Wabash express., 1860-02-29


sth-Thsmas Undefwood.
ssh-J II Harper:
l0lh-J l. williams:
IIth-M n Robinson.
xr. Ray, the Chairman. requested the
committee 20 sest At ssee in the Asrisui
tural rsom IN the State House
Nr. Gregory. ofrippeeanoe moved for a
eomnIt;ss Of one from each District 70 sc
lees delegates % the Chicago Convention
for the State At large Laid on he table
Mr. Harrison. Of Morgan. offered ii. fol.
losing resolutios:
Resosced. That COMMITTEES consisting OF
one delegate from each Con gressiousl Dis
triet. be appointed IN select aud fsport 20
this Csnvention suitable psfsons 70 act as
a State kepubliosn Central Csrnnittes.
That efthe persons - be selected. i've
shall reside N Msnsn county. eoe of whom
shall be Cha.rnan. aud one - Zach Goa
gressi0nsl District. and
That any ave members Of aid Central
Committse. when 80 selected and cho-ea by
this Convention. shall constitute . quoru0
Tor the Transaction OF all sFdlnary buslse.s.
but q shall be the duty Of such quorum TO
conisrm their action 10 he rules and direc
tions which may be prescribed by the Com
nittee when - full .ss-son.
Mr.. Gross Of Henry opposed the rs.olu-
tioa. lie thsught each District should Sc
lee, Its own eommlt,semsn. and he d ldn Z
think one Distriet should have any more
members On IL thss snssba he moved To
lay The resolution on The table.
Mr.. Hudson begged Mr.. Gros< 10 With
drs~ bic motion 10 give sn opport UNITY 10
discuss the rnstter Nr Grose consented Il
Mr. II would rensw IL. which vac prem
i-.d. and Mr. II proceeded TO argue briefly
for the resolution He said the feature of
II that Mr.. Grose objected to was he very
one that made him support ii. In the last
contest We bad experienced the necessity
Of COMMITTEES that could meet and act
promptly AZ emergencies repaired Il We
nov sere entering an excited eampsiga.
in which there would he constant demands
on the attention and effort OF the commit
t<ts aua - :" - w ttAEVfttiAA Ah'N n ~
rum should live in the city of indianapolis
or 30 near % that they could be easily got
together At any moment lie then. n he
had agreed renewed the motion 10 ay the
resolution on the table. out hoped the Con.
veuli0n would not consent.
Mr.. Steele. of P~rke. asked Mr. Hudson
% withdraw the notioa to give ban al op
Portunity Ia urge an argurneut for the res
0luti0n. tie aid he Was on the present
Central COMMITTEES. and kne~ the great
disadvantage Of relying on the sctiou Of
men scattered over shs whole Stats. tie
had enough experi~.,ce n such things 10
he anxious 10 avert such trouble now.
Mr. Grose said there are other men IN the
meeting who had az much experience a.
Gen Steele. Who could not concur With
him he though, the chairman Of the Com
miitee should live IN Indianapolis. but with
such facilities n railroads afforded IL wss
easy for those living within fifty miles Of
Indianapolis 70 get together IN an hour or
tao.
Several amendments aud remarks were
made at this point. bnt they were not heard
generally. or entertained by the chair
Mr. 0yIer ef Johnson. said that every
county in the Sixth District. bat Marion.
was cut out OF representative on the Com
mittee by this re-olniion. bat they we're
satisfied to have il 80. for It was the only
mode Of making a. efficient committee
The question was then put on thu reso
luton. aud i was adopted by large ma.
iori'y,
Mr. Meredith. OF Wayne. came forward
on The stage and announced that hs had
informstisn that there we're more people
outside OF the house than Il. aud they were
complaining that they could gel 40 share
in the procending- Hehoped they would
adjourn As soon a possible to the State
House yard tie also stated that some mo
ney would be required 70 defray the ~
penss OF the Hall. aad he hoped all would
contribute motion T. adjourn to ia,
State House yard VA made. and the crow
without waiting for vote. started At ones
for the new place
casNes 10 rss srars aoC,K rsEP.
Al the State House yard a. Immense
crowd was colleete !. filing up the ysre
and crowding the portico I'LL II vas almost
impos-ibIe to st through Nr. Presidsoi
Hacklsman monated a table. and afIer urg
ias the lmportanes Of dsiibssats aud eau
.ious action. he reported the folIosing
committees
CONN irrEk o. RsseLtfioN-
+ lat D,striet-Canrsd Bsker, II n. smith
2d-S. c. Slaughter. Alfred Hay.:
81 y r cravens, " Hunter.
t.h-wili Casaback. Nr MAJOR.
sth-w Gro-e. u p Holloway
slh-w c Moreau. II CNevcomb:
7th-iohu Bxsrd. r y Hnd.sn:
s,h-Df Labaree. II Mcfarland.
9tk-T II Brfnghar~t. v A csm-rcs.
l0th-P T Bailey. + " II Elli-;
llth--I A Stretch. Jane. O'Brisa
oossfrrrs oS exvrssr eossfrrss
LET District Cvea'eh
3d-Johs Il Butler.
3d-Lseius Bisgham.
lA-s Harding.
, 5th-S Nereaith.
, 6th-w r HsFri.sa.
Tlb-C X Steele.
-th-Mr Cotton
> 9th-D O Rose.
l0;h h-John PowsF.
ilth-S,ssrn. FISHER.
. eosxsS0k AsD lsfuF. eessHSos.
Mr. Meredith ef Wayne. nov ssonnt.
: the stand sad moved thai the Cessents.
ssoaainais. by secls~s,ssn. Col Hsss,
5 L.xs. 81 Montgomery Co. Ter cssessets
Cheers
NJ Nelson Of sigo rs>e aud nsovei
{ smsnA There ~ss. he sald. . nasn ~
hsd taken the championship 81 the Reps
E~.n ,n-x.nssf an fh,s Stale whsa A ~