The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-06-13

iH.tuee refusing 10 seat une Keeu deleSa-
! tlon-l2 to 32-and Booth and Harmon
were placed upon the temporary roll.
Senator Gear. of Iowa. declared that
this vote would have u bad effect upon
the country"
AT O'Clock motion to take recess
OF one hour was vigorously resisted by
many OF The delegates. who desired Il
continuous session until midnight, but
1t prevailed by Il close vote.
Immediately upon the reassembiing
or the committee for the afternoon sus-
sion the contest from Delaware was
caHed. but III was announced that Mr.
addlckS would not arrive until 3 D. m
and 1t was passed for two hours. Mean
Whl!e the contest upon the delegates
at-large from Louisiana was taken up.
In this case the representa- tives c,f the
regular Republican party OF the State,
comprising William Pitt Kellogg. Albert
II. Leonard (white Reedttes),' ana -fISnry
Demas and James Vance (colored Nc
kinieSites) claim to be entitled TO bs
pihced upon the roll. Against them are
lhe nominees of the National Republican
Sugar Planters Convention, a. McGln-
i.ss' T.. N. Cornay and Anthony Doger-
w and X. II. Hackney, all white McKin-
| leviteS.
IN addition Leonard'S seat is indepen-
IDENTIFY contested by Andrew Hero. Jr
Ihe McGinnis quartette had an advan-
tagei in cer!iiicate from the chairman
OF me state Committee, setting forth
that II was regular and the proofs were
presented and argued by William BE-
ialn, OF New Orleans. Ho took the
..ound thati If Il gave It's countenance
10 the sugar planters element, Louisiana
Would go Republican at the next cleo
tlon.
without calling upon the othsr delega-
ton 10 reply, the committee went into
executive session and seated the EeI-
!ogs delegates by unanimous vote. 1t
was suggested, however. by several
members of the committee that the
summary proceeding might injurt, the
Repub bEcan cause In Louisiana by alien
aWng the sugar planter element
Although the seating of ex-Goyernor
ktHugg and his associates was regarded
as dlsposing Of all the contests in the
SIN Louisiana Congressional districts, It
was decided to take Them up se?atim
and hear arguments. In the Firs,, dis
trict Ex-Governor Hcpry c. Warmoth
and Waii@r l.. Cohen (colored) instruct
ed for Mckinley, and c. w. Boothby and
u. w. Deverin (colored) instructed for
Reed. were the rival delegations. Wai-
mouth and Cohen were seated without
roll call.
planters, or National Republicans. and 9
practical reversal of the position taken
by the committee on the proceeding con-
test.
In the Second district the contestees
were a. II. Wimberly and Richard Simms
tcoiored) inst:uc3ed for Mckinley, and
Ehe contestants Morris Marks and I,u-
c!en Comnl-o teolored) instructed for
Reed. As in the other contests in this
state, the disputes wIrc based upon the
regularity. or otherwise. OF the conven-
tons a; which .he delegates were elect I'd
| Wimberly ana Slmms We're seated with
out debate or opposition Next in ths
l IlSt was the Third I .Ol)cta M iS,.io
.est where l.. S. Clark and VIM. Relian
challenged the credentials of Meyer
Calm and OF State Chairman Thomas A.
cage Ccolored) all for Mckinley. Calm
and Cage were excluded by a vote of
IL TO lS but subsequently, upon motion
oi Hahn. of Ohio, both delegations were
seated with half vote each. This vote
was q to H.
This Is the first double delega ton to be
| placed on the roll lSy the committee and
committeeman Bolkin, of Montana. ex-
pressed the fear that the precedoiJs
would return to plague the body
David S. Ferris and C. c. Anterne,
colored. both regular Republicans" and
instructed for Mckinley, were the claim
! ants In the Fourth District. while Ben
jamin O'Neal and william Harper col
| ored. both instructed for Reed made
contests for the seats. This was an echo
of a similar dispute which arose over
the same competing delegations in the
Minneapolis Convention four years ago
| Harper and ONeal, the Reed men,
were seated by a unanimous vote
No presentation OF faces In the fifth
and Sixth districts, and the regular dele
gates from each locality, l.. s. Donnally
and S. w. Green, colnred. and j. B.
Brooks and w. w. Johnson. both col
| ored, were seated. All four are in
! structed for Mckinley.