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SITUATION ON TKE
FIELD OF BATTLE
Pi-aspects of the Virions Candidates la
t!e Ptcs'diaXal Race.
TKE "GOLD STANDARD" QUESTION
.11 r. Knr.r.n Suspicious of the Epres
xiou, but Tliii:ini t'latt Favors Mor
ton unci (;)I(U.:.J r. KohiKaal
i'lackFricnd ofKccd and Allison
"lean i:tiiiics--'iVork ol t!iu
National Committee.
St. Louis, Juno 12. The United Prc.s
headquarters. Southern hotel. This
has been a day of Inertia In the
Republican camp. Even the arrival i f
Senator Quay to reinforce the presence
of ex-Senatur Piatt (ailed to galvanize
the untl-MoKinley movement back to
any semblance of vigorous 1 ; ft. The
corridors amuiij fao room where i:,e ;
ntiU-xial committ-e went through Us
monotonous routine of deciding p:c
r.nilrary coater.ts was never uncom
fortably throiigfd at any period of the
dtiy. What the decisions i.r the com
mittee would he, appeared t.i be taken
for granted In a majority of cases. Some
ereentrle departures in th Louisiana
contesU d eases, from tlie ordinary
course of rulings scarcely served to
give Rent to otherwise tnFtolesa pro
t codings. When the New York contests
u.e reached tomorrow or Monday In
terest n.cy revive. Some' of Mr. Plntt'a
intimates continue tj make veiled
thrcutu of b; llitir; :f the Now York con
tents are ile. d r i: ih? nam? prim 'i nla
that are allcg, d to have controlled the
; committee in other cases, but Mr. Piatt
j Mir.s' If has carefully avoided commit
! ting himself to Huch a course.
' l.,it this afternoon some very de
T J elded Im!leat;on.-i were Riven as to the
I course which the McKlnley men would
iM ! probably take on tile financial question.
i llltl. ...to .In. T-lilt ,v,,
.... !-...' It. I t 111 If 1 1 11 1 aiitsu.i-i.
"sound money" and the McKlnley men
have shouted "tariff" and neither side
has rntniir. sted any disposition to adopt
the war cry of the others. Now nil thin
Is changed, and the McKlnley men are
shouting finance. A suggested platform
dratted by Mr. Krthlsaat, of Chicago,
was submitted to Mr. Hanna and other
close friends of Major McKlnley today
and was taken under consideration.
This proposed financial plank, while fol
lowing in the lines of the Indiana plat
form recti one InijHUtant tUp further
ami S! ecUiily declares for the "gold
! t-.t mdurd." .t tin same time, however,
"'r; i that this proposition was rubnitted, the
j suggestion wns made that if thin plat
; form were adp-.itcd by tho committee on
! resolutions It .ihc.uUl be with the distinct
mioVis'nfi'.lirp that when It was report
ed to ti.e .-invention by the committee
on involution!, the chairman should eli
te. Inin a motion to strike out. the words
"g id standard," the plunk to be to
framed tin t this cm:lJ be done without
intcifcring with the context cr the
he-use.
ISwl a irotton being entertained, tha
prof 1'iiUori would be subje-ct to debate
and could be finally settled by the con
vention on a test vote. It 13 understood
j to bo Air. Henna's judgment that the
words "gold standahrd" ought not ta
appear in the platform.
! A dOLD P.t'G FOUKYIiK.
Ex-Senator Piatt today issued over
his Blgiiature the following statement:
(iovcrr.or Morton will be placed In nom
Instton and cordially supported by h!s
friends. Jtjieakor Reed nnd Senator Al
lifou will r.lso receive the votes of their
mip.nnr'prt, all reports to the contrary
notwithstanding I am hopeful that the
convention will recognise the wlsilom of
makln;T Oovernor Morton presidential
candidate nnd declaring for a gold strnd
anl. II'. Is eraentielly a gold tdandard
hcTi-er a3 his ree-ord demonstraies.
J rem a euri.oiy observation during my
brief stay here, I am sanguine that a ma
jority ot the delegates fav-ir the contin
uance of the existing financial rystem, as
Interpreted by Republican administra
tions. The New York delegation will cer
tainly do all in Its power to put a gold
plank in the platfcrm for New York In
for ?o!d.
