The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1896-06-19
wednc sday's Proceedings.

The morning session Wednesday wit
messed an exhibition of the ruthless
power of Hanna in making the tempo
rary rol the permanent one and thu
l6O Mckinley men whose seats were
| in dispute were allowed to vote or
their own cases. 1t was the first test
between Mckinley and anti Mckinley,
| though not exact because a few del
egates voted as they thought right,
and it showed that though them cKin
without this high. handed action. il
would have been ticklish one. The
vote was 56S 10 to 800 1-2. Without
the disputed votes the Mckinley side
would have mustered only about 40.
Surprising that the merits of contests
were half one way and half the other.
an honest decision OF them, instead of
uniform ones for the Mckinley side.
would have left the convention divided
ASS to 4S7. modified only by the fact
that some of the contests were be
tween Mckinley delegations on both
sides. 1t was steal of the most
glaring kind The result can hardly
be said to have been stolen, because
the Mckinney men had a genuine ma
jority anyway. 1t was stealing of W hat
was not necessary, though doubtless
the purpose was to make certainty
doubly sure.
When the convention met the res
olutions and credentials committees
were not ready to report. and that of
the permanent organization was called
for and Senator Thurston took the
chair as permanent chairman with a
speech of his usual briliance In which
he dismissed the money question in
fairly Hooker style thus: 1.-The West
ern mountains clamor for silver and the
eastern seashore cries for gold, but
the millions ask for work and opportu
nifty TO labor and to live" Our people
he said, do not fear the warlike
preparations of Europe, but they d o
fear its cheap manufacture. Their real
danger is not from foreign nations car
rying guns, but from foreign fleets
bringing goods. " And he closed with
predictions of universal victory and
blessings with Mckinney. A reference
to Harrison was received with cheers
and one to Mckinley although not
his name, created storm
of enthusiasm as also one to sound
money plank.
The previous question had been or
dered on the credentials report by the
vote stated above. Fairbanks reversed
Reed men objected to allowing men
to vote on their own case. Mudd of
VIRGINIA. son of the man who shell
shrieKed that there was no
it could not exist until it
was decided who were ITS members. /
But it was ali of no use.
BY making the national commit |
lees roll the permanent one, all had |
voted themselves into their sets except |
in the Delaware and Texas cases which |
we're referred to the convention and in
he afternoon the fight came over them
Hepburn of Iowa said: Here is the
spectacular view of all
he traditions of the party-of Repub
clan national convention trampling
lnder its feet, ruthlessly, remorseless-
y: the doctrines of equity and Justice
o which the Republican party has
pledged itself during all the year of its
ventfu existence" The reason for
the Addicks delegation as
tated by Ford for the committee was
hat they had not been faithful Re
we're highwaymen af-
er political fortune no matter what
vas the result. Hepburn's reply was
hat their constituents had
ent them and had repu
lated Higgins and his crowd
'hom the committee would admit. AS
D the Texas case Quincy and his del
CATION were shot out of the ground. as
tated by Grosvenor that Quincy is 1.-The
iggest scoundrel who ever walked the {
arth' The committee report IN both :
asses was adopted. f H Green, son of c
lefty Green, was member of the ex !
luded delegation. c