The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-12
The M'KIHLEY DELEGATES SEATED
The National Republican Com
mittee So Decides.
Various Contests Before the Committee at
o. Louis yesterday Decided In Every
Case, Save One, In Favor OF the Ohio
Mantle Exception Was in Two
Delegates For Morton,

ST.. Louis. Mo, June 11.-Chairmsn
Carter Was prompt in calling the
national Republican committee to order
at 10 o'clock to-day. The days work
was oegun with the hearing the cases of
the Californis contests, beginning with
shat OF the third district. The claim
ants n this case were on one side G. M.
Belshaw and W. b. Parker, and on the
other Denison and Hochheimer. Both
oe!egauons are friendly to Mckinley.
AFTER hearing both sides MIR. Payne
moved that Messrs. Denison and Hoch-
helmer be placed upon the rolls and the
motion prevailed without division.
The contest from the Fourth district,
including the grester part OF the city
OF San francisco, WAS wsged by Messrs.
w. w. Montague and Samuel II. Short
ridge against j. s. Spear and II. I.
kowalsky, who claimed 10 be regularly
selected delegates.
This contest has been a very spirited
one from the beginning and is claimed
10 nave resulted in one murder Spear
and Kowalsky are Mckinley men, while
Montague and Shortridge are said to be
for Allison. Spear and Kowalsky were
seated.
The contestants from the Third Ala
osma district, which was passed yester-
day. did not appear when the district
was reached TO day. and on motion OF
committeeman Youngblood. S. S. Booth
and John Harmon were seated. Thew
are Mckinley men.
Inere was considers BILE interest in the
contest from the Fifth Kentucky dis
trict, which embraces the city Of Louis
Vile. 1t was contest between McKinlev
men and friends OF Governor Bradley.
Inc mckinley delegation, composed OF
George D. Todd and Charles E. Sapp,
appeared as the delegates, and the
bradley men, E j. Knoeble and j. w.
heeder az the contestants.
Hart Vance, who appeared as counsel
Tor knoeble and Reeder commended that
the primaries for the Todd convention
were held In retired place and said 1t
was proven that bribery and personal
assaults had been resorted to.
MIR. Sutherland moved to seat Knoe.
Bile and Reeder and Mr.. Clayton moved
as . substitute that Todd and SApp
should be given the seats. Mr.. Clay
toms motion prevailed on an aye and
nay vote, the voting being 2s 30 6 In
their favor.
The Florida contests were t,ken up
on the Assem- bling of the afternoon
session. All seats in the convention
from this State were contested, includ-
Ing the four delegates. at large and those
from the two districts. There was much
interest In these cases, as the fight in
Nc ktnley's interest In that STATE WAS
one OF the frst made in his behalf.
The contesting delegates at large
was the first taken up. Tie contestees
In this case were jos. E. Lee, John G.
Long, Emery Skinner and L. w Liv-
tngston, ell favorable to Mckinley.
m re -
Henry w. Chandler, II. S. Chubb and S.
ii. Coleman. The contestants are Nor.
ton men.
Mr.. Martin moved that the Lee-LonR
delegation be seated. The roll was
called on this motion and prevailed
unanimously.
The two district contestees from
Florida were disposed of next. In the
first district E. G. Weeks and ARM
strong Pardue, McK,nleyites, were the
oontestees, and M. 8. White and j. N.
McOomb the contestants, for Morton,
ana the second Dennis Esgon and l. l..
Purcell were the contestees and D. w.
Archibald and w. c. Robinson the con-
testants.
Mr.. Gunby, counsel for the contest
ants. stated that the questions involved
In the Second district were the same as
those in the State st large. He there
fore abandoned the contest in this case
before the committee, and proceeded to
make an argument in favor OF the con-
testants firm the First district The
roll call resulted in the seating Of White
and McComb as the Morton delegates.
The vote was 80 to 90.
The Ninth Georgia district. contest
was decided In favor Of A. j Spence and
j. b. CASTOR, Mckinley delegates.
The Mississippi contests mex. engaged
the attention OF the committee. In this
case the entire State delegation includ-
ing the four delegates from the seven
districts, is contested.
The contests sre the result OF the old
quarrel between Hill and Lynch both
being headed by colored men 1t Is
claimed that both sets of delegates are
for Mckinley. The claims OF each side
were set forth In q lively manner.
The door had scarcely closed upon the
speakers when the ommittee decided
without division on q motion by Mr..
Wilson, OF Delaware, to seat the Hill
delegates.
The contestants from the frs. district
were j. M. Bynum and w. E Parker
and the contestees w. + Elgin and r.
d. Liulej ohn. The two latter were
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