(Signed) T. C. Piatt.
Senator Alilien's friends, who have
hlthrrlo remained so silent, that Ima
prcslon gained ground that he had teen
withdrawn from tho race, are now as
suming an agrrofrlve attitude and as
sert that h will be supporLcd by vigor
ous oratory and many votes, when the
convention p-eieerds to nominations.
K'KINLEY LEADS.
His Followers Secure Recognition at
Nearly Ail ol the Contests lor
Sc:ts in the Convention.
St. Louis, June 12. The first business
of the national committee this morning
was the selection of James Francis
Burke, of Pittsburg, as official stenog
rapher for the oonventlon. The remain
ing Mississippi contests were then set
tled. As both eonteRtees and contest
ants were McKlnleyltes., presidential
preferences cut no figure In the decis
ions. The First Alabama district was
then called and Murphy and Prentips,
both colored and fovoiinrt Reed, argued
their right to be placed on the roll.
They were followed by Pooth and Har
mon (colored) McKinleyitos. Their
statements were very conflicting. A
motion that the affidavits submitted In
the case be referred to a sub-committee
was ruled out. A reeemslderatlon of the
voto by which this action was taken
wp.s defeated on a roll call by 28 to IS.
Settle, of North Carolina, then pro
poned that both contestces and con
testants be excluded from the tempor
ary rolls. A prolonged and warm de
bute ensued. Settle's motlop was de
feated, the committee refused to ssat
the Reed delegation by a vote of 12 to
31, and Pooth and Harmon were placed
upon the temporary roll.
Senator Gear, of Iowa, declared that
this vote "would have bad eiV'cct upon
the country." Louisiana was next called
and William Pitt Kellogft, Albert H.
Leonard (white), Rcadltes, and Henry
Demos and James Vance (colored), Mc
Klnleyltes, were placed upon the roll,
The contestants were nominees of the
national representative sugar planters'
convention, all white . McKlnleyltes.
Chairman Carter made an address
, rolnttK out that th octlon tnVen had
been based upon the statement that the
organization was not regular, and sug
gesting that the committee of creden
tials of the national convention was a
court of last resort. The contestants ac
cepted the suggestion and unnounced
as they withdrew that the case would
be carl led to the convention.
VICTORY FOR SUGAR PLANTERS.
Although the seating of ex-Governor
Kellogg and his associates was regard
ed as dirposlng of all tho contests In the
six Louisiana congressional dittricts, it
was decided to take them up seriatim
and hear priruments. In the flrft dis
trict, ex-Oovei nor Henry C Warmoth
and Walter L. Cohen (colored), in
structed for McKlnley, and C. W.
Poothby and O. W. Deverin (colored).
Instructed for Reed, were the rival
deleRntlcnn. Warmoth and Coh n were
reated without a roll call. This was a
victory for the suRar planters, or ria-
! llunal Rcimbiicar.s, and a practical ic-
versnl of the position taken I y the eoui
i mittee on the preceding contest.
In the fot'ith district tlte Heed men
i atp sented. In the fiflh nnd pixth dls-trii-ts
there being no presentation t;f
fiicth the regular dobabs were ree.t
cd. All are Instructed for MeK'.ijlry.
i In the second district, the McKlr.liy
' delegates were scuted. In tlu third,
I brth delei-atlons were seated with half
i a vote end). This is the first double
di l-rntlon to be placed on the roll by
I the cominlltoe and Committeeman Pf-t-
kin, of Montana, exprefhed the f.'ar that
the precedent would return to plague
the body. At this Juncture tho regular
order was suspended and Wilson, of
I'elaware, moved a reconsl leratlon of
th- vote by which Todd and Fapp (lie
Klnloyltcs) were recognized yesterday
as delegiit-'S fr,om the Pf'h district of
Kentucky. The rcconsldera'.l m was
grant"d nnd then Committeeman Yer
Kps, of that Ktnte, asked that the con
tesiants, Kr.ncfer and Tteeder trtradley
flr.it choice) b sonted with the regular
delegates with a half vote each. Pow
ell Chiytin entered a vigorous objection
nnd the matter waB passed for the pres
ent. The next cont-?t heard by the com
mittee was that from. Arizona, the one
set of delegates being that headed by
Henry J. Cleveland and the other being
headed l y William M. Christy. The
claim of the latter was stated by Isa ec.
