The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-16
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THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION
Second Days Proceedings-A Sound
Platform.
CINCINNATI, June 10.


was not promptly called to order because
1t was known that the committee on rulet
were not prepared to report,in consequence
of the debate upon the proposal to recon
slider the rule adopted yesterday agains
the changing of votes pending the an
nouncement Of any recorded ballot. The
latest advices are that the rule will be re-
considered and defeated.
AT 1910 o'clock the delegates generally
were in their seats. The attendance OF
spectators in the galleries is much smaller
than yesterday and half the seats arc va.
cant, although hundreds have applied il
vain for tickets of admission to the hall
Present indications are that no ballotine
will take place until this afternoon, posi-.
bly, not until tomorrow.
AT eight minutes past eleven President
Mcpherson called the convention to order
and presented Rev. George Beecher, who
opened the proceedings with a prayer AT
this time tho gallery was two-thitds filed
Mr.. George t. IIoar of Massachusetts,
presented memorial OF the national
woman's suffrage association. as tlls
paper must 60 to the resolution committee
Mr.. Hoar moved that Mrs. Sayler j. cpen-
Ger be heard by the convention for ten
minutes. Agreed (Applause)
Mrs. Spencer came forward, slightly
built lady Of probably forty years has d
thin, light voice, inaudiLle for more THAI q
short distance. She promised to present
in concise form the clsms of women ciii-
zens to practical recognition, and crti.
cised the failure of the speakers yesterday
to plead for them. TIL. conclusion Of her
brief speech wa, received with applause.
MIR. Cessna, from the committee on
rules and order of business, reported re.
commenting rules, the states to be called
in order: Each state is entitled to double
the number of congressional delegates and
each territory and the District of Column
bia. The report of the credentials CON-
mittee shall be disposed of before the re-
port on resolutions and platform is consid-
cred, and the platform before the nomina-
tons are made. The rule against changing
the vote on any ballot after once recorded,
unless to correct numerical errors, was
maintained in the report.
Mr.. Cessna moved to recommit the re-
pert, with view to ascertain if there ar c
serious objections to any Of the rules to be
considered.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, indicated an obiec-
ton to the proposition that the platform
must be made before the presentation of
candidates.
MIR. Cessna moved to take vote on all
the rules proposed, except the one objected
to by Mr.. Hale, in order to take separate
one later.
After long debate Mr.. Hale withdrew
his motion TO amend, learning that the
committee on resolutions was about ready
to report. Rule third was then adopted.
The question required on MIR. Stllmau's
amendment, adding "a rule providing for Q
half hour recess after each Intellectual ballot
MIR. Stillman urged its necessity, to enable
the delegates to confer with each other
The Virginia delegate, moved to table Mr.
Stillman's resolution. Agreed to.
Mr.. John l.. Ensor, chairman of the
committee on credentials, reported thai
full delegations are present except from
North Carolina and Nevada, where eacl
was one short, and recommended that tn,
delegates present be allowed to cast tn,
whole vote. No contested delegations ex
cept in Alabama, Florida and the Distric
of Columbia. In Alabama the COMMITTEES
recommend the admission of the anti-Spen
Ger delegates headed by jeremiah Haral
son. In Florida recommend the admis
sion of the Conover delegates. In thu
District of Columbia recommend the I'D
mission of Bowen and Green.
Mr.. Harris of Nevada, from the minor
ity of the committee, presented the minor
ity report on Alabama.
The minority report was signed by com
mittee from Nevada, Georgia, South Caro-
lima, Indiana, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisi
ana, North Caroliana, Pennsylvania, Ney
York and Texas.
Mr.. Case, claiming that the Spencer dele
CATION is the only legitimate and truly repre-
sentative delegation from that state, pre-
scented statement of facts out of whic
the conflict grew, and claimed that tn
convention Of the 23th OF May last cearl
was the legitimate republican stale con
vention, and its delegates without reason
able question are the only regular member
of this body, argued that if part of tn
members of this national convention, afte
its adjournment yesterday, had reassen
bled and nominated president and vice
president without the knowledge and &C
operation Of the remainder, such actio
would be precisely similar to that unde
which the anti-Sptnccr delegates had bee
sent here. The minority recommended th
admission of the Spencer delegates. Th
reading of their names was received wit
mingled applause ard Kisses neither yer
pronounced. The minority report wa
signed by eleven members of the commit
tee.
A division of the question was called fc
in order to take the question first on all e,
cept the Alabama.
Mr.. Cessna remarked that be LA
learned that neither delegation from IL
district of Columbia was regular, an
moved to amend his report by substitu
ing the name of Fred Douglass for that c
Bowen, thus giving each of the contestir
delegations one vote.
A Virginia delegate contended that theI
was no evidence sustaining Mr.. Cessna
claim of the irreguarty of Bowen {
Green, and charged that Mr.. Cessna's SUI
gestion was prompted only because Dou