El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-10-20

! method was to adopt the roll as it stood
| last fall with the uncOntested success
| inns and any change from that to bs
IN ade in committee of the whole.
The Glamour for the previous ques-
ton from the Green men became quite
general, and Lyon, who was leads <
the Grant forces, stated that he and
his friends would not submit to such
Injustice and he appealed to those who
believed in the substitution of the roll
offered by Mr. Ferg uson to leave the
room, whereupon Singleton, Caldwell,
Ferguson, Lyon, Sherman, Marshall,
Niece, Parish, Townsend and Mitchell
withdrew.
After the Grant men walked out the
motion to appoint a committee on
credentials was carried unanimously
and the chairman appointed Wilmot,
Eason. Wilson Harris and Flanagan.
When the Grant men left
the room they were joined by
the following parties whose. names
were upon the roll as used in the
campaign last fall claiming that they
were still members OF the COMMITTEE {:
George Johnson, ninth district; a. Nj.
Morrison, tenth district: &. Emanuel,
thirteenth district: John &. Cain, nine
teenlh district: q. w. Smith, twenty
first district: and proxies for A. NJ.
Robinson. of the eleventh, w. f.
Carter, of the fourteenth and James
LOwden of the 18th. Each side claimed
proxy from McAndrew of the twenty
sixth and he was repr esentEd on both
comm jttees.
lThe Grant men met later, claiming
the following representation: LIST, w.
E. Singleton; 2nd. r. A. Caldwell; Bird :,
G. NJ. Ferguson; 4th, Q. A. Lyon; oh,
n. s. Sherman; 9th, Eth and Sth, not
represented: 9th, G. w. Johnson; 10th,
A. Nj. Morrison: 18th, Austin Robinson,
by proxy G. w. Elan: 18th, J. r.
Niece: 18th, G. Emanuel; 14th, w. f,
Carter, by proxy to w. j. Wason; 10Th,
j. w. Parish: 10th, 18th and 18th not
represented; 18th, j. &. Cain: Goth, not
represented; 2lst, @. w. Smith: 22nd,
G. r. Townsend: 23rd and 9th not
represented: 18th james Mitchell: 10Th,
G.. r. McAndrew, by McGiil, proxy;
9th, not represented; 2S.h, J. G.
LOwdep, by proxy: 18th, 3O.h and 3lst
not represented.
Thus the Green people had 20 woes
according to the roll made up by
them and the Grant people accoI ding
to the roll they claimed was proper IS.
Mr.. Andrews proxy being voted in
both meetings left 81 alleged members
DdrClcl pdCluS LII DOLu COuNeuGlOuS COu-
sequently the right to and the justice
of the removal made by Chairman
Green can only decide who had a ma
jority. Twelve of those placed on the
roll by Chairman Green acted with
the Grant people-ten in person and
two by proxy-while fourteen of the old
committee-ninein person and five by
proXy-were represented in the Green
meeting. However, as the meeting
seemed to be simply called for a show
down of strength and as in every case
Of substitution except one the ap
pOintee was in sympathy with Chair
man Green and every one supplanted
in sympathy with Grant it looked con-
siderably like a play for power. In
some cases the causes for removal were
represented as very strong but in 9TH
ers friends of Mr.. Green could not offer
sufficient reasons for such decided
action. The resolutions passed by the
two committees have been given to the
HERALD res ders. A brief history of
the Grant-Green controversy was
prepared but parties in terested in the
outcome of the colectorship fight felt
it was best to let that matter rest until
the collector was appointed.
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