Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-10

Sixth North Carolina contest, the committee
find in favor of the sitting members. In the
Seventh North Carolina district the COM
mittee recommend that Mossrs. Walser,
Bailey and Mott be seated, with the right to
two-thirds vote each.
In the State of Texas. in the Sixth district,
and in all the contests, the committee fnd in
favor of the sitting members.
In the District of Columbia, the committee
find Tor the sitting members.
In the Territory of Utah, the committee
the contestants, Messrs. Goodwin, Allen and
Walling. be seated with one-half
vote each. The member of the
COMMITTEES, Mr.. Salisbury, OF Utah, de-
sires that l should note his dissent to
the action of the committee in this last case.
l am authorized TO report for the committee,
that If the convention shall decide that the
Indian Territory and Alaska is entitled TO
seats in this convention, it will be able at
any time to report upon those who purport
to be delegates from those respective Terri
tories. All of which is most respectfully
submitted for a majority of the committee
by its chairman.
The Text OF the Minority Report.
Mr.. Wallace, OF New York, addressed
the Chair.
The President-Does the gentleman from
New York, Mr.. Wallace, desire to present
verbal statement, or does he desire that
his report shall be read by the Secretary
from the desk?
Mr.. Wallace-That is all the report that
I am able to make, the one I desire to have
the Secretary read from the desk.
The Secretary read the minority report.
as follows:
In the disputed Alabama cases. the dele
gates at large and the Ninth district. consid-
cred by your Committee on Credentials,
upon which they could not agree. the minor
ity report us follows: That In their opinion
the question as to the delegates at large is
largely, ii not wholly, of regularity and or
ganization. The State Convention was duly
called for April %, 1892. The State Commit
tee was duly called and it met the day prior
to the convention at Montgomery, Ala. at
the office of the Collector of Internal Reve-
nue. at u o'clock noon of April H. 1892 that
being the time and place announced by satq
MoSeley to members as the time and place
OF said committee meeting.
The ajority of the committee, quorum
being present according to afiidavits of
members or said committee (the committee
consisting of 20 members), after waiting
reasonable time, from an hour and 10 min
utes to an hour and a hall, a request was
made to the Chairman, who was in another
room on the same floor of the United States
Government building, to call the committee
to order. This request was made several
times. Finally, at about 1:30 o'clock, Chair
man Moseley was acain called in and re.
Quested to call the committee to order.
majority being present when he said that
he would adjourn the committee to meet at
. O'Clock p. M.
The Chairmtn Wants Ills Private Room.
The objection being made as to his right
to adjourn the committee. a roll call being
demanded, Richard w. Austin, who had
his brothers, c. c. Austin's proxy, as mem-
Der of the said committee, the Chairman
replied that it was his private room and he
wanted it, and that the committee would
adjourn until P. NJ, as above stated by him.
Thereupon, on motion. the committee was
called to order by the Secretary, II quorum
and majority being present According
to the affidavits of members of said commit
tee, the statement was made that the COM
mittee was ready and competent for busl-