New-York tribune., 1896-07-24
STRAIGHT-OUTS OTERTHROWN
THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE BRYAN AND
ANTI-BRYAN FORCES.
NIGHT SESSION OF THE PoPULIsT CONVENTION A
LIVELY ONE-PARIIAMENTARY PROCEDURE
1GNoRgD-sENAToR ALIENS ELECTION
AND IONG-wINDED HARANGUE ENDS
THE SECOND DAYS WORK.


THE SECOND DAYS WORK
ST. Louis July 23.-The Convention reassembled
this afternoon during the hottest portion of an op-
pressvely hot day. Most Of the delegates put aside
all idea OF personal dignity Of the proprcties OF
the occasion, and dvested themselves of coats.
waistcoats and shirt collars. The Committee on
Credentials was still not ready and the services Of
the band had to be again called into requisiton to
fll up the tedious time of waiting
II was $50 o'clock when Senator Butler called
the Convention 10 order. and said that the Com
mittee on Credentials prepared to make par
tial report Thereupon Mr.. Wardell. Of California
chairman Of the committee. came to the stand and
submitted majority report recommending that
the delegates be recognized in all the uncontestcd
cases; that In the cases Of the first seven Illinois
Congress districts both contestants and conestees
be seated with the right to cast half votes, and
that in the case OF Colorado the delegates known as
the Patterson delegates be seated and cast the full
votes Of the State. Minority reports. the chair
man stated would be submitted in these cases
That part Of the report for the admission Of the
delegates whose seats were uncontested was agreed
TO- Mr. Patterson OF Colorado. said the
why il was desired to take up the Colorado case
first was because this was the only case where
whole State delegation was contested, and Colo
RADIO had forty-nve good Populists who desired to
be heard The Colorado case was then taken up.
Kansas delegate moved that that part Of the
|, NOVEL ASSISTANTS FOR THE CHAIR.
Under a rule passed at the morning session men
were stationed in the hall to the right and left of
the Chair to repeat in audible tones the various
motions and questions, and this rather novel and
eccentric mode of repeating put In execu-
ton on this question.
A delegate made a protest against acting on the
Colorado case until the minority report that
case could be presented the Convention. That
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of avail. and IT was ordered that discussion
be confined 10 fifteen minutes for each side.
Mr. Patterson. Of Colorado. AT the request Of the
delegations from Texas and Georgia. moved that
the Colorado be postponed for hour, or
motion agreed to- and the Illinois case was
taken up. The report Of the majority declares
that the Taylor delegates from Cook County H.,
testants The minority report Is In favor OF
the Taylor delegates
Mr.. Moran. of Nebraska moved the adoption Of
the minority report and Mr.. Denning, Of Virginia.
moved the adoption Of the majority report Fiji
teen minutes on each side was allowed for the dis
cussion Of the Illinois case. the question being first
on the adoption of the minority report
Mr.. Palmer. Of Illinois. opened the discussion In
support OF the minority report and In favor OF
seating the Taylor delegates. The contestants. he
said. did not represent the Peoples party OF Cook
County but represented a certain element In Chi
cago He declared that the case had not been de-
cided on it's merits by the Committee on Creden-
tias.
A delegate intimated that the certain element In