The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-11

and llnselfish Republicans, and let thai
he taai each shall Tie with fhc other in
carry ias car grand party through the
coming contest 10 TicteFy, The chair
said 3 ! have been requesird lay the
alifsiti sagnmiilee to- designate lion,
titsp.-t H.llF, al 3ilssaclIils' ;ttS. sisstenl-
,,eTaTs chairman" Tremendous cheers.
Tbs. chair appointed tioyesRor bays,
I'd Texas. DIR Frye ~ AtstIFe, and 4ieR.
kaaGlssit HjHnis, ~ aoommiitee Ia waIt
On AR. Hear, :Hrd eoIrinet AinI .lie thf
chair s Ina Ts-- -.-s=- = =
EAsiEe caAlIaf zee appeared with Ma.
Hear, the audience brIls fourth IN loud
appl;stsr. !. -asr5 p. - "a
sYhe chair proposed, nu behalf Of tie
niti iQnal coInnai,tee, the following nam "a
sen1eteel 10 complete abe sTsanIza-
son "a nsm Istfs IGs. - - Z - - z5es
! . TEN Herslyy secrstariss-.Jahn H. Rob
e of Illinois, c. l.. Magilb oE Remsyl-
yaaiaI GhsEles w, Giisbee, o. Michigah,
and = ;saes ~, 4reaA8ell,s OF Missouri.
Resding,c terkzEugsae Davis ri, sNeg
| Aelh srzu fIlqsa L. s.ssls s#T
| 5ENEsLlalr then ssaidl:s-s - y Il ,s-.s
! Ca tsAas.I 2 FAC C07s0lbatoH:- essi -azaa
Gl@ thank you for ibis distinguished
| nlaIsk Ci yoHr confiueDce. ~ The tEalners
/ efzs1he Constitution expected that tie
| iltCoAAlCllIiNOetluD CA4&JSE9 10y Tic E1EEl-
OBS. W 10 were 10 assemble in their res
| pee ave STATES, ami on consultation with
eacI aslIer give their -balloss for asenief
magist.frfe. In case of afailuret 10 choose
4 by the efee.Orsg the honSea of representa-
tives, acting 10y. states, were Ia make. the
choice tIom the four having the highest
humber Of votes in tire colleges. So Ear
40 N direct popular action, they coDsii-
tue the rem0io CHOICE =oi' the executive,
but the people, by the customs they have
established nave batfied the especsl ions
of the f,tmers OF the Constitution. The
| election to-day is but. the a.t of one of
the great political pan lies 10 dies gnate a
man Tor whom the people Though
their AGENTS, the electors, may
vote. The functions of this
convention, therefore. is to name
one of the TWO men from whom the peO-
/ pie of the United Sta'es are to. select as
| their president. If il performs its du-
| ties wisely, fearleSsly and freely il is Ia
hame the man whom The people will
make their president Your tenure al
Office Is bTict but scarcely any duty is
entrusted to the most honor cd citizen of
| the Republic which, in dignity, iii aH-
thority, "a far reaching public import
aace equals, yours. 1t Is twenty Yeas
| since the Republican convention met in
;hiS city which after strong, but friendly
contest, put in nomination Abraham Lin
coin s.aBd Hannibal uamlin. Lincoln
has gone. hat his companion on taat
! tick1, in a fresh and vigorous are, is
! present to-day To, give Us counsel from
| the store OF an experience gathered ii ON
Il life of honorable public service.
/ Lincoln has gone 10. his rest, as have
/ Douglas and breckenridge, his two coAl-
/ petitors inF l,lc greet Office of the presi-
| deney, but.the parties which confronted
| each Other then confront each other now
! unchanged in purpose. temper and char
acteT. The Democratic party was ruled
| tnen as now--by the south. The single
! purpose o; lis being was to give political
/ supremacy To the Oligarcilies of the
south, and office without influence TO
their northern allies. In the pursuit of
that end, very great public interest was
sacrificed, as regarded the expanding of
II little money for public improvements,
either in the west or on the inland rivers
! and lakes. Ia 1860 the credit Of the ma
| ton was poor, its treasury, was empty
| and its Sin per cent. bonds below par
| Our unprotected manufactures con
| tended At fearful disadvantage with the
/ nauper labor of Europe, on whose work
shops We depended for large porti on of
the, necessities and comforts of life
| Our little navy was scattered over the
~ tn III
! our coHnirymen Were an trouble, bond
| age to them. livery new statp rs it took
lis place Ia the greatz family but added ii
new. dungeon to tleIr gloomy prison
4 house M last asthe Democratic party
! let so It's hold aa-DOwer the national flag
| liself seemed abont To he folded aud laid
aside lp be reVamped thenceforth as a
miserable symbol of the fntil;ty aud the
folly of tue last great experiment of self
[ government. The Democratic party con-
| fronts us to-day, as ! said, upchang ed in
! its purpose, in temper and in character
| limited in nothing else, proposing no
| other measure ofpolicy, it urges warf; Il
! upon the safeguards which the nation
throws around the purity of its elections :;
! II can see no other evil except that n free
man should cast free vote under the
! protection Of the national authority in
The states of Louisiana and Mississippi
/ II is the accomplice of the white league
and ku-iluX. In South Carolina, il tax es
the honest ballot from the box and.
