St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-06-22
An Explosion Averted Only
by a Scpatch--The Incl
dent Ended.

llultS feeling Tdu So nlSH tHdI all th-
plOSion swas imminent, but Chairman
Lamb kept the committee well in hand,
and, refusing to recognize proceedings
calculated to create grave diSSensiOn,
put things through in short order, in
which he was aided by having the sentl-
ment OF the majority with him in his
effort to keep harmony in the party.
Having instituted formal contest pro-
ceedings. and thereby carried out the
directions of the resolutions adopted at
Syracuse, the Syracuse delegates with
drew the contest and terminated the
incident in the following resolution,
submitted to the committee as having
been unanimously adopted by the dele
CATION:
Explanatory Resolutions.
Whereas. 1t is the first duty and wish of
this delegation and of those whom il repre-
Sents to secure and promote the supremacy
of Democratic principles and TO that end TO
advance and assure the election OF their
candidates for president and vice president
to be nominated at the national Democratic
convention now III session,
Whereas, This delegation has received
from the representatives OF more than thirty
preston of opinion that the interests of the
Democratic party would be promoted and its
members would be encouraged by the avoid
ance of controversy concerning the repre-
sentation of the state of New York in the
National Democratic convention.
Resolved. That in furiherance of the great
objects above recited and in Difference to the
expressed opinion and wish of our brethren
from others states and territories. the dele
gates elected at the Democratic state con-
hold in no ri of Nov
81, 1872, do hereby decide anu determine to
press no further their claims for member
ship in the national convention.
Resolved, That a committee OF seven be ap-
pointed by and TO include the chairman lie
and hereby is instructed to present these res
olutlonS to the committee OF credentials OF
the national convention.
It was announced that the resolutions
had been adopted at the request of sign
ers of a letter who represented thirty
five states, and appealed for harmony
and the withdrawal of the contest as
likely TO create
Bitterness and DissensiOn
which would initiate against success In
November. it is understood that this
letter was prepared ana sent to the Syr-
acuse delegation at their request, as
they desired not 10 push the contest un-
der the circumstances. The SignerS are
not given, and at the meeting tonight
one of the opposition intimated very
clearly his disbelief that thirty-tive
states in the Democratic convention had
made the request.
1t was known when the committee OIL
credentials was called to order that Mr..
Coudert would ask to withdraw the
contest, and Bourke Cochran was on
hand to watch the interests of the regu-
lar Democrats of New York and see
that no vantage was gained for use in
the convention or in any state in the
contest for supremacy in the state
organization, which has been threat
ened and feared.
The first thing done was the Submis-
sion by Chairman Lamb of the request
of Mr.. COudert that he be allowed to
make a statement withdrawing the Gre
dentialS of the Syracuse delegates which
had been filed this afternoon. and which
constituted the making of a contest.
Immediately motion was made to lay
the question on the table, but it was de-
clared that he should be heard.
Cochran Fires Up.
Mr.. Cochran was on his feet and at
once raised question as to the request
being properly in order. He maintained
that there was nothing before the COM
mttee. He had never heard of any con-
test having its incipiency IN the contest
committee. No credentials were SUBJ
mitted by the contestants to the conven-
ton, and, if they had been, it was doubt
full if he (Cockran) would he a member
here.
He did not recognize the right of any
member of this committee TO make a
contest (referring TO Sragg'S filing of
the Syracuse credentialsl. a contest
must be made in the convention. Had
such paper been presented there, he
would have opposed its reference. He
would have wanted it heard by the full
convention. He did not propose that
one should be started primarily in the
committee. He had never heard of a
contest being raised in this way, and
asked that the matter be ruled out OF
order. Foote, of California, wanted
harmony and
A Hearing for COudert.
He hoped, with all due respect to the
contending Democrats of New York,
them Democrats and none of them mug
wumps. that Coudert be heard and the
matter dropped. Mr.. Cockran's point
of order got knocked out by Chairman
Lamb, who found loophole through
which Coudert'S request could be
granted in the fact that Cochran had
not objected in the afternoon when
Bragg filed his Syracuse credentials.
and Mr.. Lamb ruled that they had
thereby been recognized.
The motion to lay on the table was
lost by a rising vote, and then st. Clair,
OF West Virginia, stirred up a lively
racket in a warm denunciatiOn of the
Syracuse delegates. When a contest
had been lodged by authority that had
10 existence at parliamentary law or
cnmmon sense, in reality it did not ex-
list. and no request to withdraw it could
be heard. If Mr.. Coudert was to be
recognized as the Syracuse representa-
tive, he gave notice that the other side
was going to be heard, and a long while
Wonld be consumed in this discussion
He then
Struck Hornets Nest
by saying: IL know there are
land. Have you not votes enough to
afford TO be Democrats for once?''
He denounced the Syracuse conven-
ton as "bolters," and said they would
be called down.
Gen. Bragg warmly asked what the
gentlemen meant by saying "Demo-
Gratis for once" He had been a life
long Democrat.
/ st. CIair-I do not mean you, sir, but
there are mugwumps in your section.
Bragg-Do you mean to imply that
the Cleveland men are not Democrats,
and that the Democratic. party has got
so large that il shall be fenced in and
everybody insulted who proposes to
come in and vote with the Democratic
party?
St. Clair-Not at all, sir, my venerable
friend, but the Democratic party, you
are old enough to know, should give no