M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1856-06-12

nit the gentlemen from the District Of Co. &
lumbia, who were entitled to the conslden-
ton of the committees as much as II they
were from one OF the States.
Mr.. Brown had high respect for the
Democracy of the District, who had just,won
a glorious victory. He accepted the amend
ment.
Mickle, of New Jersey, moved on amend
ment-that the gallery on the right OF the
President be exclusively appropriated for the
use Of ladies and gentlemen accompanying
them.
Richardson of ILL.,, desired to call the at
tention of the gentlemen from Mississippi
to the fact that if the resolution prevailed the
delegates from the Territories ought to be ad-
mitted.
Brown-Ofc course, they are included.
Judge Borden, OF Indiana, said that il he
understood the resolution, the COMMITTEES
might, if was adopted, give admission to
one hundred gentlemen from the District OF
Columbia. II one delegate and alternate
are to be admitted from that District,
which was entitled TO, he had no objection.
The object of removing the convention from
Baltimore was to get it away from Congress
sional influence. He had been instrumental
in having it done, and he was prepared to
stand by the policy then adopted.
Petit, Of Indiana, spoke against the reso.
luton, and moved to lay it upon the table,
He said that it was impracticable to clear the
galleries, in which there were gentlemen
who had received tickets from the commit
tee. Two hundred gentlemen Of the press,
: he had understood, were seated there. Now
some Of them assailed him and others,but he
! was in favor of reporters. even the meanest
X. N. and Black Republican reporters in
the country, retaining the seats they had
! obtained. With regard to reserving half of
the seats in the galleries for the ladies, he
, would say that he was in favor of having
, any one that wore pantaloons present here,
rather than any one in petticoats. He with
derw the motion to lay the resolution on
the table, in order to hear Mr. McLain, Of
, tile Committee Of Arrangements, on the SUBJ
iect.
!. McLain, Of Maryland-Gentlema Of the
Convention, desire to say, on behalf OF the
Committee of Arrangements, that in this hall
Q it is absolutely impossible to seat number
y of persons greater than the number that has
been provided for. will btate further, that
!, it was not the design of the Committee or.
b iginally TO apply the galleries 10 the use OF
!. the press. 1t was designed to seat the re-
| porters for the various newspapers on the
:. platform on each side Of the President. That
was the arrangement made for the press
l. If gentlemen will look at the platform and
consider that, in the plan Of organization
it now adopted, room must be made for three
; Vice Presidents, and thirty-one Secretaries
4, they will see that the press had as large q
= space as possible devoted to their use. |
Q would remark that over 300 applicants were
n, made for tickets by gentleman, under the
d style of reporters for the press. lnvery few
d cases i was believed that these were efficient
reporters of the proceedings of this cOnven
o tion. In very few cases did they profess to
If be so. They simply professed to be attached
IS to the corps Of reporters. The COMMITTEES
uf Arrangements, of which | have been re-
of quested to represent on this floor. deemed il
g proper that these gentleman should be ad
mitted as reporters, and have seats in the gal
es leries as such. The Committee did not thinl
e. it ought to take the responsibility OF sayinj
nd to those gentleman who prfessed to BE- fepor
he ters of the press, that they could not hav
to seats when there was place for them. Bu
he they understood very we'll that it was tn
e. right of the Convention, when organized
to appropriate the galleries to its own use.-
ng 1t is idle to suppose that the Conventio
N has no suchrigh Rut it is the mistorun
es OF this Convention that there is no hall j
to the city ofCincinnait suitable for its accom-
nut modation.
his With these views have suggested to th
ly honorable member from Mississippi, and t
be the Convention, that this resolution be s
o. modified as to appropriate the gallery on tn
right of the press, and the gallery on the LEI
to privileged seats for gentleman from Mis-
sissippi. This would enable the member
of of the press to have seats, and, also, enabl
IT. the delegates and alternates and representa-
tives sent here from the District OF Columbi
n to be accommodated likewise. am YER
ed sure the press will be willing to divide tn
m, galleries with the Convention.
The vote was then taken by States, on tn
,o- motion to lay Browns resolution on the ia
is BILE, and resulted in l59 yeas, 81 nays.
to 1t was therefore laid on the table.