New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-03
Following is the list of Vice-Presidents /:

EaaS: North 1S.i T. 4:i Ps
John wes1 aS oleSoa Jo bSss
v JqaS. Lowry
kss i c eS%asIi south SS' i.id we s5
T. Moore Tennessee Gilbert Mayer.
Maine .......S W Perkins Vermont T. II. Salisbury
Henry W. Hoffman Rye
B-5 s51 We. y 'T nSe
Gorduc Dist Of Columbia: Joseph Casey
MISSES Col Cook. Dakota Geo W. kOppes
Missouri Forbes c. Everett
The following ale the principal Secretaries: /.
Gen. w. E. McLelane of Indiana; 2. John V. David
son of Minnesota: 3. I. w. Wright of Maine; 4. j.
d. Rhodes of OHIO.
The following is the report of tie Committee on
Credentials:
In the case OF the contest in the NewYork delegation
after fully and carefully considering the subject mates
ReSotred, That in the opinion Of this Committee this
contestants 10 the Convention from the State OF New
York not entitled to seats in this Convention.
In relation to the California delegation we report
the following:
Resolved That the absence Of such credentials az
sufficiently regular. this Committee cannot report
the name OF Mrs: Laura D. Gordon as delegate TO th
Convention from California but recommend that she and
other ladies' present DO rendered the courtesy or the
bali of the Convention; and that further, that Col W.
~ RckeIby is entitled to cast the entire vote OF Calior
in this Conyention AL Of which is respectfully
| submitted. TH0s. w. WoRRELL, Chairman.
ROBERT soBDs ' <. FLEMING, Secretaries
The Committee on Rules reported as follows
| The Committee organized by eectng Theodore Ttoh
Secretary. All but three States represented Ths
Committee have the honor TO report az follows
House Of Of the United states shall be
the rules governing this body provided that no dele
gates shall entitled speak than upon ths
same question and shall be limited to five minutes.
cept the thereof who in closing debate shall be
Second The from each State shall cast the
entire OF the State and every delegate shall repre-
such proportion of the entire vote he shall be
the delegation present and his vote shall be reported
to the Convention by the Chairman OF the delegation as
cast by the delegate.
President of the United States. majority of all tho
| votes shall be requisite to a choice.
Fourth: To facilitate the business Of the Convention:
the Yeas and Nays shall not be called but division vi
| the Convention may be had by call OF the States
THEODORE TlLIoS, Chairman
H. L. BURNETT, Secretary.
| Mr. Wer of Indiana moved to proceed with the
| nomination of candidates. Loud applause
| Col. Mcclure trusted that a motion pregnant
with evil would not prevail at this time. He was
quite sure the great body Of this Convention had
not assembled merely for the purpose Of ex-
perimenting upon names. nor indeed Of nomi-
mating names for candidates to the high Ex-
ecutve offices of this Government, without first
determining what were the principles in
which they believed Then and not until then, would
the majestic voice of the Convention be prepared to
| announce the names of those who should represent
those principles. Until then it would be an expert
ment-a vain and, he believed futile experiment.
| to be casting about for names They were not here
to express their individual proclivites. He trusted
the Convention would proceed wisely and
with dignity to the work for which they
were met, that false step might he
taken, but when step was taken that it would be
| no step backward Let them be patient until the
Committees be prepared to report and he hoped the
Convention would not rashly proceed to put men
bofo fba hafo rbo bad Oh fba
principles in which they believed. Loud cheers.l
| After few words of explanation, Mr.. Mcclure
withdrew bis motion.
The Chairman announced that the Committee on
Resolutions had been unable to come to a unanmity
| of opinion, and had djourned till o'clock.
The delegate from Indiana thought it was unim-
| pOrtant whether the Convention made their nomi-
nations before after the report of the Committees.
| They were ready to ballot but the Committee was
not ready to report, and he therefore trusted that
| the Convention would proceed with the ballots.
! Loud cheers
The delegate from Illinois said that one great OBJ
ect of the Convention was for a declaration of prn-
ciplcs as well rs for the nomination of candidates !;
but he wanted first to know what the platform was
| going to be- Who ever dared TO make propositions
and ballot for candidates without first having a
platform containing tho principles upon which they
| were TO voter
Wiers motion was tabled on the call Of States by
| vote of 557 to l4S.
The Chairman of the Credentials Committee hero
announced that the Committee had acted on errone-
GUS information in reporting that only delegate
here entitled to cast the entire vote of Caior-
MIA. lie moved, and the Convention agreed also. to
admit b. Il. Nickorson, who claimed to be resident
of California, and proposed to stump the State for
| the ticket nominated here All California contest
ants were also invited TO seats as honorary members
| Of the Convention.
A delegate from Kentucky offered the following
resolution, which was referred:
Resoeed That the ranking privilege is unqualified
| abuse aud ought 10 be abolished.
| The following resolution was introduced and Ia
| bled:
Resolved That when this Convention shall proceed 70
ballot for candidate for President and
IL shall DO by call OF the States, and that the pro-
| coed without the Formally OF nomination.
| series of resolutions offered by Now
Jersey delegate in favor OF general amnesty. univer
sal suffrage resumption OF specie payments, reform
of the internal revenue law. revision Of taxation.
Sc, which he moved should BIO adopted the plat
form of tho Convention, The Chair ruled that they
must DO referred to the Platform Committee. A
recess was then taken until 7:30 p. m.
EVENING SESSION.
| CINCINNATI. May 2.-The Convention came toge-
Their promptly nc 7:S0 O'clock the attendance being
even greater than in the afternoon. Every avail
able inch of space was occupied, there
being about 1900 ladies present Prompt
! ly at the appointed time. Senator Schurz
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