Omaha daily bee., 1892-06-10

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| behalf OF the majority, but has not had the
| time to put the report in writing. MIR.
| Wallace OF New York the representa-
| tive OF the minority, states that no has
partial report which he mas sent to the clerks
| desk to be submitted after the chairman shall
have made his report"
| Majority Report.
| General Cogswell--Mr President, the
| chairman OF the committee on credentials has
considered the list OF uncontested delegates
| and has heard parties in four contested cases.
| 1t recommends, first, that the uucontested
\ list submitted by the national committee TO
the temporary organization be accepted as
| the list OF duly accredited delegates and
alternates except in the cases to be hereafter
| mentioned
Second-In the matter of contest in the
| Eighth Alabama district your committee
| recommends for the sitting members that
| they retain their seats. The same report is
| made as TO the contest in the Third Alabama
| district The same report is submitted in
regard to the Fourth Alabama district
AS TO the contested delegates -at-large from
| Alabama, your committee recommends that
the contestants, Messrs. Noble Smith, Dor
sett and McEwan, be given seats.
In the Fifth Alabama contest. your com
| mittee finds in favor of the sitting members,
| and recommends that they retain their seats.
In the contest of the Ninth Alabama dts
| trict, the committee recommends that the
contestants, Huston and Matthews, be
| seated.
| Kentucky, Louisiana and Maryland.
AS to the contest In the state OF Kentucky,
| your committee recommends that the con-
| testants, Messrs. Matthews and Winstell, be
| given seats.
AS to the contestants in Louisiana, as TO
delegates. .at-large, your committee finds In
favor Of the sitting members.
AS TO the contest in tho First Louisiana
district your committee finds for the contest
ants, Messrs. Booth and Lewis, and recon-
mends they DO seated.
AS to the contest IN the Second Louisi ana
district your committee finds fer the sitting
members.
The same finding is made in the Fourth
| Louisiana district
| In the Sixth Louisiana district your COM
mittee finds for Members Donate ana Breau
the Contestants, and recommends they be
| seated.
In the Fourth district of Maryland tho
committee recommends that the contestants,
Messrs. supple and Cummings, be seated
Mississippi, Mary land and Texas.
| In the contest in Mississippi as to the
delegates at-large the committee recommends,
as does the national committee, that the
| regular delegates and contestants both be
seated with the rights of half a vote each.
| AS to the Seventh Mississippi district, the
committee finds for the sitting members.
AS to the contest in South Carolina on
delegates-at-large, the COMMITTEES finds in
] favor of the sitting members.
| In the contest in the Fourth North Caro-
| llua ulSUTlCu, inc committee TeCOmtnenuS InaJ
| MIR. Nichols, the contestant, be seated, IN
| place of Mr. Williamson, the sitting member.
| In the Sixth district of South Carolina
the committee finds in favor of the sitting
| members.
In the Seventh South Carolina district the
committee recommends that Messrs Walser,
Bailey and Mott be seated with the right TO
two-thirds of a vote each.
| In the state of Texas In the Sixth district
and in all the contests the committee fnos in
favor of the sitting members.
| In the District OF Coumb bia the committee
finds for the sitting members.
Utah's Contest.
In the territory of Utah the committee
recommends that the sitting members and the
contestants, Messrs. Goodwin and Allen
| Walllng, be seated with half vote each
| The MEMBER of the committee, Mr.. Salisbury
! | OF Utah, desires that 1 should note his dis
sent to the action of the committee in this
, last case. l am authorized to report for
!, | the committee, that if tho convention
| shall decide that Indian Territory and Alaska
are entitled to seats in this convention that il
will be able at any time to report upon those
| who purport to be delegates from those re
| spective territories.
, This report is respectfully submitted for
= majority of the committee by its chairman.
Mr.. Wallace of New YORK addressed thu
! | chair.
The Presdent-Does the gentleman from
. New York, Mr.. Wallace, desire to present
T | verbal statement or does he desire that hi
report snail be read by the secretary.
MIR. Wallace That is all the report that
am able to mako, the one that l desire to havi
, the secretary read from the desk.
| Minority Report.
t The secretary read the minority report a
| | follows
a In the disputed Alabama cases on the dele
Y gates-at-large and the Ninth district reforret
/ 10 your committee on credentials, and upol
Q which 1t could not agree, the minority repor
g as follows
. That In their opinion the question as to tn,
- gates-at-large Is largely one, ii no
v wholly, OF regularity and organization. Thi
J. convention was duly called for April %, lS9!
II | The state committee was duly called aud
: met the day prior thereto at Montgomery
Ala, at the office of the collecto
e Of internal revenue at IL O'Clock noon O
r the 18th day OF April that being the tim
d members as the time and place O
y said committee meeting. The maiorit
i. Of the committee, quorum bein
present, according to atfidavits of mem
bers OF said committee, the committe
consisting Of twenty members after waitin
1t reasonable time, from an hour and ifteer
IS minutes to an hour and half, made reques
" to the chairman, who was in anothe
10 room on the same floor of the United State
government building, to call the committe
" | TO order This request was made severe
Ir times. Finally, at about half past l o'cloc
p Chairman Moseley was again called l
a majority being present, when he said tina
4 he would adjourn the committee TO meet at
O'Clock p. IN. An objection being made as I
7 his right TO adjourn the committed roll ca
l. being demanded by Richard W. Austin, win
y had his brothers, G. A. Austin, proxy, a
l. member OF the state committee, the chai
% man replied that it was his privat
u room and he wanted it. Thereupon, o
II motion, the committee was called to order b
the secretary, quorum and q maiorit
b. being present, according TO the affidavit
ID of the members of said COMMITTEES
g the statement was made that th
J. committee was ready and competent ic
10 business and proceeded TO find a plac
Iy of meeting for which motion was mad,
I'd put and carried without dissenting vote,
I'd meet Immediately at the Merchants hote
q There at the time the committee met pu
~ suant to adjournment quorum bein
10 present and by proxy, as shown by II
, original minutes OF said meeting an
= by affidavits The secretary w;
L. directed 10 procure and prepare hall
which TO hold the convention and also name
ID. Long for temporary chairman, John {
ba | Binford for secretary and John M. Gee
- assistant secretary. The secretary, Fl.
IN Wilson, whose duty II was and had been d
80 previous state conventions to secure and pr,
N. pare ahali, upon going to the capitol foun
n it in possession of guards and was refuse
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