The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1860-06-27
BALTImoRE CONVENTION.
BALTIMORE, June la


appearance.
Some places are vacant. the President ha
ing decided not to pass upon the right of Il
new delegates to seats, and not having issue
tickets to those States not repr sented at ii
adjournment OF the Charleston Convention.
asAt IL O'Clock the President called the Con
yen'ion to order, and the proceedings were open
ed with prayer by Rev. John A. Crow, an Epis
copal minister.
The chair said Gentlemen of the Convention
Permit me in the first place, to congrstulat
you upon your being re assembled here for thu
terest OF the Democratic party OF the United
States and beg leave in the second place, tC
Communicate to the Convention the state of thu
various branches Of its business, as they now
come up before you. Prior to the adjournment
of the Convention, two principle subjects Of ac
ton were before it-one the adoption ofa doc
trinal resolution constituting the platform o
the convention; the other voting upon the queS
ton Of the nomination of candidate for tn,
Presidency
ola platform, the Convention adopted motion
the effect which was to amend the report ofthe
maj ,riy Of the Committee on Platforms, by
substituting the repNrt o the minority of that
Committee, and after the adoption Of this mo
ton, and substitution Of the IN nority for the
majority report, division was called for upon
the severrl resolutions constituting that plat
form, being five in number.
The frSt, third, fourth, and fifth Of the res
olntons. were adopted by the Committee, and
the second was rejected. After the vote on the
adoption Of the first third, fourth and fifth Of
these resolutions, motion was made in each
case to reconsider the vote, and to lay the mo-
ton to reconsider on the table, but neither
Of these motions to reconsider or to table was
put.
ss-,Thepassing OF these motion having been per-
mitted by the introduction ei questions Of PRIV
ilege. and the ultimate vote c,m mpetent in such
acaSe, viz: On the adoption of the report Of the
majority as amended by the report of the mi
nority. and the ultimats question has not been
voted upon hy the Convention, SO that the time
the convention adjourned, these remained pend
ing before it,
! Yaese motions, viz: the onsderation to
dopt the rsolu ions constituting the plat form
and the ulterior question OF adopting the ma
j)rty report as amended by the substitution Of
the minority report.
Those questions and those only as the Chair
understood the motions before the Conven
ton ware not acted upon prior to the adjourn
ment
After the disposition Of the intervening ques
tion Of privilege, motion was made by Mr. Nc.
Cook, OF Ohio, to begin to vote for President
AMI Vice President
Upon that motion the Convention instruc.
ted the Ch air to make declaration of q nomlna.
ton excepting on vote equivalent to two
thirds the Electoral College of the United
States. That order was, upon motion of VIM.
Russell, of Virginia, laid upon the table for
the purpose of enabling him to make m,tion,
which he subsequently dl, that the Conven.
tion adjourn from the city ofCharleston to the
city o Baltimore, and with provision concern
ing the filling Of vacancies emb' aced in the same
resolution, which resolution the Secretary will
please to read.
The Secretary read the resolution as folows;
Rpsolved, That when the Convention adinurns
to-day, 1T adinurn to re assemble at Bal I'M re,
Mi on LIN lay, the 18th diy of June and
that we respec ,fnlly recommend to the Deme
cratic party o the several States To make pro.
vision Tor supplying all vacancies to their reSpec-
tive delegations TO this Convention when ii
shall re assemble.
The Presidsnt-rhe Convention will thus
perceive hat the order adopted BY it provided.
among ether things that it respectfully recon-
mensed to the Democratic parry Of the several
States to mak5 provisions Of supplying all va
cancies in their respective delegation to this
Convention. when it shall re-aseemble. What
constrectiea is to be put upon this order is
question net for the Chair to determine or to
suggest to the Convention, but for the Conven-
ton itself to de ermine; however that may be-
in the preparatory arrangement for the present
assembling Of this Convention, these were adj
dressed to the Chair the credentials OF members
elect, or purportng to be elected, affirming, af
frmed and coGii med by the original Conven-
tion and accredited to this Convention.
In three OF these and perhapse our, the Gre
dentlals were authentic and complete, presen
ting no question ofcontrovenlng delegates. In
four others, viz the States of Georgia, Alabama,
Louisiana and Delaware there were contested
applications the Chair was called to determine
whether it possessed any power to determine
the prima facie membership Of this Convention
That question was presented in its most abso t
Lutte anil complete form in the case Of Missis-
sippi, where there was no contest either thro'
irresuarity OF form or competing OF delegations,
and so a,so in the cases OF Florida, Texas and i
Arkansas. In those four States there being an :
apparent authenticity, the naked abstract ques
tion was whether he had the power perenpIo 6
rily or parlimeLtarily to determine the prilna q
tacie membership OF this Convention. The q
Chair would gladly have satisfied himself that :
he had this pow'r, but upon examining he !
source Of his power, viz: the rules of the House t
ofRspresentatves. of he was unable TO discern {
that he had any authority, prima face, to scru
tiaize credentials, although they were such MS o
upon their face were free from contest or con.
strovsrcy, either ofform or substance and there f
lore he deemed Il his duty to reserve the de. i
termination Of that question, and in due time
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