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Mr.. Burch proposed to amend by ais
sending a committee to Cincinnati att
Warmoth. (Iaughter.) Withdrawn.
Mr.,wAartpn, speaking onef':harnonyJ
resolution, protested taking back Wa
moth. (Applause.) He was willing I
take back thoss xhoswil @banden. Va
moth, but wanted no ballot-bok stuffer'
They had suffered from these baIlotbo
~stuaers. They had suffered from thes
ballot-box gsntzyin Nj. Wharton's parish
Every Republican that was nominate
was elected, but not one>got his ome<
MI. +Whartonis denunciations Of these "a
venturers were with loud applause.
declared il was impossible to confer Wit
the bogus COMMITTEES: that represents moth
ing but a horde Of thieves and tax gath
erers. (Cheers.) The management q
harmony must be trusted to the Stat
Committee, which was trusted by Oscar ]
Dunn as he trusted himself. (Applause.
MI. Harry Lott favored the adoption .
the resolution referring all conferences t
secure harmony to the State COMMITTEES
He denounced any proposition for coali
ton with Warmoth, whose hands reel
with th6ablood of Oscar J. Dunn. Their
were Reformers in the State, good me,
and true, with whom it would be mucl
hetter to form q coalition.
The resolution comforting power upo1
the State Committee to bring about har
mony was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Miller, the Cenven'
then went. into an election for four dele
gates to represent the State at large insthe
Philadelphia Convention. "a
The vote was formally taken, and an
nounced as follows: ~
James Lewis 121; Louis Thicker 81; E.
c. Billings Is; John Ray 81; G. W. Car:
ter 40; G. Casanave 40; W. D. Souterre
40; Pt B. =. Pinchback 80; E. Jouber. 10;
Rev. Moody II; DR.. Pemberton z; MI.
Meehan 6; MIR. Kennedy 6; Rev. Satchel
z; MI. Stevenson /; Mr.. Burleigh /; Mr..
Diel /; Nj. Burch l.
Messrs. Lewis, Trager, Billings and Ray
being the four highest on the list, were
declared elected delegated at large.
On motion Of Mr.. Packard Messrs.
Garter, Casanave, Souterre and Joubert
were elected by reclamation as a~lternates.
They were the four gentlemen receiving
the highest votes next to the delegates
elected, except MI. PinchbacL
Nj. Carter withdrew in favor of the
person, whoever he might be, who got the
next highest vote.
1t turnedout that this withdrawal Of Col.
Carter elected Mr.. Pinchback as alternate
in his place. Mr.. Pinchback got 80 votes
md was the ninth ON the list. This dis
covery raised q storm Of opposition in the
and it was proposed to SUBJ
stitue Mr.. Moody in his place.
Mr.. Burch made the point that MI.
had been legally elected an al
ternate according to the rules laid down,
md protested that he must not be re-
MI. Packard said Mr.. Pincnback would
aot consider it a great honor, and asked
Nj. Burch if he thought he would accept
he position of alternate.
Mr.. Burch replied that MI. Pinchback
lad told him he would do anything the
'olored people of the State wanted him to
10, even to resigning the position he now
lolds. (Applause.)
Mr.. Hall wanted two colored men on
he ticket from the State at l.rge. He was
personal friend.
MIR. Bush objected to this. They had
ome together in the interests of the Re-
publican party, and not to bicker abcut
white" and colored." That thing was
rushing the colored men. applause
colored delegates themselves had
lected the three white men, and were sat-
fled with them. It might do very'well
ere for colored men to make large de-
hands, but at the North this business was
white men from the Republican
arty, and endangering the colored mems
(Applause.(
President Antoine said they had come
to conciliate. He was always firm,
. his positions and immovable from them
ut would go as far as any one to bring
bout peace. He had regarded Pinch
ack as q good but misled Republican. If
II: Pinchback had supposed that Mr..
inchback had supposed that MI. An
lines personal friendship for him pinch
ack) could induce him. to support War
10Th he had already discovered his mis-
Ike. (Applause.) When Pinchback went
18th Warmoth he had determined to let
IN fall. (Applause.) But when War
9th demanded of his followers that they
gn the Cincinnati call, those of them
no were true Republicans shook him of.
Applause.) MI. Antoine now recognized
essrs. Pinchback, Campbell, Harris and
ibble as true Republicans. applause.
justice to Mr.. Pinchback he would say
at he ought to have the place Col. Car
r had declined in his favor. q
Mr.. Payne had steamboated it with MI. [,
[nchback, and knew him well. He had !
'posed him, but was ready to take him
the hand if he repudiated Warmoth.
I-gones must be allowed to be by-gones, J
we expect success. );
Nj. Robertson said Pinchback; sAands -,