The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18

Quincy took the chair until he declared
the convention adjourned, he refused
the roll call in the convention, no
matter who made it. when or whers.
Every man that moved roll cali on
the report of the committee on Gre
dentials, every man who moved roll
call on permanent organiza ton or on
any question. was ruled out of order
Iaughter) And then they passed a
resolution to elect four delegates at
large, Quincy at the head. and they put
that through by viva voce vote,
with another man that Cuney put in
the chair to do up the business.
daughter and applause), and. despite
all protests. no roll call was had.
Then somebody moved TO adjourn. and
THE AFFIDAvITs ARE HERE.
stacks of them. that Quincy refused to
recognize anybody on motion to adj
journ or to accept a roll call, and he
declared the convention adjourned,
went out with mis- hat and took the
convention with him. daughter and
cheers)
Now, Gal delegates that sat in Cuney's
convention on credentials were stated
there and there were only sol alto
gether: and. the GAL delegates organ
lied another convention and by unani-
nous vote elected the four men who
asked you for seats here. That is all.
AS to the case of Delaware, the COM
mittee decided by majority vote to
recommend that the Higgins people be
seated. They did it because in that
state it was claimed by Republicans
before us that the Addicks delegates
did not represent the Republican party
of Delaware or anywhere else. Cries
and cheers.>
There was the same kind of proce-
dure largely in the convention-no roll
call, hilarity. excitement, turbulence,
force and victory for the dominant fac
ton. The records before us show that
Mr.. Addicks had entered into a combi-
nation with four men in the legislature
of Dsleware and united with the Demo-
crat tic governor. in order to allow no
Republican United States senator to
be elected from that state. Cries and
cheers.) A majority of the committee
believe under the evidence that Mr..
Addicks and his party in Delaware
WE'RE HIGHWAYMEN ON THE
ROAD
to political fortune, no matter what
was the result to tine Republican party.
To rebuke what the United States
senate, by vote of every Republican
in that body, tried to do to save the
state when Addicks did wrong. to re-
Duke Addicks in defeating Dupont, we
seat Dupont in this convention as a
delegate from Delaware with the rest
of them. Great applause)
The Chairman-The chair presents
Mr.. Yerkes, of Kentucky (Applause)
Mr.. Yerkes-There are, gentlemen of
the convention, two sets of contest
ing delegates from the state of Della
ware, one headed by ex-senator Hig-
gins, the only Republican ever elected
to the United States senate from the
state. (Applause), the other headed by
j. Edward Addicks, the only Republi-
can, so-called, who prevented the cleo
ton of a Republican senator from that
state. Great applause.)
Upon the roll with ex-senator Hig-
gins, we find the name of Colonel Du-
pont, who by SO votes of Republican
United States senators and by every
Republican vote in that senate, is af-
f1rmed to be the, man elected by
the Republicans of Delaware to the
senate chamber to succeed ex-senator
Higgins Now, 1 admit that this con-
vention is. by its rules, is by necessity,
not only the
JUDGES OF ELECTION
of its members, but of them, and of the
pTopriety of their admission to a seat
| upon its own floor. | admit, further,
that SO far as the face of these returns
! is concerned that Addicks has a priqna
facie case, but offset for a moment, al
though 1t may not be argument, by the
| recollection that the national commit
tee in its wisdom saw fit 10 refuse him
a seat upon the floor of this convention
| and to those gentlemen having that
prima facie case; backed up as by
were in that view by the decision of
your own committee on credentials by
a vote of 81 to II, not only refusing
Addicks a. seat in this convention and
those with HIM, but actually seating
ex-senator Higgins, Colonel Dupont
and their associates. (Applause.) There
MUST BE SOME REASON
for this Certainly your two commit
tees wouid not have acted without
foundation, MACON or cause Now.
| why was it? We affirm, and the record
is here and shows it, that the majority
of the delegates to the state convention
of Delaware. where Mr.. Addicks had
majority CT forty alone, was secured
by the use of money in bribiry and
buying votes. Here are the affidavits
presented to the national committee
and presented to your committee on
credentials, as I am informed Now,
gentlemen, there are only three ways
a, distinguished Democratic citizen of
New York: First by the free choice
of the electors; second. by force and
fraud and bribery, which are ccneititu-
ent elements of force, and third, by lot.
And If this convention believes. as
evidently this committee did believe.
that the majority in that body was Sc
cured by
METHODS AND MEANS
of this nature and this character, then
is this convention, representing the
dignity, the wisdom, the honor and the
integrity of the Republican party of
this nation, willing to accept delegates
coming here with such credentials and
under such charges as have been
made, and affidavits presented to prove
them?
Mr.. Hepburn spoke for the minority.
He said:
Mr. President and gentlemen of the
convention: 1 have the right to as
sumo that any Republican convention.
any body of men representing the Re-
publican party will declare in favor of
fairness. The American people love
fairness. They are not willing, 1 take
it, that any mans rights shall be de-
ternined without he has had his day in
court. l say here, without
FEAR OF CONTRADICTION.
that there has been no hearing upon
the merits of 100 election cases. Gap
plause). I challenge any member of
this convention to deny that PROPOSE
ti7n. When these gentlemen went be-
fore the national committee, there was
gentleman representing the interests
on a certain candidate here 1t was
his contention in opposing the adinis-
sion OF all those that he supposed were
not favorable to his candidate, that
az the committee was to pass upon.