The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-06-16
Called His Opponent q Falsifer, but
the Incident Closed without
q Personal Encounter.
SPEECH BY SENATOR HANNA
APPEAL TO THE DELAWARE CON-
TESTANTs FOR HARMONY.
Addicks Willing to Make Concessions
-Other Cases Before the Repub-
lican National Committee.

L
PHILADELPHIA, June 15-The Repub-
| lican national committee to-day put in
| three long sessions on the contests which
late tonight with all of the contests dis
| posed of except that from Delaware. This
| has been referred back to the subcommit-
| tee with instructions to again endeavor to
bring the factions to basis of agreement.
| An important action to-day was the seating
of the Brownlow delegates in the Tennes-
see contest and refusing admission to the
friends of Pension Commissioner Evans.
| The contest was very bitter and at one
time there was the possibility of serious
encounter between Brownlow and Evans.
| The most interesting feature of the day
was the speech of Senator Hanna in the
1 Delaware case. Senator Hanna is earnest
ly anxious to harmonic the factions in
Delaware, and his speech before the COM
| mittee to-day urging an attempt at agree
ment showed his feelings in the matter.
The action of the committee i'm the vari-
| Gus contests has caused ii to be generally
| remarked that it has not been influenced in
the least by the leaders. Senator Hanna's
friends from the South, especially the
oficeholders have received scant consider
| alton. Where there were rival factions of
| of1ceholders, in Alabama, both sides
have been denied seats The defeat of
| wimberley, in Louisiana. and the elevation
| of Yarmouth, is said to have been dis
tinctly antagonistic to the wishes of the
administration. as wimberley was sus-
| tanned by the administration in the fight
that was made against his committee when
he was appointed collector of the port of
New Orleans. 1t was in opposing this con-
firmation that Yarmouth took occasion to
| make some bitter remarks about Senator
Hanna, who was supporting wimberley.
In the New York case it is asserted that
the decision was against Senator Platt.
and other cases are instanced by members
of the committee as examples of independ-
ent action.
During consideration of the Tennessee
contest Mr.. Evans spoke in behalf of his
own delegation, pleading earnestly for the
recognition of his followers. He said he
was with the Republican party and that he
Wdnteu uO idCtiOuS Tie nd0 gone TO NaSn-
vile for the purpose of advocating har-
mony only to find himself for the first time
in his life refused admission to a Repub-
lican convention. He was unable to even
get a seat in the gallery. He criticised the
methods of Mr.. Brownlow preliminary to
the state convention. Mr.. Evans was fire.
quently interrupted by questions from the
members of the committee.
| EVANS LOSES HIS TEMPER.
Mr.. Brownlow followed Mr. Evans in de-
fense of his own course, contendng that it
had been regular and in the interest of the
Republican party. He contradcted some
of Mr.. Evans's statements, saying, among
other things. that he had delivered tickets
to every Evans delegate who was contest
ed. Speaking of the contests, he asserted
that Mr.. Evans was himself a party to a
contest with the postmaster from his own
town.
''That is false" shouted Mr. Evans, rising
from his seat
Both men glared at each other for a Sec
ond. and both began to gesticulate rather
wildly and TO talk at once There were
then loud calls on the part of the members
of the committee for the sergeant-at-arms.
Mr.. Brownlow ended the incident by taking
his seat. After Mr. Evans took his seat
Mr.. Brownlow continued TO present his
case.
/ When the Tennesseeans retired Mr.. Dur
bin. of Indiana, moved that each delegation
be given half a vote This proposition was
voted down almost unanimously. motion
to seat the Brownlow delegation was ther
carried without a dissenting voice. and the
Il
The Brownlow delegates from the State at
large who were thus given places on the
temporary roll are Henry c. Gibson. Fos-
ter V. Brown, George N. Tillman and John
A. Mccall
There were also contests In the Fifth.
Sixth and Ninth districts of Tennessee.
In the Fifth Ernest Caldwell and j. j.
Elliott, Evans men. were seated; in the
Sixth A. w. Wills and ]. W. Pitts. also
Evans men. and in the Ninth d. A Num-
and 7. g. Taylor. Brownlow delegates.
The committee also decided the contest
from the Nineteenth district of Pennsylva-
MIA during the afternoon in favor of j. l..
Hill. whose course was espoused by Mr..
Quay.
The most interesting incident of the day
was reserved until late in the afternoon
1t was a speech by Senator Hanna on the
Delaware case. in which he made an i'm
passioned appeal for the burial of the
hatchet between the Addicks and the Du-
pont- Higgins factions. The Delaware con-
tr~-ersy was brought to the front by a
report in the case made by the subcommit-
tee appointed to make an effort to bring
the two factions TO a basis of agreement
Committeeman cummins. OF Iowa. present.
ed the report of the subcommittee. He said
that he and his colleagues had made an
earnest appeal TO the leaders on both