Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-15

was agreed upon. 1t might turn out when
the platform was made that the candidate
wes not fitted To 1t.
Mr. Cessna defend al the action and report
OF The com mittee. III ever there was q time
1t is this, when calm deli oeratiOu is neces-
sary. five nominate a candidate before We
make ss platform, half . the delegats, will be
pres ented, and there will be no proper de-
liberation.
Mr. Hale withdrew his motion 10 amend
on lesrnipg that the committee ON resolu-
ons is about ready to report.
The Platform first.
Rnle third was then adopted, and the QueS-
ton required on Mr.. Stillman's amendment
adding a rule providing a half hour recess
after each Intellectual ballot. Mr.. Stillman
urged Its necessity to enable delegates to
confer with each other. A Virginia delegate
moved TO table Stillman's resolution. ZAP
plauEe
Report from the Committee on Gre
dentfals.
John l.. EDsOr, chairman COMMITTEES on
Credentials, reported full delegations are
present except from North Carolina and
Nevada where each one short, recommended
whole vote. No contested delegations except
In ALABAMA, Florida, and District of CO.
lumbia In Alabama the committee recon-
mesoed The admission of anti Spencer dele
gates headed by jeremiah Haralsou In
Florida recommended to admit the Conoyer
delegates. In the District of Columbia they
Green. Mr.. Harris, of Nevada, from minor
III Of the committee, presented a minority
THE ALABAMA cAsr;
claiming that the Spencer delegation Is the
only legitimate and truly representative
delegation from that state. He presented q
statement OF the facts out OF which the con-
fict grew, and claimed that the convention
innate repu blican state convention, and Its
delegates, beyond reasonable question, are
the only regular members OF this body. He
q m q ~ n a m r1 faf
national convention, after its adjournment
yesterday, had reassembled and nominated
President and Vice President without the
knowledge and cooperation OF the remain
der, such action would be precisely similar
to that under which the anti-Spencer dele
gates bad been sent here. The minority rec
delegates The reading of their names was
received with mingled applause and misses,
neither very pronounced. The minority
mfttee.
A division of the question was called for,
In order to take the question first on all ex-
cept the Alabama case, and Mr., Cessna re-
marked that he had learned that neither
delegation from the District of Columbia
was regular, and he moved to amend the
report by substituting the name of
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
| ing delegation one vote.
| A Virginia delegate commended that there
| was no evidence sustaining Mr.. Cessna's
claim OF irregularity in the case OF Bowen
and Green. He charged that Mr.. Cessna's
suggestion was prompted only because
| Douglass was In sympathy with his
| (Mr. Cessna's) views as to the candidates.
| Mr.. Ensor replied that the committee was
| nearly unanimous In their decision that the
| Bowen delegation was entirely regular.
| Mr.. Cessna. amid great confusion and re-
| peated interruptions, withdrew his motion,
| and the report of the committee on all points
save the Alabama case was then adopted.
| The question recurring on
| THE ALABAMA CASE,
| Mr. Ensor replied to the argument OF the
minority report. The minority report was
| signed by committeeman from Nevada,
| Georgia, South Carolina, Indiana, Tennes-
see, Missouri, Louisiana, North Carolina,
| Pennsylvania, New York, and Texas
Cumback, OF Indiana, sustained the mi
| nority report. He claimed that the majority
had no facts to sustain their report. The
mil ority had presented an over whelming
| array OF facts 10 sustain their report, and
| the majority did not, could not, dispate
them. Applause
| Ditsendorf, OF Virginia, sustained the ma
lority report. He recapitulated the facts OF
Atkins, of Georgia, followed for the mi
nority report, the reasons OF which,
he claimed, were unanswerable. The
only claim the of iTsg0iarty in the
ultimately and by national succession
came the election OF the Spencer delegation,
] whieE; ives hased npon the fact that the
| !epuDIlcdD STATE committee elected -11
man who was not member of their own
body, but that was the custom of The party
| In Alabama, aud Ii was a matter entirely
| within their own jurisdiction. The mass
| meeting, out Of which grew the opposing
delegation, was simply an unsuccessful at
tempt at revolution to overturn what had
been established under the usual prece-
| utEts Of the party.
Mr.. Milnken (Me.) replied, denying that
| there had been any irregular attempt at rev.
| olution, and claiming that the Organization
| sustained by the majority of the credentials
committee was the creature of the over
| whelmiDg majority of the active working
republicans of the state
| port The majority had I'm this question
i simply one OF fact and law, and presented q
| report with conclusion Of law, without q
| single fact. Any court OF law would dis
| miss such case without permitting :. to be
4 even argued. The minority had presented a
clear undisputed Statement of facts show
| ing that the Spencer dciegation must be ad-
mltted, or Albania denied representation
! ID las body. lGreat applause.
HeatOn, OF North Carolina, followed on the
same side. he charged that the chairman OF
The credentials committee, at last night's
| meeting, was active in suppressing debate
| on Spencer's side OF the case, and he warned
the gentleman that II be was going to fight
out In committee the old Greeley battles in
| The south, farewell TO republican SUCCESS
Applause and hisses.J
A Wisconsin delegate moved the previous
| question, which was sustained. The cues.
| lion stated to be first on the adoptio1 L of mi.
| nority report. The roll of states was called.
1he Minority Report Rejected
The vote resnlted-ye cas-, 35i; nays, 375; SO
The misority report was rejected.
The Majority Report Adopted.
| The question recurring ON the adoption OF
u majority report, 1t was carried In the at
nrmative, with but few dissenting votes.