Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-22

gstes WHo ere declared by the majority
report no: to be entitled to seats.
Russell ct North Carolins opposed
General G.bson's notion aud called ST.
tent!cD 10 the iscS II st The msj7Iity re-
port did Lot reconm nd the seating OF
the enti-Aiahoue dele gs;ion from the
Ninth district, IS il had done in case OF
the ether district delegates. Tbs
because the two snti-Mahore del
egstes from that district rspres ented
= corstituelCy Of thee men, one besides
themselves assembled in some highly re-
spec;sble greg s5Cp in Virginia. Was
tie convention going 10 slow 3 parcel
OF revclutiop.sts Es.they called themselves
10 ride rough slod over the. regulsc or
gan zItion Of the psTty in great state.
He WIS proceeding to argue sgsinst
the seating Of men elec.ed IN conven-
ton not assembled st the call ot sny con-
stitu.sd authority, when he Nas inter-
iupIed by FLey OF Missouri with 8 ques-
tiCD, whether there Was s congress .Cnsi
committee in the Ninth district.
RIssell replied thst il there wxs 1t was
under psrtY organization srd the consti-
tuition. No congressional dis: ics coz
ventiOn could be held except By order Of
the s;sta convention.
GENERAL BINGHAM OF PENNSYLVANIA
addressed the COVE utiOn upon tie Ninth
district case. He declared that If the
m:jority Of the committee on credentials
conceded the election Of Wood
and his co,!esgue it gave
up sill It's clain that the other
| Mahore district delegates were not
properly elected and their opponents en-
titltd 10 seats. lie claimed that the
election OF the contestants of Wood snd
his colleague was so p2lpsble fraud that
tie minority CT the convention
! did not dare to recommend
that they be seated even under
the claim Of 8 technical irregularity Of
the Wood convention, and If the cOnVen-
ton voted TO ses. Wood it would vote
down the msiority report.
RECTOR, OF TEXAS,
spoke in favor of the m,joritv report, and
| Shouldering, Of Michigan, f0vored the
sdmission CT thu Wood delegates.
Stevenson of Minnesota thought there
had only been one convention of the
Ninth district, and that was the one held
I'll Petersburg, outside Of the Ninth dis
trict The convention CT three was
fraud, sdd to threw cut Woods delegates
on technical pies that the district con-
yention wss not he'd within the bounds
of the district was neither Just nor right.
JOHN S. WISE
then took the f1or and was greeted with
applause. He said when tbs gentleman
from North Carolina (Russel) spoke Of
the gentleman VINO made the contest as
one who probably vent TO 8 grog shop,
he didn't confne himself to the facts Of
the case. Pendleton. who made the rival
confess, was the peer OF the gentle man
from North Carolina or any other man
here, and this meeting WAS not held
at grOg shop, but in re-
put1ble place where every convention
had beel held for years. He cid not
come here to be called 8 trickster snd en-
habi;ue Of grOg shops. Wise had sec
onded the motion TO sdmit both delega-
tions because as true Republican from
Virginia, recognizing the Niata dis
irict as the banner district Of Virginia
R9publicsnism, lovirg its people whether
they came here under the bsnner Of Ma
hose or Wise, il grieved him to see her
unrepresenIed in the convention. TAp-
pihuse
Hess Of Missouri arose to move the
previous question, but the chair declined
to reCcgnlza him.
ALLEN OF VIRGINIA
| kOIlO NSu III avn VI Llc lulIUIlLJ
The call for the previous question WAS
then recognized, aud under the call the
convention adopted the motion to seat
the Wood delegates by an overwhelming
vote.
The question then being upon the
adoption of the remainder Of the msjority
report Cf the credentials committee,
Reader CT Pennsylyania demanded decis-
ion Of t1a question and thst each
separate C8se Ia dispute should be voted
upon By itself. This Ta3 agreed 20.
Fesserder CT CGEnsc.iCut moved to re-
consider toe vote By which the cOrven-
ton had admitted TIE Wood delegation
from the Na:n district.
Butter worth Of OHIO moved to lsy the
notion On tie table, AID after lorg par.
liameHtSrY wrcngle the question WAS put
and Bu..erWorth'S motion prevailed, 242
to ia.
Tne question then recu5red upon the
admission q the delegates from
The Second Gistric! of Virginia. The ma;
: j7rity recort s. sts the Wise delegates a.
the minority report seEtipg the Maho
? delegates was red IS i substitute.
The call OF STATES IVES had upon /,
! adoption of the substitute. Alsugn WI
: through the assembly when on OHIO
ing called, Governor Fore ksr arose
sisted thu: there were Cniy thicty-et
+. delegates pre5eG: and thst nlneteei
, them voted yea, and nineteen nay.
: Ths minority report vas REJECTED, y
$50, nays $50. The announcement of
! vote was received with applause.
e The msjority report was then sdop.
: IS whole, and applicable to al ViIgini.
districts.
q Asl1:25 the convention adjourned IN.
til tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.