New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-12

A
NORTHUMBERLAND
OF THE CONTESTS.
my TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIpUNEI
g, Louis. June 1.-THE National committee mas
heen at work steadily all day. srugshhs wiz" Wv
contests submitted It. The progress maze mas oe.
t,I,Iv satisfactory as far the number OF coness
a,srsosed of Is concerned. At the rate al Wmch ''e
80 sas hava been decided to-day and yesterday there
e. M, tbe slightest doubt but that the last VIII
have been reached before Sunday mat the Coi"-
mttee on Credentials will approve the worh Vi '"e
committee and the Convention hnai! ra'i. '"e
action of both seems not only likely. but almost
absolutely certain Difficult 1t Is to arrive AT an
entirely satisfactory decision. regarding the merits
of q contest in fifteen minutes, there seems no
good reason 10 question the sincerity ana good i1'n
OF the members OF the committee. Iheir iaoo's
have been considerably lightened. on the one manu.
by the manifest frvolity of many OF the coh'es's'
and on the other by the knowledge that the'r ue-
cls,on whichever way 1T was given, would not IN
,,re +be chances OF principal candidates before the
convention both contestees and contestants peihg
In many cases outspoken Mckinley men.
AN ANTI M'KINLEY COLLAPSE.
The effect OF the bombshell dropped into the camp
~ the anti-McKinley forces yesterday when the
committee by a vote of IS to decided 10 seat 'ie
Mckinley delegates from Alabama was p'alhiy us
ernlble in the decreased number OF anxious AZ
holding its sessions. 1t looked as If the anti-M'-
E,n,ev followers had either run to pending the
arrival OF Boss Plat or deeInins discretion the
cern,ble in the decreased number OF anxious al
Mr. Manley and accepted the Inevitable ana sur
rendered The only people IN attendance near the
door of the committee room were tho9e personally
interested in the contests. For the greater part
they were negroes maj rity OF the contests being
from, South Their ruln did not increase as
the report spread that scarcely any one OF the ami
Mckinley delegates would be seated and indeed
inside the committee was hard at work dropping
anti Mckinley heads into the basket at the rate
Of four every hour
"There goes another gold-standard man." ruefully
exclaimed a burly negro he ono OF his friends
emerge from the room with face clearly rejecting
the adverse decision Of the committee.
The speaker probably doesn't know the gold
standard from clothesl!nc. but he knew enough
TO know that the advocacy OF gold standard
among many OF the coored delegates from the
South meant an Improbable investment made early
in the year through some one in the neighborhood
OF lower Broadway. in New-York
COMMITTEEMAN sUTHERLAND's RAGE.
Most of the contests to-day decided by
viva voce vote indicating the presence Of an over
whelming Mckinley majority In one case, that
OF the IVtn California District. Committeeman
Sutherland. of New-York. insisted upon rollcan
He got H. too. He got it 80 hard. in fact that he
he was explaining TO his friends the situation.
what there was left OF IT, and freeing his mind In
language scarcely AZ for publication. At a lato
hour he was still in violent eruption. with no pros
poets OF cooling down. The vote which threw this
good man in such condition Of body ana MIND
disclosed a further detection IN the ant-Mckiuley
ranks that faction in the committee being able TO
muster only his vote to-day as agains' seven yes
terday.
The members Of the National Committee were
prompt in getting together in the cubrooms OF the
Southern Hotel at 10 o'clock this morning. Tor IN"
purpose Of resumng consideration OF the numerous
contests disposition to hasten this branch OF its
! work was manifested by the body. several mem
| hers expressing the fear that. II the unabridged
| debates and discussions that marked the sessions
| Of yesterday to continue. the temporary roll
would still be in allegiance when the convention
| was ready FOR business on Tuesday morning. Ac-
| cordingly when Congressman Hilborn. Of Califor-
| MA asked for the post ponement or the contest
from the lid District OF that State in consequence
OF the non-arrval Of some OF the men and papers
| concerned. numerous objections were raised. ana
the Pacific Coast representative received the OPP
| ton of going ahead letting the case OF his
friends go by default. He chose the former alter
native. and made ten-mnute speech IN support
| Of the claims Of c. NJ Be,shaw and ". B. Parker,
| whose seais are contested by Eli s. Denson and
| A. A. Hockhcimer.
| y
| Presidential procvities did enter into the
contest as both sets Of delegates were instructed
| FOR Mckinley by their respective conventions. Tho
| argument Of the Congressman was involved and
| technical and Senator Thurston, Henry G. Payne,
| Powell Clayton and others were compelled to keep
up a running fire of questions in order clearly to
| elicit the facts.
| Ex-Congressman A. g. Thompson, OF Ohio. who
is appearing for all OF the contestees and contestants
| from every State who under the wing OF the
| Mckinley leaders, presented the case OF Denison
| and Hockhemer, taking the stand that the con-
| yenton by which they were elected was the only
| regular and properly constituted body. and that
its action, far as concerned the temporary roll,
was final and could be reviewed only by the Com
mittee on Credentials selected by the National
| Convention
| When the arguments were concluded 1t took the
| committee just FIVE seconds to seat Mr. Denson
| and his colleague by unanimous vote.
| Next on the special order was the IVth California
| District w. W. Montague and Samuel NJ Short
ridge were the contestants against Joseph A. Spear
| and Henry l. Kowansky. claiming to be the regu-
| lar delegates. Mr.. Shortrdge. who is d brother
Of the publisher OF THE San Francsco Call" made
a brisk and vigorous presentation OF his case. In
this case also both sets OF delegates were In
structed for Mckinley. and ex-Congressman Thomp
son appeared for the claimants. or Mr.. Short
| ridges opponents. After considerable debate OF
the part OF the members Of the committee, these
| latter or Spear and Kowansky. were seated. only
| two votes being recorded In the negative. This
| finished the California case.
In the lid Alabama District. Samuel S. Bootf
and John Harmon (colored) seated the con
testants falling TO appear.
Henry c. Payne. OF Wisconsin. moved recon
s!deration of the action IN the WITH California Dis
trict contest. in order that roll call might be
had. This was voted down. but Samuel Fessenden
| OF Connecticut challenged the judgment OF the
Chair. and roll call was consequently forced by
strategy. The vote IA to 26 and the exclusion
OF Shortridge consequently cinched by ma
jorlty OF IL.
KENTUCKY SETTLED IN SHORT ORDER.
Kentucky had the call for the next special order
but IL was productive OF but single contest. This