Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-22
OUTSIDE THE CONVENTION HALL.
The Virginia Contest in the Credentials
Committee,

Committee.
The credentials committee met in secret
session at a. m, and at once resumed
consideration of the Virginia contest.
After hearing briefly and without decis-
ion the claims of the delegates at large,
the committee took up numerically the
eight contested election districts, the first
and fourth not being contested.
EX-Congressman Brady and John s.
Wise presented the case for the latter,
arguing that the Wise district delegation
were elected in separate district conven-
tions IN conformity with the rules of the
party /; that Gen. Malone in his call for
the State convention at Petersburg for the
election OF district delegates Intentionally
violated a well settled law of the repub-
lican party as to s1ch election Messrs
" +. Craig and W. &. Elam presented
Gen. Mahone'a side.
At p. IN. the committee completed the
hearing of the arguments and'went into
executive session. The doors then closed
upon the contestants and both Wise and
Malone retired By a vote of 2S to l3 the
first contest Second district was disposed
of IN favor of Wise by viva voce vote.
The third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth,
ninth and tenth were rapidly disposed of
to the same effect.
After brief recess the committee re-
assembled and at once took mp the case of
the District OF Columbia. While this con-
test hinges upon charges and counter
charges of lrregUlarty at the district con-
ventlon it soon became very plain that
seating these two delegates will involve
hard fight in the convention, and will
probably be the first trial of strength be-
tween the Blaine and Sherman forces
there. 1t is probable whatever the COM
mittee's decision, a minority report will
be presented. Without reaching a vote,
at O'Clock, in order to be able TO report
to the convention this evening, the con
tests in Louisiana, Georgia, Maryland,
Minnesota and Massachusetts were re-
ferred TO sub committee, with instruc-
ton to report without delay.
Reported Free Fight Between the Ma
hone and Wise Clansmen.
The Tribune reports a sensational affair
which occurred in the room Of the com
mittee on credentials last night. 1t is al
legged Malone attempted to strike Wise,
in the heat of controversy, and another
alteration followed between their adj
herents, Congressman Libby and Allen,
in which the latter was struck. Several
Malone men went for Libby and bore
him to the floor and free fight followed
among the henchmen, which was finally
subdued by the arrival OF policemen. Sev-
eral colored men, who were In the room,
engaged in the fight and had their heads
fort was made to keep the affair quiet.
Temperance and Woman Suffrage PIanks
Asked For.
1t was we'll on toward midnight when
the committee on platform, after five
hour session, decided to sleep over the
various plauks that had been submitted
and come together again at O'Clock this
morning The entire session was occu-
pied in listening to an address from Mrs.
Isabella Beecher Hooker, sister of the
late Henry Ward Beecher, and Miss Caro-
line Huling, editors of the Womau's Suf-
frage Journal, and Susan b. Anthony,
who spoke in favor of an equal suffrage
plank. After this the necessity of a pro-
nounced utterance on the liquor traffic
was urged by Mrs. ]. Ellen Foster of
Iowa, VINO deplored the action OF the third
party prohibltionists and declared that if
the committee would speak upon the sub
ject with no uncertain sound they would
win back large proportion of the tenn
perance vote that had allied itself to the
national prohibition party, that II the
speakers have pledges, that in the event
of the committee acceding to their repre-
sentations, they would see to it that an
army of trained speakers should go into
the field of the campaign IN behalf or the
republican party.
At Work on the Tariff Plank
The sub committee of the commtteeson
platform, which was appointed to wrestle
with the tariff plank, was in session until
g O'Clock this morning. when recess was
I taken until Q O'Clock 1t is constituted as
foA)ws: Congressman Mckinley of Ono,
Senator Farwell of Illinois, Senator Stew
/ alt of Nevada, Senator Harris of North
/ CaroliI r. Congressman Warner of Missou-
ri, Senecr Hiscock of New York, Henry
] ;. olive. of Pennsylvania, Albert Griffin
OF Kansas, A. W. Beard of Massachusetts.
"A. :. owee' Of Idaho and j. r. Lynch of
iiisslssippi.