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5 B0OM Reed’s Political Ambition Overshadowed by Mec- Kinley’s. HANNA’S PROGRAMME IS SUCCESSFUL. Report of the Committee on Credentials Adopted With a Rush. PARADE OF THE OHI0O MAN'S ADMIRERS. Chauncey L Filley's Hack Ride With Depew and Hanna ard What Came of It. TuE Canr's HEADQUARTERS, Southern Hotel, ¢ 1. Lovis, Mo., June 17.) To the tired spectator in such a dreary town as this has been thus far, there are after they had had their little ride through some of the long streets of St. Louis they i returned, the jehu pulling up his panting | horses at the north side of the Southern | Hotel, just underneath the Reed. head- | quarters on the floor above. There was | 1S TIRED, | quite a large crowd of delegates and others in waiting, and when the hack stopped and Chauncey Depew alighted and stood for a moment on the walk, the crowd | grew bigger. Mr. Hanna got outafter M1. | Depew, ana then Mr. Filley. Mr. Depew walked into the hotel and Mr. Filley took hold of Mr. Hanna's elbow as they stood upon the curb. “All right, good-by,” was Mr. Filley’s | remark as a second Jater he stepped back into the hack.» Mr. Hanna replied with a nod of the head in the affirmative and the | back drove away. | Mr. Filley’s face when last beheld on { that memorable occasion wore an expres- | sion of satisfaction. Persons who had | witnessed the incident suggested that Mr. | Filley bad squared himself with Hanna and Depew. But the next day something | dropped very hard, and to Mr. Filley’s | surprise and chagrin he discovered that it | was himself. Then he no doubt reflected | that he had two to one against him in the | hack, which 1s fearfully bad politics at the outset and it became grievously apparent | to him that he had been wooed, perhaps | won, and then betrayed to his undoing. | Revenge, mext to victory, is one of the | sweesest things in dife to a politician, so the word was passed around that Mr. Filley was sharpening his caseknife at the grind- stone of disappointment, and that he was going to stick it into some crack in the geold armor of Major McKinley of Can- tar, Ohio. The report proved to be true, for the first job tor the knife appeared last night. Mr. Filley’s Merchants’ League Club paraded with the men from Maine, burning Roman candles and shouting themselves hoarse for Reed. Chairman Thurston of the convention is | a great improvement upon his predecessor, | Temporary Chairman Fairbanks. Thurs- PERRY CARSON AND ANDY GLEESON. The Colored and the White Delegate From the District of Columbia, as the Washington Post Pictured Them. \ some features bordering on the ludicrous, and these irresistibly arise in the mind that is weary of much talking on uninter- esting matters. The manner in which some of the heavy- weights of the political world “enter the convention hall belongs to that risky bor- derland between tragedy and bathos. They invariably arrive late, just before the con- vention is called to order and when all the delegates are in their seats, Then, when the band is playing “The Suwanee River,” or “Walking for Dat Cake,”” the political giants go stalking down the aisle with chests thrown forward, swelling with pardonable pride and drip- ping perspiration from their faces to their white vests, leaving thereon big blotches of distress as they fan themselves vigorously. This grandstand play, as it is called in | the vernacular, makes a palpable hit. There is a clappingz of hands from the New York, Pennsylvania and other delegations, and conversation is suspended ; people rise in their seats and stand on their chair: the ladies in the galleries wave handker- chiefs and inquire: *Is that Senator Quay in the white vest?” “What & fine-looking man heis,” or ‘Isn’t Mr. Hanna stout?” | Senator Platt of New York is an excep- tion to the rule. will observe by his portrait. bent forward in contemnplative mood, and there is nothing resembling the pouter pigeon in his profile. He might be mis- taken for a minister of the Gospel, his manner is so subdued, or for an under- taker, purring consolation to the afflicted. His walk is noiseless, his step is light as the padded footfall of a tiger, and his countenance wears a reserved and alert expression, though somewhat masked. It was thought at the outset that Marcus Aurelius Hanna had irretrievably crushed him; but it is remarked on the other hand that when he gave Mr. Hanna four | hours the other day to make up his mind not to straddle on the financial proposi- tion in the platform, Mr. Hanna imitated the motion of the historic coon which came down from