The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-11
SPEAKER REED GIVES UP
HIS MIME, THOUGH, WILL BIZ PRE-
SCENTED AT THE CONVENTION.

Second Place.
ST Louis. June 1O.-The friends of
Speaker Reed have given up the fight.
When the national committee took a
recess at o'clock this evening the Hon.
Joseph H. Manley of Maine dictated the
following to the representatives of the
United Press and revised it before
transmission:
'In my Judgment the convention will
nominate Governor Mckinley on the
first ballot Cor the presidency. 1t is
useless to attempt to deny that this
will be the result.
1.-THE action of the national commit
tee in it's overwhelming vote on the
Alabama case, settled conclusively how
the respective states which the mem
bers of the committee represent VIII
vote in the convention
MIR Reeds name will be presented TO
the convention, and he will be voted
for, and 1 am authorized to say that
under no condition or circumstances
can he, or will he, accept the nomina-
ton for vice president of it should be
rendered to him. The great majority OF
the New England delegates will be 10y
al to Mr Reed, but it is evident that
the convention if for Major Mckinley,
and will nominate him."
When the committee reassembled at
o'clock the Alabama contests were
taken UP without delay. David ID.
Shelby presented the case of the regu-
lar delegates at large, David ID. Smell
by, c. w. Buckley, John w. Jones and
w. r. Pettiford, representing the
Vaughan wing of the party, while the
interests of the contestants, eX-GoVef-
nor William A. Smith, j. f. McDuthe,
A. J. Warner (coloreO and w. II. Nix
on, were looked after by eX-Chairman
& Mosely and the venerable ex-governor
/ himself. The entire issue turned upon
the right of the executive committee to
make up a temporary roll for the state
d convention, and the regular delegates
scored a point by producing telegram
sent by National Chairman Carter on
d the night before the convention in re-
& Spouse to an enquiry, in which he said
8 it was the custom of the national COM
mittee to make up the roll and that the
s chairmen and secretaries of state or no.
8 tional committees were only the SER
81 wants of those electing or appointing
& them
Il Heated speeches were made on both
II sides, and as soon as the contestants
had withdrawn Powell Clayton moved
b that the Buckley delegation be placed
d on the temporary roll.
Senator Gear Of Iowa proposed as a
& Substitute that the Smith or Mosely
a delegation be seated, while w. A. Suth-
erland wanted the matter referred to
& Subcommittee to report on Thursday.
II A suggestion from Senator Shoup of
.SIdaho that each delegate be given half
Ssvote in the interest OF harmony was
ssmet by many cries of mo" and that's
/ not the way to get harmony" and it
was not pressed.
Mr.. Sutherlands substitute was voted
down with a shout, and then the roll
E.swas called on the main question. Thir-
Ity-four delegates voted to seat the
aBuckleyites and six the other way.
sThose voting in the negative were
sMessrs. Fessenden of Connecticut, Gear
|sof Iowa. Leonard of Louisiana, Crane
sof Massachusetts, Sutherland of New
York and Perry Carson of the District
|Sof Columbia.
By some oversight the secretary fail
led to call the state Of Maine, but the
|snajority was so overwhelming that Mr..
Manley did not call attention to the
omission although he said that he
would vote for the contestants The
Iexact complexion of the committee,
+ |stherefore the representatives of North
Dakota, New Mexico, Oklahoma and
| Alaska being absent was So to Z.
- ;,, h.
Fourth congressional district where
Congressman w. F. Aldrich and H r.
Curry claimed precedence of the reg
ular delegates, Thomas Dunn and VIM.
IA. Stevens. The latter, a bright color
ed man, spoke for himself and his col
Aeague an ex-Confederate soldier, and
member of Hancock's staff, and despite
b plausible statement from Represen-
Fative Aldrich the man made out so
good case that the vote to sustain the
delegation was unanimous. The Fifth
district contest was passed until Thurs
lay. In the Seventh district case
Charles D. Alexander and John S. Cur
is, the regular delegates, told a story
If attempted riot and threatened blood
he'd at the convention. The contest
nts Frank Montague and John l. Guz-
ele sought to put another face on the
halter.
When the room had been cleared Mr.
ayne of Milwaukee expressed the
pinion that the time had come to
rown upon such proceedings and NOV
81 that both contestants and the reg
lar delegates be excluded. Commit
eeman Hahn, however, moved to seat
llexander and Curtis and there We're
ur voices in the negative. The Eighth
sstrict contest was withdrawn and
lie names of the regular delegates
9ere placed on the roll In the Ninth
s5trict A. D. Wimbs, colored, and w.
Z Chan1in, a G. A. r. man. adherentS
4 the Mosely wing, contested the seats
= j. w. Hughes and w. L. Saunders
aate Chairman Vaughan made the ar
4ment for the latter, while MOsely
fgued that what was sauce for goose
as sauce for the gander and that the
anmittee could not decide against the
fntestants in this case without admit
liz that, the facts being the same, it
8s wrong in the Seventh district case
s3e committee agreed with him and
fwen Claytons motion to seat the
Bored man and the northern volunteer
As carried with a shout. 1t 6:15 the
smmittee took a recess until .. m.
bsequently it was announced that