San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-06-14
THE TEXAS CONTESTS.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION WILL
HAVE THEM TO DECIDE.
Night Session Specially Held-Ouney Did
Not Have 1t All His Way as
He Had Dragged.
By Special Wire to the SUNDAY LIGHT.

BY Special Wire to the SUNDAY LIGHT.
ST. LOUIS, June llS.-The Texas
contests were taken up by the ma
tional committee tonight, and a
regiment of white and negro repub-
licans from that state was ushered
into the room. AS outlined by
Chairman Carter, the contest was
a three-cornered one, there being
three delegates-at-lsrge OF four
members each claiming recogni-
ton, together with the contestants
in each Of the twelve congressional
districts, several having two sets Of
contestants.
On the arrival of the delegations
at-large, one headed by John
Grant, instructed for Mckinley !;
the second headed by Nelson w.
Quincy, colored, divided between
Allison and Reed, and the third
headed by HI. F. McGregor, had its
preferences given as two Allison,
one Reed and one Mckinley, Mr..
McGregor, whose party is various
ly known as the "Regulars," the
"Reformers," and the LILLY
Whites" opened what proved to
be an all.round and free-for-all de-
bate.
John Grant, state chairman Of
what he also claimed to be the
regular organization, characterized
the McGregorites as political
bandits and their party as a myth.
There was surprise when Col.
Grant declared that the charges Of
fraud and corruption against the
Texas delegation to the Minneap-
oils convention Of 1892 were part
of his case and that the fact would
be found in affidavits which he
threw on the chairman's table. No
questions were asked on the point
and the affidavits remained I'M
touched on the table.
The case for the black and tans,
as Grants party is known, was
further argued by Hon. E. III. Ter
rell, of Texas, minister to Belgium
under President Harrison, and
that for the McGregorites by G. X.
Love, colored, of Galveston.
The first question for the COM
mittee to decide was which OF the
delegations represented the regu-
lar party organization, and the
unanimous vote was in favor OF
Grant, the Mckinley faction. That
being settled, the claims OF the lat
ter to seats in the convention were
challenged by the third rival dele
CATION, headed by Nelson w.
Quincy, the colored member Of the
national committee.
Terrell made second argument,
this time supporting the Quincy
faction, Of which he is member.
These rival delegations having
withdrawn, the committee went
into executive session and dis
cussed the case for three-fourths
of an hour.
A motion to seat the Quincy fac
tion was defeated by vote Of IL
to %. Then Mr.. Fessenden, OF
Connecticut, moved that both sets
of delegates be excluded from the
temporary roll.
The vote was y to 20 in favor OF
the proposition and the question as
to who are the delegates at-large
from Texas must be settled in the
national convention.
The first Texas district contest
was then called in. In this dis
trict the claim OF David Taylor
and M. ID. Dawson, both colored,
and with Mckinley preferences,
were recognized, and their names
were placed on the rolls.
In the second district, the Reed
contestants, Geo. w. Bunkee aud
j. X. Brinkley, colored. claimed
that Colonel Webster Flanagan,
who resides in another district,
came to their convention and con-
trolled it upon proxies from coun-
ties in which no republican or
ganizstion was recognized.
At this hour, midnight, this
question lie before the com mittee,
and the prospects are that the
committee will be occupied on the
Texas contests for some time.