The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-08
cREpExTIALs COMMITTEES
Cleveland and His Chickering'S OPee's
Charged with Frsnd.


Cleveland and His Chickering'S oPeais
Charged with FrsHd.
Chicago. July The COMMITTEES ON
credentials met for temporary organiza-
ton this afternoon after the adjourn
nent OF the conventioR. J. d. Goodwin
% Alabama was made temporary chair
man and John Boyle OF the District OF
Columbia. temporary secretary. With
out perfecting 4 permanent orSaElz@-
ton, the committee adjourned az
o'clock
When they met again there was the
utmost confusion The chairman. after
breaking an umbrella handle in van
endeavors 70 preserve decorum. finally
reSoroed TO a glass. which shared TIE
same fate a discussion as 10 the al.
mission OF the press led 20 a lively de-
bate. IN me confusion that followed
this and several other heated debates.
the press representatives were left on
the outside.
L was o'clock before order could he
be restored and the committee could
proceed 10 the election OF permanent Of
ficers Three candidates were present.
ed FOR chairman. Smith NJ. Weed OF
New York. John II. Atwood OF Kansas
and John e. Crosby OF Massachusetts,
Mr.. Crosby tried 10 decline So did Mr.
Weed. but the confusion was toe grea
and the roll call proceeded. Weed go,
. votes, Crosby : and Atwood =. some
OF the gold members cast their votes
for Atwood. When Atwood assumed
the chair, the atmosphere changed. A
delegate who tried % interrupt anoth-
er was told IN forcibie tones 20 'sst
down" He looked At TIE chairman's
$50 pounds ani meekiy oheyed. L. W.
Arson OF Virginia tired 70 bring up the
matter OF press adm1ttance again. and
made \ sqecch IN which he deplored
the sttenp. a star chamber proceed
ings. He would probably have succeed.
ed had not the delegates been wsar.ec
with the long delay.
The temporary secretary was replac-
ed by Benton OF Missouri. Crosby OF
Massachusetts offered a resolution 70
take up the contests, Nebraska first
and Michigan second. Weed moved 10
have the roll called and the contests
voted on IN alphabetical order. The
amendment prevailed. Each contest
ant was given a balf-hour 20 present
his case.
The committee adopted an order bar
ring delegates from the states having
contest from voting on questions pea
tanning 20 those contests.
L. ". Arson OF Virginia renewed the
motion for TIE admission OF press rep
resentstives. After a sJroag speech by
| that gentleman and Governor Nc
Laurin Of Mississippi. II was unan!-
mously adopted
The Michigan contest was the first
one called. +. A. Baker OF Detroit pre-
scented a protest of :he four silver dele
aStes-at-large against the seating OF
the gold det.r-a tsss- Ia 49, To-
ments made were largely those LAID BE-
| fore the national committee and dealt
/ with alleged manipulation OF the pri-
/ rnaries by federal office holders. -Four
/ hundred pOstmasters and old Office hold
/ ers. IL was claimed, had been summon
/ Ell to Detroit the night before the PR
maries and had actually participated
In the primaries. The head OF this
| movement. Baker asserted. was Elliott
| @. Stevenson. law partner OF Don NJ.
Dickinson He claimed that Stevenson
/ pursued this course after "A conversation
/ with President Cleveland Ia washins-
| ton.
| The committee on credentials follows:
| Alabama, ID. T. Goodwin. Arkansas y
| ~ Taylor; California. W. X. Bourke:
/ Colorado. It. j. O'Donnell. Connecticut.
/ +. g. COonan; Delaware. II g. Pen
/ nington: Florida r. ID. T0lnkeublii:
! Georgia, q. r. Lewis; Idaho. T. Reagan:
/ Illinois. A. W. Hope; Indiana. Ell Mar
/ vine: Iowa, W. A. Wells: Kansas. J. III.
| Atwood; Kentucky. David r. Murray:
| Louisiana. H. W. ogden: Maine. I u.
Deasey; Maryland Edward A. War
4 field: Massachusetts, J. G. Crosby:
/ Michigan. NJ. Brucker; Minnesota. g L.
I Baxter; Mississippi. Governor Mac
/ lsurin; Montana. w. @. DouninE: Ne
I 49,. afrr L.
shire. Charles A Sinclair: New jersey.
\ r. p 3Iesney: New York. Smith ~
/ Weed: North Carolina. ". VI. Turner:
/ North Dakota. J. II. Holt: Ohio. Uuric
/ SLOANE: Oregon, NJ r. Butcher: Penn
/ syivania. J. II. Coc.hrane. South Caro-
/ ina, W. II. ElrObe. South DAkots. -.
/ A. Ramsey: Tennessee. T. NJ. McIon-
| aid; Texas. J. W. Blake. Utah, 5. II.
/ Thurman: Vermont. s. & Shurtlen:
/ Virginia. c. A. swanson; Washington.
/ Thomas Mslonsy. West Virginia. ". r.
| Byrne: Wyoming. ". Il. sigisrnond:
/ Arizona. J. f. Wilson. District Of Co
/ lunb!s, John Boyle. Indian Territory.
\ James wood: New Mexico. John +.
/ Hewitt: Oklahoma. " " Benton.
a more disgracefui mani pulation OF
! a convention 20 defeat the will OF the
--ople OF a great state was never per-
/ = .ra.cd ga this nation" Baker sx-
claimed : .ynately-
( many ahidavits were produced Ia sup
/ port Of the charges. They accused
/ chairTnen OF district conventions Of rui-
/ Ing Ia favor Of gold men Ga th~ face %
adverse votes. and also went on %
show that delegates had violated In
iFtructions. The charge was made that
I a citizen % Pontiac who bad leassd .
building % the government for post-
Office. .sgas threatened VIA q caoo~iia-
/ ton % the lease unless he worked for
the gold csus@ In conclusion Eaker
said that the assembling o. federal off,
Gers az Detroit had been done % TIE
name OF the president and practically
under threas from MIN that ofilcatold-
ers would lose .asir places unless 7neJ
worked for Eo4. TIE question. -
said. was whether IRE vii a. Psesi-
dent Cievelara ard rs auborf oates
or that - the people was - prevail
Elliott q. Stevenson sad ma t1e ff"-
dl.1uais presented were gotten within
the pact fe1 days and thai there vas
10 sdea "a TIE Dari - IRE sef1eee nat
they Z-.re IL eN .aierer. but that fhey
were. ngavever. q uffis value IRE de-
tailed proceed ngs = ths convention. -
aaid. e-,9zs.I that silver nes Rad fh~rn.-
ssfyss made motions Tor the ul2nl nous
election % god men
He wa fre1ueu,iy in,erruytsf ~
sosns q ne cpntes-ants present tn.
= BE- and You know that - = - %
uniI GnaEy ne chairman Er~w Nrafhy
and said stop thaf- We W.ll have o.
or here o. nothing else
Refe-T7rsE - IRE stsnllrT - TIE &ioa-
gan so-c4iied dsierati1g. Eteyssso1
SAD. We cld noi declare - god We