The Evansville journal., 1868-07-07

of the Soldiers and Sailors Conven-
tion, and invIte them to come upon
the floor. Adopted.
The following are sal committee
Mr.. w Woodward. of Pennsylvania
Gen. McCook, of Ohio; Mr. Miller
of Nebraska; Gen. Richardson, OF
Illinos, and Mr.. Steele, of California.
Gen. McCook asked to be excused
from serving on the committee, as be
was about to leave the Hall, aud sug-
gested that Gen. G. ". Morgan be
appointed in his place, which sugges-
ton was adopted.
h The Soldiers and Sailors Commit
tee, headed by the flag borne by Ser
geant Bates, were received with loud
cheers, the delegates rising.
Brewer, of Pennsylvania, offered
the following resolution:
Resoa'ed, That no gentleman shall
be declared the nominee Of this Con-
yention, for Presid Mt of the United
States, unless he shall receive two
thirds of all the votes cast.
Vallandigham-I rise to a point of
order, that already this Convention
has adopted the two-third rule, and
that this motion is only supeTfuous.
The resolution passed by this Con
vention adopted the rules of the Con-
vention of 1860.
Brewer-I do not desire to debate,
but simply to say
Vallandigham-I rise to point of
order. that a point of order is not de-
batable.
At the suggestion of the President
the resolution was withdrawn to
allow the Chair to inform himself
upon that point.
Woodward, Of Pennsylvania, pre-
sented committee from the Conven-
tion of Soldiers and Sailors.
They were requested to take positions
upon the platform.
The President-The Chair has the
honor to present to the Convention,
General Franklin, as one who repre-
sents here, now, the conservative SOL
diers and sailors Of onr country. who
desire peace, union and lraternal re-
gard.
Gen. FrankIin-I have been de-
puted by the Conservative Soldiers
and Sailors Convention, sitting in this
place, to present you the committee.
This committee has for its Chairman,
Gen. H. " Slocum, of this State, and
it has prepared an address:
At the conclusion Of the reading
of the address, loud calls were made
for Thomas Ewing. Jr., who proceed
ed to address the Convention. For
want of space we have to omit it
EDIToRs JOURNAL.
w. D. Turner of Illinois, proposed
three cheers for the soldiers and sail
ors Of the army and navy, represented
by the Convention at the Cooper In
stitute. The cheers were given
W D. Dowdle, of California, offered
the following resolution, which was
adopted:
hesoiped. That the address of The
Soldiers and Sailors Convention, just
read ~ their Secretary, be received,
apd entered upon the minutes OF our
proceedings, and become part of the
-nroceedings of this Convention.
formation Of the Chair whether indi-
vidual delegates of this Convention
NAV not be at liberty from this time
ND until we adjourn t. file resolutions
with the Secretary of the Convention,
making them part OF the proceed
ines?
Miller, of Penn. IF I had any
,nurpose IN making t,1at mo5io9' !, II I
was to endeavGr to see some Sb,i u tile
Of resolutions - .,. VIC
membe ers Of this Convention. l.. eiy
delegate seems te feel that he will no.
have fulfilled his mission unless he
has spread upon the record a resolu
ton, and to such an extent, as in nv
Judgment, to add very much to the
length of our proceedings when
published to the world, and, therefore.
move the further introduction of
resolutions be suspended from this
time.
The President = The gentleman
from pennsylvania must reduce his
resolution to writing.
MIR; Miller i withdraw it.
[ Laughter
MIR. Eaton, of Connectieut-There
was a resolution passed this forenoon |
that the platform should first be de. /
termlned on before any ballot should |
be taken for President. | under
stand, however, that the Committee |
on Platform will not be able TO report /
until to morrow morning. There I
fore, | move to reconsider the vote on
Buell., of Nevada move to lay
on the table
Vallandigham-Will the effect of
the motion be to lay the resolution
on the table supposipg it carried? He
moved to continue the resolution in
force.
The President-The Chair under
stands such viii be the effect. /
Vallandigham-Then [ hope it /
will not prevail.
Scott, Pa-Do I understand that if
the motion to lay it on the table is
carried, it carries the original resolu-
ton with it.
President-No; the gentleman from
Conn, moves TO reconsider the vote
on this resolution. i!
The gentleman from Nevada, Buell., /
moved TO lay that motion on the ta-
ble.
The Chairman understood the ef-
feet viii simply be TO carry with it the
mation of the gentleman from Com I
necticuf, leaving the rule tand. that /
no uoniJatiOns shall be made until I
after the adoption of the plat orm.
Mr.. Stanton, OF Kentucky-I un-
derstand the rule a opted this A. NJ.
to be that when a vote by States was
taken delegates should have first five |
for consultation and delibera-
ton.
President-Yes; vote by States is T
now called for, and in five minutes |
from this time it will be taken.
Alter FIVE minutes tor consultation,
the vote'was taken by STATES on lay
ing on the table the motion to recon
slider, and the motion was .eiecred by
the following vote: Alabama, yeas 8;
Arkansas ): California- B: Connecti-