The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-16

brilliancy In its advocate 1. is true that Of
genius cannot always BE- beautiful: but, then. Mrs.
Spencer was not . woman OF genius, and or the
other-genus bsauty-is indispensable in the advo
cate Of such . cause Mrs Spencer is a woman
OF uncertain age, sharp features, actdulous,
without distinction In any respect what
ever, commonplace In appearance and speech, ana
when she had spoken her little speech, without any
thing IT, she waited herself back to tho handiest
scat and that the end Of the incident Massachu
sets had demonstrated Mrs Spencer had spoken and
woman suffrage was, perhaps, juss where it was be-
FORE for she did not convince enemies she did not
please friends and she dsgused the Indifferent When
the report OF
TIE COMMITTEE ON RULES
In II became At evident that there to be
something Of fight IL supposed that tho battle
would the rule which prevented the changing
or any votes aer thoy had been and before
the announcement Of the result This supposed to
be the Objectionable point to the Blaine men, have
been said to expect elect their candidate by process
familiar to the politiclans-namely. by the sudden
turning just before the announcement OF
tho result OF two or three delegations
which generally has the effect Of bringing the whole
Convention over to candidate in = body, just a.
nock Of Sheep when three or four make their way
through hole in the fence follow their leaders in
stampede. But the fight came in different direction
The Blame forces let that rule pass bat objected to tho
one which provided that the platform should be
adopted before tho candidate vas nominated dele
gate from Maine moved to strike out this provision
so that q ballot might DO taken as soon tho
contested seats had been disposed OF warm debate
sprung up this motion to change the report and Mr.
Hotchkiss, or New York. made good hit by asking
whether II was possible to place man horseback
before you secured the horse. He insisted that the
platform mould be laid down before tho candidate
placed on it, and suggested that when tho resolutions
had been adopted the list Of asprants for the nomna-
ton might be considerably narrowed As the Maine
men saw at once that this Introductory skirmsh
going against them they prudensy withdrew their mo
ton and the rules were passed As reported.
Under them change can DO made IN = vote for
candidate has been recorded and before the
announcement OF the result has been made While the
report was being read and discussed Speaker James W.
Hustled, OF New York, oficiated road
ing secretary, and his loud, clear voice.
reaching to every part Of the hall, united
with his intimate knowledge OF parliamentary rules
and his executive quickness greatly facilitated the
business OF the Convention. This was not however,
the only attempt at amending the report of the Com
mittee on Rules Rhode Island stirred the harity Of
the Convention with
GENUINELY KEEN POINT.
The proposition that recess Of thirty minutes should
be taken between the ballots was made by Mr..
butcher, OF New York. and was received
jscringly proposition intended to
afford every facility to people who wished
to sell out whcreupon Rhode Island proposed to add
that the chairman Of each delegation should be ordered
to label his delegation with its price and announce
whether price wanted in cssh country prod
uce. This was regarded black eye for New York,
ivod will 1oud shear md
was the second bad mistake made by Mr. butcher In
the Cow ntion.
When the Committee on Credentials reported, which
was the next business before the Convention heated
debate the resentation Of minority report
on
THE ALABAMA CASE.
The majority had decided to admit the anti Spenc
delegates from that State the minority proposed
let the Spencer side Indiana took up tho cudgel
for Spencer and became evident that the strug
gle was between Blaine side and Morton and
Conklng on the other SIDE The twenty votes
Alabama, II the majority report should be adopted,
would count for Blaine, or At least sixteen Of them,
while Morton would get than All at first and Conklng
aterward the minority should succeed in getting tho
Spencer delegates admitted The chairman Of the
committee justified tho action OF the majority
and then Indiana went for his scalp The energy Of
Indiana appeared Mt FIRST to be likely to carry
the day. especially the lungs Of the Spencer speakers
held out while the other side lost their VOICES one
after another, after two three minutes talking II
would be odd II 700 could to-
gether anywhere and deliberate for two three days
without the demonstration that there In the
Der At least
THOROUGHBRED FOOL.
II IL the fortune OF the Convention to be Differ
ent from other great bodies in this respect for during
thov
a dappsr. well combed parsonage who had not much to
say the merits Of the subject but who Informed tho
company how dearly he loved beautiful Ohio
his native State; also tho sunny South, tho home
OF his adoption which sunny South he and
. carpet bag had the honor TO represent
IN this Convention He would have continued with
ornate references to tho bird Of freedom and other nice
points like that bu; the Convention coughed It down.
II Is to the credit OF the body that this hiautin advo
cacy Of tho Spencer delegation materially damaged its
cause. As some Western man limited there was too
much eloquence and too little It. In the
OF his remarks this ambitious orator made sighting
ailusion to Greeley In exceedingly bad taste.
I, was met by a storm OF hsses proceeding from the
body OF the Convention we'll from tho galleries
and the seats of the invited guests The rebuko thus
administered to assaant Of pure, honorable and
able man. atruehcartod republican, whose memory Is
justly rcvered by all who knew him, whether political
friend foe, reflected honor on the Convention. As
the true inwardness Of the Alabama struggle
was properly understood the process OF voting the
roll was called watched with the intense
ety. when the result announced and It
that Blaine had won the cheering was immense and
corresponding depression manifested among the
Conklirg men.
much wonder expressed at tho State Of Pennsyl-
vana casting her yeight votes for the admission Of
the Spencer delegate, but the vote OF Pennsylvania
has been cast as unit, the result was neither
markablc nor significant There was much feeling
among the Conkling men at the falling on OF nIne Of
tho New York delegates, who voted with the Blaine
side Tor the admission OF the antlSpencer delegates
This the first open breach in the New York dssga
ton.
WsoLrTioys.
After the contested sen had boon got rid Of and
when the report Of tho CO mittcc Resolutions
read. Mr. Davis Of Texas eudcavored 10 nut a back