The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-12

IueFG WIS MUCH lnLeTthl III lntbe ttlpth
us the fight in McKinley's interest In
that state was one of the first In his be-
hPlt. The cOntegtlnG delegates large
was the first taken up. The contestants
In this case were Joseph E, Lee, John q.
Long, Emery r. Skinner and l., w. Llr-
ingston, all favorable to Mckinley. The
contestees were Edward r. Gunby,
Henry W. Chandler, Fl. s. Chubb and $.
II. Coleman. The contestants are Nor
tun men.
The state convention men met at Tai
lahassee on the 4th OF March. 1t was
composed of egg delegates. GRHby,
Chandler and Chubb, cOntesting dele
gates, were members OF the state central
committee and Joined with the other
members If that committee In preparing
the temporary roll OF the convention.
The temporary organization was effect
ed, and pending the debate on n mo-
tIOn to adopt the report OF the commit
tee OH credentials and before any ruling
had been made by the chair or any ac-
tlon taken by the convention, Gunby
and his associates with about fourth
Uf the delegates OF the convention, bolt
ed and held a meeting in another hall
and In that bolting convention the con-
testing delegates, Gunby, Chandler,
Chubb and Coleman claim to have been
elected. The Mckinley delegates were
seated.
The two district contestants from
Florida were disposed OF next, mr.
Gnuby appearing for the contestants,
who In these cases were Morton men,
while the contestecs were Tor Mchlh-
ley. In the first district the Morton
delegates were seated. and tn the Sec
und the Mckinley men were successful.
The vote was twenty-three to twenty.
The Ninth Georgia district contest
was decided In favor OF A. J. Spence
and J. b. CASTOR, Mckinley delegates.
The Mississippi contests next engas-
ed the attention or the committee. In
this state the entire state delegation, in-
Guiding the four delegates-at-larEe and
the fourteen delegates from the seven
districts is contested. The claimants
for the seats Of delegates at-large were
on the one side, James Hln, j. $. Bur-
ton, a. NJ. Lea and L. II. Hampton. and
on the other n. a. Anderson, W. u.
Sorsby, W. a. AlcOTn and w. T.. Mask.
The contests are the result OF the old
quarrel between TIll and Lynch, both
being headed by COlored mon. These
two factions OF the Republican party In
Mississippi separated In the convention
OF 1892, but afterward harmonizcd, Hill
having a majority Of ten In the consol-
jJnted COMMITTEES. That committee
called the state convention carly In
1SgG. It was arranged that delegates 10
the state convention should be admit
ted 10 tho hall by tickets. Lynch OBJ
jected to the use OF tickets, and refusing
10 accept them, failed 20 obtain ndmis-
sion to the hall. and organized another
convention. The Lynch people have
with them the chairman OF the state
II NH -
the Lynch delegates to be the regularly
elected delegates. II is claimed that
both sets Of delegates are for Mckinley.
Mr.. Lynch explained the admission by
tickets, saying that the proposition was
sprung at the last moment, and that the
tickets could not be obtained when ap-
nlled for by his followers and they could
not enter without them because the po-
lice would not allow them TO do so. They
thcn organized an Independent con-
yentkon. He claimed that lSS Of the 262
delegates were In his meeting. Mr..
Lynch asserted that II the Hill delega-
tIon was to be seated II would be use
less to hold Republican conventions In
Mississippi in the future. -,
National Committeeman Hh SPOKE
for mis- delegation. "Of all the state
fnents / have ever heard from mans
iIps, that delivered by Mr.. Lynch as to
tickets is the faIsest." he began by
@it iii is true. all the same" responded
Lynch. ..o
habit OF running Mississippi politics
from Washington. to which the Repnb-
Ilcnns OF the state objected.
Mr.. Lynch suddenly spranE to hls
feet TO denounce as "abs0Intely la!Se
I'M insisted upon proceeding. He at
last suspended only TO continue the
controversy personally with Messrs;
Lynch and Mosley. The door hau
scarcely closed upon them when The
COMMITTEES decided without division on
n motion by MFR. Wilson, Of Delaware
10 sent the Hill delegates.
The contestants from the First dis-
trict were ]. NJ. Bynum ana w. r..
parker and the contcstees W. F. Eisln
and q, D. LFttlejohR. The two latter
were seated.