The record-union., 1896-06-11

Inc nrSt test vote StOOO 90 To Z, anu
after this the friends of Reed. Morton
and Allison made but a show of fight
| for the contesting delegates that ia
| vored their respective principals.
| When the committee took a recess at
b o'clock Mr.. Manley, in a statement to
/ the United Press practically aban-
| doned the field, SO far as concerned
Reed, to the Ohio candidate, and the
| supporters of the favorite sons of New
York and Iowa, while unwilling to go
upon record in terms as emphatic as
| those of the man from Maine, admitted
| that the showing made in the National
| Committee was unexpected and prac-
| tically settled the nomination for the
| head of the ticket
Intense interest was manifested in
| the proceedings of the committee to-
| day, which for the first time in its his
| tory admitted representatives of the
| press to it's deliberations, and the cor
| ridors outside of the club room of the
! Southern Hotel, as well as the adjoin-
| ing parlors, were thronged with dele
gates and political visitors from abroad.
When the vote on seating the Mckinley
| delegates at large from Alabama was
brought out there was considerable en-
tEusiasm and a rush for the other no.
tells. Within a few minutes the news
had been spread over the center of the
| town
| The first session of the National Com
| mittee lasted less than an hour Chair
| man Carter called the members to or
| der at 1915 in the club room of the
| Southern Hotel. Secretary Manley call
ell the roll, and Indian Territory alone
failed to respond. Senator Gear was a
proxy for James S. Clarkson of Iowa.
from whom a telegram had been re-
ceived saying that he had been taken
i'll at Philadelphia while en- route. and
might not be able to get here at any
stage of the proceedings.
A committee having been appointed
to prepare resolutions of respect to
the memory of ex-National Committee
man w. J. Campbell of Illinois, who
passed away since the last meeting of
the body, the list of contests was
read
At this stage Colonel r. c. Kerens of
this city submitted a resolution. pro-
viding for the presence at the secret
meetings of the committee of represent
atives of each of the two press asso-
Citations. This was an infringement
body, but Delegate Isaac Trumbo of
Salt Lake supported it in few vigor-
Gus remarks and it went through unan-
i1nously.
A motion to take up the question of
Territorial representation was ruled out
by the Chairman on the ground that the
Territories must be reached in proper
order, and it was then decided to take
ba
hama, this afternoon, and recess was
taken until O'Clock.
When the committee reassembled at
o'clock the Alabama contests were
taken up without delay. David d. Shell
| by presented the case of the regular
delegates at large, David D. Shelby
c. W. Buckley, John W. Jones and w.
- Pattiford, representing the Vaughan
wing of the party, while the interests
of the contestants, Ex-Governor Will
lam A. Smith, J. F. McDuffie, A. ].
Warner (colored) and w. H. Nixon,
were looked after by ex-Chairman
Moseley and the venerable Ex-Governor
himself
The entire issue turned upon the-right
of the Executive Committee to make up
a temporary roll for the State conven-
ton. and the regular delegates scored
point by producing a telegram sent
by National Chairman Carter on the
night before the convention in response
to an inquiry, in which he said it was
the custom of the National Committee
to make up the roll, and the Chairman
and Secretary of State Committees
and National Committees were only
servants of those electing or appoint
ing them. Heated speeches were made
on both sides, and as soon as the con-
testants had withdrawn Powell Clay
ton moved that the Buckley delegation
be placed on the temporary roll.
Senator Gear of Iowa proposed as a
substitute that the Smith, or Moseley,
delegation be selected, while A S.
Sutherland wanted the entire matter
referred to a subcommittee of three
to report on Thursday morning.
"A suggestion from Senator Shoup of
Idaho that each delegate be given a
half-vote in the interest of harmony
was met by so many cries of NO" and
That's not the way to get harmony"
that it was not pressed.
Mr.. Sutherland's substitute was voted
down with a shout, and then the roll
was called on the main question. Thir-
ty-four delegates voted to seat the
Buckleyites and six the other way.
BY some oversight the Secretary
failed to call the State of Maine, but
the majority was so overwhelming that
Mr.. Manley did not call attention to the
omission, although he said afterward
| that he would have voted for the con-
testants. The exact complexion of the
committee therefore, the representa-
tiyes of North Dakota, New Mexico.
Oklahoma and Alaska being absent,
was 81 to T.
Next in order was the contest in the
Fourth Congressional District, where
Congressman w. F. Aldrich and II.
/ Currie claimed precedence of the reg
ular delegates, Thomas G.. Dun and
/ William a. Stevens. The latter, a
/ bright colored man, spoke for himself
and his colleague, an ex-Federal SOL
dier and a member of Hancock's staff.
and despite plausible statement from
| Representative Aldrich, the colored man
made out so good a case that the vote
/ to sustain the regular delegation was
unanimous.
/ There was applause when it was an
| nounced that the Sixth District con-
! test had been abandoned. The Fifth
/ District was passed until Thursday
/ In the Seventh District Charles D. AL
/ exander and John S. Curtis, the regu-
/ lar delegates told a story of attempted
riot and threatened bloodshed at the
/ District Convention, while the contest
ants, Frank NJ. Morague and John I.
| Guzzel, sought to put another face on
/ the matter.
When the room had been cleared
Committeeman Payne of Milwaukee
expressed the opinion that the time had