The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-06-28

admission of the original Delegate, and tnoyed
that the reports III printed The minority
report is sign,a by Oregan, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Virginia, North
Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and in part
by New HAMPSHIRE.
Mr.. Phillips Of Pennsylvania, said that as
both reports agreed on seats from Mississippi,
Delaware and Texas, he moved That the
portion Of reports .eterring to those Delega-
tions be adopted
Mr.. Cessna raised point of order that
Mr.. Crum was entitled to the floor.
Messrs Atkins, of Tennessee, and Schell,
of New York, urged that Mr. Crum had
yielded the iloor
Mr.. Crum explained that he dad not He
only gave 81. moment to speak to fellow
Delegate. w..
SevcF2i other points order wear discussed,
when Ir,,st yens of Georgia moved the pre-
vious 4nSsttJn
Afs. Avery, or1S. G., ,icnliniola division
Of the question IN the report, SO as to 1 =
each proposition separately.
The cali for the previous question was then
seconded and the previous question ordered.
NJ Cochrane, of n T., moved to adjourn
till five o'clock. The motion was lost
Mr.. Cochrarc demanded vote by States.
Mr.. Spinola raised the point of order. The
gentleman had no right to demand a vote by
States on the part Of New York.
Mr.. Randall Of Pa, moved to adjourn till
p. m.
Mr.. Stewart raised the point OF order that
the previous question being ordered, nothing
but motion to ADJOURN was absolutely in
order.
Mr.. Avery, of ~ c., said, 81 withdraw the
call for division of the question"
Mr.. Phillips, Of Pa. II renew it,
The Presidcnt--Thc Chairwii understand
the call for division to be made
Ludlow, ofN. Y, hoped recess would be
taken, that the New York delegation might
have time to consult.
lege. He said tickets were in he hall which
were forgeries.
Mr.. Rynders wished the gentleman to
give him some of the forgeries, as ne mad
some friends outside he wanted to come in.
Butler moved that the Seargeant-at-arms
be ordered TO clear the floor Of all but dele.
gates.
Mr. Goulden hoped the Convention would
now proceed to business and prepare to whip
the Black Republicans. Cries of question,
question.
The Convention with action took recess
till five o'clock.
EVENING SESSION.
The Convention was called to order at five
o'clock.
Mr.. Ludlow of " Y, on behalf of his del
egation, asked further time for consideration.
Mr.. Bradford Of Pa, moved recess till
sP. NJ.
Randall, Of Pa, moved to adjourn
Mr.. Montgomery, Of Pa, on a question OF
privilege, desirtd to know where the delegates
were to get the tickets. He asked that halt
the tickets be given toMr. Cassidy, of Penn,
| for distribution, and the others to the chair
man of the delegation, as it was known he
held no communication personally with the
! chairman.
During his remarks Mr. Randall of Pa,
approached him in u threatening manner,
exclaiming, "It's false it's a base falsehood!'
A scene Of great confusion ensued. Mr. Daw-
son said: Mr.. President, ifyou will allow me
the floor can restore order.
He explained that a boy had called on him
for Mr. Montgomery's ticket, but he did not
feel inclined to give it to any one but the
gentleman himself. He pronounced the
statement of Mr.. Montgomery uncalled for
and untrue.
| Mr. Montgomery arose very much excited,
crying HE lies he lies The man who
utters it is lying scoundral !" He contin,
ued for some time until at last something
like order was restored and vote taken by
States 10 adjourn, which was carried, and the
Convention adjourned till 10 o'clock to-mor,
row.
After the adjournment Mr. Montgomery
and Robert Randall, son Of Judge Randall
met on the street, when the latter struck Tho
former q po yerful blow in the face, stagger
ing him hack and covering his face with
blood.
Mr.. Montgomery recovered himself and
knocked My, Randall down, and was about
to kick him when the crowd separated them
| The collision caused much excitement ir
the streets, which were crowded.
Mr.. Montgomery has been challenged by
Hon. Samuel Randall, another son of tht
Judge.
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