Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-06-09

with another motion to reconsider pending.
Blaine men on the delegation said it was q
setback, but predicted that things
would come out all right in the end
and before the report was prepared for sub.
mission to the convention 1t would be found
that they were again in the majority. They
said that tonight the fight would be re-
newed, and that they would carry their
point and seat the anti-Moseley faction in
Alabama, who have been given seats by the
National Committee.
Why Harrisonites Shrink From q Fight.
The news, however, gave great deal Of
encouragement to the Harrison men, who,
up to this time, have been bitterly COM
planning of the way in which they were be-
ing treated by the Committee on Credentials
Some of their leaders expressed a
fear that the committee did
not propose to report at all,
and were in favor of fighting the
committee on the floor of the convention.
From this they were restrained by the fact
that defeat almost inevitably meant loss
of prestige, and they realized that on
an indirect proposition, the delegates not
there being bound by instructions, they
were weaker than on ballot. Some votes,
1t was evident, wonld also be lost through
an indisposition to condemn the party
leaders by such q rebuke as would neces-
sarily be implied In an attack on the COM
mittees constituted In the regular way.
The first movement on the part of the
Harrison men, looking to more speedy work
on the part Of the Credentials Committee,
was made in the convention, when Cogswell,
of Massachusetts,, az Chairman Of the COM
mittee, asked for more time. The move
ment was cautious and involved no fight.
1t was simply a preliminary skirmish for an
advantageous position. Spooner, of
Wisconsin, was put forward by the admins
tration men, and in two questions he have
the information that with good luck . re-
port ought to be made tomorrow, and that
the permanent roll might be made up at
any time, so far as uncontested cases were
concerned.
Anti-Administration Mon in Majority.
An effort, made in committee previously
to have these cases reported in advance of
the report on the contested cases. had failed
by vote of % to 26, and it was for the pur-
pose of eliciting the fact that Mr. Spooner
had made his inquiries In speaking of his
report Chairman Cogswell acknowledged to
a reporter that the anti-administration men
were in a majority and controlled affairs.
Whether or not the tactics pursued had
the other side for fear of fight, or whether
they were willing to show some
signs of acceleration, is uncertain, but
when the committee reassembled it pro-
ceeded with little more expedition,
and by the time for adjournment for sup
per, had almost completed consideration Of
the Alabama contests, which, being the
worst contests, were first taken up. It is
not probable, however, that the work can
be completed and a report made before to-
morrow evening, and . night session
tomorrow must be ordered by the
convention if the third day of its
session is to see it permanently organized
and in full working order. This will throw
and later, If there should be hard fight
waged against the report, as has been
threatened by the Harrison men.
smooth Sailing for Season.
The first case called was from the Eighth
district, and here the report Of the National
Committee was approved with substantial
unanimity. The nti-Moseley delegates
were permanently enrolled. A fight was
made on Hendricks and Fitzpatrick, the
of the faction headed
by Stevens and Gee, Of the "New
Idea" and known as the "Anti-
Moseleys sin the Third Alabama district"
but poll showed q Blaine to 21 Harrison
votes, and they were also enrolled In the
Fourth district it was also demons
trated that there was a good work.
ing majority, and Bland and Wilson, the
anti M oseleyites, were sustained in their
right to seats The Fifth district was, also,
carried; but when 1t came to the delegates |
at large and the contest over one co ntested
seat in the Ninth district, the administra- |
tion forces mustered strong and executed q |
skillful coup d'etat. They surprised the |
other side and carried the day temporarily |
for the Moseley, or oficeholders' faction, by |
3 vote OF "a to %.
In describing how it was done, one of the |
members OF the committee said q couple of |