the tree to give Davy Crockett a greeting, and acceded to the New York Senator’s demande. Platt is physically, mentallyand politi- cally one of the great men of the conven- tion. Determination and subtletly seem to me to be his prominent characteristics, Snch men are hard to be downed or kept down. Chauncey 1. Filley of Missouri is an- other of the great political guns of the convention. He is a twelve-inch rifle, and although he has been spiked by Genera! Hanna, is yet capable of doing consider- able damage. Mr. Filley took a ride last Sunday afternoon 1n a hack with Chauncey Depew of New York and Mr. Hanna of Ohio. The top of the vehicle was not oven, either ostentatiously or otherwise, although the weather was warm. 3 Politicians lock upon a hack es a gooa place in which to do certain political busi- ness of more than ordinary delicacy. No eavesdropper can lie concealed there to learn important secrets of state, Well, He is a quiet man with a | very solemn air, as the readers of THE CALL | His head is | 1 ton possesses in plenitade what Fairbanks lacks—a clear, strong, resonant voice, which can. be heard clear across the big hall. By the way. speaking of this hall, built especially by the St. Louisans for | convention purposes and with a capacity | of nearly 14,000 chairs, all of which were | filled to-dav, it must be said that the man | who planned it built it for coolness and | ventilation and let the acoustics get along | as well &s it could without any plans. | Only the strongest-voiced speakerscan | be heard within a radius of one hundred feet. More than one-half of the hali-thou- sand reporters iu the pressstand were un- | able to hear a syllable of the committee | reports, and it was like a breeze from thée | ocean on a hot day whenever Chairman | Thurston repeated something of the tenor | of the subject matter. It is no easy task to build a hail so that | a convenient supply of fresh air can be | kept in circulation while 14,000 people are perspiring and fanning themselves in the | moist heat. But the arcitect of this build- | ing has done it by leaving a great opening | all around the building just unaer the eaves. Through this the breeze, whenever i there is one, sweeps from one side to the other. The heated air from the mass of people below ascends and escapes, thus in- suring perfect ventilation. New York, Maine, Iowa and Rhode Island were among the States voting sol- idly against the ordering of the previous question on the report of the committee on credentials. But the vote was so over- whelmingly in favor of Mr. Hanna's pre- gramme that when the question was put upon the adoption of the majority report confirmiag the action of the National Committee not a voice demanded a roll- |call and it was rushed through a viva voce vote. I expect that the plat- form will be dispesed of as speedily to- morrow und that a candidate for the Presi- | dency will be nominated some time in the afternoon. There does not seem to be now any | doubt that it will be McKinley, the Reed | boom at this writing not baving grown | any larger than it was last night in the blaze and the glow of Roman candles and under the inspiration of the rollicking strains of “The Sidewalks of New York.” In fact, the Reed boom was made seasick this evening by the big McKinley varade. Just at the time the procession was to have started a shower of warm water fell, last- ing for about an hour.and turning the | streets into waterways, while the lightning flashed and the thunder boomed in bonor L of the McKinley boom. When the storm | abated the procession marched through the streets, a great crowd lining the side- walks on each side and cheering all along the line. Joux Paur CoSGRAVE. The Treasury Gold Reserve. ‘WASHINGTON, D. C., June 17.—The treasury gold reserve at the close of busi- nesé to-day stood at $103,200,194, The | day’s withdrawals were $553,800. The gold due under the 1ast bond issue has now beem paid into the treasury. Since Janu- ary 6, the date when bids for the last bond issue were invited, there have been with- J drawn from the treasury $77,339,339 in gold. | vious question. “The ayes have it and the | | Chairman Fort and Yerkes of Delaware VICTORY FOR MCKINLEY'S MEN Continved from First Page. the Convention Hall rang with the cheers of unseated delegates ana their friends in the galleries. Every utterance of Mr. Hepburn con- demning snap judgment on the matter of credentials was received with rounds of applause. Indeed, the responaes of the convention to Mr. Hepburn's sentences were so em- phatic that it looked fora while as if there mignt