The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-11

the Speclai order FOR Thursday morning.
Georgia was next In order and Chairman n
Causer remarked as NJ surrendered the
chair to NJ. FL. DeYoung, soto voc.
that at the present rate OF progress the
committee would be still in session when
tbs, convention assembled ON TUESDAY.
Only two seats OF the four delegates at
large from this State proved to be con-
tested.
Mr.. Sutherland's substitute was voted
down with shout and then the roll
was called on the main question. Thir-
ty-four delegates voted to seat the Buck
leyites and six the other way. Those
voting In the negative were Fessenden
of Connecticut. Gear Of Iowa, Leonard
or Louisiana, Crane OF Mississippi Suth-
eriand Of New York, and Perry Carson
of Columbia.
to call the State OF Maine, but the ma
1ority was so overwhelming that Mr..
Manly did not call attention to the omis-
sion. though he said afterwards that he
would have voted for the contestants.
The exact complexion OF the committee.
therefore. the representatives of North
Dakota, New Mexico. and Alaska being
absent, was Sd to T.
1t was announced that the Sixth
District contest from Alabama had been
abandoned.
The regular delegates were seated
from the Seventh Alabama district. and
the contest from the Eighth district
was withdrawn.
At 6:l0 the committee took a recess
until s y. IN.
r. r. Wright, colored. and who Mt dhe
outset announced himself the original
mckinley champion OF his State, opene d
LOT the two contestants himself and ].
u. Hetherington, an adnerent of Sena
Tor Alison, and who were chosen at a
second state Convention w. II. Smythe
replied in behalf of the delegates attack
ca. j. y. DevauX and II. A. Rucker, and
showed from the sworn minutes that the
two lasted named were selected by ac-
ciamatton. the opposition making no pro-
test until AFTER the convention had adj
1ourn:d. This and other proof was suffi-
cient for the committee, and by a una nj
nous vote DevauN and Rucker were
seated
The other Delegates at larga are A. O..
Buck and H. l.. johnson.
In the First Distric, of Georgia r. w.
White and S. o. Cherry, both colored.
contested the seats OF Nj. ]. Boyle and
3. M Morse, colored, who were chosen at
the regular conventions All four are
NICK kinteNites. the two latter having
been given instructions. Both sides
were accorded full h.aiing. r. /
Lyons. OF the. Tenth District a colored
delegate, made a speech in behalf Of
Boyle. Boyle and Morse were seated
with five dissensons
The Ninth Georgia District contest was
passed until tomorrow, and that In the
stleVenth was taken up In this case
the seats OF S. NJ, Scarlett and w. NJ.
Jones. both eolored and instructed for
Mckinley. were claimed by w. H. Mat
thews and d. Outlaw. also colored. who
were instructed for Reed by a conven-
ton consisting of seven boilers. An
other exhaustive presentation of affii-
daVlts and personal experience of per-
sons present at the convention was in
order. and in the result Jones and Scar
lett were seated, with about half q dozen
votes In the negative.
AT 1895 the first Of the Kentucky con-
tests were called, but several commit
teemen entered a protest against a mid
night session on the ground that they
mad been on the rails from two to four
hishls. ana needed rest. and an adjourn
ment was therefore taken until 10 a. m.
Tomorrow