New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-12


MrrrEEs PROVIDED roR-cHAIRMAN
JONES FUSES OVER TICKETS FOR
ro-NIoHr's MEErTNG-rAIKs
WITH SOME OF THE
POLITICIANS.
The meeting OF the Democratic Nauona' YIN
,,,,ea at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday pre-,
ssn,ed such a solemn and melancholy spec'aoio ''"'
sonoe Of the onlookcrs were reminueo Vi p"'
,h,ch neonle at seaside and mountain resorts occa-
'u Wv. use Of TO kill time When the players
90 arranged in a circle one says to another; ms
&c indeed a very solemn OCCASION Then All uh'.e
=, ,ho cborus. ..IIm-rn- IN nph! Um-m- m mph'
,yhon ANYBODY laughs he is obliged TO go OUT Oh 'hc
circle
rhor. u,as no laughter among the members OF the
committee when they assembled In Pariors II II Oh
the hotel soon after noon and proceeded to count
- h,,t - anpearances were not deceitful they
wore an uncomfort able collection of men. Senator
lanes X Jones Of Arkansas. the chairman OF inc
committee had been fussing and running ABOUT ."e
rarlors for some time before the meeting was caie'
10 order by him. and he looked as II ne was near!
rsadv 10 collapse on account of'the heat The
other members of the committee wore thih c'o'neS'
mopped their steamins faces and waved fans Al
,bough two electric fans were running at high
sDeed in the room the air seemed so close that II
was almost suffocating and the men gasped ior
breath after the exertion Of speaking.
Senator Jones had been much disturbed ap-
narentlv because there had not been larger allow
snce of tickets TO the notification meeting al the
Madison SQUARE Garden for the members of the
National Committee He had talk with Mt st.
John the treasurer Of the committee. on the SUD
iect and Jimmy oliver, the acting sergeah'-a'-
arms was sent run over TO MT ST. John once
IN the Hotel Bartholdi TO hunt for more tickets
When Mr. Oliver returned. with bulging pockets
from being satisfied. Some of the members of the
committee also expressed their pain and surprise
that more tickets had not been allotted TO them and
there was almost a revolt when 1t was announced
that three tickets apiece was all they could expect
10 receive From the talk just before the chalr-
man called the meeting TO order stranger "ouiu
have thought that the business Of dividing up the
tickets TO the notification meeting the chief
business which the committee had been called to-
gether TO transact.
c A. Walsh the member Of the committee from
Iowa who was the secretary, carried with him a
fine halo which made some of the other members
feel even more uncomfortable when they looked at
IT, Apparently he had been caught out in the hot
sunlight without his hat and the top Of his bald
head shone with fiery radiance which was pain
full 20 behold. When Mr.. Walsh called the roll of
the committee IL ascertained that only twenty
two OF the ffty-one regular members were present.
while thirteen represented by proxies and six
Jones and Senator German each had two votes in
the committee. each acting proxy for an absent
member.
WHO WERE THERE.
The list of the committee as made up by Mr..
Walsh after the rollcall follows:
Alabama. W. Tomlinson proxy for Henry D Clayton
Arkansas-senator James X. Jones for Thomas C.
California; J. Dvyer.
Colorado. J. O'Donnell proxy for Adair Wilson
Ccnnec' ut-Carlos T French, absent and not repre-
scented.
Delaware r. r. Kennedy.
Florida Pasco
Georgia-tlaik Howell jr.
idaho y. Hllard. proxy for George Anslie.
Innos-Thomas Gahan.
Ind.ana-John G. shanklin.
Iowa 4. Walsh.
Kansas C. johnson, absent and represented
Kentucky-Urey Woodson
I.oulsiana--N. c. blanchard.
Maine-Seth c. Gordon.
Maryland Arthur T. German.
Massachuse;,s-John II. sullivan proxy FOR John W.
Cu.r1ran.
Mchl@an-Daniel J. Canpan
Mnness,a-D w. LAWS absen. and represented
Miss.ssippi--W Y. sullivan.
Missouri William J. Stone.
Montana-John J Notation absent and represented
NebraskaW II. Thompson. absen, and not represented
.;eyadA-R T. Heating. absent and represented
New HampshireT l.. Norris. proxy for A. W sulowa;.
New-Jersey- Smith. H., absent and not repre-
Hev.Yorl- Elliot. Danforth, proxy william F.
Sheehan
North Carolina--Josephus Daniels.
North Roach proxy for w c. Leistikow.
Ohio Senator German. proxy for John r. Mclean
OREGON II. Townsend. absent and not represented
Observation-Disclosures F. Harry, absent and repre-
scented.
Rhode Isiand-Richard r Comstock.
sented
South Dakota-Jarnes NJ. Woods
Tennessee-James VI. Head.
Texas-Jalnes c. Dudley. absent and not represented
vermont-Bradley b. smalley
virgnia-Peter J. Otey.
washingt,n-Hugh c. Wallace, absent and not repre-
scented
West Vrginia-O' Brien Moors proxy FOR John l. NC
Graw.
Wisconsin-George W Peck proxy f. c. Wall.
wyomlas-"iiiam r. H''n'a'' absent anu '''
Aiaska-Charles y. Rogers.
Arzona-E. E Eilingswood proxy for Marcus A. Smith.
pi.,rict Of Columbia-Iawrence Gardner
New Mexico-F A Manzanares. absent ana non repre-
scented
oklahoma-H " Scott. proxy for ". H Grant.
vtah-A W McCune. absent and not represented
In sssI.G TeT0Fy1n0mA' MA'''' absent ana ''' ''
Treasurer. William p. St. John.
Acting sergeant-a;-arrns James Oliver.
BUSINESS TRANSACTED.
About the first business which was transacted
after the rollcall the passage Of resolution ex-
pressing the thanks of the committee for the trouble
which Treasurer St. john had taken In making the
arrangements for the notification meeting In view
Of the wrangle the tickets, It was hard 10 say
II there was irony in the resolution but Mr. 81.
John, who present. appeared 10 think that ne
was getting something for his trouble. Liquid re-
freshments did have the effect 10 make the
members Of the committee feel equal to much dis
cussion. and Chairman Jones had things pretty much
his way. There objection when Senator
German presented for him Of resolutions which
ne had prepared. giving 10 him the power to name
all the subcommittee FOR the campaign. The reso-
lutlons as follows