The record-union., 1896-06-14
SELECTING DELEGATES
TO SIT IN CONVENTION
Continued from First Page.)

any party that would help them to
down" Tillman and his dispensary
law and give them free rum in their
city and their homes.
National Committeeman Brayton,
also one of the contestants, spoke in his
dual capacity. He was repeatedly in
terrupted by Senator Thurston, who at
one point asked whether or not the Lily
Whites had not adopted the CLUB" Cor
Black and White Club) system
Colonel Brayton replied in the affirma-
tive, and Senator Thurston rejoined
that neither the Republican party nor
the Republican Convention would ever
tolerate system of organization that
did not permit every man to take part
In all preliminary proceedings
What about the League of Republi-
can Clubs, of which you have been Pres
ident?" retorted Colonel Brayton
That's another matter" replied the
Senator, and a laugh went around the
room.
The rival delegations having with
drawn, Long of Florida promptly moved
the seating of the Webster-Small dele
cation. Colonel Settle proxy for Cowles
OF North Carolina, proposed as substi-
tute the seating of the Brayton- Melton
quartet. The roll was called amid con-
siderable excitement. 1t resulted in the
rejection Of the substitute by % to 81
This was the first blood for the anti
Lily Whites, sbut when the motion to
seat the Webster Small delegation was
about to be put Fessenden of Connecti-
cut moved that the Delaware precedent
be followed and both sides be excluded
from the temporary roll
Delegate Catron of New Mexico moved
that each delegation be seated with
half vote each. The proposition to
seat both delegations was defeated-16
t. 81
The question required on Fessenden's
motion to exclude both delegations and
refer the issue to the convention An
other roll call was demanded. Again
the Lily Whites encountered defeat-16
t. "a. Then the minority gave up the
fight and the Webster Small delega ton
was seated. This vote takes out of the
convention a total OF sixteen votes,
who are noted in Hanna's handbook of
delegates and contestants as having
Reed preferences
At no O'Clock a recess of twenty
minutes for luncheon was taken
TEMPORARY OFFICERS.
The selection of temporary officers of
the convention had been made the spe-
clal order for p. m, but it was con-
siderable after that time before the
committee got together again after re-
cess. They then got down to business
On nomination of De Young of Call
fornia, seconded by Kerens of Missouri,
c. w. Fairbanks of Indiana was unan-
imously selected as Temporary Chair
man Of the National Republican Con-
vention.
The committee laid on the table a re-
quest from ex-Secretary r. Thomp.
son of Indiana, asking a postponement
of action on the Temporary Chairman
ship until his arrival this evening, and
went on with it's work
Colonel G. w. johnson Of Minnesota.
who was Secretary of the National Con-
vention in 1892 in Minneapolis. was
unanimously chosen Secretary Of this
convention.
W. G. Riley of, Kansas was made
First Assistant Secretary, Harvey H.
Smith Of Washington Second Assistant
Secretary. and A. B. Humphrey of New
fork, ex-Secretary of the Republican
League, Third Assistant Secretary.
For Chaplain, Rabbi Samuel Sale of
st. Louis was nominated by Scott of
Virginia, and unanimously selected.
The following We're selected as Tenn
porary Reading Clerks: j. H. Stone of
Washington, F. H. Wilson of Missouri.
John r. Malley of Columbus, O., r. S.
Hatcher of Indiana and j. r. Benson
Of New York.
MORE CONTESTS SETTLED.
The selection of officers being com
pleted, the committee resumed the con-
s;deration of the contests. All the
Webster delegates from South Carolina
were seated. All were for Mckinley.
The Texas contests were then taken
up, aud a regiment of white and negro
Repuhl-canS from that State was ush-
cred into the room. AS outlined by
Chairman Carter, the contest was a
| three-cornered one, there being three
contesting delegations of four mem
bers each with contests in each of the
twelve Congressional Districts, several
having two sets of contestants. Of the
rival delegations, a large one, headed
py John Grant, was instructed for Nc
klnIey; the second, headed by Nelson
w. Cuney (colored), is divided between
Allison and Reed, and the third, headed
py H. r. Montgomery has it's prefer
erceS given as two Allison, one Reed
and one Mckinley.
"A. X. McGregor, whose party is vari-
ously known as the regulars" the "re
formers and the Lily Whites" opened
VIZ ~ proved to be an all-round and
free-for-all debate. On the other hand
John Grant, State Chairman of what he
also claimed to be the regular organi
zatlon, characterized the McGregorites
as political bandits and their party as
| myth. There was a buzz of s,,rnrise
when Colonel Grant declared that
charges of fraud and corruption against
the Texas delegation to the Mime
apolis Convention of 1892 were q mart
| OF MS case, and that the facts wo,Id
DC found in affidavits which he threw
on the Chairman's table. No ones
'iohs were asked on this point, how
ever, and the affidavits remained nm
touched on the table.
The case for the BLACK and Tans. ;,
as Grants party is known, was further
argued by Hon. G. H. Terrell of Texas
Minister to Belgium under President
Harrlson's Administration, and that of
| the McGregorites by c. NJ Cove of CAL
weston.
The first question for the committee
to decide was which of the two delega-
ticns represented the regular party or
ganization, and the unanimous vote
was in favor of the Grant (McKinley)
faction, or the BLACK and Tans." This
much settled, the claims of the latter
| to seats in the convention were chal-