The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-08
MUCH CONFUSION
Marked the Sessions of the Gre
dentiaIs Committee.

dentfals Committee.
CHICAGO, July THE committee
on credentials met for temporary orr
gan1zation directly after adjournment
and j. ID. Goodwin, Of Alabama. was
made temporary chairman, and John
Boyle, OF the District of Columbia,
temporary secretary. There was much
confusion and without perfecting a
permanent organization, the COMMITTEES
adjourned until O'Clock.
When they met again there was the
utmost confusion and disorder. mem
pers shouting for recognition regard
less OF pending motions and the chair
man, after breaking his umbrella han
de- In vain endeavors to preserve de-
corum, finally resorted to a glass that
ultimately shared the same fate. A
discussion as to the admission Of the
press led to a lively debate. In the
confusion that followed this and sew
eral other heated debates, the press
representatives were left on the ont
side "e Jul
1t was O'Clock before order couId
be restored and the committee could
proceed to the election Of a permanent
organization. Even then, 1t took
nearly half an hour to elect a chair
man ana secretary. Three candidates
we're presented for chairman, Smith M.
Il.
OF Kansas, and John C. Crosby. of Mas
sachusetts. Mr.. Crosby tried to de-
| chne and SO did Mr.. Weed, but the con-
fusion was too great and the roll call
proceeded. Mr.. Weed got 2 votes Mr.
crosby z, and Mr.. Atwood 26. some If
the gold states cast their votes for
Atwood III
|s., When Mr.. Atwood assumed the
c cn a. Inc atmosphere changed. A dele
gaze VINO tried to interrupt another was
TOLD In forcible and not-to-be mis-
taken tone to 'sit down." He looked
at the chairman's $50 pounds and meek
~ opeyed. Mr.. G. A. Swanson, Of Vir-
ginla- tried to bring up the matter OF
press adm1ttance again and made a
speech In which he deplored the at
tempt at star chamber proceedings. He
would probably have succeeded. had
the delegates not been wearied with the
was replaced by Mr.. Benton. Of Mis-.
souri,. Mr.. Crosby, Of Massachusetts
onered to take up the contests. Neb-
ra ska first and Michigan second Mr.
Weed, of New York, moved to have
the roll called and the contests heard
In alphabetical order. This amend
ment prevailed and each contest was
given one-half hour. Michigan was the
first one to be taken up.
The committee adopted an order bar
ring delegates from states having con-
tests from voting on questions per
tanning to those contests. Then T.. w
Anson, of Virginia, renewed his motion
for the adminission Of the press. and
after strong speeches by that gentle
man and Gov McLaurin, Of Mississippi.
1t was unanimously adopted.
THE MICHIGAN CONTEST
was the one first called, and F. A.
Baker, of Detroit, presented the protest
Of the four silver delegates at large
against the seating of the gold dele
gates at large.
The arguments made were largely
those laid before the national commit
tee and dealt with the alleged mani
pulation Of the primaries by federal
office holders. Four hundred posi-
masters and other office holders Ii was
claimed had been summoned to De
troit, the night before the primaries
and had actively participated in the
primaries. The head Of the movement,
Mr.. Baker asserted, was Elliot G..
Stevenson, the law partner Of Don M.
Dickinson, and he charges that Steven
son pursued this course after a con-
versation with President Cleveland In
Washington, in which the president
urged him to save the state to the adj
ministration.
"A more disgraceful manipulation Of
convention to defeat the will Of the
people Of great state was never per-
petrated in this nation" Mr.. Baker ex-
claimed passionately.
A mass Of affidavits was produced in
support Of the charges. They accused
the chairmen of district conventions OF
ruling In favor of the gold men in the
face of facts in announcing votes, and
also went to show that delegates had
violated instructions. A charge was