be a chance to vote down the ma- jority report (which recommended the adoption of the National Committee’s tem- porary roll) and adopt the minority re- port. When Congressman Dave Hender- son of Jowa arose and announced that his State cast her twenty-six votes againstthe | majority- report, there was a tremendous cheer from the floor and galleries. Delegates and spectators alike began to whisper that perhaps after all the majority report of the credentials committee, in- | volving the seats of 160 delegates, might be defeated. The McKinley managers were visibly worried, and Congressman Grosve- nor, one of the championsof the Ohio man, was observed to leave hisseat and consuit hurriedly with his colleagues in the Ohio delegation. As the rollcall proceeded on the ques- | tion of adopting the majority report of the credentials committee it became evi- dent that it would have a hravy majori This was reearded as a test vote of McKin- ley’s strength, and as the rollcall neared a close each man whispered to his neighbor: “McKinley will be nominated in a few | minutes or he will be deieated,” for all realized the significance of this vote. When the rollcall was finally completed and the secretary was figuring the resuit the convention was as still as death. The secretary came forward and handed a slip | of paper to Chairman Thurston. He took it in his hands, glanced a mo- ment at the tigures and then announced 56814 votes had been cast for the previous question on adopting the credentials com- mittee’s reporg and 329} against the pre- previous question on the adoption of the report is ordered.”’ The convention broke into cheers. The | supporters of McKinley realized that their favorite was nominated, while the hope of the opposition was dispelled. | Ti.e question then being upon the cre- | dentials committee’s report, several ma- jority and minarity members of the com- | mittee addressed the convention. After | had made their arguments, Congressman | Hepburn of Iowa made a forcible speech | against the majority report. Mr. Hep- | burn inveighed against the proposed ac- tion in unseating 160 delegates without a | fair bearing. The Iowa Congressman was | at his best. His speech was a magnificent | one, and was received with cheers, espe- cially from the galleries. General Grosvenor of Ohio then took the platform. He is distinguished in appear- ance, a tall man with a well-shaped head, crowned with a mass of snowy white hair. His side whiskers and beard are snowy white, toc. He is a man who would attract attention in a crowd of ten thousand. The convention recognized his features and gave him a splendid ovation. General Grosvenor isa radical. He never minces words, and the convention was to- day given a sample of his invective posv- ers. He accused Mr. Hepburn with repre- senting the biggest scoundrel in the country—Delegate Cuney of Texas, a half- breed negro. Grosvenor coupled the name of Addicksof Delaware with that of Cuney, the Texas delegate, and shouted as he closed his speech: “I demand the retire- ment of the man from Delaware and the rascal from Texas.” The convention then voted almost unanimously in favor of accepting the re- port of the National Republican Com- | mittee, The report of the committee on rules was then adopted, and the convention adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow. It is generally thought that the convention | may be brought to a close late to-morrow evening, but all depends upon the plat- form debate. If it is protracted the con- vention may not ad journ until Friday. JouxN PAuL COSGRAVE. e g A MINORITY REPORT. The Action of the Committee on Credentials Objected To. ST LOUIS, Mo., June 17.—The second day’s session of the Republican National Convention was called to order by Tem- porary Chairman Fairbanks at 10:45 A. M. The early morning hour of the second day was cloudy and drizzly, and threat- ened a rather disagreeable rainy day. | righteousness. FRANCISCO CALL, THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 1896 before the hour fixed for the meet- ing, however, the clouds Qispersed, and j there was every appearance of coming | sultry weather. By 10 o’clock hardly half the delegates were present, but they kept pouring in all the time, while the band discoursed popular airs. In the mean- time, the galleries were being filled up. and when at last Mr. Fairbanks called the convention-to order there were few seats unoccupied either in the galleriesor in the sections assigned to delegates and alter- nates. The convention was called to orderat 10:45, three-quarters of an hour behind time, when