The morning times., 1896-06-11
REEC ISOUT OF THE RICE
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substitute that the Smith, or MoseIy del
egatiOn be seated. While ". A SutheF-
land wanted the entire matter referred to
a subcommittee OF three, 10 report on
Thursday morning.
A suggestion from Senator Shuup OF
Idaho that each delegate be given half
vote in the interest of harmony, was met
by SO many cries of NO" and That's
not the way to get harmony Lhatit was
not pressed.
Mr. Sutheriand's substitute was voted
down with a shout and then the roll was
called on the main question. Thirty-fOur
delegates voted to seat the BuekIeyites
and six the other way. Those voting in
the negative were Fessenden OF Con
Decticut; Gear, Iowa; Leonard, louisiana;
Crane, Massachusetts; Sutherland, New
York; and Perry Carson OF the District
OF Columbia.
By some oversight the secretary failed
to call the State of Maine, but the ma jority
was so overwhelming That Mr.. Manley did
not call attention to the omission, al
though be said afterwards that he would
have voted for the contestants The ex-
act complexion or the committee there
fore, the representatives OF North DAKOTA,
New Mexico. Oklahoma, and Alaska be-
ing absent, was 81 10 :.
Next in order was the contest in the
Fourth Congressional district where Con-
gresham W. F. AIdrich and II. F. Curry
claimed precedence of the regular dele
gates. Thomas q. Dunn and William A.
Stevens.
The latter, Il bright colored man, spoke
for himself and his colleague, an ex-
Federal soldier and member OF Hancock
staff, and despite plausible statement
from Representative AIdrich the coloreI
man made out 50 good a case that the
vote to sustain the regular delegation, Vas
unanimous.
ONE CONTEST ABANDONED.
There was applause when il was an
nOunced that the Sixth district contest
had been abandoned. The Fifth district
Vas passed until Thursday. In the Seventh
district Cha rles d. Alexander and John ).
Curtis. the regular Delegates, told story
OF attempted riot and threatened BIZ Cd
shed a the district convention. while the
contestants, Frank NJ Morague and Join
l. GuzZell. sought To put another face on
the matter.
When the room had been cleared Com
mitteeman Paine of Milwaukee expressed
the opinion that the time had cUme't
frOwn upon such convention methods 5s
those that had been narrated. and sug-
gested that both regulars and contestants
be excluded from the regular roll.
Committeeman Hahn. however, moved 20
seat Alexander Curtis and there were but
four voices in the negative. The eighth
district cantest was Withdrawn and the
names Of the regular delegates. W. W Sim
mons and II. V Cas;Iin. were placed upon
the roll. In the ninth district Adj Winds
teoiOredl and W. {. Haniin. "a Grand Army
veteran. both adherentS of the Moseley
wing. contested the seats OF J. ". Hughes
and W. L Saunders.
State Chairman Vaughan made the argU-
ment for the latter. while MOSeley argued
that what was sauce for the goose was
sauce for the gander, and that the commit
tee could not decide against the contestants
in this case without admitting that-the
facts being the same-it was wrong in the
seventh dist rict contests.
The committee agreed with him. aud
Powell Clayton's motion to seat the
cOlOred man and the ex-Northern volunteer
was carried with shout. At 6:15 the
committee took recess until p. IN.
Subsequently il was announced that the
Fifth district case would be settled by
arbitration. or the regulars and con-
testants. one favOrs Allison. one Nc
Kinley and two Reed
FLORIDA CONTESTS.
When the committee reconvened, at
SIS, the contest on delegates at large
from Florida, and those in the Third and
Fourth districts of California, were made
the special order for Thursday morning
Georgia was next in order. and Chairman
Carter remarked. as he surrendered the
chair to Mr.. II De Young. soto voeCe. that
at the present rate of progress, the CON-
mittee would be stiIl in session when the
convention assembled on Tuesday.
Only two seats of the four delegates at
large from this State proved tohecoHleSted,
fsrbr nd q
announced himself the original Mckinley
champion of his state, opened for the two
contestants. himself and j IL. HethcFingtOn,
an adherent OF Senator Allison and who
were chosen at 4 second State convention
held after the first one had adjourned.
W ii. Smythe replied in behalf of the
delegates attacked, j L. Devaux and II a.
Rucker, and showed from the wornminutes
that the two last named Were selected by
reclamation, the opposition making no
pr"t'-~- until after the convention had adj
journed.
THIS and other proof was sufficient for
the committee. and by n unanimous vote
DevauX and Rucker We're seated. The
other MISUNDERSTANDING are 4. G. Buck
and H. l.. Johnson
MEETS AGAIN TODAY.
In the First district of Georgia 4. W.
White and s. O. Cherry, both cOlored,
contested the seats OF NJ. j. Boyle and 5.
NJ. Morse. colured, WHO We're chosen at
the regular convention
A II four are MCKinleyites. the two latter
having been given instructions. Both sides
were accorded Il full hearing. F. 1. Lyons
OF tTe seventh district. Il cuIored delegate,
made speech in behalf of Boyle. Boyle
ana Morse were seated with five disse-t
ing
The Ninth Georgia district contest was
passed until tomorrow and that in the
eleventh was taken up. In this case the
seats of s 81 Scarlet ,and W. VI. Jones,
both colored, and instructed for Mckinley,
were Claimed by W. H. Matthews and ID.
outlaw, also colored, who We're instructed
for Reed by convention consisting of
seven boilers
Another exhaustive presentation of aft
davitS and personal experiences OF per
sons present at the convention was in
order, aud IN the result Jones and Scar
lett were seated, with about Il half dozen
votes in the negative.
At :35 the first OF the Kentucky CON
tests were called, but several committee
men entered q protest against a midnight
session on the ground that they had been
on the rails from two to four nights and
needed rest, and an adjournment was
therefore taken until 10 a. IN.