T. fttoddnit. The claim of the Cleve
land pet wns stated by Mr. Charles
W. Wright, the contest being upon the
nuentlnn of a vote on adjournment by
the convention. The decision of the
committee was that both delegations
be admitted with half votes.
At 11.30 the delayed conten from tho
fifth Alabama dlPtvlet wns taken up.
renjamiii V. Walk.'r, the solitary con
testant, has n preference for Speeker
Heed, while the reTuIav de'eg t. Doi'k
las Smith. Is a MoKlnleyltt. The Int
ter wns seated by Iff to I.X. At mldr.lght
a motion to adjourn was carried.
SPEAKER REED IS ' CALM.
Na Further R;mnrk? Upan Manley'a
Nervous Chill Will Not Accept
the Vice-Presidency.
V.'anhlngton, June 12. e!de from
making a call at the white house todr.y
to tr.ke formal farewell of President
Cleveland, upon the close of congress,
and another at the residence of Repre
sentative Hitt, of Illinois, who hns been
111 for some time, Speaker Heed re
mained at the Shorcham, In constant
telegraph eommlcatlon with friends and
managers at St. Louis. He had no fur
ther comments to make regarding Mr.
Manley's celebrated statement of Wed
nesday evening. It was learned that
Manley's statement of last night was
prepared In response to Mr. Reed's tele
gram of Inquiry pent yerterday as to
the meaning and cause of his original
statement, which cnusod such a sensa
tion. Friends of the sneaker in St.
Louis wired him that they believed Mr.
Mauley became panic stricken at the
demonstration made by tho partisans of
McKlnley at the first meeting of the na
tional committee and Mr. Manley's re
gret over his action satisfied them that
ho did not mean It.
The aitt'et tlon made by Messrs. Mahley
and Murray Crane, the latter cf MasEa
chiisetta, u.t f-'t. Louia, that the speaker
vould not under any condition, accept
the nominnt'on fcr vice president, was
reiterated by Ida friends in Washington,
no that there ne.'d be no nili-undorstand-Ing
on that pulnt. The action of the
national committee In throwing out
Itecd delegates), especially tho.-te from
Louisiana, was commented on with
much bitterness by his fiirnds, an un
necessary, it McKlnley had a majority
of the convention nnd Indefensible in
nny view. They were advised that the
Texns nntl-McKinley men claiming to
be delegates would probably meet the
late of their Louisiana e llcarruos.
Speaker Iteed will not go home until
after the convention adjourns, but he
may go to New York on a business trip,
which has been pressing for some days.
M'LEAN FCR vtcERESiDCNT.
Cincinnati Editor's Friends Fnvor
Him Tor Second Place at Chicago.
Cincinnati, June 12. The following
have been selected as delegates to th?
Democratic National cor.vertlon nt Chi
cago from the Flr.'t end Ercand dis
tricts, all being residents of Cincinnati:
Firat district Lrwls O. Bfrraid nnd
Thomas J. Mulvlhlll. Second d s.-let-Thomas
J. Cogan end Louis J. Dolle.
It Is underrtood th-t Joi n R. M 'Ler.n,
proprietor of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
will be one of the delegaf.'S-at-large,
nnd the four dlrtrlct delegates favor
Mm for the nomination for vice-president.
Illnir's Scmi-f cntcnnlnl.
HolHdaysburg, Pa., June 12. Tho cele
bration of tho lllalr county seml-ccnten-nlrl
was concluded this evening by a pyro
technical display end an illuminated bl
cyclo parade. At the anniversary exer
cises this afternoon the historical ora
tion was delivered by Just.Ve John Dean,
of the State Supreme court, and an orig
inal seml-ncntcnnlal poem was read by
Congressman J, I), Iflcks.
, Fire at n Kino.
Taylorvllle, III. June 12. The Tnylorvllle
coal mining works were entirely destroyed
by die this morning, el;hly-flvo men were
In the mine, but all get out safely. Loas,
160,000; fully eovored by Insurance. . -
Judge Mttynnvd Props Until.
