Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-06-10

the hall OF this convention, crowding out
the peoples Delegates In their frantic en-
deavor to renominate the president.
Mr.. Wolcott's speech was answered by
c. B. Hart Of West Virginia, who said
that he came from southern state, and
yet he was not An officeholder He came
from West Virginia, which had given
Cleveland but 800 majority In 1888, and
which would 90 Republican In 1892. 1t
was difficult to conceive how the five Of
the minority should have more wisdom
than the twenty-five of the majority.
The greatest interest was manifested
when Colonel II. NJ. Duffield Of Detroit.
the Alger manager. arose to speak in IA
vor Of the minority report His action
was interpreted as meaning that the AL
ger people would vote with the Blaine
people In
The Test OF Strength
against the Harrison force. Colonel Duf-
field said that II any man had invited the
Republicans TO meet In convention In the
grand jury room, that man ought to step
into grand jury room before Jury Of
twelve men and be indicted.
Powell Clayton of Arkansas defended
the majority report. He said he had never
held any Office to which he had not been
tlttNtu b1 bhc PCOPiC VI hiS statt.
timated that perhaps finer sense Of pro-
priety would suggest to the senator from
Colorado that he, too. being an Office
holder, he was throwing mud at office
holders who took an interest In President
Harrison's reelection.
IL do not hold Office at the appointment
of the President Of the United States, and
am at Washington as am rightfully
here to represent my Republican constitu-
ency," said Senator Walcott, and his re-
ply was loudly cheered by the Blaine dele
gates.
Mr.. Cannon OF Utah, In behalf of the
regulars" la Utah, presented minority
report recommending that they be seated,
and that the majority report recommend
ing that their opponents OF the federal
party be given half vote be not accepted.
''If you seat these men," said Mr.. Cannon,
''you seat thom on the old issue. They
don't know that Brigham Young is dead
yet. Give us our seats and you will en-
courage growing party, aud when that
,tate is admitted we will give you a Re-
publican state"
There was n wild applause when Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew arose to support the ma
iority report which he did briefly.
FIX Senator Miller OF New York spoke
for the minority. He said he had listened
to many reports Of committees on creden-
tials, but this was the first time he had
ever heard majority report which gave
no reasons why it should be adopted, ex-
cept that 1t was the majority report. 1t
had been said that the majority report
was A to B; that was not so. 1t was "a to
t3. Was one majority to outweigh every.
thing elsei The minority had given rea-
sons and not one speaker had given any
facts to controvert them. The national
committee, composed Of the men who
handled the party to victory last year,
had, after several days deliberation, given
the four sittin. members their seats by 2S
TO ~ and IL should be sustained unless
facts were brought to impeach the facts
OF the minority report, which had not
been done. Mr.. Miller closed by moving,
as a parliamentary motion, that the Cogs-
we'll report be divided and the present
vote taken OH the Alabama part alone.
At this point Messrs. Clarkson and
Platt held u rapid interchange of views.
No one who saw it doubted that prepara-
tions were In hand for the now evidently
close coming Of the
First Real Test Vote
between the Blaine and Harrison forces.
Chairman Cogswell said that, represent
ing the majority OF the committee, he had
stated to the convention at the beginning
that no time had been had to prepare the
report. The convention thought best,
nevertheless, To call for an oral report aud
now gentlemen are assailing the majority
because IL had not submitted "a formal
argument In favor OF Its report. He moved
the previous question, and Immediately
he iatsa Ion.
majority OF the delegations Of Massachu-
sets, Delaware and West Virginia
Senator Quay, rising to parliament
tary question, wanted to know the effect
OF the previous question-if il would en-
able them to have vote on the separate
propositions involved In the report The
chair ruled that ex-senator Miller
having demanded division of the propo-
sitions involved In the Cogswell report,
there could be separate votes taken. Both
sides were ready for the vote, and storm
OF ayes greeted Chairman Mckinley when
he asked IL the previous question should
be ordered. Before this WAS done, how
ever, by unanimous consent, the major
ity report, In all eases where there was no
minority report, was submitted aud
adopted by acclamation. An amendment
was now made to take a standing vote on
the Alabama case, and when the afirma-
tive vote was submitted. an apparent ma
jority OF the convention arose.
Immediately the New York and Penn
sylvania delegations demanded a rollcall
and II was ordered by the convention.
A Harrison Victory.
When the buzz Of the polling Of the
state delegations subsided and the hssty
consultation ceased. the rollcall began.