Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-21

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| sCarmount of Pa, appealed from
the decision of the chair.
| The question was put and the Chair
announced that the decision of the
Chair was sustained. A scene Of great
confusion ensued. A Pennsylvania
delegate said the Chair did not hear
his appeal because he did not wish all
to hear.
The Chair replied with irritation
saying his colleague from Pittsburgh
had dishonored himself by his re-
mark.
Thompson, Of Ind, severely de-
nOnnced the chairman for bringing
into the arena of this Convention his
personal differences. Subsequently
the chairman disavowed any intent
to abuse his powers and confessed his
colleague had irritated him into re-
tort, but he withdrew his remark.
Massachusetts, made point of order
that the house was exceeding its order
to ballot and nothing but a call of the
roll was i'm order.
Thornburgh, Of Tenn, moved to
reconsider the vote sustaining the
ruling of the Chair in order to give
Pennsylvania an opportunity to be
heard. He yielded to Cessna who
read the second rule providing that
the vote of each State shall be an
nounced by its chairman and the next
rule provided that there shall be no
change of vote until after the ballot
is announced. Great confusion en-
sued, lasting for some time but
Cessna persisted in speaking, claim
ing he was here in the interest
of peace and harmonv, and reading
the instructions to Pennslvallia dele
gates to vote as unit for Hartranft.
EApplause and confusion.
a Pennsylvania delegate disputed
this. He said his vote and another
were for Blaine.
Stewart, of Pa, said in his duty to
them, he had voted once for Hart
ranft and on the second ballot he
considered it his duty to represent
them by casting his vote for James G
Blaine. Laughter and cheers.l
Furthey, of Pennsylvania, Of the
Chester district, said he came here
with the credentials Of his own dis
trict convention. His constituents
are almost unit for Blaine and he
recognized no right of any State con-
Tention' to bind him against the
views and wishes Of his people.
He is entitled to vote for himself.
Hale, of Maine, suggested that by
unanimous consent the Pennsylvania
delegation be allowed to retire to con-
suit, pending the roll call, to deternl-
inc and report their views and wishes.
He would trust the delegation with
this question:. r..-s
Pomeroy, Of New York, objected.
Van Zandt, of Rhode Island, said
that delegates who allowed them
selves to be elected on the platform
of requiring them to vote as unit,
they are bound by it. lie warned the
convention against becoming mob.
Oliver, of Pennsylvania, argued
that it was the practice i'm his State
to have their delegates to the Nation
al Republican Convention chosen by
the State Convention, and not by the
districts. Accordingly the Chairman
had done right in obeying the orders
of the delegation, sustaining the unit
rules.
This unit rule was adopted by the
convention unanimoslv and the res
olution was written Cunning to the
chairman) by you sir. Laughter and
applause.]
| The chairman ordered roll call to
proceed and no vote was taken on the
motion to reconsider, Pennsylva-
MIA being allowed to stand.
Thornberg, of Tenn, called up
again his motion to reconsider the
ruling of the chairman. The vote re-
suited, yeas 4Sl, nay $50. so the vote
was reconsidered. Mcpherson re-
sumed the chair and the question oc-
Cured on sustaining the decision of
the chair.
Ingersoll, of H., took the platform.
j, APPLAUSE He said the question is,
has each delegate right to vote as
his party or people wish him to vote,
or can he by party machinery be tied
i to vote against their wishes, his own
will and conscience? We can't sus-
tain ourselves before the people five
seek to force him this way. What we
want to find out is who is the choice
of this Convention and the Republic
can party.
, B. Hotchkiss, of N. Y, urged that
the question is whether thereSis or
der, law and discipline in the Repub-
| lican party: whether when this con-
vention has made its nomination the
party is bound to it? He believed in
, discipline and advocated sustaining
) the Pennsylvania delegation in main-
tanning the unit rule, to which their
State Convention, representing the
, Republican party, had prescribed.
Van Zandt,of II. L., said that to sns-
tain the chairman rulingwould disin-
! tregate the Republican party, because
if these dissenting delegates in Penn
their State Convention, they can sc
i away from here and bolt from any
nomination here made.
!, Woodford, of New York, had nc
i sympathy with them in the vote
/ sought to be cast from Pennsylvania
/ but he believed that the very basis OF
: existence of the Republican party
was the right of every man to cast his
Q vote precisely as he chooses.
f Thatcher, of Kansas, urged that this
/. convention make its own law. II il
f supreme, it is original, and no con
. yention or caucus rules or agreements
f can be brought in here to bind thi:
e body. We are not here to be driven
/ like machines. There is some feeling
/. that there is too much machinery al
ready in the party. Let every maj
vote as he pleases.
Hale, of Maine, said in 1868 th'
: Republican convention on the Vice
Presidency, Pennsylvania presented
: one of her sons under instruction
y from her State to present and stane
by him. A single delegate from
!, Pittsburg then asserted the principle
of individualr right to vote as he pleas
J, ed. lie was overwhelmingly sustaine.
: and the chairman was instructed 4
: cast the vote so as to recognize tn
y individuals right. Hale cXprcssc.
regret that this side issue had arisel
!, to Interfere with the regular curren
: of business.
Tennessee demanded and Virgini'
: sustained the previous question. 4
U vote was taken and the Chairs rulin:
was sustained, yeas 395, nays 353.-
Applausel.
III SECOND BALLOT.
4 Blaine 296, Bristow ia, Conklin,
: 93, Hartranft 63. Hayes "a, Morto
: l20, Wheeler 3, Washburn |.
THIRD BALLOT.
!, Blaine 293, Bristow l2l, Conklin
!, 80, Hartranft 6S, Hayes 67, Morto
4 LIB, Washburn l, Wheeler 9.
4 FOURTH BALLOT.
Blaine 292, Bristow 126. Conklin
1 81, Morton los, Hayes 6S, Hartrani
II, Washburn 3, Wheeler 2.
FIFTH BALLOT.
Blaine 2S6, Bristow la, Conklin
81, Hartranft 69, Hayes l04, MortO
95, Washburn 8. Wheeler 2--total 10
u SIXTH BALLOT.
4 Blaine 30S, Bristow Ill, Conklin
q 81, Hartranft 40, Hayes lis, Morto
. So, Washburn 4, Wheeler ,.
q MORTON WITHDRAWN.
!, Cumback, of Indiana, took th
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