Albany, N. Y June 12,-lEaao H. May.
nard, ex-Judge ot the court of appeals,
dropped dead today in the Hotel Ken
pre, TTerrt elltease was th cause.
TOM PLATT CLAIMS
SENATOR QUAY
Announces That the Pcnnsyivanian
wLb. Him to the End.
Is
DELEGATES TO FIGHT FOR SEATS
Ptntt Proposes to Carry tho Struggle
Into the Convcntion-Fivc Carloads
of .New Yorkers to Shout lor Morton.
Lively Times in Prospect.
St. Louis, June 12. Senator Quay, of
Pennsylvania, was one of Mr. Flatt'B
callera this afternoon. The two were
closeted for an hour. When Quay de
parted, Piatt remarked to a group of
newspaper men: "Senator Quay Is in
the light with me to the end." Early
this evening Piatt received a despatch
which he showed with much satisfac
tion to several callera In his roam. It
read as follows:
Albany, June 12.
To T. C. Piatt, Southern Hotel, St. Louis:
Flvo carloads of loyal New York Re
publicans ure on their way to St. Louis
for Morton and sound money.
J. S. Kenyon.
This delegntlon will arrive tomorrow
afternoon and thus reinforced, the
fight to prevent the unseating of the
Piatt men in the New York delegation
will actively begin. Mr. Piatt Is quoted
as 3aylng that If tho national commit
tee unseats his delegates he will carry
Hit contest to the committee on creden
tials, and If their decision Is unfavor
able, it will be continued on the floor
ot the convention.
Tho arrival this evening of Mr. Cor
nelius Bliss, and other New Yorkers,
gave ilse to the belief that the New
York contests, which had been post
poned pending their arrival would be
tnken up tomorrow. At midnight ft
was still a question whether they would
be reached tomorrow or go over until
Monday.
SENATOR QUAY SILENT.
A number of newspaper men called
at Mr. Quay's apartments on the fourth
floor of the Southern hotel when his
presence there became known. Be
yond announcing that he was In the
presidential race to stay and that his
name would be presented to the con
vention by General Ha' tings, Mr. Quay
declined to be Interviewed. He ex
pressed entire Ignorance as to what
fclnd of a platform the convention was
likely to adopt. Ho also declined to say
whether It was his purpose, as had been
stated by some of the Pennsylvania
delegation, to transfer the vote of his
state for himself to McKlnley when
Pennsylvania was reached on the roll
call and generally he manifested to his
newspaper callers a. much reater. dc-
s.re to receive than to give news.
FACULTY RECONSIDERS.
The I'nivcrMty of Pennsylvania Boat
Crew Will Not Be Crippled.
Philadelphia, June 12. The athletic
committee of the faculty of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has reconsid
ered its position in relation to the men
debarred from rowing tn the 'Varsity
Boat, ny reason of their low standing in
scholarship and the 'Varsity eight will
retain nil Its present crew. Jack, 'Var
sity substitute, and Kepplemen, substl
tute In the freshman boat, are still Ce
clnred Ineligible, as they have been
dropped from college, but in the cas
or j-.ter, Megargee and Stevenson the
ttean or the medical department waived
his objection to their rowing, as these
three men have only been conditioned
they are eligible to row under the ath
letic rules of the college, and the ath
letic committee therefore revoked Us
decision debarring them.
the action of the committee haa
caused much rejoicing among the col.
leglans, for If these three men had been
kept out of the boat, Pennsylvania had
no nope of winning.
SEARCH FOR T00LE.
Wnrrnnts Out for the Desperate Char
ncter Accused of Murder.
Reading, Pa., June 12. The police ex
pect soon to have the alleged murderer
ot Mrs. F.llzabeth Dossier, who wai
burned to derth In her lonely log cabin
near Leesport reveral nights ago. Hia
naiiC Is James Toole, and h has been
m hiding ever since the Are. This af-
Wnoor. he was seen within a few miles
cf the tragedy. Warrants were issued
and a thorough search Is now being
mane of the neighborhood.
iooie is tit) years of nse nnd a des
perate cnnrncter. Every Indication Is
tnnt the woman was murdered and
Toole la the only suspected party.
HUNGARIAN ACQUITTED.
The Defense t'pholds Theory of Self
Defense iu Me rold t'nsp.
