Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-05-09


and. if it be not, it is nothing. 1t must
be so, not merely on paper, but 1T must
be embodied as such in the man we trust,
with power to Invest the spirit OF reform
in practical action If you want to
know how reforms are not to be execut-
ed. look at those now in power. (Cheers)
You will hardly be able to excel them
in the art of how not to do it. Reform
will and must become mere farce IN
the hands of those who either do not I'M
derstand it or don't care for it. IL you
mean reform, entrust the work to none
but those who do understand and hon
estly do care, and care more for 1t than
they do for their own personal ends.
The speaker said he had heard great
deal said about nominating anybody to
beat Grant," but this was silly. lie
wanted not only to beat Grant" but
to overthrow the bad system, of which
Grant was the representative. lie was
not in favor of ''anybOdy to beat" He
wanted not only another President, but
a better President, and wanted not only
TO achieve temporary but lasting success.
He concluded by saying he came not to
push any mans claims, bypredicting vic
tory for the ticket nominated.
The committee on rules reported as
follows
The committee organized by electing
Theodore Tilton, of New York, chair
man. and w l.. Burnett, of Ohio, sec
rotary. All but three of the States were
represented The committee have the
honor to report as follows
1st. That the ruleseand regulations
governing the House of Representatives
of the United States shall be rules gov
erning this body, provided that no dele
gate shall be entitled to speak more than
once upon the same question, and shall
be limited to five minutes, except the
mover thereof, who, in closing the de-
bate, shall be entitled to five minutes
more
I'd. The delegates from each State
shall cast the entire vote of the State
and every delegate shall represent such
portion Of the entire vote as he shall be
of the delegation present, and his vote
shall be reported to the convention by
the chairman of the delegation as cast
~ 'i'' u'l'9"''
President and Vice-Prcsident of the
United States, a majority of all the votes
shall be required for a choice.
4th To facilitate the business of the
convention the yeas and nays shall not
he called, but division OF the conVeh-
'on may be mad by call OF states
THEODORE Hilton, Chairman.
W. l.. BURNETT, Secretary,
The committee on credentials report
ed IN the case OF the contest III the New
York delegation as follows:
After fully and carefully considering
the subject matter Of the protest, we
report the following resolution:
Reso!eed, That in the opinion OF this
committee the contestants in the con-
yention from the State Of New York are
not entitled to seats in this convention.
In relation to the California delegation
we report the following resolution
Resolrsd' That in the absence OF such
credentials as seem sufficiently regular,
this committee cannot report the name
OF Miss Laura u. Pordon as delegate
to this convention from California, but
recommend that She, as we'll as other la
dies present be rendered the courtesy Of
the hail OF the convention and further
that COL W. W. Rockersby is entitled