, 1862-09-03
THE CITY.
First Days Proceedings.

A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION e.
FEc1Ep.
Hon. Vim. 3. Ogden Elect
cd President
INTERESTING ADDRESSES AND
MOTIONS.
MORNING SESSION.
In pursuance of the provisions Of the Act |
passed st the last session Of Congress to aid
In the construction Of raitrosd aud tele |
graph line rom the Missouri River to the
Pacific Ocean, indicating Board Of Commis-
sionezs and appointing their Convention for
the abore purposes to be holden at Chicago
on September I'd. the Board met yesterday
noon at twelve o'clock, seventy-three COM
1nissioners being II attendance
Mr. OGDEN, Of Illinois, called the Conven-
Sion to order, and nominated Major-General
8. B. CUHT1s, Of Iowa, as Temporary Chair
znan, and by desire Of the Convention con.
Quoted the General to the chair amidst hearty
applause. Quiet being restored, ther Chair
man addressed the Convention.
The speaker defined the duties Of the Conren'
tion after thanking them tor the honor con-
terred and alluded to the constant difficulties
which had been ~ the way Of reducing the
accomplished. He alluded to it's vast adyan~
tages and the advantages which must accrue
to its branches, as veil as securing harmony
to the present clustering interests OF railoads.
hi T,Fo md I'll
consideration. Although the times were dis
ssterous theycould aot conflict with the postal
arrargements, the travel to CslGoruia. the
necessities Of commerce, the working Of the
MINIS. There were all tie elements Of in
crease in the road and it mnst prove success.
TIE CHAIR declared the nomination OF Sec
reta1y pro lem to be IN order, and Mr. Cass Of
Pennsylvania nominated Robert Flnney Of
Penn. y!yania Mr- Grmore of y. e., nom.
mated John Z. Robinson OF California Be-
fore the vo.e was taken, Mr. Hammond OF
Illinois suggested that the delegates should
lave tht body Of the haM aad take seats upon
the platform In order that the business be-
fore tie Convention might be more expedi-
tiruely transacted
MR. CAss withdrew the name Of Mr. Finney
srG Mr. Gilmore rose Tor the withdrawal of
31r. Robinson, Hhtn, upon the suggestion Of
sdelegate, both the nominees we're declared
saefe1arieE tlect-
ULoa motion it was voted that Sergeant
,*-arms be- appointed, the chair leaving the
selection discretionary with the Illinois dele
CATION:
the following delegates ANSWERING to their
Maine]ames Drnpiug, John n Wood, Joseph
Ealun. Zone vacaney rr..o ,.a, ,,o
Nezc HQm1'sA''e-1oeeph a. Gilmore, zone Va
Observation-Disclosures tsvtnn R. Tinker, Gons Va,
lfiode laand-chas. Fosdiek Fletcher. (three
coznsstieut-c Cornelius S. Busbnen {rhree va
Nc je7uy-Ephraim Marsh Charles II. Hat
Sem Tt;k-Roya Phelps, Wm. a. Perry, Sam
ucl B, tampoe1i. Alfred E. Tnto9, John =: Ken
;ad qsdy Il y Ss 'o1sn - f7ea ssp pS5mE
ssamnsl = Ituggles, James q. Wilson. Eight va
PfnassEznnia-Joseph q; Scranton, Gee: T
Green. T. R. ayre <sev!s;,n !;,i,:s vaeanc1esJ wr
Indiana Charles Paine, Samuel Hanna, Jont
Totaw jesse L. Williams, Isaac c. Elston {TV
1ilinoiszwm B. Ogden, Charles G. Harmon
Henry FaEnum tESuF yaeapel,s2 .,s nuo,
bridge, Eauso1n Gardner, CHARLES T. Gorha,
Wil!aad Nc o9nsl tT@o yaeaue.es1 ...