prayer was offered by the Rev. Dr. W. G. Williams. He implored on *‘this great historic organization” the blessings of ‘the God of Washington and of Lin- coln.” He prayed a blessing on the dele- gates as ‘‘the successors of our noble fathers,” and “that they might acquit themselves of their high dutiesin a man- ner worthy of their noble ancestors.” “May these men,” he continued, “do that which is in accordance with the will of the Supreme Ruler and may the plat- form that will be raised here be raised in May the men whom this council shall place before the people of John McNulta of Illinois, Who Is One of Major McKinley’s Most Earnest Sup- porters. | this Nation be men after the people’s own thoughts.” *‘The Senator from Massachusetts,” said the. chairman as Mr. Lodge arose amid | applause. “I desire to-.say,” were his opening words, “in behalf of the committee on resolutions that the sub-committee has completed a draft of a platform, and that | it is now under consideration by the full committee. The committee is unable to report-this morning, and asks leave of the convention to sit during this morning’s | session, hoping to be able to report a plat- | form of principles to the aiternoon con- vention, and on behalf of the committee I ask that leave of the conveniion.”” Permission was unanimously granted. A colored aelegate from Arkansas rose toinform the chair that Mr. Cohen, one of the delegates from his Siate, was at the door and unable to get in for want of proper badges, and the sergeant-at-arms was ordered to relieve the difficulty. The committee on credentials was called upon for a report, but were not ready. Neither was the committee on permanent organization. Mr. Wellington of Mary- land asked unamimous consent that the committee on rules be allowed to report | at this ime. This was refused. A motion for a recess till 2 o'clock this afternoon was made by Mr. Wellington, and was voted down. A motion that the report of the commit- tee on permanent organization be accepted was made by Senator Sewell of New Jer- sey, and agreed to. Mr. Littletield of Maine made the point of order that the first businessin order was the report of the committee on cre- dentials, but the chairman overruled it on the ground that that committee had been called and had not been ready to report. The report of the committee on permanent organization was then presented and read. It named Senator J. M. Thurston of Nebraska as chairman, made the secre- taries, sergeant-at-arms and other tem- porary officers permanent officers of the convention, and gave a list of vice- presidents, one from each State, as agreed upon by the delegations. The reading of the list of vice-presidents was interrupted by applause as popular names were reached. Mr. Mudd of Maryland made the point of order that although the convention might receive the report of the committee on permanent. organization it could not act upon it until the report of the com- rtee on credentials had been acted upon. There was no convention here now, he said. The chairman overruled the point of order and promptly put the question on the adoption of the report of the confimit- tee on permanent organization. While a rising vote was being taken Mr. Mudd made another point of order that the roll of States must be called according to tbe rules. ‘‘There is no convention now,” he said, | “until we have a permanent organiza- tion.” i Disregarding the point the chairman | said, “Those opposed will rise,”” and de- | clared that the ayes had it and that the report of the committee on permanent or- ganization was adopted. The chair appointed Senator Sewell of New Jersey and Representstive Sereno | Payne of New York to conduct Senator Thurston to the chair. Senator Thurston took the chair amid tumultuous applause and addressed the convention. He said: ! Gentlemen of the Convention: The happy memory of your kindness and confidence will abide in my joyful heart forever, My sole am- bition is to meet your expectations, and 1 pledge myseli to exercise the 1mportant pow- ers of this high office with absolute justice and impartiality. I bespeak your cordial co-oper- | ation and support to the end that our proceed- | ings may be orderly and aignified, as befits the deliberations of the supreme council of the Republican party. Eight years ago I had the distinguished honor to preside over the convention which nominated the last Republican President of the United States. To-day I have the further distinguished honor to preside over the con- vention which is to nominate the next Presi- dent of tne United States. This generation