Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1896-06-12
PLATT TALKS BOLT.
Unless Eight Contested New
York Delegates are Given
Their Seats.
M'KlNLEYITES ARE SEATED
The Latest Reports From the
Seat of Excitement, the
Convention City.
GRAyS FRIENDS DENIAL

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, June IL 1t Is opel
talk among the New York men, lhi
morning, OF bolt If the eight con
tests in the New York delegation be de-
cided against Platt's delegates. Ex
Senator Platt, this morning, does no
say that he and his friends will leave tn,
convention in such contingency, buI
leaves no doubt in the inquirer's mine
that such course would be justified.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, June 12.-Eyery
member of the national committee was
in his seat or represented by proxy,
when that body re e.convened at 1880,
this morning. As soon as Chairman
Carter called his associates to order,
Committeeman Scott, of West Vir-
ginia, moved that from now on, each
side in the contested delegations be
allowed but ten minutes for presenta-
tion of its case. Objections were
raised to this, but on standing vote,
the motion was adopted by vote of
rs to II. The selection of an official
stenographer for the convention was
the first special order. The names of
James Francis Burke, of Pittsburg,
assistant secretary of the committee,
and George Thornton, of Buffalo, were
submitted and Burke was chosen by an
overwhelming majority.
Secretary Manley announced that
the contest In the eighth Virginia dis
trict had been Withdrawn by letter,
and the names of w. B. G Shumate
and Fl. Y Vale were placed upon the
temporary roll. Both are instructed
for Mckinley, while the contestants
were divided between Reed and Ali.
son.
The consideration of the Mississippi
contests were then resumed. Ex-Con-
gresham Lynch appeared for the con-
,estees, J. w. Randolph and Sam d
Young, (both colored), and General
Thompson of Ohio, spoke for the con-
testanls, G. A. Simpson and George F.
Bowles, (colored). There was no de-
bate, and the last two named were
promptly seated by unanimous vote.
With equal celebrity, the contes ants in
the seventh (MississippD district, j. M.
Mathews, sr., and George Cranberry,
(colored), were pl4ced on the roll to
the exclusion of j. Mathews, jr., and
Thomas Richardson. In each case both
sides are McKinleyites. This conclud-
ed the tu mess from Mississippi.
The committee then took up the case
brought from the first district OF Ala
hama, laid over from Wednesday after
noon. Contestants, S. M. Murphy and
ID. ii. Prentiss, both colored, favoring
Reed, as frst choice. Contestees,
Samuel s. Booth and John Harmon,
(colored), both for Mckinley.
Mr.. Murphy made a clear and ex-
plicit statement, and MIR. Harmon, the
colored contestee, who followed suit,
charged that Murphy took the stump
for Grover Cleveland and the demo-
cratic state ticket in 1894. The room
was cleared and Committeeman Suth-
arland moved that in view OF the con-
ficting statements, affidavits be SUBJ
mitted to a sub b-committee of five, with |
instr uctions to report Tomorrow morn
ing. This was ruled out. A re con-
sideration of the vote, by which the
action was taken, was defeated, on roll
call, by 80 to 18. Mr.. Seattle, Of
North. Carolina, then proposed that
both contestees and contestants be ex-
eladsd from the temporary roll. After
. prolonged debate, the motion was
defeater. and the committee refused to
seat the Reed delegation and Booth
and Harmon were placed upon the
temporary roll. At l O'Clock, mo-
Iion to take recess of an hour was
resisted by many delegates
who desired continuous session nntil
midnight. but the motion prevailed bg
q close vote.