The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-09

uocIlne Is 10 stand by preceuenls ana 10
seat the delegates who held the only ere
dentials that have been issued from those
districts"
Ex-Lieut-Gov. Sheehan. a member OF
the national committee, made a statement
10 prove the impartiaEty OF that commit
tee in its action on the various contested
election cases, and argued in opposition
10 the majority report OF the committee
on credentials
Mr.. Sheehan referred to the fact that
poll OF the Michigan delegation as il orr
ginally stood showed fifteen for gold and
thirteen for silver. and he disclosed the
secrets OF the committee room by say
ing that AT first the majority of the COM
mlttee favored unseating all four of the
delegates at large. But the wiser cOun-
sells prevailed and the delegates at large
were retained. But the district delegates
had been unseated and what was the
purpOseE To make the delegation fifteen
silver to thirteen gold and thus open the
way 10 the overthrow Of the time honOred
doctrines OF the twO-thirds rule.
Mr.. Blake Of Texas. a member OF the
committee on credentials, argued in favor
OF the majority report. He said that on
principle he was opposed 10 going behind
the returns. but in this case. the evidence
was abundant that the state convention
had been manipulated in the gold interest
ana the Will of the people sighted. In
MS judgment the whole Internal delega-
ton from Michigan ought TO be turned
out (Cheers). He believed that the four
delegates at large were not entitled to
seats, but in the spirit of compromise
ne dld not wish to so so far. If We"
he said, cannot nominate our man for
president on a silver platform by votes
| that are honest and fair, 1 do not want
| MIN nominated. (Cheers) ! do not eN-
| pect to cast my vote to rob a state Of the
union OF any vote to which it is justly
entitled The committee on credentials
| acted justly in reporting in favor of ad-
hitting the contestants from the Fourth
and Ninth districts You understand the
| question. Vote for the majority report
and you will do what is right" Gap
| Mr.. Mcknight of Michigan. also a mem
| Der OF the committee on credentials, asked
the support not only of the silver men,
| but OF the entire convention in support
/ of the report OF the majority. The gem
/ tlemen Of the convention he said, had
/ given this case careful consideration, and
/ they were here to testify to some, and
/ only some, of the outrages perpetrated
/ on the democrats of Michigan. He as
| serted that the state of Michigan elected
/ a majority of 200 to their convention in
| IaVor OF silver, and when the administra-
ton in Washington found this out, Mr..
| stevenson was sent to Washington to up
| set the viii of the people.
! Inere is not one word Of truth in all
| that said Mr.. Richardson from his seat.
| As Mr.. Mcknight proceeded further
| with his statement of alleged facts, Mr.
/ Weadock, one of the delegateS-at-large
/ seated IN the front row, Immediately fac
ing the speaker, said in an audible voice:
|
I this interruption.
| Mr.. Mcknight closed by saying that If
| the majority report were adopted the
| democrats would carry Michigan by at
| least $1,000 majority.
! Mr.. Brucker of Michigan declared that
| he had always been free silver man,
| and that there were enough silver dele
| gates in the convention to nominate a
/ president by tWo-thirds' majority with
! out the necessity of committing highway
| robbery. applause and laughter
| G. ). Thomas of Colorado, a member of
/ the national committee, next took the
stand, but the audience was becoming inn
patient, and raised loud cries of vote"
| he held that 1t would be a mistake to
| elect democratic president by overturn-
i ing the expressed will of a sovereign state
| He warned them that they could not af-
| ford to strike down the state of Michi-
| gan simply for the purpose Of obtaining a
| two-thirds' majority.
Mr.. Powers of Utah, a member of the
committee on credentials, argued in sup
port of the majority report
State Senator Thomas f. Grady of New
York spoke against the majority re-
port.
The discussion was closed by two more
speeches, one by Mr.. Weadock of Michi-
| gan and the other by Mr. ODonnell of
| Colorado, Little or no attention, how
! ever, was paid to these speeches, as the
! crowd in the galleries was quite turbulent
and could not be kept in order. The con-
vention itself, as well as the spectators
/
| to vote and Mr.. O'Donnell assisted that
view by moving the previous question
on the report. The previous question was
| seconded.
The vote was then taken on the minority
| substitute of the credentials committee
which retained the sitting (gold) men
! from the Fourth and Fifth Michigan
districts in their seats.
! When New Yorks 70 votes were an
nounced aye, in favor of the minority
report, a tumultuous wave of cheering
| broke over the assembly. The first efforts
| of the chairman to repress the manifesto
ton by the use of his gavel were met
by a counter demonstration on the part
| of the gold delegates, who, rising and
| turning their backs to the chair and their
| faces to the immense crowds in the gal
| leries, waved hats and handkerchiefs and
| stood on their chairs and gesticulated
| The galleries, evidently strongly anti-sil-
Yer in sentiment were not slow to respond
| and an unearthly sound from fifteen thous-
| and threats filled even the vast space
| of the great hall. The Tammany yell
| was plainly heard in every temporary
| lull. The band tried in vain to compete
| with the babel of noise. Every rap of the
again as it began to quiet down. Shouts
for Senator Hill, Yodel calls and shrill
whistles added to the confusion.
/ Then the silver men began to hiss and
stamp their feet, and this made matters
! infinitely worse.
Senator Daniels powerful voice, much
| worn with its service yesterday, called
| the next state North Carolina"
North Carolina declines to vote till
| she can be heard replied the chairman
| of the delegation.
State Chairman Hinckley Of New York,
ex-Mayor Hugh Grant and other promi-
nent New Workers vainly tried to stop
the demonstration. 1t went on uninter-
rupted for fifteen minutes, and was bare
! ly silenced when the roll call was re-
| sumed.
When Pennsylvania was reached and
Chairman Harrity, mounting on a chair,
said: pennsylvania casts her sxty-four
votes aye" an attempt was made to re-
new the demonstration, but it died away
| in a few seconds, the spectators and dele
| gates being almost tired out.
| The vote resulted in the rejection of the
minority report-yeas. 1858; nays 558; abb
| sent, T. The noes" have it, said the
chairman, land the amendment is lost"
| 1t was now the silver mems turn and
they yelled and waved hats and handker-
! chiefs and displayed Bland pictures and
made the night hideous for nearly as long
as the gold men, the galleries impartially
| assisting
During the jubilation by the silver men
two stout Kentucky delegates danced
breakdown in the aisle at the rear of the