Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-06-18

Of Kentucky. another gavel bearer,
mounted the platform TO present on be-
half of the Young Mems Henry Clay
Climb. of Lexington, a gavel from a tree
on the homestead of the great COM
moner of the Ashland district, the
father of protection.
MORE REMARKS OF ACCEPTANCE
bv Temporary Chairman Fairbanks, OF
indiana. predicting the future oil Ken
tlcky as a State permanently Repuon-
can. afforded 10 the Southern deiegdIes
4 special opportunity 70 cheer.
DELEGATE Torren. of Minnesota, IN an
appropriate speech, presented to the
convention a table made by some Oh the
school bows of Minneapolis for use at
the National Republican CONVENTION
held in that Gil " four years ago. AFTER
accepting this table with a graceiui
speech. Chairman Thurston called LOT
the report Of the committee on ere
Delegate Fort. Of New Jersey, the
chairman of the committee, mounted
the platform an read the report. II
ratified the action of the national COM
mittee in all the contests except Deia-
ware and Texas, in which the commit
tee made no findings. In these TWO
latter States the report recommnded
the seating of the II gg.ns delegation
in opposition to the AddickS delegates
in Delaware. and the Grant opposition
10 the Quincy delegates in Texas.
The delegation recommended 10 De
seated from Delaware are non-commit-
tai. but the Grant delegation from
Texas are for Mckinley. The an
nouncement Of the findings OF the com
mittee were loudly applauded, but there
was a wild roar when Mr.. Hepburn, OF
Iowa. on behalf of the minority, pre-
sented the minority report protesting
in the most vigorous terms against the
majority report. It was the first time
the anti-McKinley shOuters were given
an opportunity
AND THEY MADE THE MOST OF 1T.
Though brief, the demonstration was
rOusing one.
The local Filley shouters were large
" responsible for this.
Mr.. Hepburn declared that the con-
vention should not accept the roll call
as presented by the national committee.
To accept, unchallenged. their roll, he
insisted. was a most dangerous prece-
dent. He reviewed briefly some or the
disputed cases. His references 10 the
contest in Louisiana and Missouri were
most vigorously applauded. The men
ton Of the Missouri contest brought
the Filley shouters in the galleries TO
their feet. and for two minutes there
,,-e-a mild oh for ttIillQV
The famous MissOurian arose in ac-
knowledgement Of this enthusiasm of
his followers. The minority report rec
commended the seating Of the Addicks
and Quincy delegations in Delaware and
the recOmmittal Of all other contests.
The shock Of battle in the convention
was al hand. No sooner had Mr.. Hep
burn completed the presentation Of the
minority report than Mr.. Fort demand
ed the previous question on the adop-
tion of the majority report. Chairman
Fort. Of the credentials committee,
moved the previous question on the re-
port. and Mr.. Hepburn moved 10 sub
Stitute the minority report. CHAR
man Thurston said that a vote might
be taken on each part Of the report sep
aratelv II a separation was demanded,
and that under the rules Of the conven-
ton twenty minutes would be given to
debate. Mudd asked for separate
vote on Delaware.
The chair began: "The gentleman
from PENNSYLVANIA, Senator Quay"
when a Pennsylvania delegate rose,
waving his hat shouting
THREE CHEERS FOR QUAY"
nj -. nv rho Penn n
svlvanians. while the Senator walked
down the aisle, relaxed his unusually
stOlld features into smile and waved
his thanks with a graceful motion OF ais
hand
The motion for the previous question
was carried with shout
Then came the first convention dem
onstratiOn Of the sO-called combine.
From the Maine section arose a dele
gate TO demand roll call On the ques-
ion and from Iowa came a voice second
ing the demand. ThereupOn the roll
call begain.
81 make the point of order shouted
Hepburn. that several State delega-
TOMS are contested and have no right to
vote on this question.
Shouts of approval followed this point
from the Iowa and Pennsylvania
crowds.
The chair overrules the point,
responded Mr. ThurSton promptly, his
voiceringing out Ikea pistol SHOT across
the field of heads strained forward 10
catch the decision.
Howls of disapproval from the con-
tingent which had lost its point went
ND 10 the ceiling. charged with buzz
OF Kisses from angry ones. The vote Of
Alabama was challenged and the names
OF the delegates were called by name.
The combine brought every vote into
line and the announcement Of the vote
was loudly cheered. Colorado and Con-
necticut were soldly in line against the
report. In Georgia, Col Buck announ-