The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-27
REPUBLICANS CONFER.


ing NatfOnuI convention.
WASHINGTON. May ga protracted
meeting Of the subcommittee Of the Repub-
Ecan national committee having in charge
the details and arrangements for the ap-
preaching national convention, in Philadel
phia, was held here tonight. The subcom-
mittee consists of Senator NJ. A. Hanna,
chairman of the national committee; Gen.
eral Charles Dick. of Ohio. secretary; SEN
ator John Kean, Of New Jersey; Senator
N. B. Scott, of West Virginia; Joseph H.
Manley, of Maine: Henry c. Payne, OF
Wisconsin, and Richard c. Kerens. of Mis-
souri,. All were present. George Wiswell,
of Milwaukee. who is TO be sergeant-at-
arms Of the convention, was in consulta-
ton with the committee during the great
er part of it's session. He reported the con-
vention hall as about completed and ready
to be turned over to the committee. As
soon as the committee shall take posses
sion of the hall formally the work of deco
ration and arranging 1t for the conven-
ton will begin.
Secretary Dick presented tabulated list
of the delegates to the convention thus far
selected, together with list of the con-
tests indicated by the returns received by
him up to date. Most of the contests will
be from the Southern States, but how
many there are and the precise nature of
them cannot be determined as yet.
An informal discussion, not only Of the
mechanical arrangements of the conven-
ton, but also Of the principal officers and
their assistants, took place. Secretary Dick
presented to the committee scores of ap-
plications for assistant sergeant-at-arms.
door-keepers and ushers. Numerous appli-
cations have been received for the office
of chaplain of the convention, one of them
being from the chaplain of the first ma
tional convention ever held-that of 1856.
The applicant now is a resident Of Phila-
delphia. Informally, the offices OF temper
ary chairman and temporary secretary
were discussed, but no decision was
reached, as this committee has author
ity to appoint them.
1t may be said by authority, however.
that Senator wolcott, of Colorado. will be
the temporary chairman. No definite selec-
ton of a temporary secretary has been
made. The committee did not conclude its
labors until midnight and it then adjourned
to meet in Philadelphia on Monday, June
III, Wlen the nndl dITdIStfIitItS ~ ldi dc
the subcommittee is concerned will be
made.
A meeting OF the full national committee
will be held in Philadelphia June 13. At
this meeting the temporary officers will be
selected formally and hearings of contest
ing delegations will be heard. Thus far
notice of more than thirty contests have
been filed with the committee and there
may be more. Alabama has two sets of
delegates at large and contesting delega-
tions in the First. Second, Fifth and Eighth
districts; Delaware has two complete sets
Of delegates; Georgia has contests in the
First and Eighth districts, Louisiana has
three sets of delegates at large, represent
ing the Wimberley, Herwig and Lily White
factions, and contests in the First, Second,
Fifth and Sixth districts; New York has
contest in the Twelfth district, involving a
question of law; Pennsylvania has contest
I'm the Nineteenth district; Tennessee has
two sets of delegates at large. and contests
in the Third. Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Tenth
districts; Texas has contests on the dele
gates at large and contests in four districts,
not specified; Virginia has a contest in the
Second district and the District of Colum-
bia has contesting delegations.
1t has been decided that Chairman Hanna
will issue invitations to the survivors of
the two Republican conventions of 1856 to
attend the approaching convention. The
preliminary convention in that year was
held in Pittsburg on Feb. 2. That conven-
tion issued the call for the national nomin-
ating convention, which was held in Phila-
delphia on the 18th of the following
June. The survivors of both conventions
now number less than thirty. and there are
but twelve survivors of the Pittsburg con-
vention. In connection, it was decided to-
right to invite the Rev. Edgar NJ. Levy,
OF No. 1913 Barring street, Philadelphia to
be the chaplain of the convention. He has
been a minister of the gospel for fifty-five
years and opened the Philadelphia conven-
tion Of 1856 with prayer.