The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1896-03-19
TWO DELEGATIONS
From, Sssy York City to 81. Louis-Ths
Plat Machine Meets with Strong opPo-
,i,Ion-TurbuIrnt Conventions

From Se,y York City TO 81. Louis-The
Plat Machine Meets with Strong oppo-
,itIon-TurbuIrnt Conventions.
NEW YORK. March lS.-1n all the
congressional districts OF this city. with
the exception OF the Sixteenth, the Re
publ!cans tonight held conventions for
the purpose OF electing delegates and
nlternates to the national Republican
convention which will be held In ST.
Louis next June.
Turbuience and confusion were the
chief characteristics In the Twelfth and
Fifteenth districts.
In the Murray Hill Lyceum. where
the Twelfth district convention WAS
held, Il frequently looked as II only the
presence OF a squad OF policemen pre-
vented n scene OF personal encounter be-
tween the opposing factions favorinE
Morton and Mckinley as presidential
candidates. In spite OF the clnims or
Cornelius y. Bliss and Col. Cr1lEer. the
nnti.mnchlne banner bearers, that they
had their bnlIIwick well in hand, they
we're defeated, but only after q stub
born fight. Even then they would not
accept defeat. and Under the leadership
of Georgc Bliss their cohorts got to-
gcther and held an opposition conven-
n.
In consequence OF this action there viii
he n contest before the national assem-
bly,.
marked the opening proceedings OF the
Fifteenth congressional district con-
ventiOn at Renwick Hall, over one
thousand excited men cheered, hootcu
and yelled at each other. while the po-
lice inspector. Cartwright, Captain
Dean, four police serGeAnts and one
hundred roundsmcn and patrolmen
vainly enleavorcd to restore something
like a semblRncc Of order. The nght
was between the Plat and Bruokiield
factions. The candidates for national
delegates on the PlRtt side were excise
commissioner Joseph Murray and DRv-
Id Friedman. The BTOokilcld faction
had for candidates General {. IL. T.
CollIs and Robert j. Wright and the
nIternntcs George s. Sutton and Elias
This afternoon General Coils called
on President Roosevelt. Inspector
Cartwright had one hundred officers ut
the convention.
gates elected ut the convention was
only 69t there were over thousand
mel, I'm the hnll at O'clOCk when W.
n. spoonOr jumped on chair and
nominated f. s. Cllnch nv temporary
chairman. spoonor is a BroolTiicld man
and the PlAtliteB OF once set uIHa howl
OF dISappruval. rnndcmonium broke
loose and every onr In tho hall made u
rush for the platform aut onr faction
yelled defiance Mt the other. Inspector
Cartwright ordered the crowd back, but
n was no use md the police had T.
form u line and drive the delegates ana
those who were not delegates away
STnr, the pintform. Meanwhile Mr
Ciinch had seized a. Eavel md was
pounding for order. EI-Aase:abyinAn
otto Irving Wise shouted thSt tho pro-
rNeIlngg ware Irregular and that Mr..
Clirch hnd no right to preside az tenn
porary chairman The proper person
ia call tho convention TO order was
yS,So II. Newman, who had been dee
artcd ny tho s,ate committee inspector
cartwright elSSred " pl:As'sGI AMI .r
Iy-nc Il. Newman aSoondrd me
nlnt,nrm ard stood beside Mr.,
CIineh. ra called the meeting 70 order
whilo Aft. olineh OH behalf Of the BROOK