The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-06-13
ALL NJ 'K|NLEY MEN
Contests Decided in !Favor OF
the Ohio Candidate.
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS
Committee Making Slow Pro
gress With it's Work.
PLATT THREAT EMS TO BOLT
Declares That He Will Walk Out of the
Convention If the Six Contest
ants From New York
are Seated.
WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS
PLATT THREATENS TO BOLT
are Seated.

St. Louis, June 12.-nhe National
committee was rather slow in getting
together to-day. The session was not
set until 1890 and it was quarter of an
hour later when they got together.
On motion of Mr.. Scott, of West
Virginia the time for the presenta-
ltion of the cases of claims to seats in
contest was reduced from Is to 10
minutes, by a vote of 25 to Is. Mr..
Scott said, in making this motion, it
was clear that, at the present rate of
progress, the committee will be en-
gagged entirely too long If the time
was not reduced.
Notice was given of the withdrawal
of 'Jhe contest from the Eighth Nir-
ginia district, w. Is. q. Shumate and n.
Y. Vale, were therefore declared en-
titled to seats, Edwards and Robinson,
who had filed contest, were opposed
to the Ohio candidate.
Jas. Francis Burke, of Pittsburg, Pa,
was elected official reporter of the pro-
ceedings of the convention. He and
Geo. HI. Thornton, of Buffalo, y. Y,
were the only candidates whose names
were presented.
The committee resumed considera-
uion of the Mississippi contests, begin
ming with the Sixth district This con-
test presented no points of special in
terest. The Lynch men were seated.
They were friendly to Mckinley.
The Seventh district concluded the
list of Mississippi contests. This was
another case of two conventions in
volying mutIIal accusations of irregu-
laT,ity for the Hill and the Lynch forces.
James II. Matthews and Geo. Gran
bury were the Hill candidates, and j.
Meredith Matthews and Thos. t.
Richardson, Lynch men, all being adj
vocates of Mckinley. The Hill men
were seated.
The committee then returned to the
contest of S. NJ. Murphy (Reed) a.
gainst John Harmon Mckinley for
seat from the Third Alabama district.
Murphy, who is colored school teach
er, argued his own case and declared
that nothing could be brought against
him, except that he would not do all
that he was wanted to do. Harmon asr
serted that Murphy hadyoted for Mr..
Cleveland for President. There had
also been a contest over the other
seat from this district, Samuel S.
Booth being the contestee and d. I'll.
Prentiss the contestant. Committee
man Youngblood read letter from
Prentiss withdrawing his contest, but
the opposition announced it's unwil
lngness to permit the withdrawal.
Before the contest was decided, Mr..
Sutherland moved to refer the case
to a subcommittee, but Mr.. Clayton
made the point of order that the mo-
ton was not in order. A vote was TAX
EN- and Mr.. Sutherland's motion was
lost 1879. Congressman Settle NOV
ed a declaration that none of the dele
gates were entitled to seats. The mo-
ton was lost. Booth and Harmon
were seated by vote of 12-31 and the
committee took recess until 2 p. IN.
When the afternoon session was open
ed the Delaware contest was called
but ex-senator Higgins, heading one
of the Delaware delegations, asked
that it should be postponed until the
arrival of Mr.. Addicks, who heads the
other delegation. The State was tenn
porarily passed.
The Louisiana contests were then
considered. All the seats from this
State, including those of the four dele
gates-at- large, and the Twelfth dis
trict delegates are contested. from
the State-at-large the chairman of the
State committee certifies the election
of A. A. McGinnis, r. I'll. Hackley, Il. N.
Carney and C. Doughtery. All these
were instructed for Mckinley. The
contesting delegates are Hon. VIM.
Pitt Kellogg, A. II. Leonard, Henry
Dornas and j. NJ. Vance. The Kellogg
delegates were seated. Two of the
delegates seated are for Mckinley and
two for Reed.
In the First Louisiana district the
delegation composed of ex-Governor
Warmoth and Mr.. Cohen was given
seats. They are for Mckinley, and
belong to the sugar planter faction.
Wamberly and Simms, the Mckin-
ley delegates from the Second district,
were seated.
The dispute from the Third district
was settled by the committee by Civ
ing each of the parties TO the contest
a half seat in the convention. Both
delegates are McKinleyites.
O'Neal and Harper, Reed delegates,
were seated from the Fourth district
and Donnelly and Green, Mckinley,
from the Fifth, and Brooks and John
son Mckinley from the Sixth.
These concluded the Louisiana con-
tests and then the Third district of
Louisiana was taken up. The con-
testants were not present. Edward
Waddill, Jr., and C. w. Harris (Mc-
Kinley mem were seated withor: ar
gIiment.
Mr.. Wilson, of Delaware. moved
reconsideration of the vote by which
Sapp and Todd were Yesterday seated