The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-15
The Conventions Work Prac-
tieally Agreed Upon.
NO CONTESTS IN CONVENTION
The Decisions Of fhe Committee 90 Be
Accepted a. Final.
ye Dednffe Selections Vet Made for
rhe Vice Presidential Nomination
The Convention Hall and Its
Decorations - Headquarters. of
the Several Candidates.

st- Toaix Ture lA-When the RgrahEt-
c4a nsat8an2i convention s called 80 or&sr
On Tuesday il wsu ~ fsun5 the pre- lsa-
in4ries have been Ia0ksa after wsrs an
exeeptseaal thorga@hResS- There Will BE
no obstacles IA tbs way of oe1lnnlaS sAa
work goT which rhe coaveEtian N&s e&lied
and the present Esa.lIeat items are thaE the
meeting VIII not DO * long duration.
The convention bah wfn DE la eons-
rlets readiness. rRs states are eSp@ete1
20 have their reco1-F-s ucAtions ~ com
uittee plans IN readiness BY tomorrow
nixht The national committee has sn-
tirely conCiude4 the cors3s5eratfan % the
leEg lIsE OF contests. and il - believed %
those Sno hage given attention 20 taa
subject that this work viii &c found TO
have esen done so wen that coupa r&-
lively little vii - left fer the committee
On credentials. Necessarily there has been
TO formal consideration 0f the aeeIaFa-
tton % principles upon whIch the party
VIII make ifs gppea! 70 the country but
il wsii ss found that this branch 0f ghe
work has been By no raexns neglected.
TneEV AsS been = very zrnersA exchange
of views upon this important point and
mach deBs locking TO the harfnsri0us
capitalization % yleEs waieh. IL s. b.
aieyesl, slu Fenssr IL pcSsshie for The
platform committee so reach a conclusion
with comparatively little delay
Selection has bssa made og the tempo
raTy chairman and other of4eers Of the
temporary organization. and "A pruGF4rans
has practically heea agreed upon foF the
permanent organization with senator
ThGrston. OF Nebraska. Tor presiding on
Ger o. the convensfon- When se add to
those accomplishments the fact that the
presidential nominee has practically Been
named. EE must bs conceded that the con
vsntsoa has sppareatIy q comparatively
easy ana hFisf task before Il Obstacles
Eay Be encountered Ns1t as ret caEursara-
lively few az them are ssiscernshle.
The length OF time the convention shall
sit VII In al probability ~ determined
largely - the glsa eE preesedsag @hfch
shan b. determined by ire committee
CT cTsdsaIiais. Il tbiS eonanssftec should
elect TO reopen All thr contests for seata
IN the eoavsnliea. and to make an orsgi.
nal invests CATION of tbs various agesalaas
which the disputes ceser. the PROCEEDINGS
would be much tei4wed These contests
involve tbs right Of lss seats and cover
a wide range ef controversy. Including
the comparative validity or many rival
party organizations state and district.
and tnvosvtng mEch of heated personal
rivalry. race pre- 1adice and factionaI jeal-
ogsy. 70 say aDthing ~ questions OK pro-
eseding n rival conventions and even of
methods efaplcyst as tie posls There
are stacks 81 paY<rS that might b. exam
derance of cRtnton Il that the cFefenfiafs
committee viii net deem Il necessary 70
20 into many - the contests in detail.
that, On the contrary, tae verdict ax tie
national COMMITTEES viii ~ practically
adopted as tinai in a large majority of the
contested cs~eS.
The committee spent four DAYS ard a
large part Of as many nEghts in sitting
the facts IN these cases ard hearing arxts-
Eents by either tha pring4ssala or thsstr
counsel The meeting of the national com
mittee was called earlier than usual IN
order that shis work might - done wtsh
more than the ordinary tkorn4sxhrsxS for
the faeilisatlon Of the progress Of tfae con-
vention's work. The committee also de-
parted from che usual practice IN hearing
each case az a body and not degsgasfnx
the task 70 sab~cora rslffees II - hsIssxed
this course will have q strong fnauanne
in coTunaandinx the verdict in al cases 10
the committee 70 which the convention
VIII assign tna task of inqFllrfnK into he
qualification 0f It's members
On tie other hard there wfli BE- strong
pressure On tae part cf the delegations
whose claims hare been adversely BASED
E2on io have ghe controversy rssnvessgxat-
ed TIE defeated delegates xnaraisv re-
EaFd tha sreaHssais coum4fts in the isxht
~ court af apepais. and ia nsng cases
they wili Insist apus a hearlaE In erean-
by ne granted. and tzE committee Nf5
unanimously take gp eases Ike fhst as
Delaware where bath aides n fhe rautvat
we're denied seats. or Ike tnat ~ Argxana
where the names % soea narsiss mera
placed up8n the ref ans cash daEzsta
awarded onsy hzlf vate In s8rns in-
stances. 4 Is understood. 20 pressure wfIl
aa brought 70 bear - sseure a resgsengrw
~ the cases ARD NSw York ts Gre ~
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dispute ssll shtts ky rne decision 4 the
national carnnifsee. Il Il rven Eswx ~
taat a pF laoslF8an may be fnasiA la Gaa
convention 60 make fhs temporary rasf
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