has had its object lesson, and the doom of the Democratie party is already pronounced. The American people will return the Republican party to power, because they know that its administration will mean: The supremacy of the Constitution of the | United States, The maintenance of law and order. The protection of every American citizen in his right to live, to labor and to vote. A vigorous foreign policy. The enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. The restoration of our merchant marine. Safety under the Stars and Stripes on every sea, in every port. A revenue adequate for all Governmental expenditures and the gradual extingyishment | of the National debt. A currency “as sound as the Government and | as untarnished’ as its honor,” whose dollars, whether of gold, silver or paper, shall have | equal purchasing and debt-paylifg power with | the best dollars of the civilized world. A protective tariff which protects, coupled with a reciprocity which reciprocates, thereby securing the best markets for American prod- ucts and opening American {actorfes to the free coinage of American muscle. | A vension policy just and generous to our living heroes and to the widows and orphans | of their dead comrades. | The Governmental supervision and control of transportation lines and rates. The protection of the people from all unlaw- ful combinations and unjust exactions of aggregated capital and corporate power. An American welcome to every God-fearing, liberty-loving, constitution-respecting, law- abiding, labor-seeking, decent man; the ex- clusion of all whose birth, whose blood, whose teachings, whose practices would menace the permanency of free institutions, endanger the safety of Amenican society or lessen the oppor- tunities of American labor. The abolition of sectionalism—every star in the flag shining for the honor and welfare and happiness of every commonwealth and of all | the people. A deathless loyalty to all that is truly Amer- ican and a patriotism eternal as the stars. Senator Thurston’s reference as to what should be the money policy of the Repub- licans and to the protective tariff brought out sulvo after salvo of cheers. He con- cluded at 11:40 o’clock and the delegates | rose en masse and gave him a three times theee. The tribute was resumed as the Ne- braska delegation handed up a pyramid of Awerican beauty roses and ferss, | As Senator Thurston closed his speech with the phrase, **A patriotism as eternal | ad the stars,’ the air was rent with cheers, amid which he wag heard to ask the official question, “Gentlemen, what is your pleasure ?”” The secretary read a letter from the chairman of the committee on credentials saying that they were engaged in the con- sideration of the Texas case and had not been able to complete it. On motion of Governor Bushnell of Ohio the convention then adjourned until 2 p. M. The full list of vice-presidents by States adopted by the convention was as follows: Alabama, John W. Jones; Arkansas, W. ‘W. Gibson; California, U. 8. Grant; Colo- rado, A. M. Stevenson; Uonnecticut, John 0. Hutchinson; Delaware, C. P. Swain; Florida, Lemuel W. Livingston; Georgia, H. C. Rucker; Idaho. not any; Illinois, J. | W. Fifer; Indiana, B. F. Polk: Iowa, L. | Banks Wilson; Kansas, M. M. Murdock; | Kentucky, W. G. Hunter; Louisiana, not | any; Maine, Edward Burleigh; Maryland, Williara T. Malster; Massachusetts, Curtis | Guyod J- Michigan, William McPher- | son Jr.; Minnesota, Charles F. Hendrix; Mississippi, not any; Missouri, Nathan Frank; Montana, Thomas C. Marshall; Nebraska, T. P. Kenna; Nevada, J. I Ul i An animated throng in front of “The Call’s” Market-street Business Office Reading the latest news from the conventions. Overton; New pshire, John A. Spalding; New Jersey, Franklin Murphy; New York, joan T. Mott; North Carolina, J. B. Fortune; North Dakota, J. M. Devine; Ohio, not any; Oregon, John F. Gailbraith; Pennsylvania, Reede; Rhode Island, Frank F. Oloey; South Carolina, Robert Smalls; South Dakota, David Meisner; Tennessee, Zaneh Taylor; Texas, J. A. Luby; Utah, W. 8. McCormick; Vermont, N. C. Smith; Vir- ginia, John Acker; Washington, Alwick Goldman ; West Virginia, J. W. Crawford; Wisconsin. J. H. Stout; Wyoming, Otto Gramm : District of Columpia, Perry Car- son; Arizona, J. M. Ford; New Mexico, T. B. Byrnes; Oklahoma, John I. Dille; Indian Territory, not any; Alaska, not any. ' Since yesterday’s adjournment the ar- rangement of the floor has undergone a change—the positions of the several States have been shifted, and in a way far from satisfactory to the reporters. because in- stead