The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-14

would be found in affidavits, which he
threw on the chairmans table. No queS-
tons were asked on the point and the
aihdaXIts remained untouched on the ta-
bic. The case for the BLACK and Tans, -
as Grant s party in known, was further
argued by Hon. G.. II. Terrell of Texas.
minister to Belgium under President Har-
rislon, and that for the McGregorites, by
G: K. Love (colored) of Galveston.
The first question for the committee to
decide was which of the delegations repre-
sented the regular party organization and
the unanimous vote was in favor of the
Grant tMchlnley) faction, or the black
This much settled, the claims of the lat
ter to seats in the convention were chal-
lenged by the third rival delegation head
ed by Nelson W. Quincy, the colored mem
Der of the national committee. Ex-Mlnis-
ter Terrell made second argument, this
time supporting the Cuney delegation, of
which he is a member.
The rival delegations having withdrawn
the committee went into executive ses-
sion and discussed the case for three
quarters of an hour. A motion to seat the
Cuney delegation was defeated by II to 25.
Then Mr.. Fessenden of Connecticut
moved that both sets of delegates be eX-
cluded from the temporary roll. The vote
was Y to 20 in favor of the proposition.
and the question of who are the regular
delegates at large from Texas must be
settled in the national convention.
At $40 o'clock Secretary Manley an
nounced that there yet remained twenty
TWO contests, involving forty-four dele
gates. Allowing a half hour to each case,
1t would take the committee eleven hours
TO complete this branch of its Ia bOrs. The
room in which they We're meeting, he said,
would have to be surrendered in twenty
minutes, but the New York delegation had
offered the use Of the ladies ordinary of
Whlch they had possession, until o'clock
tomorrow morning.
Several members urged an all night ses-
sion until that hour, but no action was
taken and the first Texas district contest
was called. In this district. the claims 0I
David Taylor and NJ. j. Dawson, both
colored, and Mckinley preferences, were
recognized and their names placed on the
roll.
In the Second district the Reed contest
ants, George w. Bunkett and j. H. Brink
ley. coiored, claimed that Col. Webster
flanagan, who resides in another district,
came to their convention and controlled
Il upon alleged proxies from counties in
which no republican organization existed
Col flanagan, who was called from the
ante-room denounced this as an "unmiti-
ga Ied he, Whereupon VIM. Mcdonald,
colored, who represented the contestants.
threw package of affidaVits down At
Flanagans feet and dared him to reDeat
the statement. Flanagan held his peace
ana Kept MS temper and the committee
quickly disposed of the case by seating
II. =; Kane and I. T. Pollard, the regular
Mckinley delegation.
A few moments after the national com
m1ttee rec0nVened this evening decided
sensation was created in that BODY Inv
the appearance of Senator Matthew
Quay of Pennsylvania With a nod ana
| a smile for the friends that he recopnizad
on MS Il8AL ana I6ll, ne walked with
jaunty air up the aisle, shook hands with
Chairman Carter, seated himself at the
corner Of the secretary's table, reached
for q sheet Of fOOlscap and commenced
TO write rapidly. He had hardly finished
writing when Col. Perry Parson the
/ colOred national committeeman from me
District Of Columbia came RAPIDLY in+o
the hall and found his way to the rear
of the Pennsylvania senator The latter
/ ceased writing on the moment and Coz
Carson, taking the pen from his hand
attached his signature to the sheet anon
which the senator had written. Thdrr-
upon the colored committeeman with
drew.
A few moments later it developed thar
the document was a proxy under which
/ Senator Matthew 5. Quay was author
lied to sit in the national committee AZ
the proxy fer Perry Carson until such
proxy was withdrawn. The senator tool,
a seat in the front row Of the committee
and listened with interest to the presen
tation of the remainder Of the Texas
contests.
s.Yes. I am a national committeeman
for the time being" said the senator.
in response to an inquiry from newspa-
per man. 4 am here on suffrance. as
ii were, as I held the proxy Of Perry
Carson ] shall stay here during the con-
sideration Of the contests from Pennsyl-
Continued on Sixth Page)