The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-11

Clarkson, of Iowa. from whom a tele-
gram had been received 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 motion to take up the question of
territorial representation was ruled out
by the chair on the ground that the ter
ritories must be reached in proper order
and it was then decided to take up the
contests. beginning with Alabama this
afternoon and recess was taken until
. p. m. Each member of the national
committee and the leading delegates on
the ground We're furnished this after
| noon with IA suggested monetary plank
for the platform drawn up by Il. c.
Kerens. 1t reads as follows.
I'VE believe that our money should
| not be Inferior to the money of the most
enlightened nations of the earth and we
are unalterably opposed to every
scheme that threatens to dchaSe or de-
preciate our present monetary stand
ard. We favor the reasonable use of
silver as currency but such use should
be to the extent only and under such
wei! defined relations that It's parity
with gold as a currency can be easliy
| and efficiently maintained.
'As consistent bimetailists we are op-
posed to the free coinage of silver at a
ratio of l6 to |, as measure fraught
with certain disaster to all commercial
interests, destructive to the interest OF
the wage Garner, and in the absence of
international agreement, sure to lead
to silver monemetaliism."
The Alabama contestants were called
before the national committee at 2:15
and occupied three quarters of an hour
In presenting their claims.
Subsequently by vote of SS to 6 the
committee seated the Buckley. or Me
kinley" dele gation-at-Iarse from Ala-
bama as against the delegation headed
by Governor Smith. Those voting for
the Smith delegation were: Connecti-
cut, Louisiana, Iowa, Massachusetts,
New York and District of Columbia.
Secretary Manley afterwards said he
should be recorded as voting with the
minority. which would make the result
3S to I. Powell Clayton made the motion
seating the Buckley delegates and the
result was a victory for the Mckinley
element. The contesting delegation of
| the Sixth Alabama district announced
that they withdrew their protest. This
allows the Mckinley delegates-Daniel
| Cooker and Isaac Dawson-seats with
out protest.
CONTEST ON DELEGATES.
When the committee reconvened at
S:l5 the contest on delegates at large
from Florida and those In the third and
fourth districts of California were made
the political order for Thursday morn
ing. Georgia was next in order and
Chairman Carter remarked as he sur
rendered the chair to NJ. II. De Young,
that at the present rate of progress, the
committee would be still in session when
the convention assembled on Tuesday.
Only two seats of the four delegates at
! large from this state proved to be con-
tested. II. w. Wright (colored) and who
at the outset announced himself the or
| iginal Mckinley champion OF his state,
opened for the two contestants, himself
and J. G. Hetherington, an adherent OF
Senator Allison, and who were chosen
the first one had adjourned. w. H.
Smythe replied in behalf of the dele
gates attacked. J. u. Devaux and Fl. A,
Rucker and showed from the sworn
minutes that the two last named were
selected by acclamation, the opposition
making no protest until after the con-
vention had adjourned. This and other
proof was sufficient for the committee
and by unanimous vote Deyauy aud
Fucker were seated. The other dele
gates at large are A. G. Buck and H. l.
Johnson.
In the first district of Georgia, r. W
White and S. 0. Cherry (both coloredl
contested the seats of NJ. J. Boyle ant
S. NJ. Morse (colored), who were chosen
at the regular convention. All four art
McKinleyites, the two latter having
been given Instructions. Both sides
were accorded a full hearing. !. w
Lyons, of the Tenth district, a coloret
delegate aroused interest by an earnest
speech in behalf of Boyle. who is al
lrishman. Boyle and Morse were sea.
ed with five dissensions.
The ninth Georgia district contes
the Eleventh was taken up. In thi.
case the seats of s. NJ. Scarlet and w
II. Jones, both colored and instructed
for Mckinley, were claimed by w. II
Matthews and d. Outlaw, also colored
who We're instructed fer Reed by a con
vention consisting of seven tol.ers
Another exhaustive prese-tatio of aft
davits and personal experiences Of per
sons present at the convention was n
order and in the result. Jones and Scar
lett were seated.
Az 1885 the first of the Mckinley con
tests was called, but several commit
teemen entered protest against a mid
night session on the ground that tne-
had been on the rails from two to fou
nights and needed rest. and an adjourn
ment was therefore taken until 10 a. m
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