The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-05-21

/ ever. IA regard to the State Of Cali
Eornla- 1t Is true, sir, that thsre i,
q man nere who has been before
J the Executive Committee, claiming
to contest our seats; but, sir, there Is
one man only.
Gen. Van Zlndt, Of R. L. rose to a
point of order. This matter should
be referred TO the Committee on Gre
dentials.
Mr.. Sears, of California. asked two
minutes to make explanation. We do
/ not desire to bring this contest up
I here, but the gentleman has forced it
! upon Us. The man who here con
I tests our seats voted a Copperhead
/ ticket at the last election in Califor-
/ MA. Hear, hear. He and two others
( met IN a back room, and selected del
/ egates to attend this Convention.
They have 40 party; they have had no
/ primary election; they had no Con-
vention; they had nothing, and I be-
lieve in my humble judgment that he
comes here, and that his passage is
paid by the Democratic party, to keep
up this division in our State. We are
here representing the Union Repub-
lican party of California. We p0lled
10000 votes in that State at the lat
election, Lapplause, and the sinking
crawling split which this man repre-
sants, only p0lled 1000, and out of
that :, 900 IN our last Convention, they
could not find in all the State Of Cal
ifornia ten men who would accept
the position which he occupies.
Two Of the selected men are in your
city. and came into our rooms last
h+ n le1- IA,
ceeding, and said they were for US.
We ask this Convention to give US
our seats. as they Of right belong to
US; and not cast a stain upon Us. and
raise this man TO the dignity of a con-
testant. Laughter and applause
L cannot understand why the Com
mittee has recognized him in the
slightest degree, unless he be a crawl
did to Eve, has deceived them with
plause. Now, Sir, there IS no con-
test in California, and have done. I
simply ask this Convention not to
dignity him, or the little squad to
which he belongs. and cast stain
upon Us, by compelling Us to go before
this Committee on Credentials with a
B r. NickersOn, of California, con-
testant-I wish to ask whether this
Convention IS prepared to hear, in
open Convention. the question which
we are prepared TO submit, where we
suppose It belongs, namely, in the /
Committee on Credentials
Several delegates urged that this
debate was out Of place, and that the /
IL.
Credentials ,pand 1t was so referred.
The Secretary proceeded with the (
call of States, but omitted the States /
uurepresented in Congress.
A delegate made a point Of order, |
that the Sta es were to be called al
phabetically
The President-That is just what
we are doing.
Delegate-Arkansas, Alabama and /
Georgia have not been called. Why /
are they not called, in harmony with /
the wishes of the Convention?
President-The call Of the Nation
al Committee did not include those |
States. They were not invited to be /
represented here. 1t was to be left /
to the Convention, when assembled, /
to decide upon what their standing is. /
The Delegate-The point of order
I make is that the order Of the Con- /
vention to call the States ia their
alphabetical order is not complied
with We would ike to know why
the names of Arkansas. Alabama and
Georgia, have not thus far been
called?
Another delegate moved that all
the Southern States be called, which
was agreed to.
A Delegate-As Colorado is only
out by the vefo of Andrew johnson,
and as she will undoubtedly be IN, Ia
time tor the Presidential election,
move Colorado be called.
A Delegate-Ever SINCE the close
Of the war the Congress Of the
United States has practically con-
tr0lied the Southern States as Ter /
ritories. Upon this basis the whole /
theory Of reconstruction rests. 1t
Il is not correct. then they have !
been wronged from the first, and 1
Andrew Johnson and the men who's
have adhered to him have been right /
IN their position The State Of Colo /
rado does not occupy her position on /
the roll of States. l hold that she Is |
where she properly belongs as a Ter /
ritOry, until she comes In by Con- /
gressi0nal action, full and complete, !
over the President veto. There is +
no halfway place IN the making OF |
States; they are admitted or they are /
not admitted Aud in the case Of the +
Southern States voted aye, with the /
majority, because | wanted TO move to /