The San Francisco call., 1896-06-12

Governor Morton. In this latter contest
that of the First Florida District-some of
the Mckinley members OF the committee
made bitter fight, but the evidence ad-
duced for the friends of the New Yorker
White and McCoombs-was so regular and
overwhel Ginning that preference traces were
kicked over, and some of the Ohio mans
warmest friends voted for the first time
that the Morton men were seated by a
close vote of % to 20.
Perhaps it was merely a coinciden ce,
but it was at least significant that imme-
diately after this vote had been announced
Mr.. Manley left the room and prepared
the statement to the United Press, in which
he called upon the friends of Speaker
Reed TO redouble their efforts to bring
about his nomination. Pressed this even
ing to make clear the apparent discrep-
ancies between his latest bulletin and that
of last evening, the political manager of
the lamented Blaine and chief of the sup
porters of the present candidate from
Maine, would only reply that the state
ment was sufficiently selfexplanatory for
the present and needed no elaboration.
those in position TO know say that this
is the correct reading-it is an intimation
OF Mr.. Manley's belief that just such
break as occurred in the committee to-day
may happen at some critical moment and
upon some unexpected issue in the Ma
tional Convention and that he proposes
that the friends of his candidate shall girt
in their armor and be prepared for any
eventuality.
The members of the National Committee
were prompt in getting together in the
clubroom of the Southern at 10 o'clock this
morning for the purpose of resuming con-
sideration of the numerous contests. A
decided disposition in favor of facilitating
this branch of its work was manifested by
the body, several members expressing the
fear that If the unabridged debates and
discussions that marked the sessions of
yesterday were to continue the temporary
roll would still be in abeyance when the
convention was ready ior business on
Tuesday morning.
Accordingly when CONGRESSMAN Hill
born of California asked for the postpone
ment of the contest from the Third Dis
tIict of that State in consequence of the
non-arriVal of some of the men and
papers concerned, numerous objections
were raised and the Pacific Coast repre-
sentative was given the option OF going
ahead or Of letting the case of his friends
go by default. He chose the former, and
made ten minute speech in support of
the claims of G. Nj. Belshaw and w. B.
Parker, whose seats are contested by Eli
S. Denison and A. A. Hockheimer. Presi-
Dental procliYities did not enter into the
contest, as both sets of delegates were in
structed for Mckinley by their respective
conventions. The argument of the Con-
gressmen was involved as technical, and
Senator Thurston, Henry G.. Payne, Pow
ell Clayton and others were compelled to
keep up running fire OF questions in
order to clearly elicit the facts.
Ex-Congressman A. G. Thompson of
Ohio, who is appearing for all of the con-
testees and contestants from every State
who are under the wing of the Mckinley
leaders, presented the case of Denison and
Hockheimer, taking the ground that the
convention by which they were elected
was the only regular and properly con-
stituted body, and that its action, so far