The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-04

announcement At the conclusion wher
there had been no negative votes except
three in West Virginia. Conkling's mo-
ton was declared adopted by q vote of Tic
ayes. hayes, Conkling then offered !
resolution orally, as follows:
| Resolved, That the delegates who OF
this roll call have voted mo" on this reso
luton. do not deserve to have aud have
forfeited their votes in this convention.
A. w. Campbell, West. Va, said there
were three good and tried Repub leans in
the delegation of West Virginia, He was
ready and willing TO withdraw from the
convention il it had come to this that q
delegate here could not have free express.
sion of opinion. He had published a Re
publican newspaper for twenty Eve years
and would remain q consistent Republican
but there was no principle involved and
| be would not come into q convention and
agree beforehand to endorse whatever
they might do, before action was taken.
He would go home and would not be
| ashamed to state his reasons for leaving
| to- day.
Hale of West Va, made speech in the
same vein and demanded recognition of
half of his state. Brandagee of Conn.
| said this was not question of free speech,
| it was not question of whom these dele
gates would vote at polls but it was ques
ton whether he would aidi the glorious
Republican party which had carried the
country through SO many crisises. He
suggested that Conkling modify mis- resolu
ton as to ALLOW them to sit here and see
what we did.
Mccormick of West Va. said he e.was one
who voted against the resolution but
not because he did not intend to vote the
Republican ticket, for be did. He bad
been 10 the army two long years. He
made one hundred speeches for nominees
in 1876, and he understood Conkling made
but one. The gentleman had not given
the Republican party the hearty support
which the speaker had. He objected to
the character of the resolution and its
source. Tremendous applause.j
Young. Tenn. declared the southern
Republicans in the south stood on danger
ous ground. He did not understand the
reason for West Virginia delegates refus-
ing. Didithey mean to vote with some
other party if their own candidates were
NOT nominated2 Ii so they had no right
to help us nominate Republican candi.
date, What was needed in the south was
men of backbone and not men who 20 to
the gates and help others to slip in, and
then slip out themselves. He objected to
these men going back and sowing dissen-
ton. He wanted thew to define them
selves.
MIR Campbell assured bis colored friend
(Young) that he was not ashamed to call
him brother. but he had sufficient grit to
stand 1p for Republican principles.
Rra do akfomnfad IN rnako mint
of order, but was decided out Of order.
Garfield feared the convention was about
com mitting great error. He stated :he
case as follows: Every delegate here but
three voted for resolution. The three had
explained that they expected to support
nominee of this convention, but they did
not think the resolution wise at this time. |
Are they to be disfranehised loud spouts |
of mo, mo- because they did not think |
it wise TO PASS the resolution VIC voted for p?
That was the whole question. Had they |
refused to vote for the nominee then this |
resolution would be pertinent. We were
responsible for our votes to our oonsti- |
tuents and not to this convention. No
could bind his vote against his |
judgment (great appleuse.) He didn't |
know the gentlemen, nor their affiliations |
except one whom he knew in the dark |
days of slavery, and he was equal in clear !
sighted honesty and courage, to any man |
on earth, and if We expel him we must
expel many others here to-day. 10 this |
view he hoped Conkling would consider it |
matter OF pleasure on his part to Withdraw |
the resolution.
PixIey Gala. moved to table resolution. |
ConkliDg asked that the roll be called |
(hisses and cheers) on that motion. |
rph
three West Va. delegates wouid support
the nominee. Chair said that question was |
not in his province to answer. Conkling |
said he would not do injustice to any dele |
gate aud although he didp't understand |
that the delegates would support lom.nee
he would withdray his motion. 1t was |
Withdrawn.
There being no other business before the |
the Chair asked Seweli of n. |
j. to notify the committee Ou credentials |
that the committee was awaiting their |
report. The Chair (Hoar) announced he |
had communication from the committee |
on credentials that they would be ready |
to report 10 thirty minutes.
The committee on resolutions is ready TO |
report and will name in its order. after |
the committee Oh credentials and rules. |
The following are the points of the plat
uo piatiUTn ESucaI StS TIE &T0dt
benefits of Republican rule to the country. |
whion has restored soliiity TO the national
finances, lifted credit, OF prosperity OF the |
future. 1t advocates popular education, |
adherence to the constitution, prohibition |
of the use of public funds for sectarian !
schools, favors protection of American |
labor, commerce and Industries. denounces |
polygamy, renews the obligations of the |
country to the union soldiers, opposes the
Ch .aese immigration and suggests cuD-
gressional modification of existing treaty |
to remedy the evil; comDeDds Hsyes's ad |
srraigns the Democratic |
party and holds it to be the duty of Rapub-
iicsns to sarmoniz. the whole country.
At the expiration of hail al hour the |
Chair called the convention to order, is
being now / clock. He immediately iu- |
troduced Hon. Owen d. Conger. Chair |
10 an OF the Committee on Credentials, aud
in behalf of the committee apoiogizeG for
delaying the cases before them. He rep
resented the difficulties under which they
Iabored. They had been almost contipu-
ously and Iaboriously in session for over
TWO days. The committee bad considered
all cases with candor aud fairness, and
without dispute, except on the merits of
various questions. The committee report
q roll of members. In the Louisiana con-