Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-07-09
WORK OF COMMITTEE
Sound Money Men Seated from
Michigan and Nebraska
CONTESTS SPEEDILY DISPOSED OF
Senator Hill Received Five More Votes
Than Daniel for Temporary Chair
man-onIy One Exciting Incl
,f- dent During the Session.

gle session yesterday afternoon, dis
posing of all the contests for seats and
voting 81 to 20 to report the name of
senator David j. Hill OF New York for
temporary chairman of the National
convention. This was the test vote of
committee, showing the relative gold
and silver strength of the organization.
The silver showing was made by the
presence of several proxies for mem
bers of the committee who would have
voted for Hill had they been present
There We're also one or two members
of the committee who, within the past
few days, had announced the transfer
of their allegiance from gold to silver,
notably j. l.. Morris of the District of
Columbia and Arthur Scwau of Maine,
After the roll call was completed. Sec
retary Sheering stated that the Clark
contestants from Texas, known as gold
men, had withdrawn from the further
contest for seats in the convention.
The withdrawal was accompanied by
u statement of the reasons which i'm
PEELED them to enter upon the contest
and now to voluntarily abandon it,
ms 5NhlClntbI was Itub DN lliG Sttl e
tary and made part of the records of
the committee. Senator Jones of
Arkansas, representing the steering"
committee of the Bimetallic league,
was given an opportunity to address
the committee. He stated that the
silver men had no candidate to present
for temporary chairman. The selcc.
tion of anyone who was in accord with
the idea of the silver men would be
acceptable to them. and he urged, in
the interest of harmony, that the
majority of the convention be not an
tagonized in the choice. He was heard
with respectful attention, but no an.
swer was given him and he withdrew.
Gold Delegates Seated.
The committee decided to proceed
with the consideration and settlement
of the contested eases first, and that
from Nevada was settled in favor of
Gen. Heating and his associates, silver
men, without vote. In the cases over
which a contest was made, fifteen
minutes was given to each side for
argument The first case of that kind
called was that of John P, Frenzel,
gold, against Charles NJ. Cooper, silver,
from the Seventh indianapolis dis
trict of Indiana. Cooper had been
recognized by the state convention of
Indiana, and he was placed on the
temporary roll. A contest brought by
the silver men for three dis
tricts in Michigan was argued for the
contesting gold men by Elliott C.
Stevenson, chairman of the gold dele
cation, and for the silver men by
Deniel j. Campau, the Michigan mem
Der of the national committee The
gold men were placed on the temper
ary roll, Mr.. Campau's being the only
vote cast for the contestants. d. J.
Mahenv spoke for the contesting gold
delegates from Nebraska, headed by
Tobias Castor, and he warned the
democratic party, through the national
committee, of the danger there was
before it of defeat at the polls should
it nominate a populist rather thun
democrat c. J. Smythe replied for
the Bryan silver delegation, and by
the first test vote of the afternoou-s7
to 23-it was decided to place the Cas-
tor delegation ON the temporary roll.
In the Ohio contest in the eighteenth
district the silver men were sustv med
by vote of - to II. The last contest,
that from South Dakota, resulted in
the seating Of the gold delegates
Hni Chosen Temporary Chairman.
The committee then decided to
recommend a temporary chairman of
the convention, and Mr.. Clayton, the
delegate from Alabama, nominated for
that position senator John w. Daniel
of Virginia. He spoke briefly in sup
port of his nomination, urging the
committee to recognize the overwheln-
ing majority in favor of free silver
that was known to exist among the
delegates to the convention, and at the
close of his remarks he was loudly ap-
plauded. EN-Iieut. Gov. Sheehan of
New York presented the name of Sena-
tor David Il. Hin of that state, setting
forth his capabilities as a presiding
officer and his merits as II democrat
No other candidates being named the
committee proceeded to ballot and Mr..
liill was chosen by vote of twenty.
seven to twenty-thrcc Nr. Hill re-
ceivcd the votes of the following states
and territories: Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois, Indiana Iowa, Kentucky,
Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio. Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, South Dakota, Tennessee,
TrXas. Vermont WASHINGTON. West