The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-13
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nothing himself toward securing the place,
but his numerous friends in the west have
done good deal of hustling.
There were in circulation yesterday re-
ports that Thomas G. Platt has declared |
his intention of boiling or walking out of |
the convention If the six contestants from |
New York should be seated. 1t is learned !
from members of the national committee
that in all probability the six Platt men |
will be thrown out and the other men |
placed on the temporary roll The report |
of what Platt had said was reported to Mr. |
Hanna, and he would not discuss the mat |
ter in any way, Il shall not get excited |
over this, even if Mr.. Platt said it, Mr.. |
Hanna remarked, and when assured that |
Platt had made the remark he was not
disturbed Other friends of Mckinley who |
heard the talk said that Platt was putting
up grand bluff and that no one was to
be alarmed over what he might say.
A most important conference was held
in Senator Quay's rooms last night, at
which Senator Quay himself, Hon. Mark
Hanna, Mr. Hahn, national committee
man from Ohio; Garrett Hobart of New
Jersey, Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Con-
necticut and w. n. 2ndrews Of Pennsyl-
vania were present, and at which it was
practically arranged that Mr.. Quay should
retire from the contest for the presidency
Mr.. Quay said IL was evident that Nc
Kinley already had over 500 uncontested
votes making it evident that the people
demanded his nomination. He acquiesced
in the suggestion that Mckinley should be
nominated by acclamation, and said the
sooner the convention performed its work
and adjourned the better it would be-
The slow progress made by the national
Republican committee in disposing of
contests continue to excite the concern of
the members of the committee 1t is now
predicted that If a means is not found
to expedite the work or prolonging the
hours of the sittings, the temporary roll
cannot be completed before Sunday night
or Monday. There is talk of holding all
night sessions from this time forward un-
til the work is completed. Chairman Car
ter is determined to hold all parties, com
mitteemen included, strictly to the time
limit, and is hopeful that more rapid pro-
gress can be made from this time forward
| Up to II o'clock last night the commit
| tee had taken action upon contests involv-
| ing ninety-six seats in the convention,
leaving seventy still to be passed upon.
| Of these ninety-six, thirty-six were dis
! posed of yesterday The thirty-six in
cluded the contests on the delegates-at-
large from the states of Delaware and
Louisiana and the Territory of Arizona
and districts from Virginia, Mississippi
and Alabama.
In the Arizona case the members of each
delegation were awarded a half seat each.
Of the sixteen delegates seated from Louis
lana, five favor Reed and the others for
/ Mckinley
The most bitter contest was that of the
two Delaware delegations, led respectively
by Senator Higgins and j. Edward Ad-
dicks. The discussion throughout bristled
with bitter personalities.
Mr.. Addicks, speaking for himself, said
he had been Republican since the days OF
Lincoln, for whom he had voted, and that
he had been a Republican voter in Della
ware for nineteen years. He had become
tired of the sneers cast upon him and had
undertaken to make an appeal TO the
people to be elected a delegate to the ma
tional convention, intending, if defeated
to retire from politics. He had succeeded
and was here to appeal to have his causC
sustained.
Mr.. Higgins asserted that Addicks had
elected the delegates to the convention by
open fraud and bribery. He admitted thai
the Addicks convention was regularly
called and convened but said it was irreg
ular in It's proceedings. He said also thai
his convention was bolting convention
Asked by member of the committee how
he could reconcile his claims to this ad
mitted state of affairs, he replied tina
fraud vitiates all things" hence the Re
publican committee could afford to TAX
it up.
After the different arguments had beeI
presented the members of the committe
spent considerable time in arguments be
tween themselves. The discussion tinall,
resulted, by vote of Al to 8, in the adop
tion of resolution that "the committe
declines to seat either delegation, and re
fers the entire matter of representation
from the state of Delaware to the conven
tion."
The movements of the men who are op
posed to Mckinley have been very quiet
but it Is understood that since the arriva
Of Mr.. Quay yesterday there has been
conference of men representing the differ
ent candidates, those present being Plat
for Morton, Quay for himself, Hendersol
for Mr. Allison, and an eastern man reI
resenting Mr. Reed. 1t was understoo
that the conference was not with any hop
of defeating the nomination of Mckinley
because Mr.. Quay and Mr.. Manley hav
already conceded the nomination of tn
Ohio man on the first ballot, but that /
was proposed to prepare a platform on tn
money question which was to be insisted
upon at all hazards, and to give it to tn
Mckinley men as one of the demands o
the opposition. 1t was understood thai
the declaration was to De unequivocally
for gold.
In this connection, it is said the declar
alton will be so pronounced that it viii
not be acceptable to the great middle west
which is here solid for Mckinley, and may
precipitate fight. This is one of thu
many stories that were in circulation in
dicating that the arrival of Mr.. Platt anC
Mr. Quay had made the opposition more
formidable than was supposed.
1t has been positively denied that the