The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-18

Two reports, If the demand is made by
separation Of the question. If no
demand be made for the separation OF
the question the vote will first be taken
upon the minority report and then upon
the majority report under the rules
OF this convention there are twenty
minutes on this motion assigned to
each side and the chairman presenting
the majority report and the gentleman
presenting the minority report are in
charge of that time and can occupy IL
either by themselves or by those they
choose to designate.
Mr.. Mudd, of Maryland-Mr. Chair
man, we request a separation exciu
sively as to Delaware if that be in
order. We want separate vote and
recommendation as to Delaware.
AMID CHEERS.
The chair inquired whether the mo-
ton was seconded. and Pennsylvania
and California seconded the motion of
Mr.. Mudd amid great cheers.
The Chairman-When the final vote
is taken, The vote as to Delaware will
be taken separately The question now
is upon ordering the previous question,
and the chair recognizes the chairman
of the committee as now entitled to
proceed. The chair will state, however
that the preliminary question is upon
ordering the previous questions. II it
is ordered, the presentatio of each
side will then proceed.
Mr.. Littlefeld-The delegation from
Maine demands poll call.
The Chairman-A roll call is de-
manded by the delegation from Maine
A elegate-Seconded by Maryland.
The Chairman-The roll call is sec
onded by Maryland.
A Delegate-IoWa also seconds the
motion. (Cheers)
| The Chairman-The roll call, being
properly demanded, is ordered. The
secretary will call the roll of states,
and the chairman of each delegation
will announce the vote. Those favoring
the previous question will say aye and
those opposing It no.
THE VOTE.
The result was:
Alabama, yea 10; nay, 8. Arkansas,
yea 16. California, yea Z, nay TO- Col
orado, nay s. Connecticut, nay IL.
1 Delaware. no vote. Florida, yea z. nay
! l. Georgia, yea 20, nay g. Idaho, nay s.
Illinois. yea 80, nay Is. Indiana, yea
25, nay 3. Iowa, nay g. Kansas, yea
20. Kentucky, yea %, nay 8. Louis
ana, yea II, nay 5. Maine, nay u.
Maryland, nay 16. Massachusetts,, yea
q nay 30. Michigan. yea 2S Mime
sofa, yea Is. Mississippi, yea u, nay 6.
Missouri, yea 20. nay IA. Montana,
yea l, nay 5. Nebraska, yea 16. Ne
vada, yea 1, nay 5. New Hampshire,
nay s. New Jersey, yea 20. Great
cheering for Plat. New York was
called and he stood up New York.
yea 10, nay 81 North Carolina, yea
161e, nay III. North Dakota, yea 6.
Ohio. yea 46. oregon, nay s. Penn
sylvania, yea 5, nay SO. Rhode Island,
nay s. South Carolina, yea is. South
Dakota. yea s. Tennessee yea %, nay
q. Texas, yea is. nay s. Utah, nay g.
Vermont, yea 4. nay 3. Virginia, yea
Y, nay l. Washington, yea 8. West
Virginia, yea II. Wisconsin,, yea "a
Wyoming, yea 6. Arizona, yea 4, nay
2 New Mexico, yea 1, nay 8. Okla
homa, yea .. nay 3 Indian Territory,
nay s. District of Columbia. nay 2.
The official announcement of the
vote was yea, $685., nay 1884,.
The Chariman-The ayes, therefore,
have it. (Renewed cheering.)
AS TO CREDENTIALS ~
The Chairman-The chair recognizes
the gentlemen from the committee on
resolutions for an announcement.
Mr.. La Toilette, of Wisconsin-Mr
! Chairman, the committee on resolu-
tons has appointed Mr. Burleigh, of
Washington and myself a committee
TO announce to the convention that
/ the coCnnittee on resolutions has
agreed and can make it's report to
| the convent zion tonight at s O'Clock
but not earlier.
The ChairnaE-It is announced that
the committee on resolutions has come
to an agreement and will be ready to
report to the convention tonight at S
O'Clock. The previous question has been
/ ordered on the report of the committee
/ on credentials and discussion will now
proceed under the rules. The gentle
man from New Jersey, Mr.. Fort
Mr.. Fort-The minority report in
wolves three propositions-I propose to
take just five minutes in discussing
the question and then yield five min
utes of my time to Mr.. Yerkes, of
/ Kentucky. to discuss the Delaware
case, and ten minutes to General Gros-
/ venpr to close the debate The three
/ propositions of the minority report are
these:
THE PROPOSITIONS.
First, upon all contests on the tenn
/ porary roll fixed by the national COM
mittee. Second, seat Addicks dele
gates in Texas instead of the Higgins
/ delegates. Third, seat Quincy delegates
! in Texas instead of Grant delegates.
Now, as to the proposition, the COM
mlttee on credentials have worked dill
! lgently since we organized YESTERDAY
/ by large vote, 81 to a. we deter
mined to accept the roll as made VI,
1 by the national committee, With the
exception of the Delaware and Texas
cases, upon which they had taken no
action except to refer them to us. One
/ hundred and sixty men appeared be-
fore the national committee by coun-
sci or otherwise. They all had oppor-
tunity to be heard. They all were
heard. They were heard longer than
your committee could hear them. uu-
less they sat in session for a full week.
and If we gave them the time they
asked, this convention would sit here
three months. There are printed
pamphlets in these contests of four
and five hundred pages, in a single
case. We have heard them and we
have taken their statement of what
THE EVIDENCE IN THE RECORD
was. 1t could not be heard. It was
never read by national committee or
by a committee on credentials in ma
tional convention. We presume every
Republican. whether a contestant or
a sitting member when he stated his
case here, stated the truth. And if
/ he stated the truth, and each of them
stated the truth, reaching a conclu-
sion from that statement, we have a
right to say that the temporary roll
of the convention shall stand 1t will
be said that these gentlemen were not
heard ait all before the committee. 1t
was stated in the committee that most
all of the contestants were satisfied with
the determination of the national COM
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national committee reached it's con-
clusion by almost unanimous vote.