Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-06-18
REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE PRE-
PAREs FOR CONVENTION.
Mr.. PAYNE IN THE CHAIR
Large Number of Cases Come Up Be-
fore the Committee For Action
Government to Be Asked to Take
Cognizance of One in Alabama
Office Holder Involved.


can national committee held it's first
session here yesterday. Chairman
Hanna was not present at the opening
of the meeting, but was expected later.
In his absence Vice Chairman Henry c
Payne was designated to preside tenn
porarily. There were several absen-
tees especially from the western states,
and the number of proxies was much
larger than usual.
Secretary Dick announced the states
and districts in which there were con-
tests. There were thirty three con-
| tests, involving the seats of seventy
| four delegates. This is about one
eleventh of the entire convention, a re-
markedly large proportion in a conven-
ton where there is no question as to
| the main issues.
Senator Hanna arrived during the
afternoon but did not assume the du-
ties Of the chair. The entire session
was devoted to hearing the testimony
and arguments of the seven contests in
Alabama. The hearing in the main
consisted in recitals Of petty acts of
bribery and intimidation from both
sides of the controversy. The principal
developments consisted in bringing
out the fact that federal
office holders in Alabama, and
some Of those from the state
employed at Washington had been ex-
tremely active in shaping the result of
the contests for delegates. AS the
hearing progressed it became so pal
pable that federal patronage was the
principal object in view that the COM
mittee was not long in reaching a de-
cision to practically exclude all con-
testing delegates from the temporary
| organization of the convention except
| those from the ninth district
! Committee joseph Manley of Maine
offered the following resolution as the
sense of the committee: Resolved
| that the committee declines to place
| on the temporary roll any contesting
delegates or alternates from Alabama
| except in the case of the ninth dis
trict." The resolution was speedily
adopted and Committeeman Payne in
| troduced the following resolution:
| Resolved that the committee requests
| the president of the United States to
direct proper officers to cause an in
| vestigatiOn of the acts and doings of
| certain federal office holders of the
state of Alabama, in connection with
! the election of delegates, the primary
| conventions and the state and district
| conventions held in said state, to elect
delegates to the national convention,
and if the facts stated at hearing
| held before said committee regarding
the contests in said districts and state
be true, the committee asks, not in the
interest Of the republican party but Of
the country that such action be taken
as the good of the public interest re-
quires." In presenting the resolution
Mr.. Payne said he introduced it be-
cause there was evident the pernicious
activity of an office holder, and he be-
lieved it would be very serious mis-
| take for the committee to fail to ask
that official recognition be taken of the
action of the laws Of the country. The
committee had, however, agreed to
take a recess after the disposal of the
Alabama cases, and action was post
poned until today.
AS to Vice President.
Philadelphia, June 14-When Sena-
tor Hanna was asked yesterday
whether it was true that the president
had a candidate for the vice presi-
dency, he replied:
There is no truth in the report.
The president will not interfere He
has no candidate.'
"Then who is your candidate?" was
asked.
II have none. My only desire is to
get the best man."
'You are quoted as being opposed to
Woodruff"
II said when asked whether Wood
ruff was a candidate that I hoped not,
and still feel that way. AS for Bliss.
he is an admirable man, but cannot
accept Senator Allison I came over
on the train with him, and he is abso-
lutte in his refusal. There is no doubt
of his sincerity in not wanting the
place."
what are Delivers chances?"
"Dolliver is an avowed candidate,
and he has a good following among
friends in the house, but I cannot say
more Of his prospects. The truth is
there is no approach to a settlement OF
the matter"