Easton, Pa., June 12. It took a jury
just thirteen minutes tills evening: to
acquit Anton Heroid, a Hungarian, of
the charce of murdering John Hasson
nt South Bethlehem on the night of
April 29.
Heroid stabbed Hasaon In a street
fight and the tatter's death occurred
two days later. The defense successful
ly upheld the theory of self-defense.
AID FOR CRETE INTERCEPTED.
Greek Vessel with Arms far Insur
gent Seized by the Turks.
Constantinople, Jure 12.-A dispatch
recelcd here from Car.ca says that
another Greek vessel, loaded with muni
tions and provisions for the Insurgents,
has been seized by the Turkish officials.
The French guardshlp started for Ya
lova yesterday with $7B,000 with which
to pay the ransom of the two French
women who were captured near that
place by brigands,
Dentil of Oliver Ilorton.
Kradlng, Pa.,' June 12. Oliver Horton,
aged 33, son of Broker H. L. Horton, of
Now York city, died nuddenly nt his
boarding place, Golfeertown, this county,
this morning. Horton was a very portly
man, weighing 27.1 pounds. Ho was of a
Jovial disposition.
Do(Oro Defeats Kby.
'N'v York, Juno 12. Champion . Alfred
Do Oro defeated Grant Eby In the second
ftamo of 1'Xt points lit the match of 600
points for the pool ohamplonshlp of the
world at Hardman hall tonight. De Oro
made 200 points to Ehy'g 146. The grand
total now stands, De Oro 404, !hy W .
THE NEWS THIS 5I01LMXG.
Weather Indications Today
Fair: light. Variable Wind.
1 Currency the Bone of Contention.
Thurston Scores Addlcks.
Plutt Claims Quay.
KnJ of the S&engerfcst,
2 Gold Reserve In Danger.
Dun's Weekly Review of Trade.
Musical Matters.
3 (Local) Verdict Against Traction
Company.
Trouble with Their Pasta
4 Kdltorlal.
Comments of the Press.
5 (I,ocal) Children's
Churches.
Day In the
Buried in Filth.
6 The Social World.
News of the Churches
7 Suburban News.
Market and Stock Reports..
8 (Sports) Buffalo Makes It Three
Straight.
Information for Bicyclists.
9 Tabulated Estimate of the Anthra
cite Coal Supply.
Story of the Festive Bicycle.
10 (Story) "The Pretty Wit of Captain
ram joncs."
11 World of Letters.
Dramatic Gossip,
TI. M. Stanley and the Welsh.
12 News Vp and Down the Valley.
SAENGERFEST CLOSED.
Cincinnati Is Selected as the City for the
Next Fest The Election of
Officers.
Pittsbunr, Pa,. June 12. The eloalnir
feature of the national Saengerfest was
the business meeting held this morning
and afternoon when a permanent Saen
gerbund was formed. President Dhn
llng presided. A constitution was
adopted. It leaves the name unchanged,
and gives the object of the organization
to be the promulgation of German song,
speech and sociability. Singing societies
to be eligible must have a membership
of at least forty; must pay an Initiation
fee of J10. and each member Is taxed 25
cents per year. The delegates to the
Saengerbund elect from their number a
central board for the Saengerfest, con
sisting of fifteen members. Thla board
electa a musical director and sees to
having the programme made out one
year before the fest The constitution
also provides for a paper to be published
as the organ of the Bund.
Cincinnati, having a petition signed
by over 3,000 cltizena, was unanimously
elected as the city for the next fest. It
la almost certain that the musical di
rector will be Louis Ehrgott. The elec
tion of membera of the.centrnl board of
the Saengerbund followed, with thla re
sult: C. A. Mueller, Cleveland; C. Saam,
Allegheny; John Dlmling, Pittsburg;
Justus Emmett, Chicago; John Waf-
Inger, Cincinnati; Conrad Krager, Cin
cinnati; Herman Schmidt, Cleveland;
Karl Sohmid, ' Cincinnati; William
Aherns, South Chicago; Adam Link, St.
Louis; Jacob Wllllg, Evansvllle, lnd.;
Louis Volz, Pittsburg, Carl Schmidt,
St. Louis; J. F. Pruezel, Indianapolis;
J. Hanno Deiler, New Orleans.
Treasurer Adolph Seeding announced
that there will be a handsome balance
In the treasury after paying all bills.
The meeting adjourned with the sing
ing of "Wen Dass Wlr Schieden
Muessen."
The newly appointed central board
elected the following officers, who will
serve until the close of the Cincinnati
Fest: President. J. Hanno Deiler. New
Orleans; first vice-president, Charles
Sclimld. Cincinnati; second vlce-presl
dent, Charles Saam, Pittsburg; secre
taries, John Warfllnger, Cincinnati, and
Jacob Wllig, Evansvllle, lnd.; treasur
er, J.F. Pruezel, Indianapolis; financial
secretary, Herman Schmidt, Cleveland
honorary president, John Dlmling,
Pittsburg. The Bund flag was turned
over to Mr. Dlmllng's care for the en
suing three years.
FATAL FIRE ALLEGHENY.
Two Persons Meet Dentil Through an
Oil Explosion in a Tenement.
Pltsburg, June 12. An early morn
ing fire In a tenement house. No. 83
Spring Garden avenue, Allegheny, re.
suited in the killing of two persons and
serious Injuries to two others. The vie
tlms were:
Mrs.' Zoneshondia Garbels, aged 74
years, killed by jumping from window,
Frank Garbels, aged 6 years, suffo
cated.
Lottie Garbels, aged 12 years, fatally
hurt.
Mrs. Frank Garbels, badly burned.
The fire was caused by the explosion
of a barrel of oil In the cellar.
AN OLD BANK SUSPENDS.
John A. Thompson's Indiana insti
tution Closes Its Doors.
Edlnburg, lnd., June 12. John A.
Thompson's bank, one ot the oldest
banking Institutions In Johnson county,
has closed its doors.
Liabilities $73,000; assets S180.0C0.
tJcntry Trinl Postponed.
Philadelphia, June 12. Owing to thoen
gagoment of Charles W. Brooke, senior
counsel for Juntos B. Gentry, In New
York, tho trial of Gentry for the murder
of Margaret W. Drysdale, the young act
ress, whoae srago name was "Madge
York," which had been fixed for next
Mnnilay, has been postponed until the 22d
Inst.
(ov. Bradley to Be Expelled.
Louisville, Ky., .Tune 12. A. P. A. coun
cil, No. 61, has adopted a preamble and
resolution calling on the order for the ex.
pulsion of Governor Bradley for appoint
ing John H. Whalen, a Roman Cathollo,
and the resolution says a notorious cor
rupt politician, a member of the Chlcka
maugu Park commission.
Cuban Beliel Victorious. ,
Havana, June 12. Further news regard
ing the attack by Insurgents upon the
town of Ban Antonio Do Rio Blanco, In
tho Havana province Is to the effect that
tho troops made a spirited defence, put
were compelled to withdraw and tho
rebels captured the town hall, tea stores
and sewp"il 'evidence,
SENATOR THURSTON
SCORES ADDICKS
Excitin; Scene Before the National Re
publican Committee.
DUPONT CONTROVERSY B03S UP
The Speaker Declares That Addirki
Has Been Proved r Traitor to Re
publicauini-Ex-Kenator Anthony
Higgins Also Makes Few Re
marksDelaware Linen Laundricd.
St Louis, June 12. "I would not vote
for J. Edward Addlcks if hla vote were
needed to make the next president of
the United States." This declaration,
uttered by Senator Thurston, of Ne
braska, at half-past ten o'clock tonight,
as he stood in the centre of hla fellow
national committeemen, with uplifted
arm and closed list, was the climax of
one of the most sensational scenes ever
witnessed in a meeting of a similar body
on the eve of a national convention.
For two hours previously the commit
tee had been listening to the presenta
tion of the cases of the rival delegations
from the state of Delaware. Person
alities were freely exchanged In the
presentation of the respective case be
tween ex-Senator Higgtns, State Chair
man Caleb li. Lay ton and Mr. Addlcks
himself, but It was not until the parties
In Interest had retired that the storm
broke forth. Then Senator Thurston,
first gaining the floor, commenced an
impassioned speech. He reviewed the
evidence elicited in the Dupont contro
versy before the United States senate
and declared that It exposed a state of
affairs unprecedented In the history of
any state Republican party in the coun
try. Addlcks, he said, had been proven
a traitor to the cause of Republicanism.
