The record-union., 1896-07-24
AFTERNOON SESSION.


AFTERNOON SESSION.
ST. LOUIS, July 23.-The conven-
tion reassembled during the hottest per-
tiOn of an oppressively hot day. 1t was
little wonder then that most of the del
egates set aside all idea of personal dig
nifty, or of the proprieties of the occa-
sion, and divested themselves of coats,
vests and shirt collars. The Committee
on Credentials was still unready, and
the services of the band had to be called
into requisitiOn.
1t was half-past when Senator But
Ter called the convention to order and
stated that the Committee on Creden-
tials was prepared to make a partial
report. Thereupon Mr.. Wardell of Cali
fOrnia, Chairman of the committee, sub
mitted a majority report recommending
that the delegations be recognized in all
the uncontested cases; that in the cases
of the first seven Illinois Congressional
districts both contestants and contes-
tees be seated with half vote, and that
in the case of Colorado the delegates
known as the Patterson delegates be
seated Minority reports, the Chairman
stated, would be submitted in these
cases.
That part of the report for the ad-
mission of the delegates whose seats
were uncontested was agreed to.
Mr.. Patterson of Colorado said the
reason why it was desired to take up the
Colorado case first was because this was
the only case where a whole State dele
cation was contested, and Colorado had
fcrty-five good Populists who desired to
be heard.
The Colorado case was then taken up.
A delegate then moved that the Colo
RADIO case be held until the minority re-
port was made.
The protest was of no avail, and it
was ordered that the discussion be con-
fined to fifteen minut s for each side.
Mr.. Patterson of Colorado, at the re-
quest of the delegations from Texas and
Georgia, moved that the Colorado case
be postponed = hour, and this was
agreed to.
The Illinois case was taken up. The
report Of the majority declares that the
Taylor delegates from Cook County, H..
are not entitled to the seats, and the
contestants are. The minority report is
in favor of the Taylor delegates.
Mr. Moran of Nebraska moved the
adoption of the minority report, and Mr..
Denning of Virginia moved the adop
ton Of the majority report. Fifteen
minutes On each side YES aah@wed Cor
the discussion of the Illinois case, the
question being first on the adoption Of
the minority report.
The vote was taken on the minority
report, that five Taylor delegates are
entitled to the seats, and the roll call of
States was had. The vote was taken in
the most extraordinary manner. In
stead of voting aye or no on the ques-
tion before them-the adoption of the
minority report-most of the delega-
tions voted upon both reports at the
same time. In this haphazard way the
sense of the convention was reached,
and it was found that there were cast:
For the report seating the Taylor dele
gates from Cook County, 642 votes; for
the majority report, seating both dele
cations with half a vote each, Go votes.
This result was announced by the
bChair Mr Washburn of Massachusetts,
( who had temporarily relieved Senator
ButIer) amid scene of great confusion.
| 1t was stated by the Chair, in reply to
a question, that the Illinois delegation
had voted on their own case, though no
one had heard Illinois called. 1t was in
cidentally disclosed during the rcll-eall
| that the vote of Louisiana had been in
creased by the Committee on Creden-
tials from - to 32 without any report
being made in regard thereto The roll
1 call also gave public information for
the first time of the number of votes as
| signed each State under the elastic rules
of the convention.
VOTING STRENGTH OF STATES
The voting strength of each State was
as follows: Alabama "a, Arkansas n,
California 50. Colorado 10, Connecticut
! II, Delaware 3. Florida .. Georgia 81,
| Idaho Z. Illinois n Indiana 30 Iowa ~,
Kansas %, Kentucky 26, Louisiana b,
Maine 9. Maryland 8, Massachusetts p.
Michigan 30 Minnesota 81, Mississippi
! is, Missouri IS, Montana II, Nebraska
81, Nevada not represented, New
| Hampshire 4 New Jersey II, New
York Al, North Carolina 30. North Da-
kota II. Ohio 10, Oregon ii, Pennsylva-
MIA 30. Rhode Island T. South Carolina
not represented, South Dakota II, Ten
nessee -. Texas 1o3 Utah >, Vermont
>. Virginia 53, Washington 1G, West
Virginia s Wisconsin 24 wyoming Z.
Alaska and Arizona not represented,
District of Columbia 6. New Mexico .,
Oklahoma !, Indian Territory 6.
An Illinois delegate challenged the
correctness Of the tally and demanded
that the vote be verified. and the Chair
man gave orders to that effect. When
the Secretary recapitulated the vote
some of the figures Were found 10 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 it
to us, shouted delegate.
The challenge was eventually with
drawn, and the majority report was de-
clared adopted seating both delegations
from Cook County.