The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-15
Bitter Debates Indulged In During
the New York State Dis
triCt Contests.
DEFEATED FACTIONS WILL SEEK A HEARING
BEFORE THE CONVENTION.
Hundreds of Delegates and Political Organizations
Pouring Into the Convention City and
Waging Warfare for Their Choices.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June 14.-The sensa-
tional scenes and incidents that transpired
this morning in the closing moments of
the seventeen-hour session of the National
Committee, which were fully covered in
the all-night convention dispatches of the
United Press, furnished all abundant topic
of discussion this afternoon and tonight.
Very few of the mem bers were seen around
their hotels until late in the day, for with
scarcely an exception they were physically
exhausted when the protracted session was
brought TO close at the dawn OF day.
The scenes IN the committee-room at
O'Clock this morning, when save for a few
moments recess the body had been in
session for three-quarters of day, resem-
bleo on miniature scale those of the
closing sessions of Congress.
In the corners and on the big table
back of Chairman Carter's seat commit
teemen who had succumbed to the strain
slept during the debates and were aroused
when the roll-calls were reached to record
their Judgment as between the contestants
and contestees. The majority OF the
members. however, participated actively
in each of the decisions up to the final
adjournment. General Botkin of Mon
tana, who has lost the Use of his lower
chair, was one of the most vigorous in
opposing the frequent motions to adjourn
which were made by the worn-out mem
bers Several of the committeeman were
so exhausted at the close that they are
still keeping to their rooms tonight.
Committeeman who have served in that
capacity for the past twenty years admit
that the debates upon the New York con-
tests exceeded in bitterness and display of
personal feeling anything they had previ-
ously experienced. All the pent-up feel
ings of the previous four days. which found
only partial vent in the debate upon the
recognition OF the Addicks delegation from
Delaware seemed to break loose, and in
terchanges of opinion were INDUCED in
that had they been uttered on the floor OF
National convention would have pro-
voked tumuIt. There were examinations
and recriminations, assertions and denials,
denunciations and apologies. The press
representatives present were pledg d in
advance to secrecy, and even the official
stenographer refrained from taking his
regular notes of the proceedings.
To-day the committeeman were equally
chary of talking of the proceedings to out
siders, and in some cases would not even
take the trouble to deny numerous ex-
travag ant stories that were current con-
corning the proceedings of the night At
the same time they were free to say that
they were glad the siege was over, and
that they trusted they would never again
be called upon to experience a similar one
The episode that brought about an allu-
sion to the H ebralc descent of Lauterbach,
chairman of the New York County Com
mittee, was one of the fruitful sources of
comment to-day. The actual facts were
that while leaving the room after conclud-
ing his argument in one of the contests,
one of the strangers who had been ad-
mitted to the room by the doorkeeper, and