| Show THE committees WORK adding to the mckinley roll of delegates THE TEMPORARY OFFICERS C W fairbanks of indians indiana will be chairman ond and there will be a secretary and three assistants with an n honorary secretary from every state lily turned down la in texas and south carolina morton morion delegates seated in now kew york except in one district st louis mo june 13 11 members of 0 the republican national committee began work nt at 1065 1055 the tennessee clont montesta oon testa estil were promptly taken up tip the first being that from the sixth district include includes udea s the city of nashville tile J 13 bosley and H li W chot chetham ane akie seated they ate aie tor for mckinley from the ninth district david A nunn kunn and henry E austin were seated they are prom from the tenth tennessee district W 1 SI I randolph and zachary taylor nere arc seated SOUTH CAROLINA was cas then taken u up p the entire dole go lion of 0 four delegates at a larga brid and courteen lour teen district delegates was contested there are two distinct organ Itar jong in south carolina the jae being headed by B E A webster chairman of the state stata committee and the ho other known as 11 1 lily whites trine headed by E L melton and E M brayton member of 0 the national committee the state committee did not call a convention in 1891 or nominate a a ticket it wan wait at a convert convention lion called by this committee that the th re regular 9 delegates delegate for or mckinley were chosen the lily whites are mainly anti mckinley nion mn robert smiles a well known colored politician averted that the had bad no co standing us as a republican organization and no excuse for or coming before the national Nat lonal convention as a claimants for seats he admitted that some democrats professed a willingness to can call themselves republicans but this th was waa because ot of their appeal opposition to rath rather than because of a their advocacy of at republican doctrine many of them were favorable to a cold standard etan dard and protection as against flee silver end and tree free trade the tha NV debater elister delegates were seated A recess vas mas then taken until 30 p in NAMING TEMPORARY OFFICERS in accordance with the order made thursday tho the committee proceeded promptly upon convening tor for the afternoon a session to tire the consideration of the clup stion of 0 permanent organization when the chair announced the order sir mr huston of indiana read EL a telegram from lion hon W R thompson asking a postponement of the election of a temporary chairman until he could arrive at 7 delock lie he moved a postponement until 8 mr 06 d young toung moved to lay the motion on tho the table saying that he did not understand deit der tand stand thit that mr thompson was a candidate mr do de youngs motion to lay on the table prevailed mr jur de young then nominated nominate mr C W fairbanks of indiana tor for temporary chairman saing bat ing that he was vl TV ell 11 known and no eulogy was wait necessary there wore mare no other nominations and mr fairbanks banks was waa named by tile tho unanimous vote of the committee the election ot of a temporary secretary being next in order mr fr evans of minnesota placed in nomination sir mr joan johnson on of minnesota mr yerkes named W E riley ot of kentucky and senator gear hurry harry H smith the two latter names were withdrawn upon tile understanding that mr john johnson son should be made secretary and 11 alley aley and smith assistant secretaries 5 59 many namos names were mentioned f for I 1 assistant secretary that mr Feg sendo that each state and territory be given an assistant secretary mr halm put mr Fess endens suggestion seriously moving that one n secretary and three assistant secretaries a be chosen and that each member of thi the committee should be allowed to d in an honorary secretary tho the motion prevailed acied mr johnson was elected secretary ary and masars riley smith sinith and A B humphries of new york assistants assistant 8 J it stone of michigan F 11 wilson of missouri J R malloy of ohio it R S hatcher of indiana and J R bearn beam of new york were designated as Is reading clerks rabbi samuel sale ot of st louis was chosen chaplain TEXAS CONTEST the texas contest was then announced to be in order this contest content involves all tho the delegates at larre large and til all the thirteen district dle gatos there being one set at 0 and two sets of contestants in each c rae case rhe five question in dispute between one of t the sets and the other two was that tt it party organization and that between tile tho other two ot of conformity to party rules wright wight cutter cuney heads the dol dl claiming to be regular cular re the question of party organization was taken up and IL F mcgrigor representing tho the lily white or reform contestants addressed the committee in behalf of that organization mr mcgegor gor having referred rett to the rottenness rotten neso of the republican party of cit ilia lh south mr hill of mississippi IsIs sippi called ailed him to order 8 lying ora that mr air must confine his remarks to his blown own territory john grant tile other it lt of contestants said the lily whites atutes were not net entitled to condid ration an a republicans tavy were a political I vacuum poil political bandits T thoy ill ev were democrats in all but name their organization as a direct thrust IQ at color in support of this aton he asserted that the lily whites separate primaries for or whites and blacks black the no committee without dl ilion derided doel deel el tied the state committee of which mr cerant Is chairman to b the regular this Is the faction inov knonk n 84 the black an and d tans this a action had the effect of eliminating the lily whites altes from tile lit contest leaving ane dispute to proceed beewen n the curley cuney end nd grant wings of ill tin black and tans this controversy had for or its basis ba the it alleged L regularities of the pr oeding a of bf the state convention called by dr grant to elect delegates ilir hr torrell terrell cucia d that cuney cancy had bad been n elected temporary chairman by it ft I 1 arditi kr majority judge Thoi thompson con clon coded this but asserted that cuney had accomplished this end by circulating it r erport port anat dr grant 3 rant hall had said ld no colored man should be made chairman and nil by pro lubing that tho the colored atlo rates kates 1 19 protected in th their ar preferences julbe thomp attacked the ru I 1 ings of cuned who bad aa he bald decided the state stale carnen boit to io be adjourned when no vote vot had diwi taken upon a motion to re adjourn dr r r grunt rant then called al lention to th tho mate tik of 0 affairs ija lr he hereupon the commit romah fee 1 and cioe dd thy the lion tor for tile election os of