Wilmington journal., 1875-09-17
THE CONSsE GoNyEN,
EAON.
E..ird Days Procecdin.s.

: T..ira Days Procecdfngs.
From the ttale-rh News.
The President announced that tn
l Convention was opened for business
Mr. Dixon arose and made q motion
to adjourn sine die, a.tor making /
few preliminary remarks.
Mr.. Manning called him to order.
The President ruled him out o.
ordor.
Mr.. Reid said that until the organ
ization was completed, there conld he
: no record OF the Con ention, &c.
On motion of Mr.. Reid the election
of Principal Secretary was gone
into.
Mr., Shober nominated Johnstone
Jones of Wake, as Principal Secretary
OF the Convention.
MI. Alberston nominated W. Il.
Richardson of Wake
Mr.. Jones received 81 votes, Mr..
Richardson SO.
The chair declared Mr.. Jones duly
elected and he was qualified.
On motion of MIR. Jarvis the cleo
tiCn of an Assistant Secretary was
gone into.
Mr.. BIZ CHAM nominated Col W, NJ.
Hardy of Buncombe.
Mr.. Wheeler nominated J. Il.
Shultz, of Forsythe.
The roll was callcd and Mr.. Hardy
received so votes Shultz 50.
Mr.. Hardy was declared elected, and
came forward and took his place at
the clerks desk.
On motion of Mr.. Manning, of Chat
ham, the election of.u Principal Door
keeper was gone into.
MIR. Rumiey nominated J. H. Hill,
of Randolph.
| DIR. Tourgee nominated Peter
| Hughes of Alamance.
A vote was taken which resulted in
Hill receiving 60, Hughes SO.
Mr.. Hull was declared duly elected
| and entered upon the duties of his
office.
On motion of Mr. Coleman tho elec-
ton Of an Assistant Doorkeeper was
gone into.
Mr.. Coleman nominated w. p. Nor
ton.
Mr.. Badger nominated J. II. Jones,
colored.
A vote being taken Mr.. Norton re-
celved 63 vote, Jones 4S, Hughes T.
Mr.. Norton was declared duly elec-
ted and entered upon the discharge
OF the duties OF his Office.
After the last vote had been tken,
Mr.. MOrehead said that the candidate
Jones, he understood, was colOred
man IN good standing III the Rcpub-
ilcan party, and be would ask that
Messrs. Cham blain, Dula and Boyd
be allowed to cast their votes for
him.
Mr.. Tourgee said he hoped tho gen
tleman would be allowed to vote or
not vote as they desired. In other
words to cook their OWL hash III their
own way.
MIR. Turner sad he had no obj joct;on
to these gentleman cooking their
hash in their own wny, provided they
did it III their same old dlack pot.
AT er this little spat, and the infOr-
nation afforded by Nv. AIorole;,d as
to the cOinplexiOn OF Jones, the negro
candidate, Mosars. Hinnant, Massey,
HoltOn and Jones Of Yadkiu, cha1ged
their votes from Jones to Hughes.
lessrs. Boyd, Bowman aud DuIa voted
for Hughes. Mr.. Chamberlain, Of Cam
dem was called to record his vote but
did not do so. All of these gentlemen
are white RepublIcans.
MIR. Tourgee renewed his motion
that the Convention do now adjourn
sine die
Mr.. French seconded the motion AMI
called for the yeas and nays.
The motion Was rejectt Il. Yeas 81,
nays 50.
(Messrs. Wilcox AID Woodin, Re
publicans, ~cre in the hall, bus did
not vcte.)
BY Mr.. ,3adger An ordinence for
the removal of the disabilities of ". ". |
Harden. Placed On the calendar.
Mr.. JARVIS moved lhut the President |
appoint a committee Of five to prep,,rc |
rules fer the government OF tue Con |
ventiOn, and that the rules If the last |
Senate be Used until the report Of SAID !
Committee. Adopted
MIR. Buxton fired a resolution vaca |
ting The seats OF Messrs. Sinclair anu !
McEachin, members from Robesoa.
and seating the contestants, Mcssrs.
NOrment aud Nuiit. The resolution |
went over nnder the rules.
The clair announced the follow .nR |
gentlemen as the Committee on Rnieo:
Messrs. Manning, of Chatham, Jarvis,
ShOber, Torrgee and Dockcry.
Mr. Turner announced the death OF
Hon. W. A. Graham, delegate elect IT,
this Convention from Orange. Nj.
Turner euIogized the deceased in an
eloquent m m4nner.
In concluding his remarks, Mr.
Turner offered the following resolt;
tlOns
Reso1gcd, That this Convention has
received with ,leAp sensibility the an
nouncement Of the death of the Hon,
William Alexander Graham, a delegate
from the county of Orange, and we
deplore his death as heavy and ire
parable public misfortune thnt as Il
mark of respect, unanimously enter
tanned by this Convention for the mem
ory of the deceased and for his long
valuable and distinguished services i'll
the public councils of the State and
nation, the members and officers Of
this Convention from a sincere desire
OF showing every mark of respect for
the memory of the deceased, do 60
into mourning for him for one month.
R>sOlUed, That the President Of this
Convention be requested TO communi-
cate these proceed ngs to the widow
and family of the decenscd, rendering
to them the sympathy of this ConVen
ton in their sore bereavement.
ResOlUed, That as an additional mark
OF respect to the memory of the de
ceased, the Convention do now ad-
journ.
Mr.. Barringer seconded the resolu
tions i'll b4 ief. but eloquent remarks.
Mr.. Dockcry moved that these reso-
lutions be postponed until tomorrow
at o'clock, p. M, in order that ali
might lave m opportunity to pay
proper respect to the memory of the
distinguished dec astd. the motion
was adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Manning of
Chatham, the Convention adjourned
until Tomorrow at 10 a. m.
Fourth Bays Proceedings.
The Convention met promptly at
10 o'clock, Mr.. Jarvis in the chair, the
President being sick.
REPORTS OF CeMuTTEE.
Mr.. Manning from the Committee
to prepare rules of order for the gov
ernment of the Convention submitted
voluminous report; action thereon
postponed till IL O'Clock.