The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-06-14
Republican Subcommittee Called
Upon to Settle Thirty
Three Disputes.
OFFICEH0LDERS VERY ACTIVE.
Their Hands Plainly Seen in the
Alabama Quarrel, Which Is
One Of the Fiercest ON Rec
Ord-Hanna Talks.

BY 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
Philadelphia. Pa. June 3.-The cut-and-
dried convention of Mark Hanna has slim
uiated the pie hunters Of the South to her
cuiean efforts to get near to the counter.
The Southern delegates are fighting as
never before to be admitted as delegates.
AT the rate of progress made by the Ma
tional Committee to-day II will not dispose
of all the contests from the South before
the convention assemblies
After an executive session of seven con-
secutive hours the committee was unable
to settle more than one of the contests in
Alabama.
Tne committee met at noon. Chairman
hanna was present. but looking weak and
nervous, and Payne of Wisconsin took the
chair. Former Representative Nathan
Frank of St. Louis was present holding the
proxy OF Colonel X. C. Kerens.
Immediately after coming to order the
committee closed its doors in order to con-
slider the contests from Alabama. there be-
ing fights over all the delegates-at-ia large
and in the Second. Third. Fourth, Fifth,
Seventh and Ninth districts. After an ex-
ecutive session. lasting from after 1890 to
7;So the National Committee could decide
Ninth. in which they recommended the
seating of J. ". Hughes OF Birmingham
and \. Wimbs of Greensboro. They were
compelled to refer all the other contests
from Alabama to the Committee on Gre
dentiais. after its appointment by the con-
vention.
OMcchOlder Turned Down.
Ihis VIII transfer TO the convention one
OF the greatest fights that have come from
ihe south i'll recent years. The action of
,he committee To-Day was a hard throw
down Tor Committeeman Youngblooa who
oppoSed the Vaughan delegates and was
cohheent that all his own delegates would
be admitted. None of the Youngblood men
were seated. and the two admitted from
the Ninth are opposed to him Mir. Young
blood Is Auditor for the Treasury DEPART
kiEley. N
Involved in the Alabama contests Is the
State chairinanship. now held by William
Vaughan OF birmingham. The Two dele
Vaughan men, and TO that extent the
present State chairman won ou; to-day
All me deiesates- at-large are held in sus-
the Credentials COMMITTEE
Inc hght on the Vaughan delegates will
De renewed with Increased vigor before the
convention. The anti-Naushan or Bing-
ham delegates assert that the action of
the National Committee to-day was unjust
as tney claim TO have been the regular
organization. Good feeling exists In both
factions, and they will make a still hotter
hEht. Trey say, before the Credentials Com
mittee. The only deiesates and ai,ernates
the temporary roll by the National Conn
mittee are the following:
First DISTRICT; ID; Parker. Mobile: ].
Evan, Mobile: F. II. Threet, Damopolis
sixth District-P. NJ. Long Jasper: TIIos
Il. Morton, Fayette. Alternates-S l.. What
ley and W II. Chapman.
Eighth District-H. " Cashin and Fred
Arm: Alterna;es-F. l.. McWiiliams and S.
L. Merrill. ~
Ninth District u. W. Hughes and A.
W!mbs: Alternates-G. q. Walker and II.
II. Davidson.
The two delegates admitted from the
Ninth District come from Chairman
Naughan's home. which he regards as a
great victory over National Committeeman
Ioungblood. In fact. the Vaughan men are
claiming eoniidentially that they will heat
loungbiood for National Committeeman
and that the balance of their delegates in
Guiding those at large. will be admitted
by the Credentials Committee It will be
seen that the progress is usually slow with
these "'-.@~ts. At 1;30 the committee took
a recess for an hour.
states With Contests.
Secretary Dick announced the States aud
districts in which there were contests
the seats of seventy-iive delegates. This is
about one-eleyenth of the entire conven-
tion. a remarkably large proportion I'm a
convention where there Is no question as
to the main issues. The involved seats are: