The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-06-12
CR0WDING THE BAND WAGON.
NO ONE Is APPARENTLY WILLING
TO DROP BEHIND THE
PROCESSION.
ST. LOUIS RAPIDLY FILLING UP.
Delegates and Clubs Are Hurrying In
To Be on Hand For the Big
Show.

can national committee made such
poor progress to-day that the members
of the committee are beginning to feel
that ther is danger of very great pro-
loneRtion of their work. There are
consequently many suggestions as to
the necessity of finding a means of
reducing the time. UP to IL o'clock
tonight the committee, after sitting
for twelve hours, had decided contests
affecting thirty seats in the conven-
ton. These included the four dele
gates at large from each of the states
of Mississippi and Florida, and scat
tering district delegations from Cali
fornia, Alabama, Kentucky. Florida,
Mississippi and Missouri. All the del
egates seated, except two from Florida,
are Mckinley men.
The days work was begun with the hear
Ing in the cases of the California contests,
beginning with that of the third district.
The claimants In this case were on one side
Belshaw and Parker, and on the other Den
ison and Hochelmer All are Mckinley men.
Mr. Payne moved that Messrs. Denison
and Hocheimer be placed upon the rolls
and the motion prevailed without division.
The contest In the four district, including
the greater part of the city of San Fran
cisco, was waged by Messrs. w. w. Mon
tague and Samuel NJ Shortridge against j.
$. Spear and III. |. Kowaisky, who claimed
to be be regularly selected delegates This
contest has been a very spirited one from
the beginning, and is claimed to have re-
suited in one murder Spear and Kowalsky
are Mckinley men, while Montague and
| Shortrldge are said to be for Allison. Spear
| and kowalsky were seated Mr.. Payne
| afterwards moved a reconsideration of the
| vote by which this contest was decided.
but the cOmmitipQ dpcidad nv an ave and
nay vote, IA TO 26 not TO reopen the case.
The contestants from the third Alabama
| district, which was passed yesterday did
not appear when the district was reached
to-day, and on motion of Committeeman
| Youngblood, s. Booth and John Harmon
| were seated. They are Mckinley men.
There was considerable interest in the
! contest from the fifth Kentucky district
| which embraced the city of Louisville. 1t
| was a contest between Mckinley men and
friends of Gov Bradley The Mckinley
delegation, composed of George ID. Todd
| and Charles Il. Sapp, appeared as the reg
| ular delegates. and the Bradley men, II. j.
Knoebel and J. w Reeder. as the con
! testants. Mr.. Hart Vance. who appeared
as counsel for knoebel and Reeder. con
/ tended that the primaries for the Tedd
! convention were held in retired places and
| said 1t was proved that bribery and per-
! sonal assaults had been resorted to- He
1
mittee by stating that the votes cost only
! fifty cents each. Mr.. Vance said he rep
resented the Republican majority obtained
! In the election by which Gov. Bradley was
! chosen and asserted that If 'th0se frauds"
| were endorsed by the national committee
seating Sapp and Todd, the action would
! result In the loss of at least 5000 votes In
/ Louisville. Judge Thompson spoke for
Todd and Sapp. He contended that the
1 convention could not go behind the set
/ turns to investigate the alleged frauds.
| Mr.. Sutherland moved TO seat knoebel and
! Reeder, and Mr.. Clayton moved as sub
| stitute that Todd and Sapp should be
! given the seats. Mr.. Claytons motion pre-
| vailed on an aye and nay vote, the vote
! being % TO 6 in their favor.
/ The Florida contests were then taken all
| the seats in the convention from this state
! were contested. including the four dele
! gates at large and those from the
! two districts There was much interest In
/ these cases, as the fight In McKinleys In
/ terests in that state was one of the first
made In his behalf. The contesting dele
gates at large were first taken up. The
I contestees in these cases were Joseph h.
Lee John c. Long, Emery Il. skinner, Il.
! W. Livingston, all favorable to Mckinley.
| The contestants were Edward Ii. Gunby,
| Henry W. Chandler, Ii. ). Chubb ana >.
H. Coleman The contestants are Morton
I men,
The state convention met at Tallahassee
! ON the fourth of March. IL was composed
/ of 222 delegates. Gunby, Chandler ana
! Chubb. contestlng delegates, were. members
! of the state central committee In preparing
! tbe Temporary roll of the convention. the
| +er,n,rarv organization was effected and
| pending the debate on motion TO ADOPT
/ the rerort of the committee on crede ltlals,
! and before any ruling had been made ny
/ the chair or any action was taken Dy me
/ convention, Gunby and his associates, WIN
! about one-fourth of the delegates OF the
! convention, bolted and held meeting III
! another hall, and in that boiling collVei-
| tion the contestng delegates, Gunby Chan-
| dior Chubb and Coleman, claim 70 nave
been elected Mr.. Gunby represented the
| case of the contestants. He Justlned tne
! bolt on the ground Of irregularity III ihe
| state convention. and said ina. the eieC.on ',
| Of himself and associates had been certlhed
! To NV a majority of the state committee
He said that about SO uncontested delegates
| Joined the bolt, leaving about seventy ID
| attendance upon the regular convention.
| He alleged among other things tnat tne
| mon whose seats were contested were
| allowed to vote upon contests In which
| tbey were interested. Judge Thompson ap-
peared for the Lee delegation. He claimed
| that this convention vas In all respects
| regular and that there was no 1ustlncatiolf
| for the bolt, which Mr.. Gunby had admit
| ted was based upon DISSATISFACTION. Inc
| Lee delegates or Mckinley men were
| seated.
In the ninth Georgia district A. p. Spence
and q. b. Cation, McKinleyltes. were
| seued Contestants were RoDer1s anu
| Smith for Reed.
The committee voted to seat White ana
| MeCombs, the Morton delegates from the
/ First Florida district. The vote was 70 10
| 90. Dennis Fagin and /. A. Purcell, NC
| Kinley delegates from Second district were
| seated