The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1896-06-12

the questions submitted were intricate,
and these were debated without con-
sideration of time. Where, however, a
contest was regarded as frivolous or
based upon grounds not recognized by
the rules Of the party, short work was
made of it.
Among the contestants were scatter
ing supporters of Reed, Morton and
Allison, but the sum total of the day
light work was the seating Of twenty
two pronounced adherentS of Major
Mckinley and of two delegates favor
able to the nomination of Governor
Morton. On this latter contest-that OF
the First District of FIorida-some of
the Mckinley members of the commit
tee made a bitter fight, but the evil
Gence adduced for the friends of the
New Yorker-White and McCoombs-
was SO regular and overwhelming that
preference traces We're kicked over and
some of the Ohio mans warmest friends
voted for the first time against his
Spokesman, with the result that the
Morton men were seated by a close
vote of % to 90
Perhaps it was merely a coincidence,
but it was at least significant that
Immediately after this vote had been
announced Mr.. Manley left the room
and prepared the statement to the
United Press in which he called upon
the friends of Speaker Reed to re-
double their efforts to bring about his
nomination. Pressed, however, to make
clear the apparent discrepancies be-
tween his latest bulletin and that of
last evening, the political manager of
the lamented Blaine, and chief of the
supporters of the present candidate
fro m Maine, would only reply that the
statement was sufficiently self-explan-
q cory for the present and needed no
elaboration.
Read between the lines, however, and
those in a position to know say that
this is the correct reading, it is an in
tjmation of Mr.. Manley's belief that
lust such a break as occurred in the
committee to-day may happen at some
critical moment and upon some unex-
pected issue in the National Conven-
ton, and that he proposes that the
friends of the candidate shall girt on
their armor and be prepared for any
eVentuality.
CALIFORNIA DELEGATION.
The members of the National Commit
tee were prompt in getting together in
the clubrOOm of the Southern at 10
O'Clock this morning, resuming consid-
Grafton of the numerous contests. A
decided disposition in favor of facili-
tating this branch of its work was man
ifested by the body, several members
expressing the fear that if the una
bridged debates and discussions that
marked the sessions of yesterf 3. ",re
to continue the temporary roll would
still be in allegiance when the conven-
ton was ready for business on Tuesday
morning.
Accordingly, when Congressman Hill
born of California asked for the post
pOnement of the contest from the Third
District of that State, in consequence
of the non-arrival of some of the men
and papers concerned, numerous OBJ
jectionS were raised, and the Pacific
Coast representative was given the op-
ton of going ahead or of letting the
case Of his friends go by default. He
chose the former, and made a ten-min-
ute speech in support of the claims of
G.. NJ. Belshaw and w. B. Parker, whose
seats are contested by Eli S. Denison
and A. A. Hockheimer. Presidential
proclivities did not enter into the con-
test, as both sets of delegates were in
structed for Mckinley by their respec-
tive conventions. The argument of the
Congressman was involved in technical
tiles, and Senator Thurston, Henry c.
Payne, Powell Clayton and others were
compelled to keep up a running fire of
questions in order to clearly elicit the
facts.
Ex-Congressmah A. c. Thompson Of
| Sc.
contestees and contestants from every
State who are under the wing of the
Mckinley leaders, presented the case
of Denison and Hockheimer, taking the
ground that the convention by which
they were elected was the only proper
constituted body, and that it's action,
so far as concerned the temporary
roll, was final, and could be reviewed by
| the Committee on Credentials selected
by the convention. When the arguments
were concluded it took the committee
just five seconds to seat Denison and
his colleague by a unanimous vote.
Next on the special order was the
Fourth California District w. w. Mon
tague and Samuel NJ. Shortridge were
the contestants against Joseph Spear
and Henry l. Kowalski, claiming to be
regular candidates Mr. Shortridge
made brisk and vigorous presentation
of his case. He took the position that
himself and his colleagues were the
regular delegates selected al the regu-
lar convention, and that they should be
recognized as contestees instead of
contestants. In this case also. both
sets of delegates We're instructed for
Mckinley, and again Congressman
Thompson appeared for the contestants
After considerable debate Spear and
hoWalski were seated, only two votes
being recorded in the negative This
concluded the California cases.
In the Third Alabama District Samuel
5 Booth and John Harmon (coloredD
were seated, the contestants falling to
Put in an appearance.
| AT this point Henry G. PAYNE Of Wis
consin moved a reconsideration of the
action in the Fourth California Dis
| trfct, in order that a roll-call might he
had. This was voted down. but Sam,
uel Fessenden challenged the Judgment
| OF the Chair, and a roll-call was con-
sequently forced by strategy. The vote
was II to Pc, and the exclusion of short
ridge ct al was consequently clincbed
by a majority of II.
A KENTUCKY CASE.
Kentucky had the call for the next
special order, but it was productive of
out a single contest. This was in the
lfth, and the Mckinley delegates were
/ seated
At 12:25 a recess was taken until 2
m.
FLORIDA CONTESTS.
When the committee reassembled the
| FLORIDA contests were given prece-