The San Francisco call., 1896-07-24


Minority reports. the chairman stated.
would be submitted in these cases.
That part of the report for the admission
of delegates whose seats were uncontested
was agreed to.
Mr.. Patterson of Colorado said the rea-
son why it was desired to take up the
Colorado case first was because this was
the only case where whole State delega-
ton was contested and Colorado had As
good Populists who desired to be heard.
The Colorado case was then taken MP.
a Kansas delegate moved that the Pat
terson delegates be seated.
delegate made protest against acting
on the Colorado case until the minority
report on that case could be presented to
the convention. That minority report
was not yet ready. The protest was of no
avail and il was ordered that discussion be
confined to fifteen minutes for each side.
Mr. Patterson of Colorado, at the request
of the delegations from Texas and Georgia,
moved that tue Colorado case be post
poned for one hour, and this was agreed
to.
The Illinois case was taken up. The re-
port of the majority declares that the Tay-
not entitled to the seats and that the con-
testants aro. The minority report is in
favor of the Taylor delegates.
Mr.. Moran of Nebraska moved the adop-
ton of the minority report and Mr.. Dem
ming of Virginia moved the adoption of
the majority report. Fifteen minutes on
each side was allowed for the discussion of
the Illinois case, the question being first
on the adoption of the minority report.
Mr.. Palmer OF Illinois opened the dis
cussion in support of the minority report
and in favor of seating the Taylor dele
gates. The contestants, he said, repre-
sented only certain element in Chicago.
Some delegates intimated that the GER
tain element in Chicago alluded to by Mr..
Palmer was the anarchistic element, but
Mr.. Palmer disavowed this.
The majority report was defended by G.
s. Darrow of Illinois, the lawyer who de-
Tended Eugene V. Debs. The case, he de-
clared, had been carefully considered last
night by the committee on credentials and
the decision of the committee was an
honest and fair one. No one had yet been
should not stand.
Jerry ClIG pSOn OF hdusdS spoke In faVOr
of the minority report. He declared the
majority had made no discussion as to
the equities of the case, but had simply
recommended compromise to give both
sets seats This was not justice. If the
Taylor delegates were entitled to the seats
they should have them, and if the con-
testants were entitled to the seats they
should have them. Applause.1
The majority report was advocated by
Mr.. Morton OF Chicago, although he said
he was in the condition of the preacher
who, when asked why he did not preach
sermons upon heaven and hell, said |:
"Well, brethren, l have got friends in both
places and do not want to say anything
against them" [Laughter] So in this
case both the contestants and contestees
were his friends and the best way was to
seat both sets. as proposed, and give them
half votes.
Mr. Maxwell, chairman of the State
committee OF Illinois. advocated the MI
nority report and gave sketch of the diff
ficulty between the two factions in Cook
County.
Mr.. Haight of West Virginia, member
of the committee on credentials, defended
the majority report. The vote was taken
on the minority report-that the Taylor
delegates are entitled to the seats-and
the rollcall of States was called.
The vote was saken in the most extraor-