The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-13

for the fourth district, while Benjamin
O'Neall and William Harper, colored,
Doth instructed for Reed made the con-
test for seats. This was the echo of
| similar dispute which arose over the same
competing delegations in the Minneapolis
convention four years ago. Harper and
ONeal, the Reed men. were seated by q
unanimous vote.
| No presentation of facts were made in
the fifth and sixth districts and the re-
gular delegates from each locality. Il.
B. Donnelly and s. W. Green, oolored,
and j. B. Brooks and W. W. johnson,
colored We're seated. All four are instruct
ed for Mckinley.
| New York and North Carolina were
passed for the time being, there being no
response when they were called by the
sergeant at arms. In the third Virginia
district the contestants failed to appear
and the regular delegates both instrdct
ed for Mckinley were seated. Mr.. Will
| son of Delaware moved reconsideration
of the vote by which Todd and Sapb,
| Mcklnley1tes, We're recognized yesterday
as delegates from the fifth district of
Kentucky. The reconsideration was
granted. Committeeman Yerkes of that
state asked that contestants Knoefer and
Reeder, Bradley for first choice, be seated
with the regular delegates with half
vote eaoh. Powell Clayton entered Wig
orous objection and the matter was post
poned for the present.
After waiting for some time and the
| Delaware contestants failing to appear,
| the committee at 5. 80 took recess.
| = The arrival of Senator Quay this after
| noon stirred into activity the somewhat
| languid political gossip. A number of
| newspaper men called at the Senat or's
apartments at the Southern hotel. Be-
yond ammo uncing that he was in the
fight to stay, and that his name would be
presented by Gen. Hastings Mr.. Quay
declined to be interviewed. He expressed
entire Ignorance as to what kind Of a
| platform the convention was likely to
adopt. He declined to say whether it was
| his purpose as stated by some of the
| Pennsylvania delegation to transfer the
vote of his state from himself to McKin-
ley, when Pennsylvania was called on
| the rolls
! When the committee reassembled there
was long discussion on motion by
! Delegate Carton of New Mexico to the
effect that six delegates each be placed on
the roll for the territories of New Mexico,
| Arizona, Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory. 1t was finally adopted. The
The delegation. headed by ex-senator
Higgins claimed to be the regular delega-
tion and was instructed tor Mckinley,
while the six contestants were headed by
j. Edward Addioks and Senator Quay,
was given by one of the number as their
preference. When the rival delegations,
headed respectively by Mr.. Higgins and
| Addicks were ushered into the commit
tee room. the excitement on the part Of
| the committeeman was intense.
| p ersonalities were freely indulged in
during the presentation OF the respective
cases. Without preliminary, ex-senator
Higgins plunged into the case in behalf
of himself and his associates. Addicks
| sat close beside him and at the tims it
looked as though the two men might
como into personal collision, especially
as Mr. Higgins denounced AddicAs as the
principal of a conspiracy against law and
honor, and as man who regarded
neither.
Mr.. Higgins was followed by Washing
ton Hastings who was equally emphatic.
| Turning to Mr.. Addicks, who sat with
sarcastic smile on his face he shook his
finger under his nose and eJaoulated !:
"This man is governed by a base and
selfish am bition. say it to his face as
have said before. His name is Addioks.
Little as he understands the language of
a gentleman, he doubtless understands
what l say"
| Mr.. Addioks made no response. The
principal address of the other side was
made by Caleb r. Taylor, chairman of
the convention which nominated the Ad
dicks delegation, who entered a protest
against the washing of the dirty linen of
the Delaware Republicans before the
committees. He made bitter attack up
on the the motives of Higgins, whose
political oItune he said had been made
by Mr.. Addicks. Then Addicks made a
brief address in his own behalf. He
claimed that be had been endorsed by the
people Of Delaware and had destroyed
the worst ring the Republican party had
ever known. Mr.. Higgins replied He
alluded to Mr.. Addisks as "that
| creature" and said that his speech
showed him to be IL moral idi T." that
every one in Delaware knew he was.
| The representation of this cases occupied
two hours. The parties interested then
retired, and Senator Thurston of Ne
braska commenced an Iimpassioned
speech. He reviewed the evidence ELECTED
in the Dupont controversy before the
| United States Senate and declared that it
exposed a state OF affairs unprecedented
in the history of any state in the Repub-
| lican party in the country. Addioks. he
said, had been proved traitor to the
cause Of Republicanism. When that
party had forty -four Senators il the
Capitol at Washington, and but one
more was needed to give it a majority of
votes, it was Addicks who by the aid of