The Portland daily press., 1872-06-07
Every Vote for Grant.
A Platform for the Hour.

PHILADELPHIA, June 6.-The Academy of
Music was densely packed at 10 o'clock, when
the Convention reassembled. Many ladies were
present. The enthusiasm was intense, every
popular air played by the band exciting hearty
rounds of cheers The Committee on Platform
not having come in there was some delay in
opening the session. 1t was understood there
had been somewhat serious differences of opin-
ion in the committee At 1890 Chairman
Settle called the Convention to order and intro
duced Rev. Dr. Harper, of the Broad street
Church, Philadelphia, who offered prayer.
He spoke of the day as one which would be
memorable in the future,-a day which was to
record another page in our national history,-a
day in which conferred and around which clus-
tered not only the welfare but possibly the
destiny of the nation. He prayed that the
platform to be established should be the en-
bodiment of wise, just and humane principles
and that the man to be selected to bear the
banner of the Republican party and to fill the
highest place of honoe and trust in this land
should be specially blessed and that the efforts
of the Convention should be crowned with
glorious success.
After music by the band the roll of States
was called, when the presence of each was an
nounced by the chairman of the respective del
egations Here it was discovered that about
one hundred persons had obtained an entrance
surreptitiously to the hall, all of whom were
expelled by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Oregon.
Mr.. Devor, of Oregon, rose and said:-'Ore-
gou is redeemed. She has gone Republican.
Last Monday an election was held. For four
years she has been under Democratic rule. Now
we are Republican in representative and Legis-
lature."
Report of Committee on Ruaes.
Mr.. Olvor Ames, of Massachusetts,, from the
Committee on Rules and Order of Business, re-
ported the rules. States to be calledin alphabet
cal order; each State shall be entitled to double
tsSenatorial and Congressional votes according
to the recent apportionment; the report of the
Committee on Credentials and on the platform
are first to be disposed of before the nominal
tions; the roll call shall not be dispensed with
in the nominations, and when a majority shall
be given for any candidate and it shall appear
clear the chairman shall put the question to the
Convention, "shall the nomination be made
Unanimously" In case of divided delegation
the chairman shall state the vote in detail fol
each candidate or proposition; the rules of the
House of Representatives are generally adopt
ed, but only five minute speeches except by the
consent of the Convention, exceyt that in NOM
mating candidate ten minutes for each speech
will be allowed; National Committee is to be
named by the respective States. The report
was unanimously adopted.
Report of Committee ON Credentials.
Mr.. Pendleton, of Indiana, from the Com
mittee on Credentials, reported that all the
States and Territories are represented in full
and that there are no contests except in the Da-
kota and Utah delegations. In the case of Da-
kota they admit all four delegates with two
votes between them; in the case of Utah they
admit the Hollester-Gould delegates.
Mr.. Southland moved to amend the report SC
to admit the Utah delegates. He understood
that one set was excluded because they were
Mormons.
Mr.. Stoddard, of Massachusetts, said the ex-
cluded delegates were excluded because they
were not regularly chosen.
Mr.. Spencer said these men had come great
way, and proposed to admit and marry all
Mr.. Wurtz, of New York, said that that prop.
osition had been made in the committee and
that the compromise had been refused by the
Mormon delegates.
The amendment was rejected and the report
was then adopted.
The Chair ordered the roll called for members
OF the National Committee.
The chairman stated that the National Exc
cutive Committee is called to meet in the adj.
joining hall Immediately after the adjournment
of the Convention.