The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1892-06-10

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tants both be seated, with the right of
half vote each. As to the Seventh
Mississippi district, the committee find
for the sitting members.
''The contest in South Carolina for
delegates at large, the committee find
in favor of the sitting members.
''ln the contest in the Fourth North
Carolina district the committee recon-
mend that Mr.. Nichols, the contestant,
be seated In the Sixth North Carolina
district. the committee find in favor of
the sitting member. In the Seventh
North Carolina district, the committee
recommend that Walser, Bailey and
Mott be seated, with the right of two
thirds OF vote each.
SIN the Sixth district, and in all the
Texas contests, the committee find in fa-
vor of the sitting members.
''In the Districtof Columbia, the com
mite find for the sitting members.
in the territory of Utah, the com
mittee recommend that the sitting mem
bers and contestants, Goodwin and
Warren, be seated, with the right Of
half vote each"
The minority report, which was then
read, touched onlyl upon the disputed
Alabama cases. In reference to the
election of delegates at large the minor
ity reported, from its point of view, the
facts in the case, and recommended that
these delegates be allowed to retain
their seats. In regard to the contest in
the Ninth district, the minority held
that the sitting delegates were chosen
by the duly organized district conven-
tion, while the contestants, whom the
majority proposed to seat, were elected
at q secret meeting.
Mr.. Coggswell moved that the ma
ip,ity rapprt ba a1optaJ n who'll.
Chauncey l.. Filley, of st. Louis,
asked that the minority report be
adopted. He entered into u long state
ment of the facts in the case.
The chair said be would recognize
gentlemen from each side alternately,
and gave the floor to Massey, of Della
ware, who sustained the majority re-
port. stating thatevery proposition stated
by Mr.. Filley had been before the COM
lnittee, and had been duly considered
then, but was only one side of the case.
Mr.. Knight, of California, said it was
notorious that collector of internal
revenue and two or three United States
marshals thwarted the will of the people
of Alabama. LET this federal brigade
keep their hands off, he shouted, and
the hall re-echoed with applause.
Mr.. Bethea, of Illinois, next gave tho
majority view of the case In the course
! of his remarks he said: 81 find you can
| prove almost anything from people of
that part of the country" This remark
was greeted with storm of histes from
the galleries, and especially by those
back of the chair, and Mr.. Bethea,
recognizing his mistake, added: Per
haps stated that II little too strong, and
l will withdraw that part of the SELL
tence."
Mr. Cannon, of Illinois, said he would
| give notice 20 have the galleries cleared
if the kissing was resumed. well
vote it down" cried several of the ele-
| gates.
| Senator Wolcott was then recognized,
: and the convention gave him a warm
| welcome. He said he wanted to make u
plea on the contest i'll the Sixth district
of Kentucky, another case of little
| too much internal revenue" In his ar
gument MIR. Wolcott said: 81 hold in
! my hand list of 130 Office holding Re-
pubicans. Nine-tenths of them live in
states where there is a hopeless Demo-
cratic majority"
The convention and the galleries gave
! ayell. Continuing in the discussion of
! fedNral Interference i'll the Kentucky
case Mr.. Wolcott said "The trouble in
! this convention comes not alone from
these men, but from the two or three
! thousand Office holders who swarm in
the corridor of the hotel and who haunt
the delegates"
Another storm Of applause greeted
this remark.
Mr. Hart of West Virginia. replied to
Mr.. Wolcott, and Mr.. Duffield, of Mich
igan, then spoke for the minority. He
said this convention ought to nominate
the Lext president, but it would not do
so if it started out by saying what the
enemy ought to say.
The chairman recognized Mr.. Cannon,
of Utah, who made an argument in fa-
yor of a minority report in the Utah
case. He said that the men who We're
to share seats with him under the ma
jority report had never voted the Repub-
lican ticket.
Mr.. Depew was then recognized. He
said he knew nothing of the merits of
the question. After listening to the
speeches he knew less than before. The
committee appointed by the convention
had given conscientious consideration
to the cases and reported on them. He
thought that as more than two-thirds of
the committe had recommended the re-
port it should be adopted.
Mr.. Miller, of New York, opposed
the majority report. 1t was the first
time i'll his experience that committee
one reason for its report 1t represented
a majority how great2-24 to 23. The
national committee had decided, 2S to
81, that the seats should be given to the
four delegates at large in Alabama.
Mr.. Miller demanded division of the
cases and asked for vote ON the Ala
bama case and on the substitute offered
by Mr. Filley.
Mr. Coggswell replied to Mr.. Miller
and moved the previous question
Massachusetts,, Illinois, MARYLAND, West
Virginia and New jersey seconded the
demand for the previous question.
Mr.. Quay was recognized, and was
greeted with applause. He asked the
chair to define the effect of adopting the
previous question in this case. The
chairman explained that the demand
would apply to the majority and the
two minority reports. On the demand
of the gentleman from New York the
question would be divided. Mr.. Quay
insisted on knowing What the effect
would be on the other portion of the re-
port. There were some portions to
which the minority had made written
report, and on which they wished to
make some change. The chairman
again explained
The chair then called for the vote on
the previous question. There was a
chorus of "ayes" and "a few faint mays, "
and amid applause the chair announced
the vote carried.
The chair then announced that the
first question was on the substitution
report on the Alabama case. On re-
quest of Mr.. Hiscoek unanimous con-
sent was given to take vote first on
seating the uncontested delegates. The
question of seating theEi was carried.
Then the vote was taken on the min
ority report. The viva voce vote left
the chair and the convention in doubt,
but on division there seemed SO large
a majority in favor of the minority re-
port that there We're cheers from the
gallery. There were many cries of "call
the roll," and finally, amid great con-