Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-17
The selection OF

officers was left o. 60
Al the hotel tho ttee went into exc
cutivp session TN - a warm argument
over 4 resolution TO nave the COM
mittee accept the mt " the national
committee on all es decided in that
that committee IL contests as final.
Mr. sutherland Of rk made the great
est protast saving = le New York dele
CATION. by a vote - to Il. objected TO
the action OF the & - ee on its contests
and desired TO hav Ommittee act as
court OF appeals.
The committee H.ceteu John II. Fort Of
New Jersey chairman; J. E. Lambert OF
Kansas secretary: j. VI. Gilbert Of Wash
ington. assistant secretary. and Smith Of
wyoming sergeant at arms. The resolution
TO ratify the decisions of the national conf
mittee was offered by Gown Of Nebraska.
Speeches in support were made by Gown.
Thompson Of Ohio and Long OF Florida.
The opposition was led by Hepburn of Iowa
and sutherland of New York and Allen OF
Utah. The element supporting Gown s
proposition argued that lS6 cases might be
brought before the committee and their
consideration might delay the convention
for a week. on the other side It was
claimed that a precedent would be vs.
tablished by accepting the decisions OF the
national committee which would practically
place the personnel OF the convention in that
committees $ hands and give 1t power TO name
the candidate in a close contest.
eight contestants desired to bring their
cases before the credentials committee. 2he
committee decided to proceed with the con-
sifcration of the Texas and Delaware fights
before voting on the Gown resolution.
MKINLEY MEN CONTROL.
The Mckinley men finally secured con
troll of the committee \ resolution offered
by Hepburn of Iowa. one OF Allison man
ayers, that the committee send for The
papers on all contests was lost by a vote
OF II for 20 against
This practically insured the adoption OF
the resolution offered by Gown that the de-
cisions of the national committee be ac-
cepted, with the exception Of Texas ami
Delaware. which We're referred.
IL learned after the committee ad-
journed that the debate was OF rather
bitter character Of those who spoke for
the resol ItiOn 10 reopen the cases, w II.
Sutherland of New York alone refrained
from making an attack upon the Mckinley
managers The full text OF the resolution
offered by Mr. Gown follows:
Resolved That the roll Of delegates and
altprnates 7reparod bv the national com
mittee for the purpose OF temporary organ
i2ation be and the same Is hereby adopted
by this committee rs the true and correct
roll Of delegates and alternaJes 10 the con-
vention; and that this committee proceed
with the hearing Of contests referred by
the national committee, viz: Delegates and
alternates from Delaware and those at large
from the state of Texas.
W. P Hepburn OF Iowa moved to substi-
tute.
That the secretary be instructed to OBJ
tain from the national committee all pa
pers and documents tied and before them
in contests for seats in the convention and
that thereupon the committee dispose of all
contests in alphabetical order.
Speaking for the adoption Of the substi-
tute, Sutherland Of New York, himself
member of the national committee. said that
the question of candidates should not enter
into the matter The national committee
in one or two cases had voted TO seat one
delegation then had reversed its decision
by a very close vote This was evidence
enough that New York s regular organiZa-
ton should have a hearing before the COM
rnittee appointed by the convention.
The proper thing" said Sutherland Ito
have done in the matter would have been
for the convention to have done away with
the committee on credentials altogether.
He then continued in a sarcastic vein
We could have resisted the national COM
mittee on credentials. There are two men
with seats in the New York delegation
who are not representative republicans who
are opposed to the great organization in
that state and are sitting without any
claim whatever simply because the national
committee was a trife sympathetic"
Congressman Hepburn insisted that it was
right for all contestants to have a hearing
before the committee on credentials The
only duty of the national committee in the
showings made by the contestants ana to
give states temporary standing in the con-
vention. Under the rules it was the duty
OF the credentials committee 10 investigate
the merits OF claims to seats.
Congressman Allen of Utah spoke warmly.
Gentlemen, you are establishing a prec-
edent that Will come back to plague US"
he intimated that the report of the com
mittee might be fought on the floor of the
convention, and much delay involved as
If the cases were brought before the com
mittee. He declared that the functions of the
national committee were being enlarged to
Il degree that left the convention little
work to do, and that at the next Conven-
tion the course followed by this one in
the matter Of credentials would be brought
forward as established usage. In close con-
the presidential candidate. In conclusion
he said: This is only another step in
building up the machine"
HIGGINS FACTION IS SEATED.
The Delaware was first called. Ex-
Senator Higgins himself made the first plea
for his faction. He said that the state
convention had been characterized by "bru-
tality and great harshness on the part Of
the Addicks faction. He leveled his fore
finger at his antagonist and exclaimed:
And this man, who has put this unspeak-
able shame and taint on the state of Della
ware is aspiring TO the highest place in the
nation, and is qualified for none"
Washington Hastings, followed Higgins
He said that the Delaware convention had
been called by spectators, "A lot Of drunken,
filthy loafers. filled with Addicks rum and
bought with Addicks money for the purpose
OF bowling down the Higgins men,"
Michael Murray who made the first
speech in behalf Of Addicks, said that Adj
dicks was The same man he was six years
ago when Higgins, as a candidate for the
senate, welcomed lis support.
NJ. Caleb r. Layton, who was chairman
of the state convention. spoke for Addicks
also. He said the trouble was due to the
fact that the younger republicans in Della
ware were tired of the leadership Of Higgins.
He was followed by H. R. Burton for the
Addicks faction.
General James H. Wilson, chairman Of the
state committee, declared he represented
neither faction, and asserted that in his
township not more than twenty-five out Of
more than 200 votes cast for the AddiCks
delegation We're unpurchased. He himself
had seen money freely used at the polls.
He, with other boiling republicans, had left
the convention because the chairman refused
70 give the minority representation on the
committees.
On being questioned, Addicks, who was
present at the meeting, said he had lived
in Delaware nineteen years cast his first
vote for Lincoln and had voted for every re-
publican candidate for president since. The
closing argument was made by Higgins