New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-12
nado nm and Todd and Sapp were seated by 70 TO-
At l2.S q recess ordered to p m

mi de I'D. and Todd ana Sapp were scu'eu ~
AT 1925 a recess was ordered 10 p IL"
NORTONs MEN FROM FLORIDA.
uhan the committee reassembled at 2l5 the
1,or,aa contests received precedence over the resu
lar order In this State the seats OF four oeiesae
et-large and two each in the lst ana Ito "'''''
were challenged Those claiming 70 S DC any
John G. Long Joseph Lee EmoIy w STEINER ytHs w h
L. W. Livingston (coloredl a.! McI,n.,s Itenrw "
tho contestants were Edward K Gumfy. Hs" >, W;
Chandler Henry Chube and II H. Coleman az or
whom have declared TIER he The case Of
the Mckinley delegates set ior,h u ,nat II was
comnosed Of ~ delegates. Gumby, Chandler ana
Chubb now contesi.ng delegates. were menDsiS Oa
otber membcrs of that committee In preparing tne
temporary roll of the convention Dnndinr the debate
on motion to adopt the report OF the to d ad
on Credentials and before any ruig aa conysntion
oiumby and his associates win ABOUT one -dnaIiea
of the delegates of the convention p9iea anu n7s
engaged for that purpose. the bolt having been de-
beratey contemplated long before ,ne SS"ee
vention met In tEot boiling convention the contest
ing delegates claimed TO have bcei elec'ens; -, ,,
so and his Associates took the position that the
bolt forced by the arbitrary proceedings, %. OF
man Long, and submitted afidavts from a majority
of the State Central Committee certiy,hs ,nat we
Gunby delegation entitled to be placed on the
roll as regular Charges Of fraud and misuse OF
proxies were also made in abundance
the Long delegates and then David Martin Of
Philadelphia moved the seating OF the Long deiegs-
ton. Sutherland. Of Network. demanded a roll
call but declined to All the votes east were
in the affirmative. Colonel Long and his associates
were placed on tho roll and Governor Morton was
deprived OF delegates At swoop. The defeated
faction VIII carry he case to the Comm,ee Oh
Inasmuch the contest In the "a Florida Dis
ric hinged upon the facts presented IN me one si
Isaac L. Purcell coloredl, Mc<inleyites. weie placed
sH e 5o 10 sne T6e is, pct in which the
question the regularity OF delegation eected
a p by the State Committee was presented
and argued with more feeling pro ana con on ,ne
PREVIOUS hearing and by the cIose OF % to % NJ
5. White and James y Mccoombs snppor,eIs OF
Weeks and Armstrong Pardee coloredD' McNin-
leylles. ,-,..,..., ,,,,or.
in the IXth Georgia District contes, were ready ior
presentation II was disposed OF IN ShPr
Tor Mckinley. being paced on tho roI over Thomas
NJ Blodgett and W ~ smith, instructed lot hcci
The vote was unanimous.
THE OLD QUARREL. FROM MISSISSIPPI
The Georgia roI having been amended and com
petcd the difficulties in Mississippi were the sub
icct Of Ventilation and the COMMITTEES room and
annex filed up rapidly. First in order was the con.
test between ne rival deiefat9ns ae,s sres I'm
(co.oretD. John Bnrton. Alert ~ Lea an - =. a.
s 1i slso hn Contestants Iohn r. iynch coorcd
William L. MoLison NJ \. Montgomery AMI +. ".
Ex-congressman Thompson, for The Mckinley Mckinley
managers. presented the case OF me deiesauon
claiming to be regular The controversy was shown
TO be the outcome OF the old quarrel between ne
Hn and Lynch clements. both being headed ~
can party in Mississippi separated In The conven-
ZION Of 1892. but afterward hermonlzed Hii having
a majority Of ten In mo consonIa'Ssi ,."" IN
miitee That committee called the state 'onVrn-
ton ~, early IN @ was shed BE- am,ed TO he
hall by tickets. Lynch objected 10 ne US H'
TAIN admission to he hail. ana organized another
convention. ~ the 25' members Of me Siate On on,
I'M faction the refnanier organizing and "icctlrE
separate sets OF delegates. The Lynch i"opIc now
c6s,m r'@1 ~ h. Sat committee l. B Mosory
who certified tho Lynch delegates rs regularly
In his d'Ime vigorous ana earnest style lynch
prc.enied me ca,e o. s's al =, ,ccp, -, ets
they were denied hem arI "rIc k''i, out o. ,r'
meeting pi"cs by the Io.,', ,'ro,i,i. ar..5,.
mcnt reinforced With TWO mammoth mafs NOV
and every column ~ which had been sworn 20
before notary public.
comm, nnan lame. IN ,hcn p,uT,.i hoi sho,
iec.s IN ,avor OF ms delegation n ne n-i 80 o.
Of Mississippi In Ms closing remark. H. indnf,l
n personalities directed ag'.n'; STATE irinan
Mos~icy. and the latter, wn'e man 81 me Pi' =
ence rose cxcl,eiy and warned IN coior.d ere,hrr
exciiemcn, n few minutes. whom lil cnarnc .rr-
nea ;,siemens mad BY a., a. 1s.. a1 '.,e
CIT SHORT THE sQUAHBLE
The committee nfAAy ff'- OF il' tfi-i"".r' h"''
while the contestants continued the controversy 40
he anie-roons tho committee. motion Of James
II. Wilson, OF Dvlaware proxy Tor Nauona! Com
mit;oemln Layton. seated the H.. delegates by d
unanimous vote
| In the lat NJ ss-sipp. District Dr Bynuin. dis
tIngu.shcd- looking gray-hairrd. white k~puhlran.
who said he had belonged 90 the parry ever ..tre
Grant dism99nied a. APpoW,ai'cN mad p,a 70.
| claiming 10 bc the regular i"egatcs 'omm.i'''-
man HI. flushed Win victory ~ f~w minutes
before. champloued ;hc cause u " = E.=in and
! Richard u Idtfl't0hn ,c1loreD. H!s friends ~,
| placed the roll Both sets Of DELEGATED favored
| Mckinley
At G:l5 the committee took a recess FOR refresh
ments
The committee tonight took up the conies, In the
| XIIih Missouri District. and seated IA" kercns-
! Frank delegates after speech by x-ConRr"a'inan
Frank IN which Ec paid his respects to Chaunc,y l.
| Filley In no minrlng lasguage.