The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-07-07

address the committee. He stated that
the silver men had no candidate to pre-
sent for temporary chairman. The Sc
lection of any one in accord with the
ldea OF the silver men would be ac-
ceptable to them, and he urged, in the
interest of harmony, that the wishes
of the majority be not antagonized in
the choice. He was heard with re-
spectful attention, but no answer was
given him and he withdrew.
The committee decided to consider
the contested cases first, and that from
Nevada was settled in favor of General
keating and his associates, silver men,
without a doubt In the cases over
which contest was made fifteen min
utes was given to each side for argu-
ment. The first case of that kind call
ed was that of John P. Frenzel, gold,
against Charles M. Cooper, silver from
the Seventh Qndianapolis) district of
Indiana Mr. Cooper made his own ar
gument, while ex-Attorney General
Greensmith spoke for Mr.. Frenzel.
Cooper had been recognized by the
state convention of Indiana, and he
was placed on the temporary roll by a
vote of Al to l, the negative being cast
by Mr.. Campau Of Michigan,
A contest brought by the silver men
for seats for three districts in Michigan
was argued for the contesting gold men
by Elliot G., Stevenson, chairman of the
gold delegation, and for the silver men
by Daniel J. Campau, the Michigan
member of the national committee. On
,,,n Of Cbo, ,,tne Nf
RADIO the gold men were placed on the
temporary roll, Mr.. Campau's being the
only vote cast for the contestants. ID.
j. Mahoney spoke for the contesting
gold delegates from Nebraska headed
by Tobias Castor, and he warned the
democratic party of the danger there
was before it of defeat at the polls
should it nominate populist rather
than democrat. G. j. Smythe replied
for the Bryan silver delegation, and by
the first test vote of the afternoon-27
to 23-it was decided to place the Cas-
tor delegation on the temporary roll
Next came the Ohio contestthat from
the Eighteenth district, wherein John
H. Clark and A. M. Raft, gold men,
sought the places of Conrad Schweitzer
and w. S. Potts, silver men.
The gold men had been recognized by
their district convention and the silver
men by the state convention, and their
cases were presented to the committee
by Mr.. Clark in person for himself and
Mr.. Raft. and by John c. Welty for the
silver men. The committee voted-24
to Ito sustain the decision of the
10 "a ell Iuar
men place on the roll. A rather un-
expected contest came up from South
Dakota, where delegation of silver
men, headed by DR.. Ross, sought to Sc
cure the seats certified by the, state
convention to the delegation headed by
Delegate Slower The committee de-
cided, without the formaiity Of a bal
lot and practically by a unanimous
vote, to seat the Slower, or gold, dele
CATION.
This ended the contests for seats in
the convention as far as the national
committee was concerned. Mr. Bryan
was somewhat surprised at the action
in the Nebraska case, having been of
the opinion that gold men had no show.
When the result was announced he
the silver votes of the committee any
how and will be seated by the com
mittee on credentials without question
because we have as clean right to a
place in the convention as the delega-
tion of any state"
Ex-Postmaster General Don M. Dick
inson was more than usually smiling
and complacent when the vote upon the
Michigan contest was announced.
"What will be done in the convention
about the matter?" Mr.. Dickinson was
asked. "Oh, that's immaterial, quite
immaterial," he replied airily.
The committee next decided to rec
ommend temporary chairman of the
Mr.. Clayton of Alabama
nominated for that position Senator
John w. Daniel of Virginia. Mr..
Clayton spoke in support of his nomin-
alton, urging the committee to recog-
nize the overwhelming majority in fa-
vor of free silver that was Known to
exist among the delegates. At the close
OF his remarks he was loudly applaud
ed.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Sheehan of
tor David B. Hill, setting forth his ca
pabilities as presiding officer and his
merits as a democrat.
No other candidates being named the
committee proceeded to ballot apd Mr..
Hill was chosen by vote Of 27 to 20.
Mr.. Hill received the votes of the
committeeman of the following states
and territories: Connecticut, Della
ware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Min
nesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee,
Texas, Vermont, Washington, West
Virginia, Wisconsin and Alaska-27.
Committeeman from the following
states and territories voted for Senator
Daniel: Alabama, Arkansas, Califor-
MIA, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Montana,
Nevada, North Carolina, North Da-
kota, South Carolina, Virginia, Wyom-
ing, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklohoma,
Utah. Indian Territory and the District
of Columbia-29.
James Jeffries, the committeeman
from Louisiana, was not recorded as
voting. His support had been expected
by the friends of Senator Hill.
After the result of the vote had been
announced Mr.. Thomas of Colorado
stated that he had been assigned the
task of notifying the COM
mittee in case the senator from New
York was selected as the choice of the
majority that a minority report would