Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-10


Observation-Disclosures at large. The l&el-
| logg faction were seated. In the First and
| Sixth districts, the contestants, the War
| mouth faction were seated. In the Sec
| on and Fourth districts, the kellogg dele
gates retained their places.
Maryland-In the Fourth district (Bai-
| timore) Brinton and Clay were unseateq
and their places given TO Supplee sad
| Cummings.
| Mississippi-The delegation at large was
/ decided. each side, the Lynch and Hill fac
| tons, being given two votes. The seated
members in the Seventh District. Engbrath
and Perkins, retain their places.
| South Carolns-The white Republican
| party contestants were givsr no recosni-
| tion by the committee, the Crum delegates
| throughout being retainediu their seats.
| North Carolina-Iohn Nichols, whose
| seat was contested by John III. Williams,
retained IL. In the Sixth district, Messrs.
Smith and Gordon, who were gwen places
| by the National Committee, were con-
tinued in them. In the Seventh district,
| DR.. Mott, who was given one vote by the
| National Committee, divides the two votes
OF the district evenly with Messrs- Smith
and Gordon,
Texas-"The Lily White'' contestants,
| who failed TO establish their claim before
the National Committee, wereno more sue
cessful with the Committee on Credentials
and the Quincy delegation was not dis
turoed.
District of Columbia-Messrs Carson
and Gleason, the sitting members, main
tanned their position.
| Utah-The delegation was divided,
Salisbury and Cannon being given one
vote, Goodwin and Wallen the other. As
near as can be determined, the Harrison
men got seats and the Blaine men seats IN
the contested delegation.
The majority report sustained the Ma
1 tional Committee as 70 23 votes and ro-
versed the National Committee as 10 ~
votes. In Louisiana the National Commit
| tee was sustained as 10 four delegates ut
large aud four district delegates and not
sustained as 10 Tour otncr
district delegates. In Maryland
not sustained In two votes. In Mississippi,
sustained as two delegates and not as TO
| two delegate-at-large leach faction being
| given half vote instead Of the Hill faction
whole vote). In North Carolina sustain-
ed three votes; District OF Columbia, sus-
| tain two votes; Utah not sustained as 20
one vote (by splitting the delegation be-
tween the two factions); Alabama sustnin-
! cd as 10 eight, aud reversed as 70 six votes.
Politically the result was gain OF IL
votes 70 Harrison and vote 70 Blainn, q
net Harrison gain OF l2 votes. The gain
included votes In Alabama, In Louis
lana and in Mississippi. The gain IN tho
votes was owing TO the fact that the Har-
rison men had won over three members OF
| the Credentials Committee and thereby
secured a majority.
| Wallace OF New York, announced tho
purpose TO fight the report on the floor as 70
the votes. When Chairman Cogswell
moved that the majority report be adopted
| he was loudly cheered by the Harrison dell
egates and when Chauncey /. Fllley OF
| Missouri, moved 10 substitute therefore,
| the applause which followed from the Blaine
delegates told the gallery that the
| long exnected fight between the Blaine
and Harrison forces was ON. The chief
point In Mr.. Filley's argumentin behalf OF
! the minority report was that the regular
organization OF the party in tho Alabama
case had been barred from their regular
place OF meeting by United States deputy
| narshals, but Mr.. Massey OF nelawafeo v
maintained that the case had been considA
cred fairly on its merits and that the ma
iority report should be adopted.
knight, of California. spoke warmly In
favor Of the minority report. He declared
| that the Mosely faction recommended By
| the majority 10 be seated had, through ito
| Federal officers, attempted 10 thwart the
will of the people OF Alabama. lt
was enough that the Democratic party
suppressed the will Of the people In the
South without hundred thousand Office
holders thwarting the will OF Republicans
in party campaign. He appealed Tor Just
ice for the loyal Republicans OF Alabama.
| loud Applause). Intensified interest was
lent 10 Knights speech by the knowledge
among the spectators sandadelegatesfthat ho
| was 10 be the first man 10 second the nomi-
nation Of Blaine later on.
The vigor aud eloquence the Californian
displayed captured the great audience from
the outset, and when he concluded tho
/ "a
| Depew, Ia the New York delegation, looked
worried ut the demonstration, while down
| the aisle the Onioans seemed tickled beyond
expression. II was Blaine moment, aud
| q supreme one.
B. II. Bothea, Of Illinois, deprecated tde
attempt TO cOnjure up prejudice against tho
| office holding class. He made an allusion
| Of derogatOry nature 10 the people Of the
| section from which the contest came, which
| generally speaking, was that you cannot
prove anything by theIg, " was q bad
| break and a large Der OF the Rallerv's
occupants hissed and some cried down.
Wolcott, OF Colorado. in speaking for the
minority report, warmly denounced not
| only the deputy marshals In Alabama, but
the hundreds OF ofllce-holders who woro 70.
day present In the galleries and In the hail
| Of this convention, crowdinR out the peo-
pies delegates In their frantic attempt 70
| renominate the President.
/ Wolcotrs speech was answered by Dir
| G. b. Hart, OF West Virginia. who sai'
| that he came from Southern State 20
he was not an Office holder He came frou
the State Of West Virginia, which hR
given Cleveland but 500 majority 1885 40
| would 20 Republican In 1892.
To him IL was difticult 70 conceive be
the i've OF the minority should have mf
wisdom than the twenty-five OF the ma
| lty. The greatest interest was manifes
when Colonel III. NJ. Duffield. OF Detr
| the Alger manager, arose 70 speak ia 10
OF the minority report
His action was interpreted as NEE
| that the Alger people we're prepa'
vote with the Blaine people in the
strength against the Harrison fore
field said that IL any man had iIgih
/ Republicans 70 meet IN convention
| grand Jury room that man oug1t 70 b
vited 70 step into grand jury room bt.Dfe
a Jury OF l2 men and be indicted
The distinguished Powell Clayton. Of
| Arkansas, who arose 70 defend the major
| ity report said that be had right 10 speak
because he had never held any Office
which he had not been elected by the peor
| OF his State. He intlmated that PERI
finer sense Of propriety would sugg
| the Senator from Colorado that ne
| Ing al office-holder, was throwing
| ofice- holders who took an interest
| ident Harris0n's reelection.
81 do not bold Office az the aI
| Of the President Of the Unitedl
am rightly here 20 represent %
/ can constituncy, twas the respOnsevis
tor Wolcott. and his reply was To-
cheered by the Blaine delegates.
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