The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-13

had so far been passed upon, and los stiu
remained upon the order Of business.
This, he said, in view OF the short time
remaining to the committee, was a Sc
rious outlook, and it became absolutely
necessary to accelerate the business. He
therefore moved that from now on each
side in the contested delegations be al
lowed but ten minutes for presentation
Of its case. Objections We're raised in
every part Of the room, but on a standing
vote the motion was adopted by a vote
OF % TO II.
The selection Of an official stenographer
Tor the convention was the first special
order. The names Of James Francis
burke of Pittsburg, assistant secretary
or the committee, and George Thornton
OF Buffalo were submitted, and Mr.. Burke
ity.
Secretary AIanley announced that the
contest in the Eighth district of Nir-
ginia had been Withdrawn by letter ana
the names Of w. B. q. Shumate ana II.
Y. Vale We're placed upon the tempo
rary roll. Both are instructed for Me
kinley, while the contestants We're di-
vided between Reed and Allison. This
matter disposed Of, and the chair having
again announced that the selection of a
temporary chairman would be the special
order for c. clock on Saturday, consid-
GRAFTON OF the Mississippi contests, was
resumed.
the contestees, J. W. Randolph and Sam
d. Young, both cOlored, and Gen. Thomp-
son of Ohio spoke for the contestants, S.
A. simpson and George f. BoWles, coll
ored. There was no debate in commit
tee and the two last named were prompt
ly seated by a unanimous vote.
With equal celerity the contestants in
the Seventh Mississippi district, James
NJ. Matthews, Sr., and George 9. Gran
@ perry Ss eo9Ted were Racedq RsedtS on 59e Fo
and Thomas Richardson. In each of these
cases both cOntestees and contestants
were McKinleyites and presidential pref
erences cut no figure in the decision. This
concluded the Mississippi contests.
Next the committee took up the case
brought from the First district of Ala
bama. and which had been laid over from
Wednesday afternoon. Here the contest
ants were S. NJ. Murphy and y. H. Prem
tisS, both cOlOred, and faVOrins Reed, as
first choice, and the contestees, Samuel
5. Booth and John Harmon (colOred),
both for Mckinley. Murphy made a clear
ana eXplclJ statement IN ms own pehaI
and Harmon, the colored eonlestee, VINO
followed suit. charging that Murphy took
the stump for Grover Cleveland ana the
democratic state ticket at the election
of 1894, and urging the committee to think
twice before 1T seated negro democrat
in a republican national convention.
National Committeeman Youngblood Of
Alabama told, in an entertaining way, OF
the local troubles that had brought about
the contest, and described, AMID laugh
ter how the day before the district con
Vention, emissaries Of presidential candi-
dates from Maine, Pennsylvania ana else
where opened up headquarters over ne
gro stores and endeavored 10 get In their
work among the cOlOred delegates,
When the room had been cleared Com
mitteemen Sutherland of New York NOV
ed that in view of the conflicting state
ments that had been made the afiidavts
in the case be submitted to a sub-com-
mittee of five, three to be r med by Mr..
YoungblOod and two by the chair, with
instructions 10 report tomorrow morn
ing.
This was ruled out on the ground that
the committee had previously refused to
refer contests to subcommittee A re-
consideration of the vote by which this
action was taken was defeated on a roll
MIR. Settle of North Carolina, then pro-
posed that both contestees and contest
ants be excluded from the temporary roll
A prolonged and warm debate ensued. Mr.
Settles motion was defeated, the commit
tee refused to seat the Reed delegation
by a vote of u to 81 and Booth and Har-
mon were placed upon the temporary roll
Senator Gear of Iowa, declared that this
vote would have bad effect upon the
AT O'Clock a motion to take a recess
of one hour was vigorously resisted by
many of the delegates, who desired a con-
tinuOus session until midnight, but it pre-
vailed by a close vote.
the committee for the afternoon session
the contest from Delaware was called
but 1t was announced that Mr.. Addicks
was passed for two hours.
Meanwhile the contest upon the dele
gates at large from Louisiana was taken
up. In this case the representatives Of
the regular republican party of the state
comprising William Pitt Kellogg, Albert
II. Leonard (white), Reedites, and Henry
Demas and James Vance (co1ored), Nc
Kinleyites, claim to be entitled TO be
placed upon the roll. Against them are
the nominees of the national republican
sugar planters convention, A. McGinnis
Anthony llOhertV II
H. Hackney all white McKinleyites. In
addition, Leonard $ seat is independently
contested by Andrew Hero, Jr. The Nc
Ginnis quartette had an advantage in a
certificate from the chairman of the state
committee, setting forth that it was reg
ular and proofs were presented and
leans. He took the ground that if the
committee gave its countenance to the
sugar planters element, Louisiana would
go republican at the next election.
Without calling upon the other delega-
tion to reply, the committee went into
executive session and promptly seated
the Kellogg delegates by a unanimous
vote. 1t was suggested, however, by sew
eral members of the committee that this
summary proceeding might do injury to
the republican cause IN LOUISIANA by aline-
ating the sugar planters element, and the
respective delegations having been called
back, Chairman Carter made a pacific
address, pointing out that the action taken
had been based upon the statement of
Mr.. Belian himself that the organization
he represented was not regular, and Sug-
gesting that the committee on creden-
tials of the national convention was a
court of last resort. The contestants ac-
cepted the suggestion, and announced, as
they withdrew, that the case would be
carried to the convention.
Although the seating of ex-GOv. Kellogg
and his associates was regarded as dis
posing of all the contests in the six Louisi-
ana Congressional districts, it was decid-
ed to take them up seriatim and hear
arguments. In the First district eX-GOv.
Henry c. Warmoth and Walter L. Co
hen. colored, instructed for Mckinley, and
c. w Boothby and G. w. Deverin, col
ored. instructed for Reed, were the rival
delegations. Warmoth and Cohen We're
seated without a roll call. This was a
victory for the sugar planters, or ma
tional republicans, and a practical re-
versal of the position taken by the com
rnittee on the preceding contest.
In the Second district the contestees
were A. T. Wimberly and Richard Simms,
colored, instructed for Mckinley, and the
contestants Morris Marks and Lucien
Commo, colored, instructed for Reed. AS
i'm the other contests in this state the dis
putes were based upon the regularity or
otherwise of the conventions at which the
delegates were elected. Wimberly and
Sfmms were seated without debate or op-
position.