New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-10

Committee on Credentials. to permit
minority report by a Mckinley man to be pre-
sented Four names Of anti Mckinley men were
offered for delegates. when the Mckinley people
presented four other names for delegates.
Quincy as chairman, after vote upon the hrst
four names, declared them elected, and added
that the four Mckinley men were eIecteu as
alternates dispute followed during whicn
Quincy and his followers left the hall upon the
assumption that the work OF the convention
was ended. The Mckinley delegates, however,
remained and reorganized the convention ana
elected John Grant, Frank Hamilton, H. Ia
Smith and w. f.. Davis and instructed them TOT
Mckinley. The other four who come C. as 3, con II
testants are w. X Makemson. f. II. Terrell II.
c. Furguson and n W. Quincy; ro ,assd
on claims Of irregularities in the membership OK
conventions. In the Ist District the delegates
are d. Taylor and NJ. W. Lawson, Mckinley
we'll. In the Id District the delegates are II.
B. Kane and T. T. Pollard. Mckinley men; the
contestants are G. w. Burkett and j. NJ Bronx
ley Reed men. In the With District the dele
gates Cecil A. Lyon and William Johnson,
McKiley men: the contestants, j. NJ Moseiey
and J. T. Harris, Reed men, In the With DIS.
trict the delegates certified by the chairman OF
the State Committee are j. NJ. Mccormack ana
Robert Armstrong. Mckinley men; the con-
testants are W. II. Mcdonald and r. H. r.
Green. Reed men. In the With District the
regular delegates are q. W. Patton and A As
bury. Mckinley men; the contestants W. r.
Crawford and u. +. Wallace. Reed men In the
IXth District the certified delegates are Hugh
Hancock and Paul Frlcke, Mckinley men; the
contestants W. Il. Brush and A. l.. Maynard.
Brush being an Allison man and Maynard NC
Kinley man. In the Xth District the delegates
are H. c. Green and c. L. Siebrecht. Mckinley
men: the contestants are r. b. Hawley, Reed
man. and NJ VI. Rodgers. an Allison man. In
the XIth District the certified delegates are
James O. Luby and G.. r. Townsend, Mckinley
men: the contestants. David Abner and X. Is
| Renfro. Reed men In the Nllth District the
certified delegates c. X Brenneman and
Robert Hanschke Mckinley men, the contestants
c. w ogden and Joseph Tweedy. Allison men.
| The lid District contest hinges upon the action
| of the chairman OF the district committee. who
Insisted upon making up the temporary roll OF the
convention himself. instead OF allowing 1t TO be
done by the district committee. as Is customary.
IIo admitted 10 seats In the convention men living
outside the district, but coming with proxies from
delegates in the district. Many delegates In the
convention We're dissatisfied with the roll "a made
up but Brinkley, the chairman Of the committee,
refused TO recognize them when they offered mo-
lions TO change II. The opponents OF Brinkley.
however finally obtained control electlng as Nc
Kinley delegates II. Is. Kane and I. I. Pollard
The Brtnkley men then bolted and elected J. NJ
Brinkley and G. W. Burkett. who now come to ST
Louis AZ contestants.
In the Vth District the contest turns upon the
call for the convention. The district chairman
called tho convention to meet at Denton on
February 10 He did this without authority
from the committee itself. The committee met
and directed him to change the place of meeting
TO Sherman. At that time no delegates had Oeen
elected under the original call All the counties
except Denton County accepted the new meeting
place Sherman. and instructed their delegates 10
meet at that place. The Denton County people
however being loyal to their own county seat, In.
structed their delegates to stick to the first call
and meet at Denton They were Joined by rev
| dissatisfied persons from the Sherman Conven-
ton The Sherman Convention elected Cecil A.
Lyon and William Johnson, Mckinney men. VINO
come with certificates from the chairman OF the
State Committee. The Denton Convention eiected
| ] NJ Moseey and J. T. Harris and instructed
| them for Reed.
| nv the chairman OF the district committee In
stead Of by the committee Itself, as Is customary
| In one county delegation the Mckinley men were
| excluded when the convention met, ana the NC
| Kinlev men withdrew. and with u majority OF
| the delegates. 1t is alleged. held separate con-
| venton. Their delegates are j. NJ MCCORMICK
| and Robert Armstrong. who come to the conVen-
| ton with certificates from The chairman or the
State Committee. The delegates chosen by the
other conventions are W. +. Crawford ana H. r.
| Wallace instructed for Reed.
| In the Xth District X. d. Hawley. chairman or
the district committee. was named as temporary
chairman Of the convention. He refused 10 put
motion to elect another man temporary chalrihtt
Thereupon a member OF the convention rose IN
| his place and put motion. which was carried by
| n large majority. Hawley and his followers then
withdrew taking eleven OF the Sixty members
| and held n separate convention with the aid or
some contestants The delegates or tne fidWiey
| Convention are r. Is. Hawley and NJ. NJ Rodgers
| Ialyley being FOR Reel ana fNouketS ioi
The delegates from the regular convention. VINO
come with certificates from the state chairman
are H. C. Green and G.. L. Siebrecht, poth TOT NC
| Kinay In the XIlth District tnere were two
snno ra 70 ORGANIZATIONS which co-operated In the
| last Congressional campaign electing a nepuon-
| can member Of Congress- NJ. Noonan lhe Two
old chairmen called the convention to meet al San
| Antonio while the Executive Committee or Bexar
| County. which had directed the last Congress
| sional campaign. called convention at r.u,
| rlcksburg The San Antonio Convention elected
| NJ ipl. 1aeQDttS.
Rrcnneman: the Fredericksburg Convention
| elected Allison delegates. c. w. ogden ana joseph
| Tweedy.
There are contests In two Virginia districts.
the I'D and lid, though 1t Is doubtful II mat
from the IIId will be pressed. They grow out OF
the removal by the State chairman Lamb. or
two district chairmen. In the Ia DISTRICT the
certified delegates are c. w. Bowden ana r. NJ
! smith the contestants are a. II. Martin and
| Harry Iibbey. Bowden and smith are Mckin-
ley men In the lid District the regular dele
| Gates Edmund Waddin and c. w. Harris. are
Mckinley men.
| All the seats of the deegates-at-large from
| Arizona are contested The contests grow out
of the fact that the chairman Of the convention
which met TO nominate delegates declared 'he
convention adjourned on motion MADE 10 al
journ until 10 o'clock the following DAY Ai'er
he had 80 decided and many OF the delegates
had left the hail. the chairman announced that
he had made a mistake In Ills decision that the
motion to adjourn was not carried. was IN fact'
lost Those still in the hall then proceeded TO
elect delegates ard adjourned sine die. Inese
! delegates are anti Mckinley men, The McKin-
lev men most OF whom had left the hall when
| the announcement that the convention was ad-
tourned. came together the following morning 10
| IoId their convention and elected delegates.
The delegates elected by the first convention are
J. F. Mahoney. Ralph Cameron William Christy.
| hrskie The delegates elected by the second con-
yention are C. II. Akers. J. NJ Ford. NJ. H. Mo-