The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-06-28
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
TILE VIRGINIA CONTEST

| VIRGINIAN. it was announced in the las
| issue that the Malone delegates at larg
to the Chicago Convention had been ad
mtted to seats. and that the anti Mahon
delegates from seven of the districts III
the Malone delegates from three of then
had been admitted to seats-gving IA del
egates opposed to Malone. and 10 for him
| The proceedings iii the Credentials com
mittee are reported in dispatch dated tilt
Goth:
When the Credentials Committee me
this morning it AT once resumed the cot-
sderalion of the Virginia contests. Ex
, congressman Brady and John S. Wise pre-
scented the case for the latter, arguing Ina
| the Wise district delegates were elected II
| separate ii strict conventions. in conform
| ity with the rules of the party. and tina
| General Malone, in his call for IA State
convention to be held at Petersburg fol-
the election of district delegates. iiiten-
tionally VIC ated the we'll settled law 0
the Republican party as to such election
w. f. Craig and w. e. Elan claimed fol-
Malone that there was douot as to the Cal
OF the National Committee, and therefore
the State Committee had ntlOrly to in
dictate in the call for election of district
delegates the place where State cOnvtn-
tion should be held for that purpose, ant
| in this instance it was il mere Technical
| violation of the call of the National Com
mittee.
Att o'clock the committee completed
the hearing of arguments and went int
executive session. The doors were theI
closed to the contestants, and both Wise
and Malone retired, the former looking
confident of the favorable action of tht
committee. Malone immediately left tn.
| Grand Pacific Hotel. expressing himself Il!
| ignoI ant of and Indifferent to the probable
result of the vote. Wise, on the contrary
i while apparently sanguine, stood nervously
before the doorway and checked off thu
vote upon each district as it was an
nounced by Il messenger.
| BY a vote of IS to ID the first contest
| Second districtl was disposed OF in fay OF
of Wise ana by viva voice vote the Third
Fifth. Sixth, Seventh. Eighth. Ninth, ant
Tenth were rapidly disposed of to The
same fleet.
AS the messenger varied the form OF an
nouncing the result from "FOr Wise" tt
Anti Malone seated" Wise's face eX
pressed momentary shadow of surprise
and disappointment; but quickly clearet
up. and he said with laugh, Malone
and have been identified so long i'll poll
tics that anti Malone has come to meal
defeat for me-"
The committee voted to seat the Malone
dele gates at large. and then upon recon
sideratiGn of the Ninth district. ruled il
ont entirely. leaving the delegation-Wi se
| IA, Malone 8. Wise declined to express
an opinion as to the probability of mi
nority report. Brady, however, statec
that he expected the Malone men to make
a tight. He said I'VE suppose Malone
will he backed by the Sherman men. fol
whom he would have thrown our entire
delegation under the unit rule
During the suspension of proceedings
in the absence of a report from the com
mittee on credentials, several speeches
were made.
The chairman of the Credentials Com
mittee then advanced to the platform an(
made his report. The report, among Other
recommendations, favors the admission Of
the four Malone delegates at large anf
the Wise delegation from the Secoud
! Fifth, SiXth. Seventh, Eighth, and Tent
districts,
Mr., Russell, of North Carolina, pre-
scented dissenting minority report. favor
ing the admission Of the Malone delegates
from the districts named.
| lie udJOllty lcpuIu Wuo ou'ptVus VA
cept so much thereof as relates to the Vir
glnia contests.
Mr.. Riddleberger. of Virginia. took the
| floor to present. as he said, the truth OF
| the question.
Mr.. Wall, of Nebraska, broke in with d
point of order. that RiddlebeI ger was out
of order, as the question now pending re
lated to delegates at large.
The Chair sustained the point of order
and Riddleberger left the platform.
That part of the Credentials Committee
report upon the admission of the Virgmis
delegates at large was adopted. the qnes
tion then being upon the adoption OF thai
portion OF the rel ort of the Credentials
Committee relating to the admission OF
the DISTRICT delegates from Virginia.
Mr.. Wood, of Virginia, spoke il favor
of the minority report, with special refer
ence to the Ninth district delegates. He
said that he and his colleagues were pro
perly and legally elected by the conven
tion which was regularly called by tht
State Committee and the contestants wert
elected by three men who held a pretended
convention in the private office of one o.
the delegates who was there chosen. He
(Wood) had been elected by the convention
composed of delegates from every legisla
tive district in the congressional district
and it was unjust to throw him and hi
colleagues out of the National Convention
General Gibson, of Ohio, moved tha
both sets of delegates from the Ninth dis
trict be admitted. each delegate to have
half vote.
Mr.. Wise, of Virginia, seconded TIT
motion.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Ohio. protested agains
the notion as being dangerous in it's effect
Mr.. Stevenson, of Minnesota, move(
that the minority report so far as it refer
red to the admission of Wood and his col
leagues be adopted.
The Chair explained that the minorit.
report did not ask for the admission of All,
delegates from the Ninth district, bu
merely dissented from the majority report
Mr.. Stevenson then said that he wouf'
move that Wood and his colleagues be ad
United to the convention as the properl
elected delegates from the Ninth district
Mr.. Webster, of New York. objected t.
this, and Mr.. Russell, of North Carolina
called attention to the fact that the major
ity report did not recommend the seatin!
of the anti Malone delegates for TIN
Ninth district as it had done in the cas-
of She other district delegations. Thi
was because two anti-MahOne delegate
from that district represented the constt
uency of three men, one besides them
selves, assembled in some highly respectabl
grog shop in Virginia.
WISE SPEAKS.
After a good deal of discussion Mr.. ] OH
S. Wise took the floor and was greeted
with applause. He said that when the gen
tIeman from North Carolina Mr.. Russell
spoke of gentleman who made the con
test as one who probably went to a grog
shop he did not conflne himself to tn
facts of the case. Mr.. Pendleton. VIII
made the rival contest, was the peer of TIN
gentleman from North Carolina or an
other gentleman. and his meeting was no
held at a grog shop, but in reputable
place, where every convention has BEEF
held for years. He did not come here f.
be called a trickster and habitue of
grogshop. He (Wise) had seconded tn
motion TO admit both delegations. becaus
as a true Republican from Virginia. re
cognizrg the Ninth district as the bannA
district of Virginia Repubicanism. lovin
its people, whether they came here unde
the banner of Malone or Wise, it grieve(
him to see her unrepresented in the con
vsntion. Applause
MI. Moore. Of West Virginia addresse,
the convention upon the Ninth distric
dispute. He thought that the conyentio
was in danger if it admitted any of tn
Ninth district delegates. 1t would b
setting dangerous precedent
Mr. Allen. of Virginia. followed i
favor of the minority report FL declare