The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-16


The delegates elected by the meeting
held at Portland, and headed by Gov.
Crosby, to be admitted. The dele
CATION from Maine, and the delegates
elected at a meeting at Dover on the
18th Of, j uly, 1866, are entitled, to adj
mission, as delegates from Delaware,
and the persons, appointed at VIII
rmington on, the I'd of. August, are to
be admitted to honorary seats In the
Convention. Gentlemen hailing from
the United Service Order of soldiers
and sailors of New York, and those
elected by. the New York delegation,
represented by VIM. j. Liden, to be
admitted to seats as honorary mem
bers, In consequence of the time that
would be occupied in reading the. list
of delegates, the reading. was dis
pensed with, and under the previous
question the report of the committee
was agreed to. 4e,Iyg ...,;.f..
Much amusement was caused by
| the Chairman inadvertently speaking
of General Steedman as the Senator
from Ohio, and the slip of the tongue
was characterized + by some as pro-
| phetic. Mr.. Groesbeck. of Ohio, as
the, organ of the united delegation
from that State, presented a letter of
withdrawal from Vallandigham, and
asked that it be read to the Conven-
| ton. The Chairman intimated that
| it would, require. unanimous consent,
| and asked whether there was any OBJ
lection. Agdelegate from New Y ork
rose and objected Loud cries of
read thread It'll Senator J Johnson of
Maryland, moved that the, rules be
suspended, in order to allow the letter
to be,read. The rules were suspended
and the letter was read BY the Secre7
| tary. ~ y zen5ads .alpLsss} ~ +.
On motion of Senator Cowan, of
Pennsylvania a Committee of two
from each State and Territory be ap-
pointed to prepare resolutions and an
address; The Committee was an
nounced. 7of.zs,s -tss.sfsIo,tsT
A telegraphic dispatch from Presi-
dent johnson, was announced, and
the Secretary was directed to read it.
| + The announcement was then for the
whole Convention, the greater part of
the spectators rising to their, feet, to
cheer vehemently for Andrew John
son. When the applause, had, sub
sided the dispatch was read. nrqI
A gentleman, from Illinois, offered
a, resolution, directing the Committee
on Resolutions to report in print, and
to. supply each member of the Conven7
ton with ascopy of the resolutions at
the time of their presentation He
proposed to discuss the resolutions.
Mr.. : Tilden, of New York, raised
the point. of order, that under the
rules adopted, the resolutions must be
referred without debate, q
| The Chair sustained the point of
order and declared that the resolutions
would be referred. .,-,F....i.. IL =.
Mr.. c., Notwithstanding, continued
to address the Convention. He did
not expect the Convention to adopt
any resolution or platform indorsing
his opinions or opinion of the Dem
ocratic party. to which he. belonged.
Mr.. Perry asked that nothing should
be put, IN the platform to which
Constitution and Union loving Dem
crat could not subscribe. ~ ID
Here. the Convention manifested its
compliance. by cries of Question: n
and under the raised point of order,
the case was decided that there was
nothing before the Convention for its
action; nevertheless, Mr., Hayes, hav- 4
ing appealed to the, courtesy of the
Convention to let him explain him.
self, went on to say that he did know
of platforms having been adopted in
moments of enthusiasm which were
afterwards subjected to severe ,criti-
cism; and all that he now desired |
was that the resolutions and address
which might be reported by the Com
mittee should first be printed and de-
livered to members, so that they
delegations before they were called |
upon to act on them hem in open Conven7
ton. a
The question of order was again
repeated and sustained by the Chair,
that there was nothing before the.
Convention,t and Mr.. Hayes accord
ingly subsidized. - ~ ~
Mr.. Homer, Of Missouri, proposed
a recess for an hour or two, but the
proposition met with no favor, and
was not passed.
Senator Cowan, of Pennsylvania, |
from the Committee on Resolutions, |
informed the Convention that the |
Committee would not be ready to
report finally before tomorrow morn
ing. ..;l- 5--I N.
After several suggestions and |
propositions, it was decided that the
session tomorrow commence at 101
A. NJ, in order to- get through the
business as soon as possible. /
Mr.. Boishing, of Pennsylvania, pre-
sented a memorial, presented by |
gentlemen in his Congressional Dis |
trict, which was, on his motion, re-
ferred. ~.
Mr.. Babcock, of Connecticut, also |
presented an address to the people of |
New En- Gland rranar rod hrr Il q m on,