The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-24
TROUBLE OVER CONTESTS.
Credentials Report Raised a Merry
Old Row.


The delegates were promptly on hand
for the afternoon session. Just before
the hour of o'clock a delegate climbed
laboriously up the step of the platform.
He was plainly very weary from the
efforts of several days hard campaign
ing He Strengthened himself up with
some difficulty and brought his UNI
brella down with q crash on the chair
mans table.
eff this is a Populist convention" he
shouted in husky unsteady voice, for
Gods sake, don't get into the Demo-
cratic band wagon
The crowd laughed and the middle
of-the-roader let himself carefully
down the steps and disappeared in the
direction of the Texas delegation. At
$3.50 Temporary Chairman Butler
raped the convention to order and an
nounced that the committee on creden-
tials would submit a report. Delegate
Werdell, of California, chairman of the
credentials committee, read the report.
The portion of the report relative to
delegations where there were no con-
tests were agreed to and then the
trouble began. The delegates from
several middle-of-the-road states cried
out in protest and when Mr.. Patter-
son, of Colorado, moved that the con-
Vention take up the contests in alpha
betical order of states, Harry Tracey,
of Texas, took the stage and objected.
He wanted them taken up in the order
reported by the committee Mr.. Pat
terson denied that the committee had
submitted them in any order The
committee, he said, had simply
enumerated the cases. Delegate Web
ster, Of Missouri, who had seconded
Mr.. Pattersons motion, withdrew the
second, saying that he had done SO
under misrepresentation of it's effect
If the Colorado delegation which came
first in the roll of contested delegations
were seated they would have an i'm
portant influence in the determination
of the other cases. Mr.. Patterson met
this by saying that the reason why the
Colorado contest should be first de-
cided, was because it was the only dele
cation contested as a whole His mo-
ton was put and declared carried.
When Stump Ashley, of Texas, attempt
ed to secure a division, the chair ruled
that his demand came too late.
The Colorado contest was then taken
up and motion made to adopt the re-
port of the committee, recommending
the seating of what is known as the
Patterson delegation. W. j. Carter. of
Georgia, demanded a vote. by states.
Mr.. Patterson said that he was unwill-
ing to have a vote upon the question
until the minority could be heard The
minority had not prepared a report
and Mr.. Patterson wanted them to
have an opportunity to prepare and
present a report He offered a motion.
in Difference to the wishes of the Texas
and the Georgia delegations, who were
opposed to the sitting delegation. that
the Colorado contest be postponed one
hour. This was carried
This" said a Texas man. sis mag
unanimous, but Tom Patterson can't
catch us with any such taffy. He is
not in the middle Of the road"
The Illinois case was then taken UP.
The majority reported that the two
delegations from Cook county be seate-
ed and the vote divided. The minority.
signed by fourteen members of the com
mittee, recommended that DIR. Taylor's
delegation be seated. A Virginia dele
gate moved the adoption of the ma
Jority report, and Delegate Moran, Of
Nebraska, moved to substitute the mi
nority for for the majority report. 1t
was agreed that there should be fifteen
minutes for debate on each side Chair
man Palmer, of the Illinois delegation.
upheld the report in favor of the Taylor
delegates. C. 8. Darrow, of Illinois
defended the majority report A round
of applause rippled over the delegates
when Jerry Simpson made a brief
speech in defense of the rights Of the
Taylor delegates to the seats. s. NJ.
Norton, Of Chicago, closed the debate
for the majority.
TAYLOR MEN SEATED.
There was much confusion while the
states were being polled. The vote was
taken on the propositionto give the
seats to the Taylor delegates. It was
not test vote in any respect. Ala
bama, which Is for Bryan, for instance,
cast half her vote for the majority and
half for the minority. Georgia opposed
to Bryan, cast her sixty-one votes for
the majority report while Kansas,
which is solid for Bryan, gave ninety
one for the minority and two for the