The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-06-12

contested by Eli 5. DenisOn and A. A.
Hockheimer- Presidential proclivities dil
not enter into the contest, as both sets
Of delegates were instructed for McNin-
ley by their respective conventions.
Next on the special order was the Fourth
california district W. w. Montague ana
Samuel VI. ShOrtridge were the contest
ants against Joseph A. Spear and Henry
l. ,kowalsky, claiming. 10 be the regular
delegates. Spear and kowaisky were
seated, only two votes being recorded
in the negative. This concluded the Cali
fornia cases.
In the Third Alabama district Samuel
). Booth ana John Harmon, colOred, were
seated, the contestants failing TO put
in an appearance.
Kentucky had the call for the next spe-
clal order. but il was productive OF
but a single contest This was in the
Etth district, the seats Of George d.
Iodd and Charles +. Sapp instructed
for Mckinley, being challenged by T..
j. knOebel and j. w. Reeder. who We're
not instructed but have declared them
selves for Bradley. Hart Vance. a Louis
Vile attorney, who stated the case for
the chailengers, contended that Todd and
Sapp had been selected as the result
OF notorious fraud and bribery. He rep
resented, he said, the republican majority
that Gov Bradley received last NOVem-
Der and unless justice was done TO his
clients there would be a loss OF several
thousand republican votes IN the district
concerned. EX-Congressman Thompson
occupied but two minutes in his reply.
but Committeeman Sutherland of New
York made an appeal in behalf of the
Bradleyites that was vigorous, and at
times decidedly heated. The committee.
however, had its mind made up and Todd
and Sapp We're seated by Is to 6.
At 1925 o'clock recess was ordered
until o'clock.
When the committee reassembled at 2:15
O'Clock, the Florida contests We're given
precedence over the regular order. In
this state the seats OF four delegates AZ
| large. and two each in the First and
Second districts, were challenged. Those
claiming TO be the regular delegates at
| Il Hfa Nfffar
G.. Long, Joseph Lee, Emory r. skinner
and l.. w. Livingston, cOlored, all Me
Kinleyites, while the contes tants We're
Edward r.. Gunby, Henry w. Chandler,
Henry Chubb and s. II. Coleman. all of
whom have declared their emphatic pref
erence for Gov. Morton and his nom-na-
tiOn.
Ex-Congressman Thompson presented
i the case Of the Long delegates, and then
David Martin of Philadelphia, moved the
seating Of the Long delegation.
Mr.. Sutherland of New York. demanded
/ a roll call. but declined to vote. All the
| votes cast were in the Affirmative. Col
| Long and his associates were placed on
| the roll, and Gov. Morton was deprived Of
| four delegates at a sWOOp. The defeated
/ faction Will carry the case to the COM
mlttee on credentials selected by the ma
| tOnal convention. Inasmuch as the contest
/ in the Second Florida district hinged upon
| the facts presented in the one just decid-
| ed 1t was abandoned and Dennis Eagan
and Isaac L. Purcell, cOlored, Mckinley
| ties, were placed on the roll to the eXclu-
| sion of Archibald and Robinson CMorton-
The First district case, and in which the
/ question was the regularity of delega-
| tion elected by convention held in a place
| other than that designated by the state
| committee, was presented and argued with
| more feeling on the part Of the commit
| teemen than had marked any previous
| hearing, and by the close vote of % to 20,
| NJ. S. White and James N. McCombs, sup
| porterS of Coy. Norton were placed on
] the roll over r. G. Weejs and Armstrong
| Pardee, colored, McKinleyites. The result
| was received with the first applause of the
| day.
When this case had been disposed of
| belated papers in the Ninth Georgia dis
| trict contest were ready for presentation.
| 1t was disposed of in short order. Andrew
| j. Spence and James b. Carton, instruct
ed for Mckinley, being placed on the roll
over Thomas M Blodgett and w. A. Smith
| instructed for Reed. The vote was unani-
| nous.
The Georgia roll having been amended
| and completed, the difficulties IN Mississip-
| pi were the subject of ventilation, and the
| committee room and annex filed up ra-
! pidly. First in order was the contest be-
| tween the riYal delegations at large. Those
| claiming to be the regular delegates We're
| James Hill, colored, John S. Burton, NJ
/ Albert Lea and Z. H. hampton, colOred
| These had Mckinley preferences, as did
| also the contestants, Jdhn r. Lynch, col
! ored William Z. Mollison, NJ. A. Mont
| gomery and F. w. Collins. Ex-Congress-
man Thompson for the Mckinley mana
| gers, presented the case Of the delegation
| claiming to be regular. The controversy
! was shown to be the outcome of an old
| quarrel between the Hill and Lynch ele-
| ments, both being headed by colored
men.
| In his old time vigorous and earnest
| style, Lynch presented the case of him
| self and his colleagues. NJ. A. Montgomery
/ another Of the contestants, made a forci-
| Bile argument, reinforced with two NAM
! moth maps, showing the relative strength
| OF the two conventions, and every column
| of which had been sworn to before a no
| tary public. Committeeman James Hill
! colored, then poured hot shot into Lynch
| and his following, and demanded a de-
! cision in favor of his delegation in the in
terest of continued maintenance of the re-
| publican party of Mississippi. In his cou-
| Guiding remarks he INDUCED in persona{i-
| ties directed against State Chairman
! Moseley and the latter, a white man of
| hne presence, rose eXcitedly and warned
/ ms colored brother to be careful in what
| he said. There was more excitement IN a
/ rev minutes, when Hill characterized
! statements made by Lynch as absolutely
/ talse and declared that the latter's afida-
/ Wit makers were liars.
! The committee finally tired Of the
| squabble, and while the contestants con-
| tinued the controversy in the ante-room
| the committee, on motion of James IL
| Wilson Of Delaware, proxy for National
! Committeeman Layton. seated the Hill
| delegates by a unanimous vote.
/ In the First Mississippi district, DIR. By
| mum, a distinguished looking, gray-haired
| white republican, who said he had be-
| longed to the party ever since Grant dis
/ mounted at AppomattoX, made a plea for
| himself and his associate w. G. Parker
/ (coored) and who claimed to be the reg
qlar delegates. ,Colored Committeeman
! Hill, flushed with his victory of a few
minutes before, championed the cause Of
/ W. f. Elgin and Richard d. Littlejohn
| (cOlored). HilPs friends were placed on
| the roll. Both sets of delegates favor
| Mckinley.
Just as soon as H., ..sntest in the First
/ Mississippi district had been disposed of
/ Senator Hansbrough Of North Dakota,
| with the preliminary explanation that he
/ did so at the request of a number of mem
j bers who were not present at the after
! noon session, moved a reconsideration of
the vote by which the Morton delegates
/ in the First Florida district were seated.
/ Gen Hobart of New Jersey seconded the
/ motion. Mr.. Fessenden Of Connecticut
uttered a few words of protest, which
i were drowned in cries of "vete."
! The calling of the roll was commenced
/ and for few moments the ayes and hayes
were about equal. When New York was
reached Committeeman Sutherland arose
i and stated that he declined to vote He
] went on to say that upon the contest in
/ question 43 members had recorded their
deliberate convictions a larger number
/ than had been polled upon any other mo-
I tion 1t was worse than nonsense for any
/ ,nan,bar 10 assert that he voted by mis-