The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-18

sseszs has NINA sacie case Bat Offset
IS for a EnomsnE. altaoGSn Z z1ay not
- argument. ~ the recollection tasAs tl.s
uasionaf COMMITTEES "a its vision saw q
70 refuse 3 seat uac1 me neSE * NaAS
I convention % thoSe Ken tAe-lae3s- a@s.s-s
thar urfn1a sac.s case. Sacked % As tF&y
vvere IA tssar ysex ~ shs decision o. year
/ OAR committee on cre4srr-ti bX vote
q 81 20 =. lot oaIy reEas-zS A11Ecks
seat in this convection an1 t1ose via
hira. nlzt absolutely seating e1-S-sFs4far
Higgins. Col DuPont and their Sssass-
ateS tApp.a1Se.t There ElES~ - a9laa9
reason Tor tbs. Certainty your t~o COM
ralgtess would nok have acted without
sozn5z>ien. reas@n or cause No@. any
wxs it2 We affirm. and the record - asTa
aE1 shows Il. that this majority OF tle
zslssgases 70 TIE state cGlvelslo2 or D~AA-
xare, where Mr.. Ad1ickS had a majority
OF forty alone. was secured ~ the use @
money In nrEbang and buying votes Here
are The aTt4aviss presented 20 the naTioEsss
committee ard presented % yoaF cozEnlfe-
Tee On credentials. assI am inforls'A Nos.
gentlemen. there are only three says OF
securing an esectIon. as was said ~ a
tsssr.ngas shed Democratic citizen OK Se%
York: First. By the free choice 0E tAe
electors, second. BY force and fraud and
bribery which are constituent elements
for force. and third. by iof- Ard X tnis
convention believes as eyl1ently tnls com
mittee did believe. that the majority n
that body was secured BY meIsatls aid
rnezns OF this na-lre and this enaracssF.
then Is this convention. representing ne
dignity, the wisdom. the hon0E and toe IN
texrify OF the Republican party q t1tS
nation. wiling 70 accept ss-Sg2rss coming
here wirs such credentials and under s1eh
charges as have been made and alalAEiss
presented 10 prove them"
Mr.. Hepburn spoke for the minority.
He SAID:
Il nave the right 70 assume that any Re
publican eonventIon. any body &C meE
representing the Republican paxss. VII
declare ia favor OF fairness. The Ameri-
ean people love fairness They are not
willing. I take *. that any mans rights
shall ne determined without he has had
his day IA eougt. ] say here. wttb0gS fear
og contradiction, that thare has been no
hearing upon the merits OF The iss etee-
don cases. (Ap024usel I challenge any
member Of this convention 20 deny that
proposition. When these gentlemen went
before ire national committee there was
4 gentleman representing ths interests oS
a certain candidate here IL was his con-
tentIon. in opposing AL those he supposed
1xare not fav0rzbIa % his eanahdats that
al the committee was 70 pass ggon. al
IL had the right 70 pass upon vas the
regularity OF she credentials % the deie-
gates and over ard over again u was
said that the committee. comforting ttseIf
with that would impose 70 hardship upoa
tie contestant. as the trthunal elected ~
the convention VAS armed With Fun an
tho-ffy 70 oppose Tire credentials AMI Tiers
would be an opportunity before that tri-
hunal TO present tns merits Of the case.
Strange as Il may seem. tbas SANE man.
as Ona - the fnAZeS q member Of the
COMMITTEES In the COMMITTEES, insisted shers
should be no hearing. because tbs national
corn rnfttee had PASSED upcn the case
U4zughter1 n ether wo~ts. y VAS
as though he hAi confsnGe4 10 an
inferior eosrt that the eoart had no
Jurisdiction 70 try the case. ard thea, when
appeal xas taken 90 q higher tribunal,
there insist that TIA court that had yielded
70 hfs contention an3 haH refused 20 try
the cause bad stopped ths mouth % the
appellants i that fairness Is that the
5ustlcs that a convention o. Republicans
proposes 70 ruele oat 20 brother Beu85ls-
ca.ss We have conten8ed as q party, AL
u the days that there has been a strug~
Ef9rE Republican 81 the Southern states.
that ws would see to ft mat saera should
~ honest elections ani thar there should
be fair count H.out snd prolonged ap-
raauzaB Ever national convention almost
FOR the last twenty years hzS insisted that
thst was the 9WtY that fasflce ard equity
imposed upon the Repua3l PARTY. ard
fhat parry has been sw&ft 20 pledge ltsssf
that that duty saoal1 be carried eur 20 fhs
falinsss - SIS ability. aa3 here j. TIE as
toaishirx spectacle ~ al thase charges
that wa ourselves are trarplfaS Under
f0of. rygsNt@Ssly an3 rgrnerseleaNfv thcsm
very doctrines q eaeity and justice 70
which Ne have pleaweG ourselves through
twenty years % oar ers-fful existence.
f%epfsnss.1 Th@re has beea no a95u4ica-
ton % these cases. There ought 90 b@-
tfEa gentleman 8n the COMMITTEES informed
- th@se rights we're trivial. that thav ve~e
nos properly rights. ard ne biEr-fer 90 his
argument would appear - Be that II u "a
vosys4 n Importance the value % nus
tarw pony ~ weEl8 insist wreor tha rro-
ce4grs % allowing the parties % be heard
bog aS z Only involved the honor az a Re-
pufelic-Z. ths nan WHO said hs was e.
f&tied 20 se@t here. ard the man wha SAID
%ssss ths right 10 n seat was der1s5 that
- ~as net cheat. that he was got a
seoun1-ek tsst he was rot here BY frani-
aient pTssarss. bazt that be was elected and
selected ealY By a free constituency. In
qEsstion of iris kird. invoivfsE the honor
u man. & Vas 50 trivial that wa
ought 20 subject ourselves 70 N.
for Purposes % that eaarar,sr.
Further. 7 say. wfth regard 20 th~ A.
dicks cas@. ana eaaIlenEs contradiction
tns-e was 10 proof O. any character In
tros1zced ~ yus1r eorurxtts. Nas c=s
zsEaeavlt znas read - NJ man k-ozs -
verit.ss - tns case. One wz0 was once a
distinguished senator made the state
meat sast tzenfy-shr@s defezates
- Tie eonvsntsa2 tast wsuia no,
sfpporf hsEn Rars Ar.bea. No other rnan
sad that No mans asAzag4t . fhAf -
feet. Eaas8as knszie3xe. w&s rad Thst
9zzzsDE3ssasd gsnt8eman SAID ssrnesxsay
else Fgls AKA tnzt upon an OCCASION. crts8-
cas- ana1ss4. Dir. A13saAs Contributed e 80
- Democratic campaign f1na- Thai was
t5s character @ TIRE pro0s That zgasAsvfs
vas nor presented AGAIN. Ne sad taNs
- bad learned taas to STANDARD Oh Com
p&ny na8 eSntri s4ss6 - 90 rz Aaatekws
senatorial e1ecE&es ssos au aTs54sfs -.
EarFksss % prDyg. ard thasa