The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-07

Mr.. Fassett's election does not make a
show of the respective strength of Blaine
and Harrison. They say that sentlment
was aroused in favor of Mr.. Fassett and
that in letter to the committee Ihomas
G. Platt. Chauncey NJ. Depew, Warner
Miller and Frank Hiscock, asked that he
be made temporary chairman.
At midnight the full national committee
had ratified the action of the sub-commit-
Tee in the Mississippi. South Carolina and
Alabama contested election cases. 1t can
be safely predicted that the action OF the
sub-committee in the other cases Will be
affirmed.
The temporary secretaries, assistant Sec
retares, reading clerks and official stenog-
raphers were selected by the national COM
mittee tonight Among the reading clerks
is Charles Curtis of Kansas.
Governor Mckinley will doubtless be
made perm anent chairman, as be is ac-
Ceptable to both the Blaine and Harrison
men.
CONTESTED SEATS.
MINNEAPOLIS, June 6-The sub-commit-
tee on credentials OF the national commit
tee has been busy all day. The contest be-
tween Harrison and Blaine seems TO be
growing so close as to make 1t a possibility
that in the decisions of the committee on
contests may rest the party nomination.
The Harrison fight in the committee today
was losing one. His managers had been
counting on au almost solid support from
the southern states. In Alabama were
they especially hard hit, the ants captur-
ing all but three of the contested seats.
The contests have been unusually bitter,
and the committee has found its task
hard and difficult one.
The Harrison men are angry at the way
sn which the contests have been decided
and at the outlook for the undecided ones.
They complain that everything is going
against them and threaten to make
fight on the national COMMITTEES all along
the line.
The first contest decided today was from
Utah, in which the regular or antiSalt
Lake Tribune faction won. This gives
Blaine two more votes.
The committee also decided, against the
protest of Chairman Brady of Virginia, to
recognize the anti-Mosely crowd from
Alabama. In most of the contests the
struggle in the sub. committee was earnest,
but MessrS Conger of Ohio and Filley OF
Missouri outnumbered the chairman.
Chairman Brady will submit minority re-
port. The fight in Alabama grew out of the
fact that one wing of the party refused to
meetswith the other, aud the defeated
men claimed that they should be seated
having held The regular state convention.
They are bitter over their overthrow and
said that it was due to deal, by which
Ilclr opponents aSTeeu 10 Ntbt LOT DidIue.
The reform Republicans" " as the party
opposed to the regular delegation from
South Carolina headed by Webster, Crum
and Brayton, style themselves, have not
been recognized, and they will appeal to
the full committee. They say that they
are Blaine men, and urge recognition on
the ground that they are 1.-The white mans
and respectable colored mans party"
The Blaine men secured another victory
in Louisiana, where the contest was be-
tween factions headed by ex-senator
William Pitt Kellogg and Ex-Governor
Warmoth. The Kellogg delegation ap-
peared as the regular one and was seated.
He is for Blaine.
Wright Quincy, the colored national
committeeman from Texas, gained a
victory over his competitors, known as the
Lily Whites" The latter were elected
by a convention of whites which excluded
negro representation.
The other contests decided tonight were
insignificant, except that in the Seventh
Georgia district, the committee deciding
to give the Hill delegates the seats, and
not to sect the Lynch or officsholdeis as
decided heretofore. The result of this
contest was also favorable to Blaine.