/ stuilS the tissue ballot in its place In
! New York there was issued, Fraudulent
naturalization papers, three score thous-
] and IN number, In Maine, the ambi-
/ hitious Jarsency tIics to pil(tT a whole
State government a. once. In Delaware,
| il looks with cOmplacency on the whip
| pinT-pnSi rs in the war il found nothing
! which could project the national peace,
| il finds moaning there which can protect
! the na,iunai honor Can YOU find in The
| history OF the Democratic party for the
! past sixteen years anything that thc. De
mncratic panty has either done or flicd
to do, except 10 break down the legal
| Safeguards 50 as TO make these things
| possible? Tho Republican party has no
! such miserable history Rebellion sub
! ducd, slaves freed, geeat public ways con
! structed, homestead laws, naturalization
treaty, public crchit rc-cslaDlished, debt
| diminished, sound currency restored and
| flag cSpcctcd-abOye all, but not for
these things alone chiefly does the
Republican party live. The Re
! publican party lives that every
man within our borders may dwell
secure in a happy home; may cast and
have counted his equal vote; may send
his child at the pubic charge TO a. free
| school. Until these things come to pass,
! from the Atlantic 10 the Pacific, from
! Canada to The Gulf, the mission of our
| party is not accomplished nor IFS warfare
with It's ancient adversalies ended.
/ The second Day.
| CHICAGO, June 3, 8 p. NIT has been
| agreed that the Grant delegates from H.
! linois and fbe Blaine delegates from
| Kansas and other states should take t;.eir
seats until after the preliminary organi-
| Z'jion and until the committee on ere
! dentials has reported, ard the convcn-
! ton decided wic. Der states or diStric
should he represe ned. Then If the an =
! GIANT delegates IRON Illinois were adj
mitied, tic Grant mel from Kansas
should he. This is as | urdeTs. ard the
agreement. T5e committee on croden-
tails are nearly ready 40 repora, and will
! probably report at Oacc when the cor
! veution coDVe1es &c DO-rOw at 10 a IN.
lfIhe vote ,O-:Ii CAT, not allowing the cOul-
mittee on rule tn rCpor- uni ist3o coal
mitiee on a etentials -J1d Pepor I'll will
undoubtedly ovctH the :;tIon OF the
! ConveStion tO-a,oTTow. .s- 9. f4-4a
TO VOT 9 As THEY CHOOSE.
! The comm see on rules have a.c.ccd
! tn report eaal giEg the T;Sle of TIE Gin
1 cinuati convention ioar ye..ts ago 30 as
10, in & ct allow each dele ,atc u yO as
lac cAooe'S, without regard 10 any in
/ siructiens his state may have givtr.
! The fiyT minnie rule for speech s has
been adopted by the committee on rules,
| bat tais, If adopted, will not hold good
| for counsel or contestants. Ingersoll
! will be allowed To appear.on the floor of
The convention as Counsel for the Illinois
conies Janis. aud it Is probable tliat
! Emory S,oTTs of this city. will appear
for 1he u@nisr delegates. This will
take I'D much time. aad there is a
| probability that no vote viii bc taken on
the nOmi patton Tomorrow. $50
TIE cIrCINsTVTI RULE
CRfCAGo, june 3.1The committee on
| THles ~ lis session last nj glit, st,opfed the
rules of the Cir eireaii convention of 1916
! with three exceptions; ele-of them n
portIft First, the orler has ben CHE ] 4
| Ell Second, q section has beel added .
FRuFefs, which viii Clio away VITA tic
unit rile, allowing individual lelega-
I tioris to vote - they plea se- IL now
re;ttls-as foiiows:' s7e a.
| Rule & ELTu the rtear,l al the VOTES nv