates from the State of Arkansas, with power
to cast two votes, and that Thos Ell. Bradley,
NJ Hooper and D. c. Cross be also admitted
to seats as delegates from the same State, with
power to cast one vote, and, in case either por-
ton of said delegates shall refuse or neglect to
take their said seats and to cast their said
votes, the other portion of said delegates taking
seats in this Convention shall be entitled to
cast the entire three votes of said district.
4th. That j. NJ. Bryan, + R. Lubbock, F.
S. Stockdale, E. Green, H. R. Runnels, w.
P. Ochiltree, NJ. w. Carey, VIM. H. Parrows,
K. Ward, j. T. Crosby, B. Burrows and V. III.
Manning are entitled to seats from Texas.
5th That James A. Bayard and VIM. G.
Whitley, are entitled to seats from the county
of New Castle, Delaware.
9Th Thrt K. S. Chaffee, who was duly adj
mitted at Charleston as delegate from the
9Th Congressional district Of Massachusetts,, is
still entitled to said seat in this Convention,
and that B. F. Hallett who has assumed said
seat, is not entitled thereto
It'll. That John P. Fallon, who was duly
admitted at Charleston as a delegate from the
9Th Electoral district Of Missouri, is still en-
titled to said seat in this Convention, and that
Johnson D. Gardy, who assumed said seat, is
not entitled thereto.
sth. That R. A. Baker. D. C. Humphrey,
J ohm Forsyth, VIM. Jewett, j. j. Seibbles, s.
9. Posey, L. E. Parsons, Joseph C. Bradley. [
rhos. B. Cooper, james Williams C. d. I
Bryann, Daniel w. Weakley, L. NJ. B. Marter,
John w. Howard. w. r. R. Wyatt, B. Han s
on, Thos. M. Matthews and Norvert NJ Lord, G
ire entitled to seats in the Convention as dala | {