Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-06-28

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,hatit is the destiny of this country
10 pursue an endless. ever revolving
,ircle of partisan passion and corrup-
ion, until with the loss of our ma
serial we'll being, we lose the poor
mems last best hope, civil liberty
itself.
After speaking at length to
This fpurport he named Hen
" Watterson, of Kentucky, tenn
porary chairman. (Applause). IMAM
imonsly agreed to-. Hon. Barnum, of
Conn, and Ransom, of N. c., being
appointed q committee for the pur-
pose, conducted Watterson to the
chair. Watterson being presented
was received with applause and said,
Every citizen of tbs Republic, be he
Of one party or the other feels and
has felt for many day the influence
of what are called "hard times"
We look about us and see neglected
fields and vacant houses, the factory
Is closed, the furnace door is shut;
there are myriads of idle hands. The
happy activity of prosperous life is
no where to be found loyalists fat
ten whilst honest men starve; emp
~ the mart and shipless the bay"
What is it? What has wrought
so great a change in land un-
der the rule of an intelligent
progressive constitutional party?
The reason of men must answer par
tisan misrule and sectional misdirec-
ton. The Republicans, my friends,
arc'not alone responsible. With them
rests the disgrace, and with us the
follies, the twin agents of national
mischance, working under the miser-
able rule Of contraries, have kept the
people of the North and South asun-
der, and have supplied sustenance to
corruption. They have disturbed
values, they have unsettled prices,
they have made our whole financial
system a cheat and a snare they have
driven the best elements of political
society into evil, and have organized
charlatanism into a sort of public
polity,, enabling the rogue to get a
cheap advantage of his dupc, and sac.
rificing every public interest to the
lust of that oligarchy, which has be-
come so encrusted with power as to
believe itself entitled to rule by the
shcrc force of its wrong doing.
So much let us set down to the con-
yenient pretext of war. mnch To the
long account of damages between the
North and the South. 1t is for you to
say whether the same conflict, with
consequences multiplied and magni-
fed shall be any of yours shall be in
augnrated between the East and the
West. shall not undertake. on nm
occasion of this Kind. and in n nres.
ence so imposing to enforce thc famiI.
lar lesson of mutual forhearancc.
Nobody doubts our capacitv to mako
battle among ourselves. Entreatino
you to direct your energies to the
common enemy, l ask Indulgence
only on my own behalf, You have
called me to- place not merely of
distinction but of difficulty to please,
which requires the best training of a
better man than L. In taking it l
trust to your confidence and good
nature, and to hearts incapable Of an
humanity or unfair act.
r. The points Of the speech were en-
phasized by, frequent applause. AT
the conclusion he introduced Rev.
Marion, who offered prayer.
The chair announced as temporary
secretary, friedrich o. Prince, OF
Mass, and Tim. o. Walker, of Iowa,
ana >. n. Donovan, of Ohio, assist
ant secretaries; Dan Able, Of NO.,
as Sargeant-at-Arm
Abbott, Of Mass, offered resolu-
ton adopting the rules of the last
National Convention, until otherwise
ordered. Littlejohn inquired if this
includes the tWO-thirds rule. Voices,
Yes. IF so. all right, Applause.
The chair answered that 1t did. The
resolution was adopted.
Smallcy, of VT. moved n call NJ
States In order for the nresentot;nn NJ
credentials.
Wallace, of Pennsylvania. in order
to have Democratic preccdcnts oh
served moved to reconsider the reso.
luton just adopted. lie urged that
States should name their Committee
on Credentials and permanent organ
ization before any other business WA 9
done. He hoped there would ho no
innovation of past precedenfs
Weed, of N. ", insisted That the
resolution adopted is i'm nccordance
with precedents. Under the rnlc
credentials are received ONLY for ref.
erence to Credential Committee.
Smith, of Ilis,. moved n resolntion
that a committee of one, from each
State, be appointed on resolutions.
and that all resolutions relating to
platforms be referred to said COM
mittee without debate, Adopted.
Weed, of New York. moved that
the Chairman of each delee alton send
to the Chair the name of its member
of Platform Committee. There being
no objection it was so ordered
The Chairman stated that delegates
from the National Women's Sufira oe
Association were nrnsant nsi,;.so =,
hearing. Cries of [hear them. I There
being no objection, the Chair an
noMnced they would be heard.
Wallace read from the official pro-
eeedings of the convention of 1868,
to show that the first business was to
name committees. .Doolittle, of Wis,
suggested that there be appointed a
temporary secretary. He suggested
that +. U. Perrin be appointed. The
chair decided it out of order. A
motion to reconsider was rejected.
The secretary proceeded to call the
roll OF States for credentials. Pinney
OF Ills, moved that O. Perrin be ap-
pointed temporary reading secretary.
Finch, of Iowa, objected. Perrin did
not inherit this appointment if he
had had 1t before, and the appoint
meht should be left to the committee
on organization.
The chair finally decided the mo-
ton oat at order.
ii. "A Minnesota delegate moved the
usual resolution to call the roll of
States for committees on permanent
organization and credentials. Adopt
ed. ~ u.
Roll called and committees named.