When that party had forty-four sena
tors In the capltol at Washington and
but one more was needed to give it the
majority of votes over the Populist
Democratic element, It was Addlcks,
who, by the aid of a Democratic gov
ernor, had brought about a deadlex-k
and prevented Delaware from receiving
its proper representation in the senate
of the United States.
Talk to me of honor and decency In
politics," Bald the senator. "I tell you
here and now that I would not vote for
J. Edward Addlcks If his vote were
needed to make the next president of the
United States, and If the necessity de
mands I will repeat that statement
upon the floor of the national conven
tion." APPLAUSE RECEIVED.
Two rounds of applause, the first
demonstration of the kind that had
marked the proceeds of the committee
followed the Nebraska senator's decla
ration. When the rival delegations, headed
respectively by Hlggins and Addlcks,
were ushered Into the committee room,
the excitement on the part of the com
mitteemen was Intense, and they
moved their chairs forward until they
formed a seml-clrcle about the contest
ants and the presiding officer. With
out preliminary, ex-Senator Hlggins
plunged Into the case In behalf of him
self and his associates. Mr. Addlcks
sat close beside him and at times It
looked as though the two men might
come Into personal collision, especially
as Mr. Hlggins denounced Addlcks as
the principal of a conspiracy against
law and honor ahd as a man who re.
carded neither.
Mr. Hlggins was followed by Wash
ington Hastings, who was equally em
phntlc. Turning to Addlcks, who" sat
with a sarcastic smile on his face, he
shook his finger under his nose and ejac
ulated: "This man is governed by a
base and selfish ambition. I Bay it to
his face as I have said It before.. Hl3
name is Addlcks. Little as he under
stands the language of gentlemen, he
doubtless understands what I say.
Addlcks made no response.
Numerous speeches and motions
were made, all taking the grounds that
Addlcks was rot a Republican ana
would not be recognized as such.
MR. LAYTON'S PROTEST.
The principal address on tho other
side was ninde by Culeb K. Layton
chairman of the convention which nom
inated the Addlcks dt legation, who en
tered a protest, against the washing
of the dlrtv linen ot the Delaware Ke
nnhllcnna before the committee. Ho
also made a hitter attack upon the mo
tives of cx-Senator Hlggins, whose
nolltlc.al fortune, he said, had been
made by Addlcks. Then Mr. Addlcks
maiie a brief nil dress on his own behalf
He claimed that he had been endorsed
hv the neorjle of Delaware nnd had tie
stroved the worst ring that the Re
nnbllenn nnrtv had ever known. Mr.
Hlggins replied. He alluded to Addicks
no "thnt creature" and said that his
anani.li nhnwpi 1 him to be the "moral
leilot" that every one In Delaware knew
lie uoq
R. C. Kerens moved that nil of the
Addlcks delegation, with the exception
of Addlcks hlms:lf. be put upon the
temnorni'V roll.
Senator Thurston declared that on
tho floor of the conve".ti''ii he would
speak and vote to unseat the entire
delegation.
BOTH DELEGATIONS REJECTED.
Flnnllv. Senator Carey, of Wyoming
moved tlial the Hlggins delegation be
nl.iced on the temporary roll. The vcte
was 10 ayes to 39 nays. Then the com
mltteo. on motion of Mr. Sutherland,
voted 41 to 9 that It was not willing to
rdace either dole-ration on the tempor
ary roll and referred the entire matter
to the natloral Republican convention
Before the Delaware case was taken
up there wns a long discussion on a
motion by Delegate Catron, of New
Me::!eo, to the efrcct that six delegates
each be placed on the roll for the terri
tories of New Mexico, Arlznns. Okla
homa nnd the Indian territory. It was
finally adopted.
Hcr.tld's Weather Forrenst.
New York, June 12. Tn the middle states
today, generally fair, slightly warme
wttithor and variable winds, mostly
southerly, with cloudiness, followed by
light local rain on const. On Sunday fair
to partly cloudy, slightly cooler with light
fresh southerly and southwesterly wlndt,
followed by rising temperature, probably
local rains or thunder storms.
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