Rock Island daily Argus., 1892-06-09


legal representatives of each fraction.
Harrison Has a Majority.
The committee remained in session from
o:3O to $500 p. m. with only brief inter-
mission for luncheon at 1870. When they
adjourned they had completed the con-
sideration of the all contested cases in Ala
bama, except that of the Fifth district.
1t is impossible to give an absolutely ac-
curate statement of the votes taken in the
committee, but the decisive ones show
majority of only one. In these instances
the majority recorded was in favor of
Harrison delegates.
Alabama Delegates-at-Large.
After the attorneys had finished the pre-
sentation of the Alabama case in bulk
they retired and the members of the COM
mittee proceeded to discuss the papers and
arguments. The first vote taken was
upon the delegates-at-large The vot.
upon this proposition was 90 to o. but bs
fore the vote was announced the members
from Colorado and Pennsylvania changed
their votes from no to aye in order tt
move reconsideration. The motion tt
reconsider was, upon motion of one of the
Harrison members, laid on the table by 8
vote of "a to 23, Chairman Cogswell cast
ing the deciding vote
Sustained the National Committee.
The first of the district contests takeI
up was the Eighth and in this case tn,
committee sustained the national commit
tee, which placed Messrs. Austin and Ash
ford upon the roll. In the Third district
case the friends of the administration
were of opinion that there was room tc
doubt the justice of the claim to seal
made by Menefee and Treadwell, the con
testing delegates, and on their motion
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seated unanimously. In the fourth dis
trict the administration members of tn,
committee suffered a defeat by a vote OF
Y to 20, and the action of the national
committee in seating Wilson and Bland
was sustained.
Gain for the President.
The last case disposed of before adjourn.
ment was that of the First district. Here
the national committee had given the con
testants and contestees half vote each
but by the deciding vote of Chairman
Cogswell again the contestants, Houston
and Matthews We're seated and author
lied to cast the full vote. As stated. it il
i'm possible TO certify officially the figure:
given, but those given are the unofficial in
formation furnished by several members
OF the committee and are believed to be
correct.
4 Victory for Blaine.
AT 1880 o'clock a vote was reached on
the delegation-at-large from Louisiana
The Warmoth contestants (admnistra.
tom were defeated by Il vote of p to %
This sustains the national commi ttee
decision on the same case The com nit
tee then adjourned until today.
The silver Plank in the Platform
The committee on platform was in ses-
sion for several hours yesterday and after
drawing up Il draft of the principal planks
referred them to a committee of seven for
revision. The full committee gave hear
ing to Susan 3. Athony on the women
suffrage question. The committee on re-
vision was in session until late hour last
night when it was reported the result OF
its labors to the general body. The silver
plank says that the United States from
tradition and history favors bmetallism
The resolutions favor having gold and sill
yer money used as the standard money o
the United States; and favor the legsla
tive department of the government adopt
Ing such measures as will put the gold
and silver and paper dollar on parity
and equal in debt and tax-paying power
The resolutions also praise the administra
tlon for calling the monetary conference