The evening times., 1896-06-12
CONTESTS TO RE HURRIED.
National Committee Decides to Limit
s Time. of Arguments

ilht VI AL
st. Louis, June 12.-Every member CT
the nationai committee was III his seat or
represented by proxy when the body re-
convened at 1870 O'Clock. as soon as
Chairman Carter had called iils associates
TO order Committeeman N. B. Scott of
west Virginia ask ked thecoInmittce 10 give
j, ,e.i .uyuulon ~ une titt mat,
while this was the third day of the
I session. only sixty contests had so far
been passed upon. and l0S still remained
upon the order of business.
rms, ne slti, IN We W of tne short time re-
maining top the cornmittee, was serious
outlook. and it became absolutely neces-
'1Itely necessary to accelerate the business.
He therefore moved that from now on each
side in the contested delegations be al.
-lowed but teIi.miDptes for presentation Of
its case. Objections were raised i'll every
part of thereon, but on a standing vote
the motion was adopted by a vote or 70 TO
It. y l,,- :
James Francis Burke OF Pittsburg, as
sstant secretary OF the committee, was
.eieot"d official stenographer of the con-,
yention. -<N
Secretary Manley announced that the con-
| test in the Eighth Virginia had been with
dra wn by letters and the names OF w. B q.
Shnnate and Fl. Y Vale were placed upon
the temporary roll. Both are instructed for
|. Mckinley, while the contestants were di
vided bet ween Reed aud Allison.
I-~This matter disposed OF, ihu the chair
having again announced that the selection
ora temporary chairman of the committee
would he the special order for O'Clock
OF Saturday, consideration OF the Missis-
sippi contests was resumed,
Ex-CongressnaD Lynch appeared for the
contestees, j. ". Randolph and sam De
Young both colored, and Gen. Thomp-
son. of Ohio spoke for the contestants,
c.. A. Simpson and George +. Bowles,
colored
| There was 30 debate in committee. and
| the two last named were promptly seated
by a unanimous vote. With equal CELEBRITY
| the contestants in tie Seventh Mississippi
! district. JamesM. Matthews, ST. and George
| c. CRANBERRY. colorcd, We're placed on the
I roll TO tie exclusion of j. Meredith Mat
/ tliews aud Thomas F.. Richardson.
| In eacn of these cases both cDntestees and
contestants were McKiniey1tes. and Presi-
Dental preferences cut not figure in the
! decisions. THIS concluded the business from
/ Mississippi. - q
| Next t8e committee took up the case
4 braught from tiid2Firss district of a Alabam1,
/ Which had beer laid tSer from Wednesday,
: afternoon Herr. The contestan,s were *
i, NJ Murphy autfd ID III. Prentiss. both col
orcd. and favdfing Reed as fifst cifoice,
anu the contestants Tamuei 5. bpoth ana
! John Harmon. coIore !, both for MCKINLEY
Murphy made clt;,r and explicit state
mcnt in his own hehalt. and Harmon, the
I coIored contestee. who followed suit. charg
ed that Murphy took the stump Tor Grover
| Cleveland and the Democratic State tfcke'
! at the election of 1S94. and urged the com
mittee to think twif before II seated
negro Democrat in . Republican national
fcouvcntinn.
| Nauona, coVmitteeman Youngblood o,
I Alabama teldJ in anlentertaining way oi
the local troubles tsat had brought about
,6e contest. and described, amid laughter
how. lin. aay De;oIe, the district conven
| ton. .epissartes OF RSesiden,iai candidates
from Maine! Peplsylyania, and ELSEWHERE
! opened up headquarters over negro stores
aud ensleavorca fn gatiu Their work among
the colored delegates.