The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-06-10
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The C0nVsntiOn CIty-A List OF the Com
tsstInE Delegations.
ST. LOUIS. June s.-PolItlclanS, great
and small. black and white, and all the
Intermediate shades OF complexion
from all over The union are assembling
m this big town tonight For the last
week they have been dropping in at odd
intervals by ones and twOs, but now
they are coming by the carload and It
will be a week before they will have
an arrived. Although II Is almost a
week until the convention VIII be called
10 order there Is q vast amount OF pre-
llmlnary work TO be done. There are
scores OF contests to be argued before
the national committee, which meets
tomorrow, and added 10 these Is q vast
deal OF routine work to be done.
4 list Of the contests from the several
states has been prepared for argument
before the national committee. Geor-
sIa has two conteSting dclegateS-nt-
large. The second convention re-elect-
ei two OF the four delegates-at-large,
4. E. Buck and II. L. Johnson. Buck
favors Mckinley mad johnson Is for
Reed. r. A. Rucker and ]. N. BoYe-
aux, Mckinley men. were also elected
by the hrst convention. The Iatter's
places are being contested for by 7. II.
Wright, Mckinley, 8. r. Harrington,
an Allison man. In the First district,
the regular delegates arc n. ]. Doll and
II. Z. Morse, Mckinley men. The con-
testants are Reed men. In the Ninth
district tho seats OF the regular dele
gates. A. p. Spence and ]. b. CASTOR,
Mckinley men, are contested BY 7; NJ.
BIodEett and H. J. Smith, for anybody
but Mckinley. In the Eleventh. the
regulars. william Jones and S. n. scar
lem. Mckinley men. are contested by
W. S. Matthews and d. N. OUTLAW,
whose positions are unknown.
In Kentucky there Is contest IN the
city Of Louisville, the Fifth district. The
Mckinley delegates are +. d. Todd
and c. f. Sapp. They are contested by
J. ". Beemer and Z. X. Rnovfer for
Bradley.
Louisiana Is full Of contests But the
chairman OF the state convention ccrtl-
ilcs the election OF those delegates elect
ed at the regular convention. These
ielegates-at-lArEe are for Mckinley.
Their seats nre contested by Reed men.
In the First district the fight is between
the regular and lilly whites" Tho
regulars are IT G. wOrmouth and W. l..
Cohen. WHO favor Mckinley. The cum
tsstants are George Boihby and George
Demnzcu. Reed men. In the Fourth
district thr regulars favor Mckinley
and the contestants favor Reed.
Mississippi has two full sets OF dele
gates II Is the long standing quarrel
between Lynch and IIlll.
South Carolina Is In the same flx. Il
has two delegations. The regular 10 led
by y. 4. Webster, chairman OF the state
committee and the others. the lilly
whites" arc led by r.. L. Melton. assist
ID by f. NJ. Brhytnn, OF the national
COMMITTEES. The lilly whites" are
against Mckinley.
Texas ls all split up with contests.
The fight developed In the state conven-
tlpn. " ". Quincy cnlorcd, protesting
friendship for Mckinley, Obtained the
chaIrmanship. but Immediately began
arbitrarily ruling against the Mckinley
men. refusing a division on the report Uf
the committee on credentials. refusing
IN permit a minority report by Nc
Kinlry man 70 be presented. -Four
names Of RntI-MCKinlGy people were
offered for delegates, when tho Mckln-
l.ylics offered four other names FOR dele
gates Quincy. AZ chairman. by vote
upon the first four names, declared them
elected az delegates and the four Mcltln-
lry mon were elected as nlt-rnltos. \
row followed, during which Quincy nnd
his followers left the hall upon the ns'
sumption that the work Of the conycn-
tlon was ended. The Mckinley dele
yates. however, remained, and rcOrgan.
ixrI the convention and elected John
Grant Frank Hamilton. X, l.. Smith
and ". T.. Davis and instructed them
fnr Mckinley. The uth-r four who
come as contestants are W. X. Mokn-
man r.. 81. Terrell II. c. Ferguson and
y. ". Quincy. The contests In the vutt-
0us districts arc based upon alleged IT.
fcgularltiCs
In virginia. there are cOni"St1 IN thc
Second and the Third districts. All the
HsstH In the delegation at large from