Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-10

Hall and J. o. Dlfor alternates TO the con
venton; that their convention was held at
Greensboro April 80, 1892 aud the dele
gates. thirty-four in num5er, participated
in such convention, as shown by the
sworn statements OF many delegates and
others who participated therein. This con-
vention was held with open doors at the
opera house In said ciy--,Of the delegates
who participated in saIi convention, four
were from the county OF IBlouut (and there
were no contest, foupeek from Jefferson,
four from Bibb, six ttomt Hale and six from
Perry county. According to sworn state
ments these deegaees werc elected at the
meetings of the county conventions that
com prised said district.
Held with closed Doors.
Another meeting Which was claimed to
be n district convention was also held in
said county on the same dav In the basement
of the colored Methodist church. AT this
latter meeting Il. l.. Houston and w. S.
Matthew's were elected delegates. hc-
cording to a large number OF ahi-
davits, all who participated in that
church meeting claimed to be delegates, but
were not properly elected TO said conven-
ton, but were men. who were elected
at bolting and pretended county meetings or
| conventions. Tue church meeting was held
| with closed doors, guarded oy doorkeepers
| with instructions from the presiding officer
| to admit no one except upon his orders.
OWorn stdteuleutS snow thaJ SuCu preSldiuB
| officer was not a delegate TO the district con-
| vention, and not resident of the con-
| gressional district and was neither chairman
| or secretary Of the district committee.
| I'VE therefore beg to recommend that the
| names of Hughes and Harvey as delegates,
and Henry Hall andJ. O..Differ as alternates
be placed upon the permanent roll of the con-
vention.n
David Lane M. j. Green, ]. f. Settle j.
+. Stewart, II. Gleason f. II. Brandage,
Paul Mccormick, w. NJ. G. Wallace, A. T.
Bliss. W. Rocalner, j. M. Shoup, b. A.
! Clark Wheeler s. &. Dunn, A. T.. Smith, r.
4. Gage signed the report.
General Cogswell-I move you, Mr.. Chair
man, that the report of the committee be
| adopted as whole.
Filley Talks for the Minority.
Chauncey l. F'illey of Missouri am dele
gated. MIR. Chairman, by the delegates on
| behalf of the republican organization and
| the republican party of Alabama to ask this
! convention to substitute for the majority re-
port the report of the minority and to
scat the delegates therein recommended.
| Applause. L do not propose to enter
into tho controversy of the Alabama
republicans. do propose, however, on the
part OF the party in the state of Alabama to
| protest against the disorganizatlon of the
| state and congressional committees in Ala
bama. [Applause.l Mr.. Chairman, the state
convention was duly called by the state COM
mlttee to convene in Montgomery on April
2S. The misson-unintentional, however
stated oy the chairman and others of The com
| mlttee, that tno place OF meeting was
designated in the call in the city of Mont.
| gomery AT the 10Th day of March meeting,
also the state committee was ordered to con-
vene on day prior to tho meeting of the
convention, the 9th of April, at the office OF
the collector OF internal revenue the chair
man of the committee, r. A. Moseley, and
did meet at that Office on noon, April 81, and
that the majority of the committee net
there, as sworn to and represented from Q
copy of the minutes of the stale committee
twelve or thirteen members meeting there.
Waited Patiently.
"They waited patiently for half an hour
and sent word in to the chairman OF the com
| mittee, who was in another office in tue gov
ernment building in consultation with lead
ing republicans and Others, to have him come
in and convene the committee, call it to order
and proceed to the business for which it was
convened. He, however, Dame into the room
and looked about and said there would be nj
meeting of the committee in his Office.
About :l5a request was again sent IL
that he come in and call the convention u
order, and he replied that that was his pri
vate Office and he would adjourn the commit
tee to meet in the grand jury room at
D. m., and again at IA :30 o'clock reaues
was made and he came in again and said tina
NO meeting could be oheld in that Office
"Then, Mr.. Austin, who bold proxy Of
his brother, demanded that he call the com
mittee to order and have the roll call, which
he declined to do and left the room. There
| upon the secretary ofthe committee, III. A
Wilson, did call the committee to order an,
proceeded with the roll call, twelve thir
teen of the twenty members OF the committe
answering thereto, not only quorum, but
majority"
Called to Order by the Chairman.
Under the five-minute rule the gavel o
| Chairman Mckinley called Mr.. t'illey
ordor with the suggestion that his time ha
| expired, but the convention by unapimou
consent extended his time.
MIR. Eilley then continued: "a statemen
, | was made that the committee of the meetn
: should not be held there. Then py agree
! ment the committee assembled at the Mei
chants hotel and proceeded to name the ten
| porary officers for the next day for the conver
| tion ana also to name committees. Mr.. WI
= | son, the secretary OF the committee. and on
other to proceed to the state capitol an
arrange the seats for the delegates for tn
next DAYS convention, and they proceeded t
, tue hall and were denied admission, as state
: in the report, finding the hall III possessio
a of deputy marshals and two deputy CO
= lectors Of tho internal revenue an
Z they were denied admission and possessio
, of the hall. They went back to the commi
!, tee and proceeded to secure the court house
On the succeeding day majority Of the de
a | egates elected TO the state convention me
, and elected delegates -at-large, which |, o
|
: move you, slr be substituted and given seat
y in this convention"
5 other Addresses on the Contest.
? Mr.. Massey OF Delaware was recognize
and said that insofar as this case is col
coned there was opposing testimony and tn
q committee had evolved to the pest of II
:, ability by majority vote that conclusio
= which it believed to be just and equitable
0 Mr. Knight OF California favored the IN
y nority in the Alabama case.
u Mr.. Bothea of Illinois said: II join wit
the gentleman from Califoria in sayin
; that il it Is right that this minority repol
: should stand, then let it stand. but do not IL
. it stand and overrule the majority repo
u unless you are sure that il is righ
J Do not ask this convention TO overtime
J the results of the labors of thes
5 people here upon mere up pfounded charf
J, against an officehoder. Applause. WI
. you take the mere unfounded charge an
statement OF the gentleman from Californi
. who was not upon the committee, or the ge
), | tleman from Missouri who was not upon I'll
y committee, against the report of majoril
V of that committee who sat patiently oil
: listened to evidence" TAppause.
. MIR. Filley stated that no gave three da,
. and three nights until midnight TO this OF
q contest. Cheers.
n Elected Starm of Kisses.
d Mr.. Bothea of Illinois said: ''The col
;. mittee considered and u listened to tho