The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-20
VIRGINIA,s CONTEST.
The Two Delegations Matter Up Be-
fore the Convention.

ltIo Juo SOuVCDbiOH.
CHICAGO, juno l9.-The secretary then
proceeded to read the names of the commit
tee for permanent organization. Whom
the Virginia members name was reached,
it was stated that two names had been sent
up by the contesting delegations from that
state. The chair said he would submit the
Virginia question to the convention when
the full list of committees had been read
While the secretary was reading the names
of the committeeman and corrections were
being made, Gen. Fitzsimmons and Secre-
'tary Carson Lake sent up magnificent
basket of cut flowers to Miss Rachel Sher-
man, daughter of Gen. Sherman, and to
Mrs. Thurston, the wife of the temporary
chairman of the convention, who occupied
the seats in the ladies' balcony on the right
of the platform Immediately back Of Mrs
Sherman sat Walker Blaine
The Chairman-Gentlemen of the con
vention, there now remains II question as to
what delegates from the state of Virginia
shall be permitted to name the members Of
these several committees from that state.
The chair will say the national committee
has placed upon the roll Of delegates as
| pI-ima fdcie entitled TO seats the delegation
| at-large headed by William Malone. [IIcud
| applause.l There are also four district
| delegates from that state whose seats are
uncontested. The national commit
tee placed the other set of dele
| gates at large upon the list as contestants
| and they place all of the other district dele
gates upon the list, with like recommends
| ton that neither shall be allowed to vote
until the contest is settled by the conven-
| tion. Unless the convention shall other
| wise determine, the chair will. therefore,
| hold that for the purposes of participation
in this temporary organization the four
delegates at large. headed by William
| Mahoue, together with the four delegates
| whose seats are uncontested are the dele
| gates who alone have the right to name
these committees. Loud applause.1
Mr.. Wise of VirgiDia-Mr. Chairman.
The Chair-Mr. Wise of Virginia. [Ap-
plause and cries of platform, platform J
Mr. Wise ascended the platform amid loud
| cheering
Mr.. Wise-I am here claiming to be the
chairman of the Virginia delegation. We
are permitted by this call to have twenty
four delegates from the state OF Virgnia,
| and Of that twentY-four, twenty are CON
tested and four uncontested. The four un-
contested delegates are from the First and
| Fourth districts Of Virginia. The contested
| delegates are the four delegates at large,
and the delegates from the Second, Third,
| Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and
Tenth districts. BY the decision of the
national committee, with which we make
no issue, the delegates at large from Vir-
ginIa have been held to have prima facie
title to place upon the roll
with the representatives from the
First and Fourth districts, and
the result Is that four Of the delegates on
the roll have contests and four have not.
Thus eiQht-bnt one.third Of Vrginia's
representation, now led by William Ma
hone, whose trilling with the rights Of the
republicans Of Virginia is the issue here
which eight have associated themselves
| together with their comrades and placed
| William Malone upon the committee on
credentials to pass upon his own case.
| Applause Gentlemen, that matter has
| been gong on in Virginia for some years,
| and the decision is always in favor of tho
plaintiff. Laughter and applausel Will
| lam Mahones name Is sent here by William
| Malone to decide whether William Malone
| IS a delegate or not, and assure you that
learned in the battles Of Virginia that free
ballot and fair count are the dearest boon
of national repubhcanism. have learned
| In the long struggles which we have waged
thero that no mau ought to be permitted to
be- Judge and mitor both, and yet the
proposition gravely presented to this con-
| vention by tnese eight men, four OF whom
are contested, and all OF whom arc led by
| him, is that in this contest he shall 60 upon
/ THIS anu nave a fOOo uPOh hio
rights and mine. Now, Mr.. Chairman and
gentlemen, say it is not fair, 1t is not right
! that these eight men should go on the
committee on credentials, upon tho COM
mittee on rules, upon the committee on per-
manent organization, and decide in behalf
of Virginia what the policy OF this conven-
| ton shall be, what tho personnel OF
| this convention shall be, what the
rules of this convention shall be,
when IL may be that within twonty-four
hours they will have their hats under their
arms walking out of this convention, as
they never had n right to have voice in
its affairs. Applause We sent up our
rival delegation to mako this issue
and ON this issue we stand before
the country. l appeal TO this con
vention to say, gentlemen your difficulty
is unfortunate. Gentlemen, we feel like
you. that tears rather than words should
express the feelings which we have about
| this Unfortunate controversy. But, gentle
man. until 1t is settled, neither OF you shall
| be Judge, Juror, witness and counsel IN this
matter. fCheers.1 For my part, / am
willing TO trust 20 the honesty and justice
of the republican party from the other
forty-hve states aud territories OF this
union until this unfortunate struggle shall
be decided but | don't want, when our
case has been presented, TO nave
William Malone on the com
mittee on credentials TO remain in
when we have retired and vote on his own
case when we are gone, and perhaps unrep--
resented there [tumultuous applausel and