The evening times., 1896-03-12
THE DELEe2A TEs PRESENT.

| -'. ~ "Secretary."
THE DELEGATES PRESENT.
The roll of tie delegates was then called
by Secretary Cook and the folio owingan
ed to their names:
First district William II. Rose, jr., J.
7. Fowler and Victor Boyer.
Second district-M. P. sullivan, John
I>Laner and DR.. Henry Darling.
/. Third distric;-Edwin Forrest, John Sui
livan and John Maher.
Fourth disfrict-Arthur small, Griffin
B. Coleman ara John Mckenna
l. Fifth district iE r. Gibbons, r. T. Mora n
and n. s. Birke. -~
Sixth dstric1-w! B. Holizclaw Or. E.
B. Sothofon and J w. Thoma s. E
4 Seventh district-George A. Bentley, Col
Robert christy ana Or. j. Fleet Luckett.
| Eighth district Mr.. A O'Brien, ". ].
Donovan and e. w. 'McChesney. So =
| Ninth disifict-Chafles H. Turner, Alter
inste Arthur Anderson, and Timothy F.
| whaIeff, ''''' p -
l. Tenth district-oieorge A Davidson,
Thonias B. Katbffs, and Charles A. Sem
seneya,'"i "eS d. s'-- 49,
Eleventh distrlctLsJoan q: eampbtit,d
! George Neitzey and J. F. Mccarthy.
Twerfth dfstriet-E. F. Buckley; NJ. B.
| Scanlon, and Hugh Cosgrove. - , -'''' - -
Thirteenth district-James F. Duhanel,
Harry King, and AHes s. Johnson.
J. Fourteenth district-waiter J. Costello,
Frank McQuadc, and John Kecre
Fifteenth fistrict-Michael ] Mccarthy,
Joseph Kreanler and Edward L. Jordan. &.
Sixteenth district-Edward F. Hughes
Joseph Mnrinellf, and John wittekindt
Seventeenth hdistrict-Jackson Yates, Rob
ert e. Doyle and Maurice Fitzgerald.
Eighteenth district-william l.. Wells,
Andrew j. Sanford and Martin Horne.
Nineteenth district-George K eileen, John
A. Ba6bington and Thomas Ryan.
Twentieth district-Edward Lynch, Den
mis- Callaghan and c. e. Berry.
Twenty-first district-John A. Clarke,
william H. Lloyd AMI william F. Hart
Twenty-second district-B. A. McDon-
nell, Charles F. Shelton and John B. NIL
ler.
MR.. SULLIVAN NOMIN NATED.
Chairman Holmead announced that the
election of a temporary chairman was
next in order, and William F. Hood. of the
Twenty-first district. nominated Mr.. NJ,
P. Sullivan. No other nominations were
made. and Mr.. Sullivan was declared
elected unanimously.
The new chairman made q short address.
in which he counsellcd harmony. and pre-
dicted that the man nominated at Chicago
would occupy the White House for the en-
suing four years.
There was a slight contest over the cleo
ton OF a temporary secretary, the contest
ants being William O'Brien and James F.
Duhamel. The vote resulted, Duhamel,
40; O'Brien. IS, the chair not voting. On
motion OF Mr.. O'Bfien the election was
made unanimous.
On motion OF Capt. Thomas B. Kalbfus
the chair was authorized to appoint a COM
mittee on credentials, to consist of seven
members. The following gentlemen were
named: Col. Robert Christy, OF the
Seventh district; P. T. Moran, Fifth;
d. F. Buckley, Twelfth; George A David
son, Tenth; William F. Hart, Twenty
first: william II. Wells, Eighteenth, and
]. r. McCarty, Eleventh.
MFR. Charles II. Tirner, OF the Ninth dis
trict, moved that asub-committee ON per-
manent Organization be appointed. This
motion was opposed by number of dele
gates on tie guDund that no business could |
be transacted antilssfter the committee on
credentials had reported, and a recess for |
ten minutes was thken. |
CREDENTIAL COMMITTEE.
The convention waited while the COM
mittee on credentials debated the only con-
test which oetIffed when the Fifteenth
district was called for consideration. The /
delegates, Michael j. Mccarthy, Joseph
Kreaner and Ed. {. Jordan, claimed their
rights to seats in the Convention.
The alternates alleged that they had re-
ceived the larger number of votes, in the
primaries, and were therefore the legal
delegates. The committee decided against
them and the representation from the Fif-
teenth stood as first announced. The alter
ternates accepted their defeat with good
grace and the report Of the credentials COM
mittee was received with applause.
The short recess was taken full atlvan-
tage OF by the delegates. and in nthesurround-
Ing saloons many Of them rebearsed the
scenes which were about to occur in the
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