The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-17

lO meet III CuIlNGullOu anu GlCSt llSA4 own representatives.
 Hiram k. Burton, an Addicks dele gate from Sussex county, and one of the oldest republicans in the state, pro- tested against the stain that had been put upon his reputation in this contest by eX-Senator Higgins,
 General Wilson, the retiring national committeeman, speaking to the qucs- ton of corruption at the primaries pri- or to the state convention, said that Tn his own township, where 69G votes were cast, there were not more than twenty of the majority but were purchased by the friends of MT. AddiCkS, either by money or promise of a position. MT. Addicks said he had lived in Delaware for nineteen years, and had voted for Lincoln and every republican candidate for the presidency since.
 EX-SenatOr Higgins closed for the contestants. He declared that no mat ter how long some of those on the other side had been his friends, when they al- lied themselves with Addicks, when they indorsed his crimes, he and they parted company.
 At 10:40 o'clock the contestants retir- ed and the committee went into eXecu- tive session.
 HAS DESCENDED NOTHING.
 St. Louis, June 16.-It was stated this evening that MT. Platt was in receipt of a dispatch from Governor Morton which said that so far as the vice pres idenCy was concerned he was in the hands of his friends. Tonight Chaun- cey M. Depew telegraphed Governor Morton stating that it had been assert ed that he had resCinded his telegram of declination, and was now willing to accept second place. and asking him if this was so. MT. DepeW received the following explicit reply:
 Stories circulated are unfounded Have rescinded nothing.
 St. Louis, June 16.-Mr. T. C. Platt said this afternoon;
 MT Morton is still a candidate for the first place on the ticket When questioned as to a statement that he (PlatD had received a telegram from MT. Morton expressing his willingness to accept @ nomination as vice presl- dent MT. Platt said: T can positively deny having received any such tele- gram. I repeat MT. Morton is still in the field for president" From another source it was learned that many of the leading manipulators think it is prac- tically decided that MT. Morton will be nominated after Major Mckinley has been placed at the head of the ticket and that assurances have been received that MT. Morton will accept. One of the most prominent of the eastern dele gates said this afternoon: "The ticket will be Mckinley and Morton. You may put that down as settled. An un- derstanding has been reached which will bring about that Matters have been drifting that way or some time and unless the unforeseen happens MT. Morton will stand again for vice presi- dent"
 The Mckinley league of New York held a meeting tonight to protest against the attempt to force upon the convention the nomination of Governor Morton. Resolutions to that effect of fered by John Milholland, and which he said had been approved by Mckinley S friends, were adopted. Tho ground for their opposition were that the purpose of the movement was to dsCredit the cdiiuludCy ol hthllileS anu NedheI Il'" before the convention, that it would drag into national politics the factional fight in New York and that it was an insult to the friends of Mckinley in New York. They thArAfnre asked all the friends of Mckinley to join in op- posing the attempt to nominate MT. Morton, or any other New Yorker, for the second place on the ticket. Continued on Second Page.)