Wichita eagle., 1888-06-21
could be held except by order of the stat

could be held except by order OF the state
convention.
Mr.. Filley-Was that the usual plan?
Mr.. Russell-Universal and universal.
Mr.. Filley-Was there any other con-
gressional call in the state?
Mr. Russell-In most of the districts
there never was until the convention had
assembled at Petersburg under the regu-
lar state call
Mr.. FIlley-How are congressional dis
trict conventions held?
Mr.. Russell-By district conventions as
sembled where they please.
Mr.. Filley-Called by whom?
Mr.. Russell-By the state committee.
Mr.. Filley-Always?
Mr.. Russell-Generally. Laughter.
General Bingham, of Pennsylvania, adj
district case. He declared that if the ma
jority of the committee on credentials
conceded the election of Mr.. Wood
and his colleague, it gave up all
its claim. The other Malone district dele
gates were not properly elected and their
opponents entitled to the seats. He claim
ed that the election of the contestants of
BILE fraud that the minority of the com
mittee did not dare to recommend that
they should be seated, even under the
claim of the technical irregularity of the
Wood convention. and if the convention
voted to seat Mr.. Wood it would vote
down the majority report.
in 49, favor Of the majority re-
port and Mr.. SpauIding, of Michigan, fay
ored the admission of the Wood delegates.
Mr.. Stevenson, of Minnesota thought
there had only been one convention of the
ninth district and that was one held at
Petersburg, outside of the Ninth dis
-. 1f
fraud, and to throw out the Woods
delegates on the mere techni-
cal plea that the district con-
vention was not held within
the bounds of the district were neither
just nor right.
Wise then took the floor and was greeted
with applause. He said that when the
gentleman from North Carolina (RusselD
spoke of the gentleman who made the con-
test as one who probably went to grog
shop, he did not confne himself TO the
facts of the case. Mr.. Pendleton, who
made the rival contest, was the peer of the
gentleman from North Carolina or any
other man here. and this meeting was
not held in a grog shop, but in
a reputable place where query convention
had been held for years. He did not come
here to be called a trickster and habitue
of grogshop. He Wise seconded the
motion to admit both delegations because,
as true Republican from Virginia, recog
nizing the ninth district as the banner
district of Virginia republicans, loving its
people, whether they come here under the
banner of Malone or Wise, it grieved him
to see her unrepresented in the convention.
Applause.
MI. Hess, G Missouri, arose
to move the previous question
but the chair refused to recognize him and
Mr.. Moore, of Virginia, addressed the con-
l.
He thought that the convention was in
danger If it admitted any of the ninth dis
trict delegates would be setting a danger
our precedent.
Mr.. Allen, of Virginia, followed in favor
of the minority committees report. He
declared that if the majority
report was a.,a adopted his place place
from Virginia would be valueless to him,
because it would declare that there was d
faint of irregularity about his own conven-
ton. He went into the deta Is of the entire
Virginia contest and said there could be
no doubt of the regular election of all of
the Malone delegates. Mr.. Hess called
for the previous question. was then recog-
nlzed and under the call the convention
adopted the motion to seat the Wood dele
gates by an overwhelming vote. The ques-
ton being upon the adoption of the re-
mainder of the majority report of
the credentials committee, Mr.. Reader, of
Pennsylvania, demanded decision of the
question, and that each separate case in
dispute should be voted upon by itself.
This was agreed to. Mr.. Fessenden, of
Connecticut, moved to reconsider the vote
by which the convention had adopted the
Wood delegation from the Ninth district.
Butterworth, of Ohio, moved to lay the
motion upon the table, and after a long
parliamentary wrangle the question was
put, and Mr.. Butterworth's motion pre-
vailed 242 to ia.
The question then required upon the adj
mission of the delegates from the Second
district of Virginia. The majority report
seats the Wise delegation, and the minority
report, which seats the Malone delegates,
was offered as a substitute,
and a call of - the states was
held upon the adoption of the substitute
A laugh went through the assembly when
on Ohio being called, Governor Foraker
arose and stated that there were only
thirty eight delegates present and that
nineteen of them votes yea and nineteen
nay.
Inc minority report was rejected; yeas
$50 nays 512.
The announcement Of the vote
was received with applause. The
ma jority report was then adopted as a
whole and applicable to all the Virginia
districts, and then the convention at 11:25
until tomorrow at 10 o'clock