The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-07-24

Its theatrical accessories. Delegate Wash
burn, Of Massachusetts, attempted to
spring resolution on the convention to
bind tho delegates to abide by the result,
whatever it might be, but he was howed
down, and his resolution was laid peace
fully away on the back shelf
1t was at the afternoon session that the
tug Of war came which ended in the dis
astrous defeat Of the straightouts BY q
narrow majority they beat the Bryan
forces early in the session Of the determi-
nation of the Cook county contest. Some
Of the Bryan men were alarmed and could
with difficulty be convinced that the bat
Ito was not lost. This preliminary defeat
of the Bryan forces was due perhaps to
overcontldence in their strength. They
undertook to seat the majority of their
own committee in the Chicago contest.
Only seven actual votes hung In the bal
ance. The fourteen Taylor delegates who
held seats were Bryan men The COM
mittee decided to allay bitter feelings if
possible by seating both sets of delegates
and dividing the vote. The contsssug
delegates were understood to be for Dehs.
At the last moment the Bryan man
ayers concluded to risk the dangerous ex-
pertinent of trying to force the rejection
Of the majority report Some of their
followers refused to stand by them, and
the result was defeat by a vote of G65 to
Gio 1t was then o'clock, and tho mid
die of the road leaders attempted to Sc
cure an adjournment, hoping that the eff
feet of the victory could be turned to &C.
count before the delegates reassemblcd
but the effort failed
At exactly $3.50 Temporary Chairman
Butler raped the convention to order and
announced that the committee on credcn-
tials would submit report, and Delegate
Wardell, Of California, chairman of the
committee, read the report The portion
relative to delegations where there were no
contests was agreed to, and then the trou-
BILE began. Mr.. Patterson, of Colorado,
moved that the convention take up the
contests in alphabetical order of states.
After many objections the motion pre-
vailed.
The Colorado contest was then taken ND
and motion made to adopt the report of
the committee recommending the seating
of what IL known as the Patterson dele
cation, W. j. Carter, of Georgia, de-
manded a vote by states, and during the
roll call there were frequent outbursts of
applause from the contending factions
The report Of the committee was finally
adopted.
Tho Illinois case was taken up then.
The majority reported that the two dele
cations from Cook county be seated and
the vote divided. The minority, signed
by fourteen members Of the committee,
recommended that DR.. Taylor's delega-
ton be seated. A Virginia delegate moved
the adoption of the majority report, and
Delegate Moran, of Nebraska, moved to
substitute the minority for the majority
report. After some wrangling it was
agreed that thore should be fifteen min
utes for debate on each side. Again the
vote was taken by states and again the
majority report was sustained
The Missouri contest was withdrawn.
Five minutes was given each side of the
Wisconsin case involving one seat Mr..
Cole, who had been seated by the national
committee, stated he was a Bryan man,
and for that reason was he not to be al /
lowed seatf He appealed to the fairness
of the southern delegates to seat him. The
Of the preference for presi-
don't was greeted with cheers by the Bryan
men. The majority report unseating Cole
and seating 1saacs was adopted,
The report of the committee on perma-
nent organization was then read. The an
nouncement Of the selection Of Senator
Allen, Of Nebraska, for permanent chair
man was the signal for wild Bryan
demonstration, which lasted several min