The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-06-16
CINCINNATI.
Proceedings Of The Con-
IentiOn, Facts and
Gossip.
Hays and the Great Unknown
are Gaining Ground
!,apldly.
With BrlstOw, Conkling and
Jewell as Very Remote
Contingencies,
Blaine sun Heads the List, but II not
Nominated on the Second
Ballot Win Fail.
Jewell, Morton, Bristow, Blaine,
C0nkling and Hayes Placed
in Nomination.
Blaineites Make a Hard Fight Over the
the Alabama Delegation, and Score
One Against Morton
Carpet Bnggers and ScalnWRga check.
ed ny the.no Change of Vote Pend.
ting RaIIOt Rulc--Thr Plat.
form Places the Future
Of the Party In
the Past
Jewell, Morton, BristOw, Blaine,
COnkling and Hayes Placed
in Nomination.
Blalncltes Make a Hard Fight Over The
the Alabama Delegation, and Score
One Against Morton.

CINCINNATI, June 10. delegates be-
gan to assemble in The hall before ten,
but the convention was not promptly
called to order because the Committee
on Rules were unprepared to report, in
consequence OF debate upon the pro-
pusal 10 reconsider the rule adopted
yesterday 10y The committee against
Changing votes pending the annuJuce.
meut of any recorded ballot. AT iulo,
delegates generally were IN their .-U!s.
The Attendance OF spectators ia the
.sllcries is much smaller than
Yesterday, and half the seats are
vacant, although hundreds have
applied ina vain for tickets OF I'D.
mission to The hail. 40 eight min.
utica pas, eleven, President M1orns'-
SON called the Convention 10 order and
presented Rev George Geechgr who
opened the proceedings with prayer.
At this time the galleries were TWO
.guta filed. George a, EoaI vi Mas
lchusctts, presented II memorial foI
tAe American woman suffrage assOci"
zion. Az this paper must go to the
resolution committee, HOar moved
that Mrs. Sayler J. spencer be heard
oy the convention for ten minutes.
Agreed. LAWIauseI
Mrs. Spencer came forward. She is
4 Slightly bllt lady, OF probably forty
years, has lhin, light voice, iunudi-
bic for more than short distance.
She proceeded to present in concise
form. the claims Of woman's rights,
and criticised the failure OF the speak
ers of yesterday to plead for them.
The conclusion of her brief speech was
received with applause,
REPORT or COMMITTEE ON RULES.
Mr. Cessna, from the Committee on
Rules and Order Of Business, made n
rpnort. recommending in the rules
lthat ON the cali of States, each state be
entitled to double the number OF votes
| of its Congressional delegation, and
each territory aud the District OF
| Columbia -- votes; that the report OF
the Committee on Credentials should
he disposed Of before the report OF the
resolutions sand platform are considered
and the platform before the nomina,
| ,inus are made. The rule against
changing votes on any ballot after
once recorded, unless to correct nu-
| merical error, was maintained In the
report; no member to be allowed TO
sneak mole than once on the same
nupstiop. nor longer than five minutes,
unless by leave Of the Convention, eH'
rcnI by delegates to present the names
If candidates, who shall be allowed
ten minutes.
Mr.. Hale, of Maine, objected to the
proposition that the platform must o'
made before presenting the names o
candidates, urging that when the or
ganization of the convention was com
nleted il would proceed at once t
nomination, but withdrew his ooJec
tion on learning that the Committed
an Resolutions was about ready to re
mort The report of the committee
was adopted.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON cREDEN