The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-06-13

PnsLapELParA. june 8.

t46 June D.
Tie meeting Of soldiers and sailors
Ut the assembly room last night under
the auspices Of the New York dclear-
tiom to the Convention w9s held FOR the
purpose Of ratifyiWg the nomination,
Gen. Burnside presiding. A rrs6lu-
ton was adopted providing for 1 COM
mittee Of one veteran from each State
and territory to call mass ratification
meeting. .kt
All morning the streets have been
crowded with vast tllron9s Of people
moving to and fro. The day Is de-
1ightfGl, aud the display Of bunting
from public buildings all over the city
is q spectacle Of the graudest character.
At the Academy Of Music. flags are nu-
merously .displaycdexte tending far
across the stiects. The Academy was
filed long before the hour for assem-
blage Of the Convention. Tho dele
gates were all seated at about hall. past
ten, entering the hall amid the warm
est demonstrations Of eMthusia sm.
Every available space in the Academy
Is taken. The third tier which was
mostly unoccupicd this morning is lit
orally packed, many, owing TO the hea,
in that quarter, appearing IN their shirt
sleeves. The committee ON platform
not having come in there was some de-
lay In opening the session. II is un-
dcrstood that there Is u somewhat
serious difference OF opinion In the
committee.
At ten thirty, the chairman. JudSe
Settle, called the Convention To order.
After music by the hand the roll OF
States was called. The presence OF
each was announced by the chairman
of the respective delegations. II was
discovered that about one hundred per-
sons had obtained entrance snrIcp.
tiousiy, all of whom were expelled by
the sergcant.at-arsms. Prayer was oi.
fe1ed by Rev. ID. Harper, of North
Broad Street Church. ~
Oliver AMes, of Mass, presented the
report 0f.the committee ON rules and
order Of business. Under the rtlles
adopted. the platform isto be disposed
Of before the nominations are made
Roll call shall not be dispensed with
on nominations. and when majority
is given for any candidate, the chair
shall put the question TO the Convcn-
tiOn, hShnll the nomination be nnani-
nous ~ In case Oftlfvfded delegations
| the chairman shall state the vote In de.
tail for each candidate or proposition
The rules of the House of Represents
tives generally are adopted. "
The National Committee named By
| the respective States- was unanimousl,
adopted. II includes the names Of J
Y. Scamnnpn, Ills ) @. r. Molten, Ind.
q. NJ. Dodge, Iowa; +. 7. Cunning
ham, Neh. :R. r. Van Horn, Mo-. Vim
III. H. Beadle, Dak6tA.
/ PendletOn, OF Ieway from coinmitse'
ON credentials, rep0stad al the State
and territories represented in full, n'
contests except in Dakota and Utahs-
i In casS Of Ds1ota they adRit oil fou
delegates with4w0 s4Ats bstween them
In tho case of Utah they admit III
Hollistcr and Gould delegates.
The rule was adopted referring al
resolutions to the committee on res0lu
tiOns without debate. is
Il NcMichacl presented TO the COnven
tion the resolutions adopted by tn
Union League Of America, they wer
Tread and Uttered on the minutes of tn
Convention.
Geo. w. Carter, Of Texas, who led
|, rebel brigade, was called out and mad
q brief speech. Referring to Greelc,
he said the people Of the South rsspecl
cd man who was nrm and mad
them behave themselves. II the den
ocrats nominate Greeley, ut Baltimor
| he believed that Grant would gct mo,
democratic votes IN Louisiana tha
Grcelcy-(great cheers.)
Etrauback, of Alabama, followed an
spoke In strong German accent an
predicted that 6churz would not mu
ter cOrpoFals guard Of Germans
] follow his own political funeral.
! St0rre, Of Illinois, was called out ~
-. d he Tepresented, i1s part, the grca
at 4 Srpet-bag 6tatc In the Union. O
y onA man d tho delegation from ]
sisnois was born ID ths 6tate. Il