The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-06-13
OPPOSITION TO M'KINLEY
REED, MORTON, ALLISON IND QUAY
REMAIN FIRM.

Higgins Calls Addicks "Moral Idiot
Shuts Out Reed Men From the south
kohlsaat and Hanna Trying to Fix Up a
Financial PlanlS-r. C. Platt Not Charm
ed by Band Wagon Music.
st. Louis, June 12-Opposition to Nc
Kinley developed greatly to-day. Reed,
Morton, Allison and Quay are in the
contest to stay. There is a possibility
that Mckinley may yet be beaten, The
eastern delegates are not frightened,
and will not be bulldozed.
The national committee refused to
place either the Higgins of the Addicks
delegation from Delaware on the tenn
porary roll.
Upon the reassembling of the COM
mittee the contest from Delaware was
called, but it was announced that Mr.
Addick would not arrive until p. m,
and it was passed for two hours
Meanwhile the contest upon the dele
gates at large from Louisiana was TAX
en- up. In this case the representatives
of the regular republican party Of the
state, comprising William Pitt Kellogg,
Albert Fl. Leonard (White Reedites),
and Henry Demaa and James Vance
(colored McKinleyites) claimed to be
entitled to be placed upon the roll.
Against them were the nominees of the
national republican sugar planters
convention, all white. In addition,
Leonards seat was independently con-
tested by Andrew Hero, jr.
The McGinnis quartet had an advan-
tage in certificates from the chairman
of the state committee, setting forth it
was regular and it's proofs were pre-
sented and argued by William Belian
of Illinois. He took the ground that
if the committee gave its counte-
nance to the sugar planters element
Louisiana would go republican at the
next election. Without calling upon
the other delegation to reply the COM
mittee went into executive session and
promptly seated the Kellogg people by
unanimous vote. 1t was suggested
however, by several members of sic
committee, that this summary proceed
ing might do injury to the republican
cause in Louisiana by alternating the
sugar element, and the respective dele
cations having been called back, Chair
/ man Carter made a pacific address
pointing out that the action taken had
I been based upon the statement of Mr.
Belian himself that the organization he
represented was not regular and sug-
gesting that the committee on creden-
\ tfa1s of the convention was a court of
last resort. The contestants accepted
1 the suggestion and announced as they
Withdrew that the case would be car
ried up.
Although the seating of Ex-Governor
Kellogg and his associates as disposine
of contests in the Louisiana districts il
I was decided to take them up seratin
I and hear arguments. In the First dis
trict Ex-Governor Yarmouth and Wal
! ter L. Cohen (colored) instructed for
Mckinley and c. w. Boothby and G.
/ w. DeVerin (colored) instructed for
Reed, were the rivals Yarmouth and
Cohen were seated without a roll call
This was a victory for the sugar plant
4 ers or national republicans and a prac-
! tical reversal of the position taken by
the committee in the preceding contest
In the Second district the contestees
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(colored) instructed for Mckinley and
the contestants Morris Marks and Lu-
Glen Commo instructed for Reed. AS
in the other contests in this state the
disputes were based upon the regularity
or otherwise of the conventions al
which the delegates were elected. VIM
( berly and Simms were seated without
debate Next in the list was the ThirC
Louisiana district contest, where L. S
Z Clarke and William J. Belian, nationa
+ republicans, challenged the credentials
\ of Meyer Calm and of State Chairman
y Thomas A. Cage (colored) all four Nc.
! Kinleyites. Calm and Cage were ex.
4 cluded by vote of 10 to 1S, but sub
& sequently on motion of Mr.. Hahn OF
& Ohio both delegations were seated with
4 q half vote each. The vote was q
to II. This was the first double dele
cation to be enrolled and Mr.. Botkir
of Montana expressed the fear that the
n precedent would return to plague the
n body.
David S. Ferris and G. C. Antoine
p (colored) both regulars" and instruct
ed for Mckinley, were the claimants il
the Fourth district, while Benjamin
O'Neill and William Harper (coloredl
both instructed for Reed, made contest
for the seats. This was an echo of q
similar dispute which arose over the
same competing delegations in the Min
neapolis convention four years ago
L Harper and O'Neil, the Reed men, were
seated by unanimous vote.
No presentation of facts were made
in the Fifth and Sixth districts, and
the regular delegates from each local
ity, L. B. Donnally and S. w. Green
(colored) and j. B. Brooks and W. w
Johnson (both colored) We're seated
sAll four are instructed for Mckinley.
New York and North Carolina were
passed for the time being, there being
no response when they were called by
1.-THE sergeant-at-arms
In the Third CVirginia) district the
3contestants failed to appear, and the
Regular delegates, Edmund Waddill
Fir, and c.. w. Harris, both instructed
#sor Mckinley, were seated.
M Mr.. Wilson of Delaware moved a re
Reconsideration of the vote by whicr
IsTodd and Sapp (McKinleyites) were
Recognized yesterday as delegates from
4he Fifth district of Kentucky. The
Reconsideration was granted and ther
!Committeeman Yerkes of the state ask
q that the contestants, Knoeffer and
kReeder bradley first choice), be seat
Nd with the regular delegates with q
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