NinHesofa-David BIakeiy. (Stx vacancies
oqnz Tsmsn coo Samuel az
Curtis, Lewis 4. Thomas, P}att Smith, Zone
CHI Misfsouri,-wl1}ism N. Mepherson, John Coil
Ib1te vacancies3
hen'ue1y y-Vacant
Kansas.-Werter R. Davis, Josiah Miller. (Fi
vatancics- John Kerr in the city but not prese1
m. Ma1qucte {, Alyin Saunders. Zone vaeanc
C0lGradU,--John Ersns-
Herhdd-TacaAS.
CaI;jornia.-James T. Ryan. .: 0. Mila, Jc
R. Rob,nson. crwelye vacancies)
Az5ointed 5y he Secretary Of tae !; zatfrso,
SAMUEL J. Tuden Of New YoEk: R. Y Laths
District OF Olumb1a; .. H. It Hozencta1t OF
fornia. Zone yacancy)
Mr.. CAss Of PENNSYLVANIA moved to proc
to permanent organization BY clecting (
nanlnt Presidenl- The motion Was ten
1al1ly withdrawn to allo i" tue readlng Of na1
Of absentees. MIR: Brodhead Of Wisconl
and Er. Gorin OF Kentucky being unable
attend, had sent proxies, and motion
made to admit them to seats in the Cow
ton. The Chair declared the motion out
order aud decided that the act did not 81
the admission Of delegates by proxy.
Mr.. CAss renewed his motion.
Mr.. GILMORE OF New Bamshire movei
amend by appointing q committee consis
of one delegate from each State; said C
mittee to report permanent officers at
O'Clock on Wednesday morning.
Mr. CAss though. it enlinentlY prope
vote immediately uncn permanent othc
He thought himself just as competent to !
now as he should be after o committee
told him for whom to vote This appointn
Of nominating committees vas inexpedi
ard almost invariably resulted in packi1
Convention and to, cling officers upon it
were not desirable The Convention
quite as ready to elect officers now as 8
they bad been Ei.tcd through commit
He objected in toto to . nominating com
III. CooIBAreB of1owahoped Mr. Gtlmo
amendment would be adopted Afr. Cass
undoubtedly au fat in railroad matters
was prepared to vote. Tue delegation
Iowa, however, were not ready to vot
permanent officers It was matter Of
Importance that the Convention move
in tie outset and that the :organizatio
well considered before the stockholders
the business into their owu hands: We
an organization which shall inspire the
pie with confidence The delegation
1cwa-and he presumed he represented
wishes Of the entire " Western delegation
time to consult with the Eastern corpors
He would therefore heartily second
amendment.
an ameuc mtnt to Mr.. Gilmore's amend
that the nominations be made now, 80
laye them before the Convention In rea;
for action at euch time as the adjourn
should be made to.
MT. CAss said be would accept 1t if 1t
proper to accept an amendment to au al
mcnt~
Mr4 GILMORE Withdrew his amendmen
4 delegate moved to further amend
when the Convention adjourn 1t adjourn
51- m. for the purpose Of orsaniz ation-
Mr. GIlMoNE didn't believe in bein|
hurry. He wanted time and should q
the amendment
4 question arising whether delegates
be confined to the nominations made
time appointed, the chair decided tia
nations would be in order up to the II
ballo1iDg.
4 delegate thought the decision Of ths
was supplementary; that aftIr nomin
were made and the Convention aojonrI
consider them, members must be bot
those nominations.
hfr. MCNEIL Ct Nebraska moved to
that when the Convention adjourn it y
until 10 o'clock Wednesday morning
ftct organization The nominations M
veil be made then as now. Some State
not represented aud the delegations
others we're incomplete. 4 portion Of
will arrive here ttis evening, and they
titled to voice In the Convention.
Mr. SCRANTON substituted this p.
stead OF Wednesday, 10 g. N.
The clause OF Mr.. Monelfs motion,
to adjournment, was put to vote as q
legged motion, and was lost-syes, 81
39-and Mr.. Scranton'e 81 Institute pre-,
MT. GlEJore renewed his amendment
committee be ap1 ointed TO make pomir
Mr.. MARSH Of New jersey said the
had indicated that nominations would
until the 5allotibg commenced. The