The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-06-14

quarters of an hour. A motion to seat the
Cuney delegation was defeated by II to %.
Then Mr.. Fessenden of Connecticut moved
that both sets of delegates be excluded
from the temporary roll. This PROPOSE
tion was favored and the question as to
who are the proper delegates at large from
Texas must be settled in the convention.
At $40 o'clock Mr.. Manley announced
that there yet remained twenty-five con-
tests, involving forty-eight delegates. AL
| lowing half hour to each case it would
take the committee eleven hours to COM
plete this branch of its labors. The room
in which they were 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
which it had possession until s P. NJ. to-
morrow. Several 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 of David Tay-
Ior and M. D. Dawson (both oolored), with
Mckinley preferences, were recognized,
and their names placed on the roll In
the Second District the Reed contestants,
G. w. Burkett and ]. H. Brinklev (col-
ored), claimed that Colonel Webster
Flanagan, who resides in another district,
came to their convention and controlled it
upon alleged proxies from counties in
which no organization existed.
Colonel Flanagan, who was called from
the anteroom by order of the committee,
denounced this as an ''unmitigated lie, 4"
whereupon William Mcdonald (colored), \,
who represented the contestants, threw a
package of affidavits down at Flanagan s
feet and dared him to repeat the state
ment. Flanagan held his peace and kept
his temper, and the committee quickly
disposed of the case by seating III. B. Kane
and T. T. Pollard, the regular mckinley
delegation,
A few moments after the committee re-
convened tonight, decided sensation
was created by the appearance of Senator
Mathew S. Quay of Pennsylvania. With
nod and a smile for the friends that he
recognized on his right and left, he walked
with iaunty air up the aisle, shook hands
with Mr. Carter, seated himself at corner
of the secretary's table, reached for sheet
of foolscap and commenced to write rap
| idly. He had hardly finished writing
| when COlOnel Herry larson, Cne cOlOreQ
National Committeeman from the District
of CoIum bia, came rapidly into the hall
and found his way to the rear of the Penn
sylvania Senator.
The latter ceased writing on the moment
and Colonel Carson, taking the pen from
his hand, attached his signature to the
sheet upon which the Senator had writ
ten. Thereupon the colored committees
man withdrew. A few moments later it
developed that the document was proxy,
under which Senator Matthew s. Quay
was "authorized to sit in the National
| Committee as the proxy for Perry Carson,
until such proxy was withdrawn" The
Senator took seat in the front row of
the committee and listened with interest
to the presentation of the remainder OF
the Texas contests.
| 'sYes, l am committeeman for the
! time being" said the Senator, in response
to an inquiry. 81 am here on sufferance,
as it were, as ! hold the proxy of Perry
Carson. l shall stay here during the con-
sideration of the contests from Pennsyl-
vania and maybe longer, if Carson does
not put me out"
81 am foot-loose for the rest of the