delegates dc locate he bt alred cl red was B never rut fut alter after this ed al aced adjournment the lett left ind anil it was charred charged became balters of OC the delegat in the convention GH remol remained ned in III the ball and participated in the proceedings electing decline the headed by dr grant it was asserted on the other hand blind that no color line was waa deaun in the election of temporary chairman TI the t cuney delegates to the national convention cont chosen before adjournment as aa declared by chairman chali roan curvey cuney were wei e alleged to have been chosen by an over U helming voto vote taken by the vivo viva voce method no roll call being demanded the vote was first token taken on seat seating lilg tho the cuney delegates at al inage an aye anil and nay vote waa taken resulting in the negative by a vote ot of 17 to 26 I 1 several members refused tor to vote on this roll call saying baying that they were convinced that a n neither er delegation should he 10 given seats when the result wits was announced mr I 1 fessenden moved that it be declared tho the hen aena of I 1 the lie cam committee tit I 1 t lee that net neither ther delegation deleff atlon was entitled to be placed on tins tile temporary roll and this motion prevailed tho the hearing in the texas district c montesta then pro proceeds edd d in their numerical nuin nume order in the biml di david taylor and IV lawson were they ore are for or reed from the lift second district 11 n B kane kanc arid and T T pollard aniio ho are fead to be or men were seated no contestants appeared in tho the third fourth burtn and riah district dl triam and the tha mckenley men were idali d after a short argument the mckinley men front from the sixth J M mccormack McCorm lck owl and robert armstrong Arm strona were wera seated with very little discussion discus ion in tho seventh AV F cramford Cran tord and 13 F V wallace reed men were seated in the eighth the cont se l was withdrawn and marlon marion williams and W J wasson were seated lit in the ninth district hugh hancock colored and paul fricke Irl clio were r eu ted they favor mckinley in the tenth district B R B hawley reed red and M H rogers allison All lson were seated in tho the eleventh district dave aimer abner and D B renfrew Pon frew both I 1 mckinley men were seated lit in the twelfth district C W osden ogden and J tweedy allison were seated in the tinh district pat dooling and 0 T bacon were seated in the alaska contest four delegates were acro seated with halt half a voto each pennsylvania the th vote in the eleventh pennsyl pennsylvania v district by which david adler and B 13 were seated was reconsidered and J 0 lilly and 0 G R townsend were seated mr quay who was aj ai member of the committee by proxy from tho the district of columbia moved to seat townsend and the cont estoos with willi a half vote each lie he mid aid that he did not want to wash h the dirty linen lillen of 0 pennsylvania in the national committee lie ho could he held not change the result us as both factions actions m were ere for him for president with mckinley as second choice david martin the member from pennsylvania opposed the motion and on a roll can call tile the motion was carried 9 to 19 VIRGINIA in the second virginia district there was as a spirited contest 3 S wise 0 of new york represented the reed contestants te while II AL bowden represented himself and colleagues in closing the case mr air wise said thre there was no right al mckinley but bowden claimed clai nied it was in order to get himself h elected the contestants and conlest nt estees ces were seated with one half a vote each NEW YORK the sixth district of new york was wa then called in this district henry C haften and george IV palmer v ere contested by edward ir II ter and henry C fischer poth both delegations were for morton mortn the contest bad been withdrawn and satten and palmer we e seated in the seventh district of new york cornellus van vail cott and hugh hue marob rrt platt were contested by martin mariln H healy and A cole anti platt the latter had no papers and a request i was waa made by mrs sutherland to but objections object lona were made and van cott and vier oer seated heated in the ninth district tho the same state of affairs was found the platt men charles murrax hurray und and john J colllns collins were seated in the twelfth district cornelius N bliss and S V ruger antl anti platt aneio ele contested ny v howard carroll and thurlow weed barnes platt edward lauterbach ter bach tor for carroll and barnes said we have to guard our organization very carefully we have to tight light against it a great boding tion in tile the city of new york we havn have to guard against these rich men bluing bli Ing his hie hands at mr air I 1 bliss 3 11 a lit whose prominence and position and wealth have been flaunted in your faces facca us aa reasons why by they should be admitted to the national convention these rich men whom we have to fight and whose wealth Is used to break down clown our perry party A motion tra watt 4 made to seat both delegations which after some discussion was adopted 27 to 23 A motion to seat rho th delegations from if the ie thirteenth anil and fifteenth districts on the same bame basis bais was wan lost 7 to 39 and andi the thirteenth e anth district was taken up in this district dl strict john welber and alexander T maron wore were the platt dolmaten dol gaten and william Willi anit brookfield and anson 0 mccook were the antl anti platt con contestants Us tants W mr r sutherland of new york sold that he claimed tile right to move that mccook ind and brooks brooka be placed on the rolls we UP Fe frenden enden seconded tile tho nomination and it was carried unanimously sir mr I 1 sutherland Ruthc rland sold said lie was no not t famular far rillar with the cases but he thought that thia mas at as a plain ca case the 1 antt ift nth district was waa then called tn lit this district joseph murray and david fr Filed leboon Bon N vere ere the platt del legatos and C 11 T colli collio o and robert J wright were the antl anti platt content contestants mr sutherland efland said bald he be would with tile tha greatest greate ct move that hurray and frisson be placed on tho the roll mr claytn moved to the ilia natues i at chills and glit this thin motion motton was vim carried carr ld IS 28 to 16 LAST CALL the committee then took up tiro the last call the th sixth north carolinan CAro llna sir r clayton offe offered re d B n resolution which was waa ill to allow tile the let gates gat g at whose wals bouts are in contest a ticket to thu the conven Uon hall tile tho sixth north carolina district were stated with half 1 t vote each tho the lecreta ry was via directed to print tho roll as aa prepared rp paret thal ill adjourned at 4 p in until 1 monday |
