Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-18
TELLER DUBOIS AND CANNON LEAVE THE PARTY

should stand. The committee had not railroaded any of the cases.
 MT. Yerkes of Kentucky was heard briefly on the same side.
 The other side of the question was sup ported by MT. Hepburn of Iowa, who spoke for the minority of the committee on credentials.
 He appealed to the convention for fair ness. The American people loved fair ness. He repeated that there had been no hearing on the merits of the 160 con- tested cases. (Cheers.) As to the Della there had been no proof of any character presented or considered by the commit tee on credentials impugning the re- publicanism of MT. Addicks, whereas MT. Addicks himself had assured the committee that he had voted for Abra- ham Lincoln and for every democratic -(correeting himself amids shouts of laughter)-every republican president since.
 MT. Grosvenor of Ohio spoke in refer tory and claiming that the Grant dele gates (who are Mckinley men) were en- titled to the seats He congratulated the last 'speaker-Mr. Hepburn-as being "the advocate of the biggest scoundrel who ever walked the earth"-meaning Cuney. Cheers and laughter) He as- sured the convention in conclusion that no harm would come to the republic or to the fair name of the republican party if this convention relegated to private life "the man of Delaware and the rascal of Texas" Cheers and laughter.)
 The vote was first taken on the Dela- ware case, those favoring Addicks vot- ing aye and those opposed no. The noes were declared to have it, and the minor ity report on the Delaware case was re- jected.
 A similar result, with greater empha- r.te. Texas; also that portion of the minority report referring the other contests back to the committee, the minority report in each case being overwhelmingly de- feated.
 Addicks Knocked Out.
 The majority report was then adopted amid cheers
 Gen. Harry Bingham of Pennsylvania, chairman of the committee on rules, read the report of the committee. The rules recommended were also identical with those heretofore in force. Among the changes, Indian territory was given six votes instead of two and Alaska four votes instead of two. The report swas adopted.
 MT. Grosvenor moved to adjourn until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. The chair man declared in favor of the ayes, and at 5:07 the convention adjourned accord ingly.
 when the convention adjourned until tomorrow instead of taking recess until p. m., as it was expected to do in order to hear the report of the committee on resolutions. which 1t was stated would be ready by that hour, rumors were circulated dn the convention hall that this course had been taken because several states had threat ened to bolt because of the financial plank. Investigation failed to disclose any foundation for this rumor. The vote of 545 to 359, by which the convention, at the bidding of the credentials committee, refused to reopen any contested cases settled fe- -ehs- nnAs ssnel corr ppitteet cleepIv showed that the Ohio leaders had the con vention well in hand even in matters where many of the delegates felt a strong personal interest.
 Members of the committee on resolu- tions expressed much indignation tonight that in a garbled account of the platform published this morning it had been represented as declaring war against Spain by pledging the republican nominee to armed intervention in Cuba. They state that the language employed in the platform simply pledges the good offices of the United States to bring about a peaceful settlement