Evening journal., 1892-06-09
THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
It's Action May Determine Which Candi.
date Shall Win

It's Action May Determine Which Candi-
date Shall Win.
MTNNEAPoLIs, June 9.-The nomination
Of candidate for the presidency Of the
United States by the Republican convon-
tion may turn upon the action Of the COM
mittee on credentials. There are about
sixty votes involved in the contests pend
ing before that committee. In the Louisiana
delegation the contest involves twelve Of
tho sixteen delegates; in Alabama fourteen
are involved ont Of a total of twenty-five.
In the states Of Mississippi and Texas there
are also contests, in the former six delegates
being involved and in the latter nearly the
entire delegation. The political significance
OF the Texas contest, however, will hardly
have any special bearing on the result, as
the decision not TO recognize the white
mans Republican party eliminates them
from consideration in this connection.
In Maryland there are two delegates, in
Kentucky two in North Carolina five and
in South Carolina the whole delegation Of
sixteen. In Georgia two delegates are at
issue and in Utah two delegates. In the
latter case there is no doubt that the Blaine
men will be seated, their claim being con.
ceded by all and sustained by previous ac-
tion of the national committee.
INAL Int DlNlnf IlHM UNAlENE lNN AIfMtMr
tials committee, the key to the situation, is
shown by the following remarks Of a promi.
nent Blaine worker:
81 think Harrison is beaten. But it Is
very close. Tables which were made ur
from figures that have been scanned with
the utmost care and adopted only upoA the
basis Of the most conservative calculation
show only about twenty votes in excess Of
Fs... n1afra IlsHN 1tar
utmost confidence In the final result. There
are about sixty votes dependent upon the
report Of the credentials committee and ac
tion Of the convention. OF these have nc
doubt the Blaine men will get at least two
thirds or forty in all.
The credentials committee remained il
session from $3.50 a. m. 10 $3.50 p. m, with
only a brief intermission for luncheon al
$50. When they adjourned they had com
pleted the consideration Of all the contested
cases in Alabama, except that from the Fifti
district. It is impossible TO give an ahso
lutely accurate statement of the votes takei
in the committee, but the decisive one
show a majority Of only /. In these in
stances the majority recorded was in favo
/ of Harrison delegates, notwithstanding thu
fact that earlier in the day the motion mad
/ by the Harrison men to report to the con
vention the list of the uncontested delegate
was defeated by q majority of 4. II wa
upon this vote that the claim was made an
conceded that the committee as constitutes
was in favor of Blaine.
Speaking OF the result in the cOmmitte
Mr.. Pinchback, OF Louisiana, said he did no
believe the vote represented the division o
administration aud dantiadministration mem
bers, but ip his opinion the color line wa
drawn. II the organization that was repre-
sented by the delegates placed on the roll b.
the national committee were recognized tn
Republican party in Alabama would be un
der the charge Of an executive committee
the chairman of which is a young colorei
man. Mr.. Pinchbacz is an Harrison
man. Mr.. Hart, the member from Yves
Virginia, speaking to a number Of newspa
per men, said: "The antiadministratio
members Of the committee uniformly vote
10 support the action Of the national CON
mittee, and in my opinion they have don
so without regard to the facts in the case.
1T all depends upon the result Of th
contested delegations said Senator Qua
to a reporter for the United Press.
He also expressed the belief that ballo
on the nomination for president would b
reached before adjournment to-day. II
further remarked that there would be n
delay Of proceedings, believing that th
better cause 70 the attainment Of the
object lay IN pressing an early conclusion
u the matter.