New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-13

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choice and the contestees Samuel s. Booth ana
John Harmon colored, both for Mckinley Muir
ply made a clear and explicit statement IN MS own
behalf and Harmon the colored contestee, VINO
followed suit charged that Murphy took the stump
for Grover Cleveland and the Democratic ''a'e
ticket at the election of 1894, and urged the COM
rnttee TO think twice before it seated negro
Democrat In a Republican National Convention
National Committeeman Youngblood. OF Aiapam'
told In an entertaining way of the local troupes
that had brought about the contest. and described
amid laughter. how. the day before the Diatic'
Convention emissaries OF Presidential candidates
from Maine. Pennsylvania and elsewhere opened up
headquarters over negro stores and endea'oreu "
get in their work among the colored deiesateS'
When tho room had been cleared Committeeman
Sutherland, Of New-York moved that in view Oh
the conflicting statements that had been maze
the afiidavits In the be submitted 10 a SUI
committee Of five three 10 be named py sir, iOu"s
report tomorrow morning This was ruled OUT Oh
the ground that the committee had preVlouS'y re-
fused TO refer contests to subcommittee. re-
consideration Of the vote by which this acton wa
Vas Iena on bcn DronoseG that both con-
estces and contestants be excluded from me zen,
sued Settles motion Vas defeated. the committee
refused 10 seat the Reed delegation by vote OF
Y to g. and Booth and Harmon were placed on the
senator Gear. OF Iowa. declared that this vote
would have bad effect upon the country so,r
At o'clock motion TO take recess OF one hour
vigorously resisted by many OF the deiegates'
who desired continuous session until midnight
but II prevailed by close vote. -.
Immediately upon the reassembling OF the Ma
contest from delaware was called. but it an.
nounced that Mr. Addicks would no, arrive until
5 p m. and IL was passed for TWO hou's'
THE LOUISIANA CONTESTS.
Meanwhile the contest upon the deegates-at-large
from Louisiana taken up. In tails case the
representative OF the regular Republican party OF
the state. comprising william Pitt Kellogg Albert
r. Leonard (white Reed men. and Henry Demas
and James Vance (coored). Mckinley men. claim
TO be entitled to be paced upon ne roI Agtinsb
Sugar Planters Convention. A. Mciinniss II. -
Cornay. Anthony Doherty and r. H. Hackney. a..
Independently contested By andre" Hero, Jr me
McGlnniss quartet had An advantage IN cetul-
rate from the chairman OF the state committee
setting forth tAat II was resu!ar ana ~ prools
presented and argued by william ite!iah OF
r. re 70 oo the ' sFnp paners eemca,
Louisiana would 20 Republican a, The next election.
ply the committee went into executive session and
promptly seated the Kellogg delegates by unan,
members of the COMMITTEES that this summary pro
ccedng might 10 !nJury 10 the RelHonCs N aus ~
and. the respective delegations having been called
back. chairman Carte mafe A pacific address;
upon the statement OF Mr. Belian himself that the
suggesting thar the Committee CREDENTIALS OF lae
National Convention was a court Of last resort TIE
az ,hev w!fhdrew that the case would be carried
the Convention.
Although the seating # cx- Governor kellogg AMI
his associates was REGARDED i.sD3s.ng Of al ne
contests IN tho six Louisiana Congress districts II
sr is In the s, District eS'ovSfnor Henry
g Warm9th AMI Walter T. Cohen ,soloredl. IN;
siruciel for Mckinley, and 9. W Bloth2y ana
6 DevGrn ,colored Instructed for BED hSrd wei. YER.
ne iVa t"rs'n93ns am" an ,tt.o,v sor
the sugar Planters or National Repuhicans and a
iniito- ~ the preceding contest In the I'd District
TIE c0ut'stcc- wer" \ I WiWOerv ana kcni.l
conrestan.s Morris Marks and Iucieu C1mno lcoi-
oron Instructed FOR Reed As in the other contests
regulate or otherwise u che conventions * w..cn
were seated without debate or opp sition
FIRST DOUBLE DELEGATION SEATED.
Next In the list was the Id Louisiana District
,cst where l. S Clark and William J. Bellin Ma
tona Republicans. challenged the credentials q
Meyer Calm and o, State Chairman Thomas 4.
cage 0olorcD. ali FOUR McKineyitcr. Calm and
cage were excluded hy vote ., 10 20 y. but su6ss-
iei~sition were seated with haifvote each The
This IS the first double delegation to be placel on
r. rol by ne comm.iiNe and Eonlml,, M ~
David Ferris and :. { Antoine Ccoloretl. both
wcr" "a" claimants IN no IVth District. while Rem
jamin o'NciN and william Harper c.o,oreD. both
instructed fOr Reed, mad. con'.gt FOR the seats
TINS was IN ~'ho " similar dispute when arose
over he sumo competng dclceations n The Min;
O NcI. the Reed men. we're seated by unanimous
No presentation Of facts were made In The vth
and Vita districts. and The regular te.egates from
oreh al s Brooks R and IS V Johnson Doth both
. color'D We're seatei All four instructed for
Delaware. New-YorS and North Carolina were
pissed for the tine being there being no reH9ons"
IL ne MA Virginia District the contestants failed