The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1904-06-17

NEGROES ARE
GIVEN SEATS
Louisiana Lily Whites
Thrown Out.
ALABAMA CONTEST HEARD
BLACKS and Tans Win Victory
ALABAMA CONTEST HEARD
Blacks and TanS Win Victory
Before Committee.
The Big Fight, That In Wisconsin,, sim
Unsettled, But 1t VIII BE
Taken Up at the ses-
sion To-day.

Chicago, June 16.--After deciding
several State contests on delegates at
large to the Republican National Con-
vention and a number of district dis
putes. the Republican national commit
tee tonight adjourned until to-mor-
row morning. leaving the biggest tight
that of the factions of Wisconsin. still
unsettled.
While there was much interest taken
In the settlement by the committee of
contests in Delaware and Louisiana to-
day, the quarrel in Wisconsin is regard
ed as the most serious in the party,
and the outcome is anxiously awaited
by Republicans and Democrats alike.
In the Delaware contest. the commit
tee this afternoon decided unanimously
10 seat the Delaware delegation which
is headed by ]. e. Addicks. 1t was de-
cided also to seat the colored delegates
at large from Louisiana, who are OPP
posed to the "Iily White" Republicans
of that State.
The Gas AddicIxsites.
The colleagues of Mr.. Addicks. who
were given seats as delegates at large
from Delaware, are United States Sem
ator j. Frank Alec. John HUM and Ca
leb r. Layton. The contest was be-
tween the union Republicans and the
regular Republicans, and was a con-
tinuation of a fight which has been go
ing on in Delaware for several years.
The delegates at large who contested
the right of the Addicks adherents to
seats were United States Senator Ball,
II. A. Dupont. Manlove Hayes and w. p.
Orr
Some feeling was caused among the
I =
ed that they had not sufficient notice
that the Delaware contest was to be
taken UP.
come surprise was occasioned when
by a vote of % to 10. the committee de-
cided to seat the deIegates at large
from Louisiana who are opposed to the
! lily white element Not only did the
contending party, the Cohen faction.
win in the matter of delegates at large
but their representatives were victo-
rious in practically all OF the district
contests in that State,
Lily whites Are Fooled.
The lily white faction expected the
contest would be decided in their IA
vor and the colored delegates had prac-
tically given up hope of being success
full before the committee. When the
vote was announced, the negro dele
gates hurPiediy left the committee
room to tell their friends assembled in
/ n room adjoining. Instantly there were
| loud shouts by all the negroes who
were present. and II was some minutes
before the committee could proceed
with its work.
| ]. Madison Vance, a negro lawyer
argued in behalf of the colored dele
gates, as did Girault Farrar, a delegate
at large, and Walter I. Cohen, also q
l HI ok La -ofl lou Il
FIVE minutes time to refute certain
statements made before the committet
| by former Governor n. c. Warmoth OF
| LouisiaIA. The latter is a leader OF tht
| Republicans who are opposed to the
| negroes and made the principal argu-
ment for their side. The recognized del
egates at large are Walter l. Cohen
Emile Kuntz, Girault Farrar and II. B
Brown.
The District Contests.
The contests on the district dele
gates then was taken up, but the sup.
porters of Ex-Governor Warmoth de.
cided not to carry the district contest;
further, with but one exception, thai
of the Seventh Louisiana Congressional
District, and the Cohen men were seat.
ed in all of the other six districts, II
which there had been contests.
Those seated were-First District
Joseph Fahbacher. J. M. Vance; Second
District. Fl. w. Robinson. NJ G. Bobe
Third District. J. N. Haggerty, Meyer
Cohen; Fourth District. A. H. Leonard
DR.. 8. P. Brown; Fifth District, J. Y
Cooke, S. w. Green; Sixth District, B
v. Baranco, L. J. Houer; Seventh Dis.
trict. c. C. Duson. A. 8. Spencer.
In the interest of harmony those
opposed to the lily white Republican,
agreed to make no tight in the Seventh
District and the followers OF ex-Gov
ernor Warmoth were seated in this dis
trict
The committee decided to give tn,
Philippine Islands representation II
the convention. Two delegates. will
the right 10 vote, will be seated, thu
putting the Philippines on a par witt
Porto Rico. which will have two vot
ing representatives.
Contests were taken up In the alpha
betical order of States, the frs
disputes over delegates to be reaches
being that in the Fourth Congressiona
District of Alabama w. F.. Aldricl
and w o. Cook were seated, the iii!
white" delegates being thrown out
The Delaware contest was then takeI
up and decided.
The contestants in the Second Georgis
Congressional District did not appeal
DeIOre InS COmullLebB Out papers XIV
ing the status of the cases Of J.
Styles and ]. C. Ward were received
and read and they were seated as tn,
district delegates.
From the Third Mississippi Congress
sional District. II was decided to sea
the two delegates and the two eontes
tants, each to have one-half a vote
The delegates are d. w. Geary, L
waldauer. r. A. Simmons and Charles
| Banks.
For the First South Carolina Distric
Aaron P. Prelieau and william F
Meyers were seated The delegates
who contested their right to represen
tation failed to file the required notice
of contest with the committee.
The contest on delegates at large anC
several district delegates from Texai
will be heard tomorrow probably, i'm
mediate1y after the Wisconsin dispute
Is heard.