The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-05-28
UPPER sANDUsKY, THURSDAY MORNING, MAY g. 1868

VI oGISl 1CIIltOIlSS, uuG VIII pC eSu-
mitted to all the rights and privi-
leges of the Convention. -.
Mr.. Sharp, of New York-It is
the opinion of New York that this
Convention is competent to decide
upon every case, as it comes up, for
itself, and we are in favor of admit
ting Colorado over the Presidents 5
veto. applause.
The motion to call Colorado with
the names of the other States was
then put and carried:
Mr.. Saunders, of ,Montana-Mr.
President, I think a journey of three
thousand miles is considerable to
pay for the privilege Of sitting here
three days in Crosby's Opera House
Nobody has proudere interest in
the success ofRepublican; principles
than those men that have taken
their lives and convictions in their
hands, and gone to the new empires
that are growing in the West. The
onr1 have come to represent wishes
to give voice to thousands of Re
publicans in Montana, a people with
as patriotic-and as profound an in
terest in you action as any between
the Atlantic. and Pacific. I think
the gentleman from Pennsylvania
Mr.. McClure), is mistaken when
he says such was the action of the
Baltimore Convention, I believe it
has been uniformly the custom to
give those new communities at least
one vote in the Convention, and I
appeal to the generosity to give us
that privilege, and move to amend
the gentleman's resolution by such
4 proposition as that 81
Mr.. Mcclure, Of Pal desire, to
repeat what I remember most dis
tinctly, that, in 1854 the Territories
and a portion of the Southern States
were admitted to the floor of the
Convention, but not permitted to
vote. IN --.-
Mr.. Grout, of VII am. not in
the habit of attending Conventions.
don't know what the practice may
be. It is announced by Mr. Nc
Clure, from Pennsylvania, that the
practice has never been to give a
vote to delegations from Terrific
ries. Now upon principle, I should
suppose that to be so. If it be true
then we have, in the first place
practice and precedent by which to
be guided. We can go back of that
however, if the precedent is wrong,
and settle the matter on principle.
What is the proposition? The
proposition is to call these Territor-
les, all of them. A gentleman in
the rear somewhere makes a motion
that all the Territories be called that
have sent delegations: 1t is i'm
possible for the gentleman calling
to know what Territories that have
sent delegations. The only way is
to call all, and that would include
Alaska. One gentleman proposes
Utah. Another might propose to
call the roll on new territories
about to be formed, and the Terri
tory of Wyoming might ask that a
delegate be called from that expect
ed Territory. Now it seems to me
this is mere boys play, the whole of
it mere boys play. Now, if we call
the Territories and appoint com
mittee on Credentials, they have the
right to say what representatives
shall be admitted from the States.
It opens the door at least to the
right of representation in the nomi-
nation Of President and Vice Presi--
dent Now, if these Territories
have no voice in voting for Presi-
dent and Vice President, why should
they have a vote in nominating
them !? 1t seems to me it. is open
ing a wide door, and will only make
confusion, and that the only way is
to shut the door against all. A vote
has already been taken to admit
Colorado, with the expectation that
it shall be admitted. If it is not ad-
mitted to cast vote finally, if it
only comes in here and helps nomi-
nate President and Vice President
but is not admitted to vote at the
Presidential election, the territory
of Colorado may have made Vice
President Of the United States and
not cast solitary vote for the Vice
President. That is wrong. On
principle it is wrong. If the Con-
vention will attentively consider /
think they will see it.
A delegate from Ohio-The
Southern States, Mr.. Chairman, ex-
pect to be admitted so that their
vote shall be received and counted.
We expect that, Notwithstanding
Johnson's veto, Colorado will be in
the Union so she can vote. The
proposition is that Territories, in
Gliding the District Of Columbia, be
called, which is a different propo-
sition from the one before. 1t is
not a question whether they will
participate in the election. I am
not prepared to say how the ques-
ton will be determined, but it is OBJ
vious we shall save time and proceed
more orderly by leaving this ques-
ton to the Committee on Creden-
tials, and therefore / make that mo-
ton Agreed to.
Mr. Cochrane, of New York, mo-
we'd that until the adoption of per-
manent rules for the government of
the convention, the rules of the
House of Representatives be adop-
ted as the rules for its temporary
government, so far as applicable.
Agreed to. r.
A delegate moved that a commit
tee from each State be appointed on
permanent organizations. Agreed
| to. -
I A delegate from West Virginia
moved to reconsider the vote by
which it was determined to cafl the
roll of States which are now in pro-