The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-11
the way to get harmony" and it was not

the way to get harmony" and it was not
pressed.
Mr Sutherland's substitute was voted
down with a shout and the roll called
on the main question. Thirty -four dele
gates voted to seat the Buckleyites and
six tho other way. Those voting in the
negative were Fessenden Of Connecticut,
Gear OF Iowa, Leonard of Louisiana.
Crane OF Massachusetts, Sutherland of
Now York, Ferry Carson of thu District
OF Columbia. BY some oversight the
Secretary failed to call the State of
Maino. but the majority WAS so over
Whelmlng Snat Mr.. Manley did not call
attention to the omission, although he
said afterwards that he would have
voted for the contestants. The exact
complexion of the COMMITTEES, represent
| tatiyes of North Dakota, New Mexico,
Oklahoma and Alaska being absent, was
50 to Z.
Next in order was the contest in the
Fourth Congressional district, where
| Congressman William Aldrich and FL. +.
| Curry claimed precedence of the regular
delegates, Thomas Dunn and VIM. A.
| Stevens.
| The latter, a bright colored man, SPOKE
| for himself, and his colleague, an ex-
| federal soldier and member of Hancook's
staff, and despite plausible statement
|
q case that the vote to sustain the dele
CATION was unanimous.
The Fifth district contest was passed
until Thursday. In the Seventh district
case, Charles d. Alexander and John S.
Curtis, regular delegates, told story of
attempted riot and threatened bloodshed
at the district convention. Contestants
Frank Montague and John r. Guzzele
| sought to put another face on the matter.
| When the room had been cleared, Com
| mitteeman Paine of Milwaukee expressed
| the opinion that the time had come to
| frown upon such proceedings and moved
| that both contestants and the regular
delegates be excluded. Committeeman
| Hanan moved to seat Alexan der and
Curtis and there were but four voices in
| the negative.
| The Eighth district contest was with
| drawn ami the names of the regular dele
gates were place on the roll. In the
Ninth district. A. d. Wimos, oolored and
| W. d. Chanlin, a Grand Army man,
both adherents of the Moseley wing, con-
tested the seats Of j. w. Hughes aud W.
l. Saunders. State Chairman Vaughan
| made an argument for the latter. Nose
| ley argued that the committee could not
| decide against the contestants in this
| case without admitting that the facts be-
Ing the same, it was wrong in the
| Seventh district contest.
The committee agreed with him, and
| Powell Clayton's motion to seat the
colored man, and the northern volunteer
was carried.
At 6.15 the committee took a recess till
eight. Subsequently, it was announced
| that the Fifth district case was to be set
| tied by arbitration. When the vote on
the seating of the Mckinley delegates ut
large from Alabama was announced.
there was considerable enthusiasm and
| rush was made for the other hotels.
The supporters Of the fayorite sons of
Now York and Iowa, while unwilling to
go on record in terms as emphatic as
those of the man from Maine, admitted
that the showing made in the National
| committee, was unexpected and practical
! ly settled the nomination for the head of
the ticket.
The magnificent auditorium in which
the Republican National convention will
be hsld was formerly dedicated tonight.
Over ten thousand persons were in At
tendance. Speeches were made and an
elaborate programme OF vocal and instru-
mental music carried out at the GOnolu-
sion of which the entire audience joined
in singing the Red, White and Blue.''
The occasion thoroughly tested the
acoustic properties of the Auditorium and
they We're pronounced perfect. The hall
seats IA, 100 persons.
W. A. Allan, president of the Southern
Hotel Company, states that he is autho-
rized to say that the Southern hotel,
Lindel1 hotel ana tho Laoted hotel, will
live up to the promise made by the Busi-
ness Mems league regarding acoommoda-
tions for colored delegates and will grant
all delegates to the Republican conven-
tion equal rights and privileges.
When the committee reoonvened at
S.15 the contest on delegates at large
from Florida and those in the third and
fourth districts of California, were
made the special order for Thursday
morning. Georgia was next in order.
Only two seats of four delegates at large
from this state proved to be contested.
J. Devaux and Fl. Rucker showed from
the sworn minutes THAI the two last
named were selected by exclamation, the
opposition making no protest until after
the convention adjourned. BY unani-
nous vote Deyaux and Rucker were
seated.
In the first DISTRICT of Georgia, R. W.
White and S. o. Cherry, both colored,
contested the seats of NJ ]. Boyle and
S. NJ Morse, colored, chosen at the regu-
lar session. All four are Mckinleyites,
the two latter instructed. Boyle and
Morse were unseated. In the 1th dis
trict, Scalett and VIM. JONES' both COL
ored and instructed for Mckinley, were
seated.
At 1926 the first of the Kentucky con-
tests was called, but several Of the COM
mitteemen entered protest against
midnight session. Adjournment was
taken until 10 a. N.
BROUGHT FORTH A MOUSE.
Gov. Bradley Has Been Laboring a Long
While and This is What 1t Amounts To.
/, Frankfort KY, June 1O.-For nearly
week, Gov. Bradley has been threaten
ing to give out % statement in reply 60
recent despatch sent out from Washing
ton to the effect that he originally had
been in favor of compromise policy on
the financial question, but was induced
by Gov. Mckinley to make race for
governor of Kentucky last fall on th
gold standard pla tform, aud further that