of having Senator Teller of Colo- rado, Lodge of Massachusetts, C. M. De- pew and Thomas C. Platt of New York, between whom much of the discussion is anticipated, in close proximity to each other and to the reporters, they were re- moved to remote quarters back of the hall, where they could neither be seen nor heard from the platform seats. The California delegates occupied one of the first four rows in the right-hand sec- tion from the platform, and were con- spicuous by each of them wearing on his left shoulder a plume of red, white and blve pampas grass, which had been adovted by the Republicans of that State four years ago as a Blaine badge, and is still worn by them. The Higgins delegation took the Dela- ware seats in the hall after electing the | following named committeemen: Chair- man of delegation, Senator Higgins; vice- | president of convention, Cornelius i Swain; assistant secretary of convention, L. H. Ball. Committeemen—Resolutions, H. A. Dupont; credentials, Senator Hig- Frank | Texas on the list headed by John Grant. The rest of the report lead by the secre- tary recommended thatthe roll of dele- gates and alternates of|the convention es and Territories, as prepared by the Nationall Commiitee for temporary organization, ie approved as the permanent roll of this ¢onvention, Mr. Hepburn of Iowa wat recognized to present the minority report from the com- mittee on credentials. It recommended the seating of the Addicks delegation from Deleware and of the Cuney delegation from Texas, and that the other contested cases acted upon by the National Committee be referred to the credentials committee for full investigation. The minority report was signed by nine- teen members of the commiitee, and is as follows: The undersigned members of your commit- tee on credentials dissent from the report of | the majority of the committee in this: | We are unwilling to accept the roll of dele. ; gates as made up by the National Commitiee. | from the several St The National Committee did not attempt to consider the merits of the cases of any of the 150 0dd conastants, only the regularity of cre- dentigls being passed upon. None of these con- testants, except those from Delaware and the delegates at large from Texas, have had a hear- ing on the facts involved by any competent tribunal, and in these two cases 1o part of the evidence was read or gonsidered by the com- mittee. The committee has persistently voted down propositions to investigate the eases from Texas other than those from the State at large—those from California, from Louisi- ana, from Alabama and from the Twelfth Dis- trict of Missouri. We deem it a most dangerous precedent to permit the National Committee to pass final judgment on the election and qualifications of members of the National Committee. This | dangerous exercise of power ought not to be | submitted to by any body of men, but should | be retained in the hands of the convention alone. | We recommend that the delegation from the State of Delaware headed by J. Edward Ad- | dicks be seated; that the delegation from the State of Texas headed by N. W. Cuney be EDWIN H. R. GREEN OF TEXAS. Among the many notable incidents of the convention not the least interesting has been a fight made by Edwin H. R. Green to gain a seat as a delegate from Texas. his seat was contested by Munsen the National Committee decided in tated Green that he asserted that Mr. Green was elected as a Reed man, but McCormick, a McKinley man, and favor of McCormick. This so irri- instead of contributing $25,000 to the campaign fund as he had intended he will not now give a cent. Green is less than 30 years of age, 6 feet high and is a fine looking fellow. He is more remarkable, however, for being the only son of Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America. Her fortune is estimated at $50,000,000, and it is to be divided at her death equally between her son and one daughter. gins; rules, John Pilling; permanent or- ganization, Washington Hastings. There was the ugual delay in calling the convention to order, for the afternoon ses- sion, but the time was pleasantly whiled away by good music. There was great vressure in all paris of the immense hall, the galleries were packed, and there as well as on the floor palm-leai fans were in ceaseless agitation. The heat was very oppressive. It was 2:40 when the chairman’s ham- mer was heard and the chairman an- nounced that the afternoon session would be opened with prayer by Bishop Arnett of Wilberforce College, Ohio. The Bishop invoked blessings on the conventicn and on the country and gave