The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-07
SOME HOT WORK
Done In tho Commlttoo ON contosts-vlr'
Elnia'S Cont ested Delegation.

SOME HOT WORK
Done In tho CommItteo on ConteSts-Vir.
Elnia's Cont ested Delegation.
MINNEAPOLIS, MiSN., June 6.-The
shouts. singing and band music Of the
political clubs draws people from every
direction to the lobby and corridors Of
the West Hotel to view tho spectacle,
but all day long score and sometimes
threO.score of eager watchers has
steadily surged to and fro around room
100, seizing every opportunity TO get at
those inside or to secure an inkling OF
the way in which things were going in
tho contests to come. The contest be.
tween Harrison and Blaine seems TO be
growing SO close as to make possibility
that on the decisions OF the committee
on contests will rest the party
nomination. The party outside
the room was made up largely OF colored
mon, but occasionally leaders OF the
two forces were on hand to learn and
report how the fight was going. The
news received was far from cheering
to tho Harrison men, who had been
counting on almost solid delegations
from the southern states. In many in
stances they were able to hold their
ground, but the fight was q losing one
on the whole, and in Alabama they
we're especially hard hit, the anti
Mosely faction capturing all but three
OF the contested seats. The contests have
been unusually bitter and numerous in
this convention, and the preliminary
committee on credentials found their
task hard and difficult one, the speak
ers being excited and often times dis
cussive, SO that the work OF selecting
temporary chairman had to be post
poned.
HARRISON MEN ANGRY.
The Harrison men are angry at the
way in which contests have been decid-
ed, and tho outlook for the undecided
ones. They complain that everything
is going against them ard threaten to
make fight on the national committee
along the limo. Soma OF their best
friends advising against this course, as
it is almost certain that the appeals
from the decisions OF the regularly con-
stitutsd tribunals would be adverse to
them, and the effect vf a, defeat on the
preliminary skirmish might have an
Injurious effect on the more impolta tant
battle. The Alabama contest will be
carried to the r.ll executive committee,
but whether or not the fight in this or
other contests will be carried fuither it
is too early to say, there being a diiler-
ence OF opinion as to policy. The first
contest decided to-day was. from Utah
in which the regulars, or anti-Salt Lake
Tritns faction won. This gives Blaine
two votes. There are two organizations
in this territory, each claiming to be
the regular party organization.
THE vIR5rSIA CONTEST.
The Brady subcommittee adjourned
from last night and after five hours
session decided against the protest Of
Chairman Brady, Of Virginia, to recog.
nize the anti-Mosely crowd in most OF
the contests.
Tho struggle in subcommittee was
earnest, but Conger, OF Ohio, and Fill
ley, OF Missouri, outnumbered the chair
man. Mr.. Brady will submit a minor
ity report. The decision OF the majority
seats Long, Vaughan, Dawson and
Cashier as delsgutes-at: t:arge, Hendricks
and Fitzpatrick; in the third district,
Wilson and Bland in the fourth, Austin
and Ashford in the eighth. In the fifth
district the Alosely men seat Bingham
and Walker; in the ninth district one
delegate from each side will be admit
ted. The fight grew out Of the fact that
one wing OF the party refused to meet
with the other and the defeated men
claimed they should be seated as
having held the regular state conven-
ton. They filed atE!davits from thirteen
out OF twenty members OF what is said
to constitute the state committee, but
they came hero as contestants oil the
face OF papers. They arc quite bitter
over their overthrow, aud said 1t was
due to deal by which their opponents
agreed to vote for Blaine, aud gave out
a warning that the Blaine men would
be disappointed when the time came to
ballot, as several olEiceholders wero in
the delegation seats. The members Of
the Southern delegations find them-
selves OF considerable Importance to-
day, and appear to appreciate the fact.
The Harrison men arc making strong
efforts to hold them in line, while the
anti-Harrison forces are bringing all
the means at their command to break
into the South and apparently with
some efIact. Each side has out work.
ers among the Southern delegations.
Fred Douglas, notwithstanding his age,
is actively at work in the Harrison
cause, addressing the colored men and
stiffening the lines whore they are in
clined to waver.
THE GEORGIA DELEGATION.
At tho Georgia headquarters he ad-
dressed the whole delegation while it
was perfecting its organization. The
Georgia delegation, 1t has been asserted,
were solid for Harrison, but suspicion
developed that some Of them were un-
favorable. and Mr.. Douglas urged them
to stand firm aud true. He announced
that he was for Harrison as against
Blaine, and denounced the latter on &C.
count oi his opposition to the force bill
OF 1873. lie urged his hearers not to be
misled by the hurrah for Blaine, Brass
bands made noise, he said, but they did
not make votes. An effort was then
made to have the delegation polled and
pledged to support Harrison as long us
Indiana kept himlin the field. The OBJ
iect was to smoke. out somo members
who were said to be wcall.knced and it
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