The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-17

The national committee began business
to-day by taking up the contest from the
Norfolk, Va, district. In this district ex-
Congressman George E. Bowden and Will
liam S. Holland claim to be the regular
delegates. while this honor is contested by
II. H. Tibbey and Aloah II. Martin John
A Wise appeared for Tibbey and Martin.
He contended for the regularity of the con-
vention which selected his clients. and
attacking in bitter terms the personnel
of the opposition, growing quite
personal in his reference to Mr.. Bowden.
He charged him with desire only to con-
troll the patronage. without reference to
party success, saying that Bowden had
himself voted the Democratic ticke.
Mr. Bowden contradicted in vigorous
language Mr.. Wise's claim to regularity,
saying that he and Mr.. Holland had been
elected almost two months before they
heard of the pretensions of Libby and Mar
tin. He claimed that the convention at
which they were nominated was called by
the regularly appointed chairman. and that
1t was fully indorsed by the State COM
mittee.
The committee decided in favor OF the
Bowden delegates.
During the hearing in this case Senator
Quay came into the committee room and
received quite an ovation He was applaud
ed by many, and all the committeeman
greeted him with cordial handshakes- He
remained only few minutes.
The committee next decided on the ur-
gent request Of the delegates from Ala
bama to reopen some Of the district cases
from that State. The Fourth and Seventh
districts were reconsidered on the assur-
ance that the factions had themselves
reached a compromise agreement. the un-
derstanding being that the delegates repre-
senting the Vaughan faction should be
seated in one case and those of the Wick
ersham faction in the other. Accordingly
the committee decided to place on the tenn
porary roll Aldrich and Smith. Vaughan
ties, from the Fourth district, and Lathrop
and Ezelle, Wickersham men, from the
Seventh district. The transaction was ac-
complished without discussion. The con-
test in the Second district was withdrawn.
and the Vaughan men were seated. They
are ]. w. Dimmick and Percy Morris.
The committee also decided to reconsider
it's decision in the case of the Fifth dis
trict of Mississippi.
THE TEXAS CASES.
The contest in the Fifth Texas district
was decided in favor of the Green dele
gates, w. H. Love and George A. knight,
who were opposed by Cecil A. Lyon and c.
A. Gray The decision was given to the
Green men on the ground Of regularity.
The Green delegates We're also seated in
the Ninth district. They are ]. s. Horn
berger and ]. T. Harris. The committee
then took a recess until o'clock.
The contests over the Texas state dele
gates was decided in favor of the Hawley
delegates. the names of Hawley, Fergu-
son. Greene and Rogers being placed on
the temporary roll. The hearing in the
case consumed the greater part of the aft
ernoon session. The argument was made
for the Greene delegation by General w.
w. Dudley and District Delegate Love, and
for Hawley's followers by State Senator
Burns. The arguments were generally de-
voted to a recital of the facts in the con-
troversy over the members of the national
committee, except in the case of Mr.. Love.
who made jealous defense of Mr.. Greene
and also of the colored men engaged with
hlm in the controversy.
In the Fifth district of Mississippi the
representation was divided between the
two factions. The contest was over the
regularity of the convention. r. A Sim
mons, of one faction, and w. j. Smith,
of the other, were given places on the tenn
porary roll.
THE DELAWARE CASE.
The Delaware case was then taken up
and disposed of in accordance with the rec
ommendation of the subcommittee. Mr..
Cummins presented the report of the SUBJ
committee, saying it had been found i'm
possible to secure an agreement from both
sides to the controversy, and the subcom-
mittee had concluded to recommend that
neither the Dupont nor the Addicks dele
cations should be given place on the tenn
porary roll of the convention.
Committeeman Thompson, representing
Delaware on the national committee, was
then asked to make a statement. He re-
sponded briefly to the effect that the state
ment which had gone abroad that the reg
ular Delaware Republicans were disloyal
was not founded on fact, and whether CIV
en- seats In the convention or not they
would support it's nominees. They were
also willing, he said, to act jointly on the
legislative ticket, but they would insist on
being left alone in the management of
county affairs and of their party organiza-
ton.
Senator Hanna made brief statement In
support of the report of the subcommittee
He said an effort had been made to get the
Dupont delegation to agree to a COM
promise, but they had refused to agree to
this proposition. He did not believe in sur
rendering everything to them. Hence, he
thought the best course to pursue was to
leave both delegations of the roll call and
out Of the convention.
The committee report was adopted with
out further debate and without division.
Thus the whole case Is referred to the
convention, with the understanding that
the committee on credentials will deal with
it as it may see fit.
While the Delaware representation was
thus eliminated from the temporary roll
according to the method which was adopt
ed in the beginning OF the committees ses-
sion In the case Of Alabama, steps were
taken looking to the restoration OF the lat
ter State to the roll. This has been caused
by the dissatisfaction among the Alabama
representatives over their dsfranchise-
| ment. and since the decision of the COM