Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-24

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ID. VA, FRIDAY, JULY
1 Other motions to take recess were voted
! down or ruled out Of order. In most In
stances without regard to parliamentary
| law, and then a song was given by a
! Mr.. Phillips, OF Missouri. amid cries OF
LOUDER and Sit down. and derisive
cheers, which drowned the singers voice.
A motion. TO take recess TILL o'clock
was finally successful. and the temporary
chairman. at 1915. declared the convention
| adjourned until that hour.
UNDREss PROCEEDINGS.
| The convention reassembled during the
hottest portion Of an oppressively hot day
! Most of the delegates set ASIDE ell idea OF
| personal dignity or of the proprieties of
| the occasion, and divested themselves Of
coats, vests, and shirt-collars
| The Committee on Credentials was stlll
unready, and the services OF the band had
to be again called into requisition to fill
| I'D the tedious time of waiting.
| II was $50 when Senator Butler called
| the convention to order. and stated that
| the Committee on Credentials was pre-
! pareded to make a partial report The
| chairman Of the committee came to the
| stand and submitted a majority report
| recommending that the delegations be re-
| cognized in all uncontested cases; that in
| the cases OF the first seven Illinois con-
| gressional districts both delegations be
| seated. with the right 70 cast half votes.
and that In the case OF Colorado the dele
| gates known as the Patterson delegates
be seated and cast the full vote Of the
| State
Minority reports, the chairman said,
would be submitted In certain OF these
| ases.
That part of the report for the admission
of delegates whose seats were uncontested
was agreed to.
son why II was desired 70 take up tne
| Colorado case first was because this was
i the only case whore a whole State delega-
| ton was contested. and Colorado had
| forty-fve good PopulIsts who desired 20
| be heard.
The Colorado case was then taken up.
| hut was laid nslie for an hour or so until
the minority report should he ready.
ILLINOIS CONTEST.
| The Illinois case was taken up. The re-
! mort of the majority declares that the Tay-
| lor delegates from Cook county. Ill. are
! not entitled TO the seats. and that the
| contestants are. The minority report is
| I'm favor oil the Iayior ueiesatcs' DeDdte
was limited 10 fifteen minutes on each
| side.
The vote was first taken on the minority
report the roll OF States being called on
1.-the question.
EXTRAORDINARY VOTING.
The vote was taken in the most extra
ordinary manner. Instead OF voting aye
| or no on the question before them-the
adoption OF the minority report-most of
| the delegations voted upon both reports
AT the same time. In this haphazard way
| the sense of the convention was reached,
and II was found that there were cast:
For the minority report. seating the
Taylor delegates from Cook county, 642
votes.
For the majority report, seating both
delegations. with half vote each, t55.
This result was announced by the Chair.
Mr.. Washburn, Of Illinois, who had tenn
porarily relieved Senator Butler, amid
| scene of great confusion. 1t was stated
| by the Chair. In reply to question, that
| the Illinois delegation had voted on their
own case, though no one had heard HI
| nois called. 1t was incidentally disclosed
during the roll-call that the vote of Louis
| lana had been increased by the Committee
on Credentials without any report beng
made In regard thereto.
The rol-call also gave public informa-
ton for the first time of the number of
votes assigned each State under the elastic
rules Of the convention. The voting
strength of each State is as follows:
VOTING STRENGTH.
Alabama, 54; Arkansas 25; California, 80;
! Colorado. Is: Connecticut, z; Delaware, 8;
Florida, 8; Georgia. 81; Idaho T. Illinois.
54; Indiana, 30; Iowa, q; Kansas, 92; Ken
lucky, 26: Louisiana, 30; Maine, 10; Mary
| land 9; Massachusetts, Il; Michigan, ~;
Minnesota. 50; Mississippi. 1s; Missouri. SO;
| Montana II; Nebraska, 81 Nevada mot
represented); New Hampshire. A. New
| Jersey, p: New York, Al North Carolina,
| 95; North Dakota, u; Ohio, 49,; Oregon. IA;
| Pennsylvania, 3S; Rhode Island. 4; South
| Carolina mot represented); South Dakota,
| II: Tennessee. n; Texas, 105; Titan. 3; Yer
mont, 2; Virginia, 50; Washington. is;
West Virginia. s; Wisconsin. "a; Wyoming,
7; Alaska and Arizona mot represented;
| District of Columbia, 6; New Mexico. .;
Oklahoma, 3; Indian Territory, Q.
CHALLENGE OF TALLY.
An Illinois delegate challenged the cor
rectness of the tally. saying that the real
result was 6so for the minority report and
642 for the majority report.
He said that the Illinois delegates de-
manded that the vote be verified. and the
chairman gave orders to that effect.
When the secretary recapitulated the
vote some of the figures were found to
have been changed from the original an
| nouncement, the secretary stating that
this had been done at the request OF the
delegations before the result was pro-
claimed.
but you never announced 1t to us"
shouted a delegate.
TIsa oholloppA was QVpntuallV with
drawn. and the majority report was de-
clared adopted. seating both delegations
| from Cook county.
The vote having been announced, the
Illinois delegates withdrew for consulta-
tion.
The next contest was that from the
State of Missouri. but the contestants
withdrew their claim.
The next contest was that from the
| State OF Wisconsin. Five minutes were
| allowed to each side for the presentation
| OF its case. The minority report Ito seat
| Cole instead Of 1saacs) was voted down.
and the majority report (giving the seat
to Isaacs) was adopted.
PERMANr>-r ORGANIZATION.
The report from the Committee on Per-
manent Organization was about 10 be
presented when points Of order were made
10 the effect that the Committee on Gre
dentials had the right of way until its
full report was made. The chairman. Mr.
Washburne. Of Massachusetts. overruled
the objections. and amid uproar an
nounced that Mr.. Cooke. OF Virginia,
chairman Of the Committee on Permanent
Organization, had the floor. Mr.. Cooke
stated the recommendations Of the COM
mittee. the name OF Senator Allen, Of Ne
braska. being reported az permanent chair
man. loud and prolonged applause)
The minority report was then read. pre-