The Portland daily press., 1896-06-12
HUSTLlNG THEM ALONG.

National Committee Hearing Contests and
Seating Mckinley Delegates.
St Louis, June 11.-Members of the
national committee were prompt in get
ting together in the club room of the
Southern hotel at 10 O'Clock this morn
ing for the purpose of resuming consid-
Grafton of the numerous contests.
Congress sman Hilborn of California
| made ten minute spe. ii in support of
the claims of @. M. Belshaw and W. B.
Parker, whose seats are contested by
Eli @. Denison and A. a. Hook kheimer.
Both sets Of delegates were instructed
for Mckinley.
Ex-Congressman A. g. Thompson of
Ohio presented the case of Denison and
Hockheimer. When the. e.arguments were
concluded 1t took just i've seconds to
seat Mr.. Denison and his colleague by a
unanimous vote.
The next on special order was the
delegates were instructed for Mckinley.
After considerable debate, the committee
seated Messrs. Spear and Kowansky.
Thissooncluded the California cases.
In the Third Alabama district, Sam
uel S. Booth and John Harmon, colored,
were seated, tho contestants failing to
put in an appearance. Kentucky had
the call for the next special orders.
This was in the Fifth district, where
Todd and Sapp, instructed for Mckinley
were challenged by Knobel and Reeder,
who have declared themselves for Brad
ley. TODD Cd and Sapp we're seated by a
At 1928 recess was ordered to D. m.
The sentiments among the delegates
already npon the ground appears to be
strongly crystallizing in favor of the tinan-
DIAL plank promulgated by National Com
mitteeman r. Kerens of this city and
which was given out yesterday.
There have been suggestions that ths
draft has received the approval Of McKin-
ley.
Representative delegates of the stand
ing Of Senator Proctor of Vermont,
Hansbrough of North Dakota and Payne
of Wisconsin and ex-Gov. Fifer OF Illi-
nois are very ohary in their advocacy IF
clear and emphatic declaration in favor
of a gold standard and their talk and
influence are beginning to have an effect,
especially among the Southern delegates,
whose proolivities are toward the white
metaL
When the national Republican commit
tee assembled OF 2.15 the Florida contest
were given precedence over the regular
order. In this state the seats of four
delegates at large and two each in the
first and second distli lets were challenged
These claiming to be the regular dele
gates at large were National Committee
man John G. Long. Joseph Lee, Emery
+. Skinner and l.. W. Livingston, col
ored, all MoKinleyites. The contestants
were Edward r. Grumpy, Henry W.
Chandler, Henry Chubb and S. Ii. Cole
man, all Of whom declared preferenc ce
for Gov. Morton. The case of the Nc
Kinley delegates sets forth that the con-
vention met at Tallahassee, March 4. 1t
was composed Jf S22 delegates. Grumpy,
Chandler and Chubb, now contesting
delegates, were members of the state com
mittee and joined with the other men,
bers of that committee in preparing
temporary roll of the convention. The
temporary organization was effected
pending debate on motion to adopt
the report of the committee on oreden-
tials, and before any ruling was made
by the chair or any action by the con-
vention, Gumby and his associates, with
about one quarter of the delegates of the
convention, bolted and held a meeting
in another hall, the bolt having been
contemplated long before the state con-
vention met. Col. Gumby of Tallahas-
see, in behalf Of himself and associates,
took the position that the bolt was forced
by the arbitrary proeedings of the officers
of the convention. inspired by Commit
teeman Long, and submitted affdavits
from a majority of the state committee,
certifying chat the Gumby delegation
was entitled TO be placed on the roll as
the regular ones. Charges of fraud and
misuse of proxies were made in abun-
dance. Ex-Congressman Thompson pre-
sented the case of the Long delegates.