Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-06-10
ANNAPOLIS FRIDAY EVENING. 1892

the cases 20 be hereafter mentioned.
IA Ene matter Of contest IN the
Eighth Alabama district your commit
tee find for the sitting members. and
recommend that they be allowed TO re
tain their seats The same report is
made in the Third Alabama. Fourth
Alabama. and rs to the contest for dele
gate at large from Alabama your COM
inittee recommends that the contestants,
Messrs Noble, Smith. Dorsett and Nc
Even, be given seats. In the Fifth Ala
bamacontests the committee find in favor
of the sitting members. In the contest of
the Ninth Alabama the committee
recommend that Messrs. Houston and
Matthews be seated.
"As to the contest in the Sixth Ken
lucky district, they recommend that the
contestants, Matthews and whistle, be
seated.
''As to the contest in Louisiana as to
delegates at large, your committee find
in favor of the sitting members. As to
the contest in the First Louisiana dis
trict, the committee finds for the contest
ants, Booth and Lewis AS to the con-
test in the Second and Fourth Louisiana
districts, your committee find for the
sitting members. In the Sixth Louis
lana district the committee find for DON
aid and Brough. the contestants
I'm the Fourth district of Maryland
the committee recommend that the con-
testants. Strubb and Cummings, be
seated.
"In the contest in Mississippi on the
delegates at large the committee recon.
mends, as does the national committee,
that the regular delegates and contes-
tants both be seated, with the right OF
half vote each. AS to the Seventh
Mississippi district, the committee find
for the sitting members.
"The contest in South Carolina for
delegates at large, the committee find
in favor of the sitting members
"In the contest in the Fourth North
Carolina district the committee recon-
mend that Mr.. Nichols, the contestant,
be seated. In the Sixth North Carolina
district, the committee find in favor of
the sitting member In the Seventh
North Carolina district. the committee
recommend that Walser, Bailey and
Mott be seated, with the right of two
thirds of vote each.
I'm the Sixth district, and in all the
Texas contests, the committee find in ia
vor of the sitting members.
I'm the Districtof Columbia, the COM
mite find for the sitting members.
"In the territory of Utah, the COM
mittee recommend that the sitting mem
bers and contestants, Goodwin and
Warren, be seated, with the right OF
half a vote each"
The minority report, which was then
read, touched only. upon the disputed
Alabama cases. In reference to the
election of delegates at large the minor
ity reported, from its point of view, the
facts in the case, and recommended that
these delegates be allowed to retain
their seats. In regard to the contest in
the Ninth district, the minority held
that the sitting delegates were chosen
by the duly organized district conven-
ton, while the contestants, whom the
majority proposed to seat, We're elected
at a secret meeting.
Mr.. Coggswell moved that the ma
jority report be adopted as a whole.
Chauncey L. Filley, of st. Louis,
asked that the minority report be
adopted. He entered into long state
ment of the facts in the case.
The chair said he would recognize
gentlemen from each side alternately,
and gave the floor to Massey, of Della
ware, who sustained the majority re-
port. stating that every proposition stated
by Mr.. Filley had been before the COM
mittee, and had been duly considered
then, but was only one side of the case.
Mr.. Knight, of California, said it was
notorious that collector Of internal
revenue and two or three United States
marshals thwarted the will of the people
of Alabama. "Let this federal brigade
keep their hands off, he shouted, and
the hall re-echoed with applause.
Mr.. Bethea, of Illinois, next gave the
majority view of the case. In the course
of his remarks he said: 81 find you can
prove almost anything from people of
that part of the country" This remark
was greeted with storm of Kisses from
the galleries, and especially by those
back of the chair, and Mr.. Bethea,
recognizing his mistake, added: fPer-
haps stated that little too strong, and
will withdraw that part of the SEN
tence."
Mr.. Cannon, of Illinois, said he would
give notice to have the galleries cleared
If the kissing was resumed. We'll
vote it down." cried several of the d ele-
gates.
Senator Wolcott was then recognized,
and the convention gave him a warm
welcome He said he wanted to make
plea on the contest in the Sixth district
of Kentucky, another case of little
too much internal revenue" In his ar
gument MIR. Wolcott said: 81 hold in
my nanQ a flSI OF lou OHlCD nOiuluB n6-
pnbiicans. Nine-tenths of them live in
states where there is hopeless Demo
cratic majority"
The convention and the galleries gave
ayell. Continuing in the discussion of
federal interference in the Kentucky
case Mr.. Wolcott said: "The trouble in
this convention comes not alone from
these men, but from the two or three
thousand Office holders who swarm in
the corridor of the hotel and who haunt
the delegates"
Another storm Of applause greeted
this remark.
Mr.. Hart. of West Virginia. replied to
Mr.. Wolcott, and Mr.. Duffield, of Mich
igan, then spoke for the minority. He
said this convention ought to nominate
the next president. but it would not do
80 If it started out by saying what the
enemy ought to say.
The chairman recognized Mr.. Cannon,
of Utah, who made an argument in IA
vor of q minority report in the Utah
case. He said that the men who were
to share seats with him under the ma
jority report had never voted the Repub-
iican ticket.
Mr.. Depew was then recognized. He
said he knew nothing Of the merits of
the question. After listening to the
speeches he knew less than before. The
romrnittee appointed by the convention
lad given conscientious consideration