New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-31
WORK FOR THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE.
CONTESTS IN THE VARIOUS sTATzs-iiow IhEh
WIZ mr. DrepOSED OF.

Cu,c,co May 3O-The National Committee will
assemble at noon tomorrow to prepare the roll of
delegates and to select temporary chairman OF 'he
Convention. In the matter of contests the COM
mittce will consider the briefs filed ana dee'ue
whether the contestants or the contehtecs nave "
prima facie right 10 be treated as delcgates' Dc
sides tbe Virginia contest which involves the entire
Statether are contests from ten Congressional us
trcts. not including two districts in North Carolina
tho difficulties in which have been satisfactorily
adjusted without an appeal to the National Con
vention The printed briefs have already been hied
with the National Committee by the contestants
from the With and XIXth Congressional Districts OF
New-YOrk, the Vth Kentucky District and the
XXIId Pennsylvania District. In the Win New
York District George b. Deane and Frederick >
Gibbs contest the election of John II. hrady anu
John J. OBricn. The main grounds OF the contest
in this case which has been pretty thoroughly dis
cuSsed heretofore. are that the County Committee
exceeded its powers and that the Nth Assembly
District was shorn of portion OF the power 10
which ii was rightfuly entitled by virtue ol liz
large Republican vote, which exceeded the kepnD-
lican vote in the other two Assembly Dls'rlc's ol
the Congressional District
The only paper that had been fled this afternoon
in the XlXth District contest was printed state
ment of facts y by James Lamb and James \. Houck
and ". H. Haskell and Nathan ID. Wendell who, in
n nrcfatorv note addressed to the National Com
mttcc say that understanding thcir seats are to be
contested they submit " the facts and proof III
support of their claim.
THE FIGHT ~ TUE WITH KENTUCKY DISTRICT
The printed notice of contest flied by A. T. Will
son and NJ Ninton of the Vth Kentucky District
against Sias T. Miller and J. Mason Brown, sets
forth that the pretended election oil tile latter IS
void by reason Of " force, violence, wrongs ana
frauds" and by" gross abuse OF the Official patron
are Influence and power Of a great number of
officers and employees of the United States Inc
specifications contain the names of 30 Federal
officials who it is alleged. guilty of such abuses
and a large majority of whom are internal revenue
officials Among them are Walter Evans, Commls-
sioner of Internal Revenue, and George VI. Thomas
United States DistrictAttorney, who are delegates
to the National Convention. The Kentucky meih-
Der of the National Committee, who VIII be one OF
the jury to try this case on prma facIe tte Is W.
O. Bradley, who is also a delegate-at-larSe to the
National Convention, and who was recently APP
pointed special counsel of the United States TO
prosecute the civil suits against Star Route con-
tractors. He is OF course, an Arthur man.
IN PFNNsYIvANIA AND orHEE STATES.
The seats of c. /. Magce and William Flynn,
of the XXIld Pennsylvania District. are contested
bv Joseph D..Wceks and Jacob +. Slagle. 1he
contest IN this case IS based mainly the allegation
that the Arthur men, in order to obtain raJorl'y'
counted in men who are not elected.
Another contested case is that of Philip Joseph
aud c. w. Jones against j. L. Slaughter and f. IL.
Threet of the Ist Alabama District. In this case
the contestants would be the c0ntcstees had ii not
been for some sharp practice by the collector o1
customs and other Federal officials at Mobile III the
interest of the President. In the lst Georgia DIS
trict r. +. johnson and Joseph Green, lr., contest
the election of A. y. wilson and James Blue The
latter are Federal oificc-holders, and are for
Arthur l.. G. Martin and W. {. Clay, OF the INth
MARYLAND District, contest the seats Oi D. W. Joruah
and Fl. W. Rogers. r. II. Taylor and H. +.
Graham. of the IVth Texas District, contest tie
seats of Collector A. G. Maoy and j. r. Carter,
who are both Arthur men. In the NAlst Pennsyi-
wanna District j. f. sayers contests the seat OF John
+. Venting, and in the Id Illinois District, which
comprises part of the City of Chicago, the seats OF
w. H. Ruger and Q. L. Piper are contested by ".
s. Powell arl W /. Kent.
THE MALONE DELEGATION.
The foregoing include all the contests of which
Secretary Martin, of the National Committee, has
received Official notice except that in Virginia In
respect to that one Mr. Martin is strongly OF the
oninion that so far as the committee is concerned
the Mahonc DELEGATION will be recognized and
nlaccd on the temporary roll. lie thinks that IN the
decision of this matter the committee VIII be gov
erncd by the language and spirit of its call issued
in December last which invited the Republican
electors and all other voters without regard to past
nolitjcal differences who are in favor OF clcVatng
and dignifying American labor. etc, etc, to send
delegates to the National Convention.
The brief in behalf of the Malone delegation Is an
elaborate document prepared by Internal revenue
Collector Brady Mahone's most active ana eulcicht
lieutenant 1t sets forth in great dctaH an INC
facts and circumstances relating to the coalition
formed between the Readjusters and Republicans OF
Virginia in 1881, the consequent withdrawal OF
minority of the Republican delegates from the state
Convention of that year, and the events which nave
succeeded. Colonel Brady. who arrived TINS morn
ing WAS active all day. trying 90 impress his views
upon members of the National committee as wei
ms upon delegates who will be required eventually
TO dispose of the Virginia contest Colonel Brady
is bitterly opposed to any compromise when W0uld
admit portion of the Dezcndorf delegation, ana ne
is confident that none OF them Will be admttcd
There is reason to believe that good many anti
Blaine men will vote to admit all or part OF the
Dezcndorf delegation. while some Blaine men Will
yotc against ii. Congressman Smalls. OF South Car
oI;na oid recently that he believed twothirds of the
delegates from the South would vote TO seat the en-
tire Dezendorf delegation. No matter therefore,,
| what the result NAV he, il will not he thorough
test of the strength of tie Blaine men and Arthur
men respectively.
MEMBERS REPRESENTED DY PROXY.
Amaiority of the National Committee is present
in person or by proxy and the remainder of the
members is expected tomorrow morning. Ex-sen-
ator Cha1ee holds the proxy Of Governor Routt, OF
| Colorado, delegate-at-largc. Hastings, OF Della
ware who is said to prefer Arthur, holds thG proxy
of Christian fobiger, of Delaware; Joseph L re-, &
delegate-at large from Florida who Is aiSo S4id 70
| he an Arthur man, will represent W. W. HICKS.
! burton c. CLARK holds Senator Logans proxy.
! Representative Boutelle. of Maine, Will represent
Senator Frye. Senator Jones of Nevada II Is NJ
! deretood still holds }. w. MackeyS proxy. y: l.
! hnneTson. a delegate from Oregon. holds Mr. Ire
LANDS proxy, C. l. Mage it is expected Mi pfPT5e P,5c
| Ist n,oeting of the National Committee. Senator
Inoi Iniah hnILs thr nrnNv of " A. Pierce. OF RhOde