Evening journal., 1896-07-07
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CHICAGO, July THE national com
mittee has selected a temporary chairman
and passed upon the contested cases which
were brought before It. Unlike the action
Of the Republican committee IN ST. Louis,
It refused to admit the press TO the ses
sions Of the committed and its proceed
ings were entirely behind closed doors.
The COMMITTEES decided 10 take up tho
contested cases first. There was little in
terost i'm them, with the exception Of the
Michigan and Nebraska cases. Those, II
was expected, would determine the reln-
tive strength Of the gold and silver men
on tho committee The Nebraska case
was settled in favor of the gold men by a
vote of go TO 23, which was about a test
vote, as will be shewn later by the vote
for the temporary chairman. Members OF
tho committee who were In favor Of the
gold delegation and voted with tho ma
jority said the case was very peculiar, and
It was very hard to toll which side had
the regularity, although It was his opin
ion thas the gold men had a long series Of
prooedents and should be seated. Tho con-
test, however was decided on a STRAIGHT
vote as 70 preference Of members Of the
committee as TO the gold or silver delega-
tion The probabilities are that the con
The action Of the committee in seating
the gold delegation from Michigan was a
surprise 60 the silver mon But one vote
was cast against placing tho gold delega-
tion on the temporary roll and that was
cast by Mr.. Campau, who is one of tho
silver leaders Of Michigan, a most pro-
nounced silver man and one who has been
emphatic ia his denunoiation OF the pres
ent administration. Mr. Thomas of Colo
RADIO made tho motion TO seat the gold
delegation, and AZ members Of the nation
al committee voted to do so. In view OF
the threats that have been made by the
silver mon, that the four delegates az large
from Michigan would be unseated In or
der to cast the vote of that state for silver
and secure two thirds majority In the
convention. It remains to be seen what ac
tion they viii take now that the silver
men on tho national committee, with one
exception, voted to sent the gold delegates
The other contests were OF minor impor-
tance, and the decision In each case was
ia no sense test.
The Temporary ChaIrnanship.
As soon as the South Dakota contest
was decided the interesting feature Of the
meeting occurred.
Mr.. Harrity announced that the next
business in ordor was the selection of a
temporary chairman for the national con
vention. Henry d. Clayton Of Alabama
placed in nomination John W Daniel Of
Virginia. He made an eloquent plea for
his candidate and said that he was one Of
the greatest orators of tho south and a
man who would make an admirable pre-
siding officer His speech was greeted
with applause by tho silver men.
w. f. Sheehan of New York placed in
nomination Senator David B. Hin. He
sp1ko of the services Of senator Hin in
the Democratic party and said his pop
ularity throughout the county made him
a fit man for the place. Horsid tribute
TO Hill as a parliainentarian and said he
was second TO mono as presiding officer.
The gold men applnuded Mr.. Sheehan' S
remarks Both speeches wore short
Then the vote was taken. There was
quiet in the committee room as the roll
was called by states. Louisiana did not
vote The result was announced, Hill 27
and Daniel 23, and the gold men cheered.
"A very interesting scene followed the
/ announcement OF this vote and the decla-
ration Of Chairman Harrity that Senator
Hill had been selected by the national
committed for temporary chairman.
Mr. Thomas of Colorado announced
that the silver men would present mi
nority report and would ask the conyen-
| ton to elect another mana man In ac-
cord with tho silver majority Of the con-
vention -for temporary chairman. Ho
| said that the course of the silver men had
been announced for some time, and the
members of the committee which had just
| made the seleetion were well aware of the