The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-06-11

national committee considered this careful Y
Tor days when they Were not beset by a great
national convention ana with the great lnt-r-
ests which come into the conventiou-Wteu the
question OF the' position OF these different men
upon the probable candidates before this
convention was not considefed-that com
mlttee, repeat, by vote OF IS 10 n, gave
the seats TO the four delegates at large III Ala
baina. simply submit, not taking the matter
out OF the hanas OF the committee ar al, that
When That committee come here with one bare
majority. and insist that their report must be
TAKEN because II is the report of the ma lOrity.
without a single reason elVeE,l put over against
that claim the proposition that the rat!onu!
committee by majority OF seven gave these
men their seats.
Mr.. President, have little more to say upon
TINS question but this: Tire reading 81 that
minority report must carry convict .ou to every
man VINO hears II unless il j. lmpeacAed. il
states the facts couci>ely. | will not repeat
them. You have heard il read. 1t states them
conclse!y. and up to this MINUTE no man has
risen here TO deny II. The gentleman from
limos did undertake to make a different
statement, bat he did not do IT, Mr. presi-
cent, ami submit, sir. that the miuOrl-
" report gwen here until It Is met aud i'm
reached by a carefully prepared document
when Will give Us a different state OF facts-aLd
suomi that they cannot be given, because
t4ey nave not, slr-tGat this convention Will be
penetrating a great outrage il it overturus the
Judgment OF the national committee. | wish to
make a parliamentary proposition Il par!il-
tary question; intended to have raised it he
lore. As understand it, the chairman OF the
entire entire report as 1t was. Upon this demand "a
DIVISION sir; Upon that demand we come first
20 me Alaoama case, and upon that Mr.. Filley
mas moved a substitute. This hold to be
Gen CcggswelI-hr. President, When repre-
sentllg a majority OF this committee | came &c
TINS mai and reported that less than thirty
minutes before the committee had finished its
hearing OF twenty-four cases and that no time
time mad been allowed for written and elahor-
pee Seasure d 1 1b ther a%ated Fhr
the committee by its chairman should
submit I. verbal statement OF the dongS OF the
committee, and when the president OF this con
Yention asked You gentlemen If there was obsec-
ton to my saying verbally what we had done
ana the gentleman from New York sat down III
MS seat now. say he should be done now and
not arraGn the committee TOR not making an
elaborate report. ! ask but fair play
Mr. Mlller-Wlll you permit me a question?
he tnalrInan-bO you yield. general
Gen. toggswell-l do not. Now gentlemen OF
the convention the report ! stated to YOU to-
night was reca ptulated before the full! commit
lee lew minutes before it adjournment and
that report Was agreed TO. excepting tuat notice
was gwen that the. t might be minority report,
ana mat has appeared in the shape OF IL
ont OF %. and this report is the report OF so.
save 10 dissenting Nothing but commenda-
ton has been made upon the work OF the
tlonal committee. | iudOrse that commend
ton; and your committee ont OF twenty four
cases have come to Il different conclusion in
only seven, less than one-tnird. And in its de
hberatlonS II tried to discover the merits of
each case. Each side represented, and III
every one the committee believe they have re-
PJited 10 yOG as nearly As tlry could WHO were
larry, honestly and properly chosen to repre-
sent the Republican party i'll this convention. !
therefore ROW move yun, Mr. President
THE PREVIOUS QUESTION.
Senator Quay wa, received with applause
ana SAID
! desire the chair to state the purpose and eI-
fect OF the operation OF the previous question.
The Chairmen-'rhe inquiry rropounded by
the gentleman from Pennsy lvaMla Mr.. Quay, is
as to the effect of this demand for the previous
question. II tie previous question should be
sustained, the chair would ho.d that It would
be applicable not only to the majority, but 20
the TWO minority reports.
Senator QGay-Ihen. Mr.. Chairman. ] beg to
Inquire II the minority report is sustained. what
Is the effect upon tnat portion OF tie report
upon which We are not voting he effect OF tie
previous question upon i.
Senator QuaN-W intend TO move to strike
out other portions OF the report.
The Chalrman-l understand that q demand
was made by the gentleman from New York for
division upon all the contested cases raised by
question should be ordered d vote would have
TO be taken upon the division without Gebate.
senator QuaY-1eS, Mr.. Chairman. but the
point is this: There are portions of the report
OF the committee on credentials which we pro
pose TO contest, upon which we have filed no
further written report than they have We in
tend to strike ont and insert and amend the re-
port 50 Tar as that is concerned. We are calling
Tor ulNls!Ou oil t, t question on the entire re-
port.
Mr. Miller New York: That would ask for a
separate vote upon every port on of the report
upon each particular case. OF course, when tina :
case came up, the minority would be emit ed to
move I" substitute another report Tor the ma
lorlty report on that particular case
VOTE on THE MAJORITY REPORT
The following is the vote in detail on the
motion to adopt the majority report on
! DELEGATES at large rom A taI4ula