Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-24
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
PRRsIDEST,
PRRsIDESF,
GOVERNOR CONRAD BAKER, of
Vanderburgh county.

PRESIDENT,
GOVERNOR CONRAD BAKER, o
i Vanderburgh county.
i VICE PREsIDENrs,
| lst District, General Nathan KimbalI
Fof Martin.
T. I'd District, Hon. T. C. Slaughter, o
I Harrison.
| Sd District, General John L. Mans
feld, of Jefferson.
i 4'h District, Colonel Ira G. Grover, O
Decatur. ~.
| 5th District, General Sol Meredith, Of
Wayne
6lh District, Colonel Fred Knsaer, o.
Marion. ~
7Ih Distric., General Charles cruft, oil
Sth District, Hon. John Beard, Of
Montgomery.
! Oh District, Hon. A. Teegarden, OI
lLapcrte. ny N
| lO.h District, Hon Lott 5. BayIess. Of
Allen.
lib District, Coll Milton 8. Robinson,
of Madison.
CyrusT Nix n, e Clark; Emil Bisch.
| Of, of VaadeFburgh; ,Msjor o AZ. Will
son. I of -Maritn IT C. Phillips, OF -aewA
ard; Colonel e W. FL. Ellis, of Elk
hart ~ NF T# H&
The committee further report that the
Convention adopt the rules adopted by
the late House of Representatives. of the
State; that all reso;ntions' be referred to
the Comm on Resolutions without
debate, and that all speeches be limited
to Eve minutes fIF -
Upon the rule referring all resolutions
to the committee without debate, as we'll
as the one limiting all speeches to e ye
minutes, Col Moreau raised point of or
der, that the committee had ftranscended
their duty, and again proposed to iutro-
duce the resolution offered by him in
the morning. 1,-
General Wallace ruled the resolutie n
not german to the question before the
| Convection. wSg sw a.E
Colonel Moreau appealed from the
decision, and argued bis appeal at some
length t ~ aaiia.a z
After some discussion, the report of
the COMMITTEES was q most. unanimously
adopted. fI9A l}A0E' te
Upon taking the Chair, Governor
Baker said: ~,
! have permitted my own judgment to
be overruled by allowing myself to as
sumo the Presidency of this Convention.
The committee Who designated me as
their candidate will do me the Justice
to say that ought TO be excused, not
because l did not entirely sympathize
with you-not because my heart was not
in the cause in which you are engaged
but because knew there were so
n O y other gentlemen whose services in
| the councils of the State and nation. as
we'll as in the e II. better qualified them
| for and entitled them TO the position.
Let me, in the outset, counsel with you
for the things that make for peace, and
those Wherein we may edify each other
and the people. If the results Of this
Convention are to have any value, il
will be because we seek not points of
difference and divergence, but the things
wherein we are agreed. There are great
principles upon which no man here will
turn his back. The Capital of the
country not having been taken BY the
rebels during the war, there is not q
man within the sound of my voice who
is willing it should be taken by the
rebels now upon this point the Cen.
vention is unanimous. (Cheers) You
will stand by the iron clad oath
am not guilty Of the vanity Of sup.
posing that you have called ms to pre-.
side over your Convention because OF
anything personal to myself; attribute
it to the fact that in the Providence ol
God l am now performing the duties Of
Governor Of the State. / shall not de.
tain you BY enroaching upon the Rss
minute rule, and thank you for the con
idence you have imposed in me by call.
ing me to preside over your delibera
tions. E fA@
Hon. John l. Miller, Of Tippecano oe
moved that q committee of one, from
each Congressional District, be ap
pointed to select Union State Contra
COMMITTEES. Adopted. gaf H1Ia
Hon. David s Gooding offered reso
luton that this Convention ia in "a 70
of the immediate admission of all loya
members of Congress, irrespective of th'
States from which they come. With
drawn under the rule referring all reso
buttons 10 The committee without debate
The Districts were called over, unde
the motion of Mr.. Miller, and the follow
4 ing committee was named.
First District, Dr.. Andrew Lewis, o
Second Dis ret. Colonel A. j. Hawhs
of Floyd. 48l&s
4 Third District, Gen. Morton G. Hun
ter. of Monroe. ,eEafo 3AT1Waa
Fourth District, o. P. CobS, of Dear
born. s
Fifth District, David Parker, of Henry
! SIKH District, Z A. Oleman, of Nor
gan.
Seventh District, Albert Lango, Q
Yigo. Qsse 1vsls
Eighth District, John L. Miller, 0
} Tippecanoe. Y1 os TzE
Ninth District, NJ L. Essick, Of Fal
ton. TaEaa
: = Tenth District, It. o. BIaisdslI. o
Allen.
, Eleventh District, Judge Kelly, Q
Wabash.
The committee Immediately retired
Ito the county clerks room for consulta
htion. M
APPoRTIoNMENT.
7 The Committee on Apportionment re
J ported through their chairman that tht
] vote for Lincoln in 1864 was adopted a
} the basis, and one vote was to be allowed
t for every 200 votes, or fraction over 100
! The votes in he Convention ara to b.
! cast by the counties. NV
). ~ The report was adopted.
/, Hon. George A Buskirk moved tha
{ q committee of one from each Congress
/ sional District be appointed to nominate
/ State officers.
i Colonel Will G. Moreau moved OIL
] amendment, that the presentincumbentI
. be declared ahe nominees by acclama
) ton.
~ The amendment ives laid upon th'
table o-&A->-s - a. Ill