San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-14
HARD AT 1T.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN COMMIT
TEE MAY WORK TODAY.
No Financial Plank Agreed on as Re-
probationary 0vatiOn-MOre
NCKinleyites Seated,
By Special Wire to the SUNDAY LIeHr.

By Special Wire TO the SUNDAY LIGHT.
ST. LOUIS, l3-When the nation
al committee went into session, at
10: 80 O'clock; a. M. all preliminary
business was shelved and the Ten
nessee cases were taken up. There
were two contests from this state,
II. w. Cheatham and j. b. Bosley,
colored, OF the sixth district, being
challenged by j. G. Crawley, col
ored, and Dan w. Shofner, white;
and the ninth district, the creden-
tials Of David A. Mum and Henry
+. Austin claimed by John B. Wal
ker and Robert A. McNeeley, both
contests being based upon alleged
Irregularities in the calls for the.
proceedings OF the respective dist
riot conventions.
In the sixth district on motion
OF Manley, Of Maine, Chatham
and Bosley We're seated. They
have no fixed presidential choice.
while their opponents were in
structed for Mckinley.
The ninth district case was pro-
ductive OF elaborate argument on
either side, after which Num- and
Austin were seated. They are Nc
Kinley men. as were the contest
ants.
1t developed at this point that
there was third contest from this
state affecting the tenth district.
Only five minutes were devoted to
the contest from the tenth dist
riot. The regular delegates, w. III.
Randolph and Zachary Taylor
were seated. They and the con-
testants are McKinleyites.
At ii 80 o'clock by special order,
consideration Of the South Caro-
lima contests was taken up. A
large delegation OF representative
white aud black republicans of
that state filed into the room. The
contest was between the regular
republicans and the so called Lily,
Whites.
Ex.Governor Foraker, Of Ohio
was one OF today's arrivals. He is
stay ing at tho st. Nicholas hotel.
About IL o'clock he came over to
the Southern, where most OF the
politicians are located. From the
moment OF his appe irance his en-
trance created sensation. The
louDgers in the great rotunda on
the ground floor at once recognized
the Ohio man and crowded about
him to give him a cordial greeting.
Everybody seemed to know For
aker and he in turn apparently
knew all those who addressed him,
in most cases calling them by
name. He alighted from the ele-
vator at the second floor and pro-
ceeded in the direction of Mark
Hsnna's quarters. The crowd
around him perceptibly increased
and by the time he reached Han
mas room there were nearly two
hundred people in his train. He
was accompanied by Gov. Bush
nell, of Chic. They remained
closeted with Hanna for an hour
1t Is stated authoritstively at
Hanna's headq uarters that no
agreement as to financial plank
has been reached. Hanna has
neither given assent or disap-
prevail to the many propositions.
The statement that Major McKin-
ley's manager had accepted a
gold plank pure and simple is
positively denied.
While the members OF the ma
tional committee were assembling
this morning preparatory to the
fourth days siege in the matter OF
contesting delegations there was.
an informal exchange OF opinions
regarding the sdvisability OF hold
ing one or more sessions on Sun
day. 1t was admitted that the
work of the body was badly in ar
rears and unless some means could
be found of expediting it, the tenn
porary mem bership roll would
still be in allegiance when 1t be-
came the duty OF Chairman Car
ter TO call the national convention
to order at noon Tuesday. Not
withstanding this state of the
calender, however, it was sp-
parent this morning that objec-
lions would be offered any propo-
sition looking to the transaction
OF business tomorrow and some
members of the committee went so
far as to say they would cease in
their psrticipations in the de-
alterations of the convention.
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