The herald., 1896-06-13
Rendered by the National Re.
publican Committee
AFTER DUE CONSIDERATION
The Delegates Favorable to Mckinley
Get the Seats
Anti.M .McKinlsy Peress Practically Olive Up the
Plght-An Enphstic Gold Plank 10
Confidently Prophsslsd
Associated Press Special Wire.

ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE national
committee, met at 10:45 today. On mo-
ton of Scott of West Virginia the time
for presentation Of cases of claimants
to seats was reduced from Is to 10 min
utes by q vote OFFS to 10.
Notice was given Of the withdrawal
Of the contest in the Eighth Virginia dis
trict. w. B. Shumate and H. Y. Vale
were therefore declared entitled to seats.
They are instructed for Mckinley.
The committee then resumed consid-
Grafton Of the Mississippi contests be-
ginning with that Of the Sixth district.
The Lynch men were seated. They are
friendly to Mckinley. The Seventh dis
trict concluded the Mississippi contests.
all the claimants being advocates of Nc
Kinley. The Hill men were seated.
The committee then returned to the
contest of S. M. Murphy Creed MANI
hgainst John Harmon mckinley, for a
seat from the Third Alabama district
Harmon was seated and the committee
then took a recess till 2 o'clock In the af-
ternoon.
When the afternoon session opened the
Delaware contest was called, but ex-
Senator Higgs, heading one Of the Della
ware delegations, asked that 1t should
be postponed until the arrival of Mr..
Addicks, who heads the other delegation.
1t was announced that Mr., Addicks
state was temporarily passed.
The Louisiana contests were then con-
sidered. All the seats from this state,
including those Of the four delegates at
large and the twelve district delegates,
are contested. From the state at large
the chairman Of the state Committee
certifies the election of A. A. Maginnis.
r. H. Hackner d. N. Carney and A.
Dougherty. All these were instructed
for Mckinley. OF the contesting dele
gates Hon. William Pitt Kellogg and
Hon. e. H. Leonard are for Mckinley;
Henry Dernas and ]. M. Vance for Reed.
]. M. Behan appeared for the Maginnis
delegation. He said there were two
Republican state committees. but that
by which his convention was called was
the one which had made the fight Of the
Republican party two years ago and
represented tho revolt against the rule
OF Mr.. Kellogg, who. he claimed, was a
nonresident. He represented what he
called the new Republican party, which
had grown out Of the opposition to the
Democratic party on the tariff, and said
that the new Republicans had not found
It agreeable to affiliate with the old
Republican party as 1t had been man.
aged for years. They therefore met in
mass convention and organized q state
committee. Mr.. Behan asserted that
the Republican party has made very rap
i'd progress since its organization and
said with proper encouragement Louis
lana could be made Republican state.
After Mr.. Behan had concluded his
speech and without requiring any state
ment on behalf of Kellogg, the kellogg
delegation was seated. This action was
taken on the motion Of Mr.. Hahn Of
OHIO because the committee under which
the Maginnis delegation was elected
was not considered regular. 1t was felt
however. that the new Republicans in
Louisiana should be encouraged and they
were recalled by the committee to al
low Chairman Carter to explain the
reaeone for the committees action. This,
he did. explaining the action of the COM
mittee was necessarily technical. He
said the committee could not under it's
rules 60 behind the verdict Of the regular
party organization.
In the First Louisiana district ex-Gov.
II. G: Yarmouth and Walter H. Cohn
(for Mckinley were recognized as the
certified delegates and c. W. Booth and
J. w. Davis Creed men) as the contest
ants. N~.l.
It was asserted on behalf Of the con-
testants that the same questions were in
volved in the district contests as in the
state contests. Gov. Yarmouth took ex-
ception to this assertion in presenting
the claims OF his delegation, saying that
tion was held had been in existence for a,
quarter OF q century. Yarmouth and
Cohen were seated. They are identified
with the sugar planter wing Of the party
The contest in the Second Louisiana
district was between T. A. Wimberley
and Richard Simms. contestees. and
motifs Marks and Lucien Como contest
ants, the controversy hinging, as in the
otner cases, upon the regularity of the
conventions.
Wimberley and Simms were seated
They are Mckinley men. The conte.f-
ants were for Reed.
Tho contestants from the third I.ou,a-
lana district. L. s.. Clark ana ]. W. Re-
nan. ana the contestees, Thomas A.
Gage ana Meyer Calm, are all McKtn-
Icy men. But the factions which thew
represent divided over the question ~
organization. the fight involving the
controversy between the old and new
element In the party. Gage and Calm
represented the old element. Mr.. Gage.
q colored man, and chairman of the Re-
publican state committee, appeared in
behalf OF his delegation. and made a
vigorous speech. He contended that the
sugar planters had only become Repub-
licans upon the repeal of the sugar
bounty, and declared the colored men
had been notified that they would hence
forth have to take back seat in the
Republican party. On motion of Mr.
Hahn. both delegations were seated.
each of the delegates with a half vote
in the convention.
Hon ]. e. Addicks, heading the dele
cation from Delaware, which bears his
name, arrived at o'clock today, and
Immediately proceeded to the hall
where the contests over seats in the Re-
publican convention are being heard.
He announced his readiness to proceed
Immediately with the contest between
his delegation and that headed by Hon.
Anthony Higgins.
In the fourth district the contest was
between Reed men and Mckinley men,
y. +. Neal and W. A. Harper represent
Ing the Reed element, and D. s. Ferris
anu G. c. Antoine standing for McKin-
ley. Neal and Harper were seated.
The contests from the fifth and sixth
Louisiana districts were settled without
argument. I. B. Donelly and S. w. Green
being seated from the fifth and T. B.
Brooks and w. w. Johnson from the
sixth. All four are Mckinley men.
Tpese concluded the Louisiana con-
tests, and the third district of Virginia
was taken UP. The contestants were
not present Edward Waddill jr. and c.
w. Harris (McKinley) were seated with
""t argument.