Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-06-14

The republican national committee
met at the Hotel Walton at noon TO-DAY
and Immediately began the investigators
of contests cases preparatory 70 .ne
formation of the temporary roll for the
national convention. Chairman hanna
was not present when the ommitt
was convened and Fl. c. Payne
from Wisconsin, was chosen 10 pressure
in his place. n a ann did not as
sumo the duties Of the chair during the
afternoon.
h entire afternoon session was de-
voted to hearing the recital of testimony
and to arguments in the contest OF the
state of Alabama. There We're severai
contests from tina state, including those
over the representation from the state at
large and those from the Second. Ihlru'
Fourth. Fifth, Seventh and Ninth dis
tricts. Newspaper reporters as Wen aS
the public at large were excluueu ironi
the room in which the comm1htee sat.
The hearing in the main consisted o. re-
cital of petty acts of bribery ana cI IN
timidation from sides of the c~ontroVer-
sizes and in some cases athuaIl.s W.
read in which the witnesses hau tes.iaeu
ON both sides of the case. giving auSo-
l,,talv contradictory testimony. Ihe
~nrincipal developments of the day. now.
ever. consisted in bringing OUT the Iao.
! that the federal office holders III
and some of those from the STATE Mno
are employed IN "asnils.ou .,It ,f
extremely active in Shaping lne A0S"
| contests for
Tn the state contest there were Two laS-
tions. one of which was known as lily
Vaughn faction. represented py D is
Attorney Vaughn, and the other heaueu
by District Attorney Wlckersham. ~
technical grounds of the contest a.
erence to the regularity anu ntesuh -
of the w delegations. MI. NauSnI -
NOW chairman of the state central corn
noittee and, Notwithstanding he mas neio
! the n~osition for the past two terlils' 10 !"
candidate for reelection. Inc eon.lo
yersy grew out of his renewed aspna-
lions. So palpable did it become mat the
federal patronage was the ZONE " Io n-
tention that the committee was not IONS
i, reaching a decision to practically ex-
cl,de all the contesting delegates lrol"
the temporary organization OF the con
vention except those from the Nlnth us
trict. ox
Immediately after this action had peer
taken Committeeman Payne, VINO Aau
been acting as temporary chairliah' AA
reduced the following resolution:
"Resolyed, That this committee re-
o,ests the president of the United States
to direct the proper officers TO cause al
of certain federal ~officeholders IN liz
state of Alabama. in connection with INT
! election of delegates to the primary con,
yentions n to the state ana ulsrrlc'
conventions held in said state to selec'
delegates to the national convention te
be held in Philadelphia on the 18TH INST.
and. if the facts as stated in the hearlns
held before said mmitt regarding liz
contest in said district and state De true
this committee asks, not in the interests
of the republican party. but OF the couI'
try, that such action shall be taken a.
the good of the republics interest re
quires.'
In presenting the resolution Mr.. Payn'
said that he introduced it because OF th'
evidence of pernicious activity OF the OF
fceholders in the campaign. and that m
believed it would be a very serious mis-
take for the committee to fail to ask ina
recognition be taken of this attraction 0
the laws of the country. The commute
had. however. agreed to take a recess al
ter the disposal of the Alabama cases
and some of the members insisted that a
1T was then half-past I o'clock this decls
ion should be adhered to. Accordingly IN
committee dissolved for the time, MI
; Payne requesting that action be post
poned until tomorrow.
The resolution was the subject of nue.
discussion among the other contestlnI
delegates present, and District Attorne,
Atwel of Dallas, Texas, sought out tn
associated press to ask that a statemen
be made in behalf of his state that tn
question OIL IeQeldl pdllolldSe idu ho
entered INTO the contest there.
The evening session of the Commute
I was devoted to the Delaware contes'
: The committee continued it's session un
2 til 1915. when a decision was reached t
: refer the Delaware controversy to a con-
mittee with Instructions to harmonic tn
: differences of the two parties if possible
: The committee consists of Payne of Wis
Y consin. Cummings of Iowa, Saunders {
n Colorado and Leland of Kansas.