Omaha daily bee., 1896-06-12
ONLY Two NOT FOR M'KINLEY
Thirty Delegates Seated by Votes of the
National Committee.
WORK is PROGRESSING TOO SLOWLY
Four DeIeEntes-nt-Lnrge from Mis-
sissippi, and Florida and Many
Scattering Delegations Passed
Upon During the Day.

upon During the bny.
ST. LOUIS, June 1.-THE republican ma
tional committee made such poor progress
today that the members of the committee
are beginning to feel that there is danger
of very great prolongation of this work.
There are consequently many suggestions
as to the necessity of finding a means of
reducing the time. Up to IL o'clock to-
night the committee, after sitting for
twelve hours, had decided contests affecting
thirty seats in the convention. These in
cluded the four delegates-at-large from each
of the states of Mississippi and Florida and
scattering district delegations from Cali
fornia Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and
Missouri. All the delegates seated, except
| two from Florida, are Mckinley men.
| Chairman Carter of the national commit
| tee was prompt in calling the committee to
order at 10 o'clock today, Notwithstanding
the absence of fully half the members.
| The days work was begun with the hear
| ing in the cases of the California contests
| beginning with that of the Third district.
| The claimants in this case were on one
side C. NJ. Belshaw and W. B. Parker, and
| ON the other Denison and Hochheimer.
| CONGRESSMAN Hilborn appeared for Belshaw
and Parker Mr.. Hilborn gave an outline
| of the grounds of the contest, claiming that
Messrs. Belshaw and Parker were the
| regular nominees, their selection having
been made by the convention which resulted
| from primaries. while Denison and Hoch-
heimer were chosen by delegates selected
| by appointment. The state delegation had
endorsed the proceedings of the convention
which chose Belshaw and Parker by seat
ing the delegates to the state convention
| chosen by it by a vote of S to l. He said
that both delegations were friendly to Nc
| Kinley.
Judge Thompson of Ohio represented the
| interests of Denison and Hochheimer. He
| contended that the committee could not
go into the Irregularities of the primaries
and county conventions said that as there
was no district committee in the Third
district the state committee had appointed
| the district delegates and that the committee
| had proceeded in the regular manner to call
the convention. Furthermore, a large pro-
portion of the so-called primary convention
delegates were appointed, as were the dele
gates in the other convention, by the
| superior committees.
Mr.. Payne moved that Messrs. Denison
and Hochheimer be placed upon the rolls
and the motion prevailed without division.
SAN FRANCISCoS DISTRICT.
The contest in the Fourth district, in
cluding the greater part of the city of San
| Francisco, was waged by Messrs. w. w.
| Montague and Samuel NJ. Shortridge against
to be the regularly selected delegates. This
contest has been a very spirited one from
the beginning and is claimed to have re-
| suited in one murder.
| Mr.. Shortridge was the spokesman of the
contestants. The state committee, he said,
| had recognized the convention by which he
and Montague were chosen, and intimated
| that the other convention was controlled
| largely by the proxies of members in the
state committee, which called the convention
| chosen bv q
| to represent the almost unanimous voice of
| the republicans of the state.
Judge Thompson speaking for Spear and
| Kowalsk said the only question at issue
| was whether there was a quorum present of
| the eleven members of the state committee
| residing in the district, and he claimed that
| there was such quorum irrespective of the
| proxies. AS to the proxies, 1t was charged
that the men who had given them had
afterward been paid to make affidavit as to
| the means by which they were obtained
Mr.. Shortridge declared that the first meet
Ing was practically proxy meeting and
that the regular committeeman were noti-
fed of the meeting.
Spear and Kowalski are Mckinley men,
while Montague and Shortridge are said to
be for Allison. Spear and Kowalski were
seated.
Mr.. Payne afterward moved reconsdera-
tion of the vote by which this contest was
decided, but the committee decided by an
oSS anu nay FOte-lt u GO-uOl W REOPEN
the case.
The contestants from the Third Alabama
district which was passed yesterday, did
not appear when the district was reached
today and on motion of Committeeman
Youngblood, s. s. Booth and John HNrmon
were seated. They are Mckinley men.
BRADLEY PAIR NOT WINNERS.
There was considerable interest in the
contest from the Fifth Kentucky district,
which embraces the city of Louisville II
was contest between Mckinley men and
friends of Governor Bradley. The Mckinley
delegation, composed of George d. Todd
and Charles T. Sapp, appeared as the regu-
lar delegates and the Bradley men. e. J.
Knobel and J. W. Reeder, as the contest
ants. Mr.. Hart Vance, who appeared as
counsel for Knobel and Reeder contended
that the primaries for the Todd convention
were held in retired places and said IL was
proven that bribery and personal assaults
had been resorted to. He created consider
able merriment in the committee by stating
that the votes cost only so cents each. Mr..
Vance said he represented the republican
majority obtained in the election by which
Governor Bradley was chosen and asserted
that IL these frauds were endorsed by the
national committee by seating Sapp and
Todd the action would result in the loss OF
at least 5000 votes in Louisville
Judge Thompson spoke for Todd and Sapp
He contended that the convention could not
go behind the returns to investigate the al
legged frauds.
Mr.. Sutherland moved to seat KnobeI and
Reeder and Mr.. Clayton moved as a substi-
tute that Todd and Sapp should be given the
seats. Mr.. Clayton's motion prevailed on an
aye and nay vote, the vote being 2S to in
their favor.
Recess was then taken until o'clock
The Florida contests were taken up upon
the assembling of the afternoon session of
the committee. All the seats in the con-
vention from this state are contested, in
cluding the four delegates at large and
those from the two districts. There was
much interest in these cases, as the fight
in McKinley's interest in that state was
one OF the first made in his behalf The
contest on delegates at large was the first
taken up. The contestees in this case were
Joseph E, Lee, John G. Long, Emory f.
Skinner and l.. w. Livingston all favorable
to Mckinley The contestants were Edward
r. Gunby, Henry w. Chandler, ii. s. Chubb
and s. ii. Coleman. The contestants are
Morton men.
The state convention met at Tallahassee
on the 4th Of March. 1t was composed of
222 delegates Gunby. Chandler and Chubb, |
contestlng delegates. were members of the
state central committee and Joined with the
other members OF that committee In prepar-
ing the temporary roll of the convention.
The temporary organization was effected, |
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