The record-union., 1896-07-07
NATIONAL COMMITTEE MEETS.
Senator David B. Hill Selected for
Temporary Chairman.

noon to-day, transacted its business at
single session, disposing of all the
contests for seats, and voting % to %
to report the name of Senator David
Il. Hill of New York for Temporary
Chairman of the convention. This was
the test vote in the committee showing
the relative gold and silver strength
of the organization.
The silver showing was made by the
presence of several proxies of members
of the committee who would have voted
for Hill had they been present. There
were also one or two memebrs of the
committee who within the past few
days had announced the transfer of
their allegiance from gold to silver no
tably j. L. Norris of the District of
Columbia and Arthur z. Wall of Maine
The first business in order was the
calling of the roll by Secretary Sheerin,
which showed the following present:
Alabama, Henry D. Clayton; Arkansas,
I. V. McRae, proxy; California, NJ. F.
Tarpey; Colorado, Charles S. Thomas;
Connecticut, Carl French; Delaware,
Lewis c. Vandergrift; Florida, Samuel
Pasco; Georgia, Clark Howell, Jr. ;
Idaho, Larry n. Hilliard, proxy; IL
linois, Ben T. Gable; Indiana, Simon P.
Sheerin; Iowa, j. J. Richardson; Kan
sas, Charles w. Blair; Kentucky, Thos
H. Sherley; Louisiana, James Jeffries
Maine, Arthur 4. Wall; Maryland, L.
Y. Baughman, proxy; Massachusetts,
Josiah Quincy; Michigan, Daniel J.
Campau; Minnesota, D. w. Lawler
proxy; Mississippi, Charles B. Howey;
Missouri, John @. Prather; Montana
A. J. Davidson; Nebraska, Tobias Cas-
tor; Nevada, R. P. Heating; New
Hampshire, a. ". Sulloway; New Jer-
sey, Miles Ross, Senator j. J. Smith
proxy; New York VIM. F. Sheehan; :;
North Carolina, F. II. Busbee; North
Dakota, W. c. Leistikow; Ohio, George
T. Gilliland, proxy; Pennsylvania, VIM
f. Harrity; Rhode Island, Richard B.
Constock, proxy; South Carolina, NJ
L. Donaldson; South Dakota, James NJ
Woods; Tennessee, Holmes Cummings:
Texas, o. t. Holt; Vermont, Bradley B.
snalley: Virginia, ]. Taylor Ellison;
Washington, Hugh c. Wallace; West
Virginia, John Sheridan; Wisconsin,
Senator VIM. F. Villas, proxy; Wyo-
ming, w L. Kuykendall; Alaska, a L.
Delaney; Arizona, Charles NJ. Shannon:
L..
New Mexico, H. B. Ferguson; Utah,
samuel A. Merritt; Indian Territory,
Robert L. Owen.
Secretary Sheerin stated that the
contestants from Kansas gold mem
had Withdrawn. The withdrawal was
accompanied by a statement of the rea-
sons which impelled them to enter upon
the contest and now to voluntarily
abandon il. This statement was read
by the Secretary andl made a part of
the records of the committee.
Senator Jones of Arkansas, represent
ing the Steering" committee of the BIZ
metallic League, was given an oppor-
tunity to address the committee. He
stated that the silver men had no can
didate to present for Temporary Chair
man. The selection of anyone who was
in accord with the idea of silver would
be acceptable to him, and he urged in
the interest of harmony that the wishes
of the majority of the convention be
rot antagOniZed in its choice. He was
heard with respectful attention, but no
answer was given him, and he with
drew
CONTESTED CASES SETTLED.
with the consideration and settlement
of the contested cases first, and that
from Nevada was settled in favor of
General Heating and his associates. sill
Yer men, without vote.
In the cases over which a contest was
made, fifteen minutes was given each
Side for argument. The first case of
that kind called was that of John p
Frensel, gold, against Charles NJ
Cooper, silver, from the Seventh On
diana District. Mr.. Cooper made his
own argument, while ex-Attorney-G Cen
eral Green Smith spoke for Mr.. Frensel
Cooper had been recognized by the
State Convention of Indiana, and he
was placed on the temporary roll by
vote of A to l. the negative vote being
cast by Mr. Campau of Michigan.
contest brought by the silver men
for seats for three districts in Michi-
gan was argued for the contesting gold
men by Elliott G.. Stevenson. Chair
man of the gold delegation, and for the
silver men by Daniel j. Campau, the
Michigan member of the committee. On
motion of Charles S. Thomas of Colo
RADIO, the gold men We're placed on the
temporary roll, Campau's being the
only vote cast for the contestants.
ID. Il. Mahoney spoke for the contend
ing gold delegates from Nebraska
headed by Tobias Castor, and he
warned the Democratic party, through
the National Committee, of the danger
there was before il of defeat at the polls
should Ii nominate a Populist rather
than Democrat. c. j. Smyth replied
for the silver delegati and by the
| first test vote Of the afternoon, ~ to
-. ii was decided to place the Castor
delegation on the temporary roll.
Next came the Ohio contest-that
from the Eighteenth District-wherein
John II. Clark and A. NJ Raft gold
men. sought the places of Conrad
schwertzer and w S. Potts, silver men,
| The gold men had been recognized by
their district convention and the silver
men by the State convention. and the
situation was presented to the commit
tee by Clark in person for himself and
Raft, and by John c. Walty for the sill
yer men. The committee voted, II TO
Ia, to sustain the decision of the State
convention. and gave the silver men
place on the roll.