The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-18
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| Continued from First paoa
seconded by Massachusetts, MARYLAND and
Iowa demanded the roll call. Tha roll of
nays S3915, SO that the previous question
| was ordered.
The votes of Alabama. Florida.
Georgia. Illinois and Texas were chal,
lenged. On poll of the delegates, the
votes of the delegations as announced by
the chairman were changed. When Iowa
announced that it cast 26 votes against
ordering the previous question there was
much cheering When Missouri was
reached Mr.. Neidringhaus, one of the
delegates at large was absent, and the
question arose as to calling his alternate
Chaunoey /. Filley who rose to speak to
this point was greeted with applause.
| Alternate Mr.. Benecke, was found and
| his vote WIS recorded.
When Platt rose to cast the vote of Now
York he was greeted with cheers. Maine
cast 12 aye votes.
The chairman of the committee on
resolutions reported that the platform
would be ready at p. m. A discussion
was commenced under the previous
question on the majority and minority
reports of the credentials committee, each
side being allowed twenty minutes.
Mr. Fort opened the discussion. He
said that the minority of the committee
made three propositions: First, to open
oil contested cases; second, to seat the
Addicks Delegates from Delaware; and
third, to scat the Quincy delegation from
Texas. He opposed all the propositions.
The committee on credentials had by a
vote Of 81 to "a determined to accept the
roll as made up by the national commit
tee with thu exception of Delaware and
| Texas Ton which the national committee
| had taken no action
One hundred and sixty men, he said
| had appeared before the national COM
mittee, by counsel and had asked to lie
heard longer time than the committee
on credentials could give them, unless
it stayed in session full week. II they
| got all the time they wanted the com :
| mittee would be in session three months
The committee on credentials had right
to say that the temporary roll should
stand. The committee had not rail-
roaded any cases. 1t had given three
hours and a half to the Delaware case
and over two hours to the Texas case.
| The committee recommended that the
delegation headed by Addicks did not
| represent the Republicans of Delaware or
| anywhere else. The record before Us
| showed that Addicks entered into comb :.
| nation in Delaware with four men in the
legislature, united with the Democratic
party and the Democratic governor. They
agreed not to allow a United States
Senator to be elected from there. A
majority of the national committee be-
| lieyed under the evidence, that Addioks
and his partners in Delaware were high
waymen, on the road to political fortune.
Mr.. Hepburn spoke for the minority Of
the committee on credentials. lie ap-
| pealed to the convention for fairness He
repeated there had been no hearing on
the merits of the $50 odd contested seats.
| (Cheers Here is an astonishing
| spectacle, in view of all the traditions of
| the party, Of Republican national con-
vention trampling under it's feet ruth
lessly, the doctrines Of equity and justice,
to which the Republican party has
| pledged itself, during all the years of its
| eventful existence.
| AS to the Delaware case he asserted
that there had been no proof Of any
| character considered by the committee
on credentials impugning the Republi-
canism of Mr.. Addicks, whereas Addicks
himself had assured the committee that
he had voted for Lincoln and every
Democrat correcting himself amid
shouts of laughter) every Republican
President since. Mr.. Hepburn spoke
| contemptuously of the person who had
denied Addicks's Republioanism.
That gentleman, was, he said, the only
person who had asserted that the
Addicks delegation were not Republicans.
The people of Delaware had not sent to
represent them the man whom they had
| repudiated.
Grosyenor of Ohio, spoke In regard to
the Texas case, giving its history and
claiming that the Grant delegates, who
are Mckinley men, were entitled to seats.
He congratulated Hepburn on being
"the advocate of the biggest scoundrel
Quincy. (Cheers and laughter.) He
assured the convention that no harm
would come to the fair fame of the Re.
publican party if this convention role
gated to private life the man of Delaware
and the rascal of Texas. (Cheers and
laughter.) The vote was taken on the
Delaware case, those favoring Addicks
voting aye, those opposed no. The noes
were declared to have and the minority
| report on the Delaware case was rejected.
A similar result, with even greater en-
pasis awaited the minority report as to
Texas, also that portion of the minority
report referring the other contests back
to the committee, the minority report in
each case being overwhelmingly defeated.
| The majority report was then adopted.
| Gen. Harry Bingham of Pennsylvania,
| chairman OF the committee on rules, read
a report Of his committee. The rules
recommended were identical with those
heretofore in force. Among the changes
Indian Territory was givent six votes
instead of two and Alaska fonl votes in
stead of two. The report was adopted.
Mr.. Grosvenor moved to adjourn till
ten tomorrow and an equal storm OF
ayes and noes was raised. The chairman
declared in favor of the ayes and at 500
| y. M the convention adjourned.
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