Omaha daily bee., 1898-06-17

was charged Win tnat act. why was van
d%ervoort rejected, and yet Hugo Preyer was
from him accepted.
scbiIling Defends Preyer.
Several jumped from their chairs at once,
but Robert Schilling of Milwaukee was to his
feet the quickest in the eyes OF Senator
Butler. and was accordingly recognized. Mr..
Schilling, with some heat. took exception
to the statement Of Morgan, respecting
Preyer. and explained that the reason Preyer
had taken the check was to expose Mark
Hanna's methods.
81 have been intimate, as a friend, with
Mr.. Morgan for many years said Mr.. Schill-
ing, with a voice gradually rising to a high
pitch. but II he makes the statement which
he does about Mr.. Preyer such a statement
is an act Of iniquity."
Once afterward the Preyer incident was
referred to by 10 A. Parker OF the Louis
Vile tKy.) Free Republic, and then Schlll-
Ing waxed vehment and shouted that the
check had never been cashed." Prof. Vim
cent of the Nonconformist corroborated
Schilllng.
Colonel Burkitt obtained the floor again
and launched out into a long speech in
behalf of Vandervoort. Frequent Interrupt
lions came from the fusionists. Delegate
j. Y. Callahan of Oklahoma, who held J. S.
Soule's proxy, forced him to listen to an
interrogation aimed at Vandervoort's right
to hold a proxy from Alabama, seeing that
he was not eligible to any position in that
state whatever. There was not much point
to this query, though, because two-thirds
of the proxies in the meeting were held by
non-residents. .
Punctures Paul's P~rctensions
-.l-. g. rl-.1. A
Barlow of California had vastly more effect
Mr.. Barlow was determined to get an an
swer to his question. too, if at all possible
He came up to Colonel Burkitt-Mr. Barlow
had a fusionist front seat to the right from
the chair-and asked Colonel Burkitt poin'
blank IL he would, under the circumstances
have objected to Mark Hanna had he come
to the meeting holding a populist proxy IL
his hand. The whole story of Vandervoort'
political status had been told-how he, i
not recognized at all as a populist by hi
party in Nebraska, and 1t had been on &C
count of this that Eltweet Pomeroy ,ha'
ridiculed Colonel Burkitt's antagonist
to the doctrine of states rights
Would you have objected t.
Mark HANNAH" demanded Mr.. Barlow
Colonel Burkitt ignored the question
Mr.. Barlow went closer and repeated hi
question with more emphasis and sharpness
but still Colonel Burkitt paid no heed t
it. The fusionists saw the point and raise'
a loud laugh.
The thing was growing tedious and sew
eral points of order were raised In quicl
succession, but the discussion of the merit
of Vandervoort was tolerated by Chairman
Butler-a position of the chair which tn
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. said was fair.
Joseph 3. Buchanan of New Jersey objecte
to the discussion taking too wide a range
and George f. Washburn of Massachusett
surprised both fusionists and anti-fusion
lists by getting up and favoring the &C
ceptance of Vandervoort's proXy-a surpris
/, which gave 10 Parker of Kentucky a chanc
to go over the record of the investigation
of the charges against Vandervoor
at the Memphis middle-o Of the -roa
meeting. 1t had been charge
against Vandervoort that he had ~forfeite
his right to populist recognition by workin
as a tool in the interests Of the republicans
but, according to Parker, the Mays inyesti
cation committee completely exonerate
Vandervoort, because his accusers did no
show up. Where were his accusers, then?
cried Parker, as his eyes flashed and hi
arms swung about. All the middle-of-the
readers shouted themselves hoarse at the ex
ultation of Parker.
Shut V~andervOOrt Out.
Parker himself, however, felt disposed t
acquiesce in the general feeling of wearines
the matter was productive of and ex
pressed a wish that it be brought speedil
to a close. Some sport hitherto had bee
, INDUCED in by the fusionists owe
the long windedness Of the middle
n of-the-roaders. who the nigh
previous had been loud in their protest
against delay, but now seemed in no hurr
to quit. At a suggestion from Senate
: Allen, Parker finally moved the previou
question, and this was put and carried.
, Colonel Burkitt's Vandervoort amendmer
a to the credentials report was immediatel
= put by the chair, first to a viva voce vot,
Loud and many were the noes from tn
chairman's right, fewer but louder were til
a ~"ayes" from the chairman's left.
THE noes seem to have it," delibsratel
!, declared the chair, with gavel upraise
a ready to strike the desk. but a shout fror
a middle-of-the-roader for a division pre-
vented a final declaration against Burkitt
a amendment. A call of the roll was 6
once demanded and it was decided to d
h so, except that the states wherein wer
II contests were omitted because the repol
a was still hanging fire.
Prof. C. Vincent (fusionist), editor of th
a Non-conformist, holding the proxy of p.
Gardner of Massachusetts,, and 10 Parks
of the Louisville (Ky.) Free Republic (ant
Ie fusionis), with a proxy from w. b. Bridge
ford of Kentucky, were made the teller
lie The call of the roll was frequently intel
rupted by some questions as to whetht
IS there was a contest here or there, and ont
some middle the -roader voted the nan
" of e. S. Peters, proxy for 2. T. Garrett
North Carolina, on the Vandervoort side,
s trick which Congressman Barlow expose
lie and which forced Chairman Milton PaI
lie of the anti-fusion committee to an admit
e. sion that the Peters vote possibly came fro
himself.
After a while the call of the roll W
got through with. 1t resulted in barril
:, out Paul Vandervoort by a vote of 81 no
=, to 81 ayes on the Burkitt amendmer
- Washburn was one of the ayes.
In Burkitt POurs Out His Wrath,
~ Colonel Burkitt secured a monopoly of L
floor again and kept 1t for almost an hol
r 1t was a typical southern speech. He we
er over the whole political history of pop
m lism, giving the votes of several states, pa
SIS t~icularly Nebraska, Mississippi and II