The sun., 1900-06-14
DELANARE'S CONTEST
BEFORE COMMITTEE OF
NATIONAL CONVENTION
Many Prominent Delawareans
We're in Philadelphia
Yesterday.
SUBJECT OF GREAT DISCUSSION
The National Committee Was Called
to Order at the Hotel Walton at
Noon Yesterday by Sergeant
alarms Colonel j. w.
Swords--There are Con-
tests in Many States
Special to The sun.

Special to The Sun.
Philadelphia, June l3.-Delaware's 8
contest for the admission of delegates to
the Republican National Convention
was the predominating subject in the
corridors of the Hotel Walton
today. Every national commit
teeman was talking about it. Every
delegate here discussed it, Discussion
was the limit reached in the case up.
to s O'Clock At that time the Delaware
case had not been reached. The Alabama
cases, which were considered first, had
not been concluded at the time OF ad-
jourment. The committees rooms are
on the tenth floor OF the Walton.
The National Committee was called to
order just at II O'Clock by Colonel j. w.
Swords, sergeant-at- when Secretary
Charles Dick took the floor and an
nounced that he hal received word from
Senator Hanna to the effect that latter
would not reach the city until | o'clock,
and that be desired the committee to
elect temporary presiding officer and
proceed with the work. Joseph II Man
ley, the member from Maine, nominated
Henry G. Payne, of Wisconsin, for tenn
porary chairman, and the nomination
was made unanimous.
Immediately after making up the roll,
Mr.. Manley moved that the committee
take mp the work of hearing the argu-
ments of the conte.ting delegations, and
the committee agreed to allow each State
contest half an hour for argument and
each district contest fifteen minutes.
Secretary Dick read the list of the dele
cations from each State and the COM
mittee decided to send Immediately to
h1 1fo,, hfa, r,ft Il
that the roll of the convention might be
made. The reading of the list of States
showed the following contests:
Aabama-Delegates. at-large, and in
the I'd, Sd, 4th, 9TH, 7th and Sth dis
tricts, l6 delegates. :
Delaware full contesting delega-
tions OF six each.
Georgia-lst district, two delegates.
Louisiana - Three delegates-at- -large
1st district, three delegations; I'd, two
delegations: 4th, two delegations; 9TH,
two delegations; 9th, two delegations;
total, II delegations.
Mississippi-5th district, two dec
gates.
New York-l2th district, two dele
gates.
Pennsylvania-19th district, two dele
gates.
Tennessee - Four delegates. at large,
and in the 9th, S5h, 95h and 18th dis |
tricts, y delegates.
Texas-Four delegates.at-l large and lst,
18th, 9th, 9th, 7sh aud 9sh districts, l6 I
delegates.
Nirginia-2d district, two delegates.
Ohio-lst district, two delegates.
District Of Columbia-0n contest, two
delegates.
Before taking up the contests Senator
Thurston moved that the committee 90
into executive session for the purpose OF
deciding the claims of the various con-
testing delegations. Alabama was taken
up first, and the other States were taken
up in their alphabetical order.
Senator Hanna reached the hotel about
half.past l o'clock, and Immediately
joined his colleagues in committee.
While the committee did not find time
today to select the officers for the con-
yention to confirm, the sentiment OF the
majority of the members makes it al
most certain that the personnel OF the
officers and committee chair
men will be as follows:
Temporary Chairmaa-Senator Ed
ward o. Wolcott of Colorado.
Permanent Chairman-Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts, or Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana.
General Secretary-C w. John
son of Minnesota.
Chairman of Committee on Rules
Senator Foraker OF Ohio.
Chairman OF Committee on Platform
General Charles Grosvenor of Ohio.
Chairman of Committee on Permanent
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nathan Scott OF
West Virginia.
Chairman of Committee on Credentials
Congressman James Ssaasherman of
New York.
Chairman of Committee on Resolutions
Senator Thurston of Febraska.
The Delaware Case.
The Delaware case was more talked OF
than anv c1nts st before the committee
The most prominent Union Republicans
Of the Diamond State were here. ]. Ed
ward Addcks chairman of the Union
delegation was the center of much in
teres'. Three sketch artists were husily
engaged sketching the Union Republican
leader at one time. Camera artists
turned their Photographic ou fit toward
him every few minutes. Outside of the
Union Republican delegates the follow
ing prominent party men were presnt at
,he Hotel Walton: State Senator Webster
Blakely, State Senator S. John Abbott,
Sheriff John Z. Taylor, Deputy Sheriff
Francis S. Bradley, DIR. George w.
Colonel Theodore Townsend,
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