The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-06-24

length oil time reluireu 70 prepare tue re
port was not an indication Of inhArmony
among the members Of the committee OF
Of the sub committee.
Reading Of the minutes was :dispenset
with.
MI. Burke, Of Indiana, offered the fol
lowing resolution:
ResOiued, That the surviving soldiers o
The war with Mexico, and widows, or
phans and children Of soldiers deceased
IRE entitled TO the grateful recognition o
he people oi tho United States, and Con
Iress ought 10 cause them 70 be placed OF
,hA pension roll on the salne footing will
be soldiers Of the war oi 1872.
The chairman stated tnAt this resolution
would, under an order already adopted, q
70 tue Committee on Resolutions.
The chair then asked II the COMMITTEES
IN Credentials was ready TO report,
Pending Rn answer much Amusemen
Eas caused by the reading Ot a Telegram
nm Reynolds Casson, Oi New York, indi
eating that boUhres werereAdY TO greet th,
Democratic nominee.
The Committee on Credentials not helnt
present, Mr.. Martin, OF Delaware, chair
nan Of the Committee on Permanent o.
glniLation, then made report in accord
uCe withethe action agreed upon last
light, and seut In the press report.
Mr.. Martin, OF Delawa,e, moved the
PREVIOUS question on the adoption OF tht
eport, but subsequently withdrew tht
notion.
It was moved that further action on thi
epOrt be postponed until the COmmitte,
IN Credentials had reported. Agreed to
Mr.. Young, OF Georgia, Chairman Of
the Committee on Credentials, submitted
lis report IN the Massachusetts, case. L
vas unanimously recommended that botl
contestants be admillsd and that the twI,
delegations united cast the vote oI tht
State. The sitting members from Penn
vlvania were reported rs entitled to theiI
seats. There wa, g I cheering when the
;iause was read declaring that the CON
ntttee hAd, with singular unanfmtty de
tded In favor OF the sitting members aud
.gainst the admission Of TAmmany.
Mr.. o. A. Hall, OF Kansas, asked leavt
present minority report aud was al
nwed TO do 30, and TO read the report
himself.
Tue minority report, sigued by i0ul
members, declares that the Democracy II
hs State OF New York Is divided in o tw,
egnlarly organized factions, both oi
Shich represent large constituencies and
bUth OF which have held State conven
ions. The history ni the coalition between
hese factions In 1875 was given, and the
,pinion expressed that a simi Or action thi.
,ear would result in the election OF q
democratic President, US then. TIE mi,
lOrity concluded with q resolution tha
he Faulkner convention delegates shall
nave fifty votes In this convention. and
be Shakespeare hall Democracy have
ESenty votes. The reading OF the repon
vas gieeted with cheers aud hisses.
Mr.. Young, who made the majority re
port, demanded the previous question, aud
the vote by States being asked for, tht
tlerk called the roll. Pending the call, tht
question arOse as TO the limit Ol debate
ute rule OF 1876 would be enforced.
When New York was reached In the
call ths State asked to be excused from
voting. The request was granted amid
.heers. Il was apparent that the previous
question would 6e sustained. The vote
SloOd, ayes 3U0, nays 295. GeuerAl Young
hen said that under The rules one hOui
would be given Tor debate, fOrty minute,
oei6g allowed for the contestants and
twenty minutes 10 the Convention.
Tie chair announced that the New York
contestants requested to be represented
by John Kelly. [Receiyed with chqls
aud hisses-
The request being granted, Kelly was
invited ~ The stand, Tut not being present
The chair suggested that the contestants
select any other gentleman 70 presenttheir
case.
George W. Miller, Of Albany, being In. |
troduced, addressed the convention ln be. |
nali Of Tapmany, and expressed hope
hat the peAge oi the pOnYentiOn would |
not be interrupted n moment by this OCCUR
renee. Tammany had come here with the
same hopes, 0bjecis and high aims as the
rest Of the delegates. They had come
with an olive branch, in the hopes OF les
cuing the Democratic party from de
feat. They had not expected q hearing in
he report OF the committee. They were
4yainst them and therefore Kelly was not
here. [Hisses and applause He was
man WHO had no superior in this or any
pther convention 10 pat,intie devotion 10
The Democratic cause. Kisses and cheers
several tunes reHewedl He then pro.
seeded 10 state the case VI his delegation.
lie declared that Tapimsny E4s Prae'ip-
ally the Democratic party oI New fOrA
ciIy and had over forty thousand votes
..'..'-ide oil the city In the State.
He referred I'd Thomas F. Bayard's
OF Tamma2y In previous
contests, and was greeted with louG $"'
,lause, which saO rfaea,ed and continued
or nearly o minute, When No IeeIgIsd
.mphatically that Tammtny expected to
% prepared to vote the iktt hsie nomin.
led, but there was great difference be.
.waen an army fully armed, equipped aud
organized In the field and arrglment strip.
ned OF lis arm0r and authority; the later
gould sink from The battle and bp no
actor Ia the engagement. 10 appealed
q the convention TO adhere 10 the prece.
,edent TO have fair play and honesty In
his matter. He RRll Il bad CONS to lie
considered that the regular delegates were
elected by the nachiueI that there
we're two electoral tickets 10 the Geld,
md II the Tammany delegates were
sicked out what would be the result?
Very many DemocrRts would vote the
rammany electoral ticket in New York
State 10 spite Of all that could be done BY
he leaders and delegates, HeSlated this
not as q threat, but as fact sbd as warn.
ing. He closed with plea iOra an adjust
nent on this point which wonld result In
he best interests Of the great, beloved and,
he hoped to be victorious Democratic
party.
Judge A mas4 ]. Parker, Of Albany, was
then intFodnGed By the chairman as q
great aud glorious leader OF the Demo.
cratic party las another representative OF
lhe minority Ia this contest. HedeplRred
that the Tammany delegation represented
$50 900 Democratic votes In the State OF
New York. They came here 10 the interest
nj harmony and q consolidation OF the
Democratic tickets in New York. They
were ready TO make any sacrifice, TO sup
port any candidate who was non ina ed BY |
Ibis 6UnpeRtibn, oandidly and liJlisstly
He could speak more freely, because he
Iltdn't vote for Mr.. Kelley, but for Mr.
Robinson, ut the last Gnbernat0rial elec
tion. He asked the aid oi the conven-
ton to allow them to go home and say
they had been fairly treated, Is they al
wayp had been ln pfeyidus years by Dem.
ocratic National Conventions,
The Chair then Introduced, in behalf Of
the minority, Gov. Hubbard OF Texas, who
said be was no mean partisan In the ian. !
lions from New York, but he stood for the
Of equity and justice Tor the Dem
Ocfap Of the s'Ate li New York, VIII
dared TO give 10000 msiofIty lor Samuel
J.Tilden There was great applause among
the delegates At the mention Of TiIden'E
uame, aud some waving Of hats In the
gallery The speaker thanked God thai
ihe South was solid on the subject of De
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