thanks for an as- semblage representing the culture, the wealth and the refinement of more than forty centuries. He gave thanks that God had given to the country a Lincoln, who broke the fetters from the limbs of more than four and a half millions of people. He prayed that the victory to be gained in the future through the work of the con- vention might redound to the blessing of every section, and that protection and lib- erty and civil and political rights may be secured to every man, woman and child from the lakes on the North to the gulf on the South. Mr. Madden of Chicago was recognized by the chair for a special plurpose. Mr. Madden, in appropriate terms, presented a gavel made from a portion of the house in which Lincoln once lived. The chairman, in accepting it, expressed the hope that the inspiration of the im- mortal Lincoln might fire the hearts of the convention to higher patriotism. Judge Denny of Kentucky presented a second gavel, made from the wood which formed part of the homestead of Henry Clay, the father of protection. Temporary Chairman Fairbanks re- sponded, expressing “his gratification that the State of Henry Clay had entered the Republican fold and trusted it would be found true to the standard-bearer of this great convention in November next. A voice in the hall exclaimed: 25,000.” Mr. Terrence of Minnesota then pre- sented, in the name of thai State, to the chairman of the convention, the table which stood in front of the - presiding ofiicer. In accepting the table. the president sent back word to the boys of Minnesota that “By even as the Father of the Republic handed | the Union down, so would the Republican party of to-day band down the Govern- ment under Republican institutions, with all the rights and privileges and opportu= nities for the boys to come. [Cneers.] The revort of the committee on creden- tials was then presented by its chairman, Fort of New Jersey. The report was in seated, and that all other cases of contest be referred to the committee on credentials, with instructions to hear and report upon the same. In the consideration of contested cases be fore the Republican National Committee it was distinctly and 1epeatedly stated that the action of the committee was only prima facie, and that the contestants would have an oppor- tanity to be heard upon the merits before the committee on credentials with their testi- mony. The report is signed by W. A. Hepburn of Iowa, C. 8. Blackett of Maryland, For- rest Goodwin of Maine and sixteen others. In presenting it Mr. Hepburn asserted that none of the contestants, except those from Delaware and Texas, had had any hearing before the committee on creden- tials, and in those two cases not one word of the testimony bad been read, and no member of the committee knew what the points of the cases were. More than 160 Republicans claiming to be delegates, with their credentials, were now asking to be heard in order that the merits of their cases mighc be properly ascertained. It was a bad precedent, he declared, to permit the National Commit- tee to pass final judgment on the election and qualification of delegates. It was a dangerous exercise of power end one that should not be submitted to. The minority therefore recommended that the delegation from Delaware headed by Addicks, and the delegates from Texas headed by Mr. Cuney, be seated and that as to all the other contested election cases they be recommitted to the committee on credentials, with instructions to perform its duty. . Mr. Fort, chairman of the committee, was recognized and moved the previous questjon, the adoption of the report of the committee down to the final vote, under the rales of the House of Representatives. | This motion was seconded by J. Doyle of Georgia and by a delegate from Ohio Mr. Mudd of Maryland asked for a sepa- rate vote on the Delaware report and was seconded by the States of Delaware, Cali- fornia and Maine. o The guestion being now on the ordering of the previous question the delegation from Maine, seconded by Massachusetts, Maryland and Iowe, demanded a rollcall. The rell of States was then called and resulted as follows: Ayes 568)¢, noes 33914, so the previous question was or- dered. The votes of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois and Texas were challenged and on a poll of the delegates the votes of the del- egation as announced by the chairman was changed. ‘When Iowa announced it cast its twenty-six votes against ordering the pre- vious question there was so much cheer- ing that the chair remarked that he de- sired on all occaslons to give opportunity-