Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-04-30

cOuSeuuO0 whose Ver0lCC settles all such
things as to national nominations, but for
God Almighty's sake. don't trouble their
delegates before they go there. Zap
plause. am here to cast my vote
against the unit rule [applausel, and
every man represent will not allow him
self to be collared by it. But when the
convention meets and nominations are
regularly made every man I represent,
if the devil himself were nominated.
would expect to help to make a good cam
paign and would exert myself for him,
too. [Applause, principally from the gal
leries.] But don't swing those command
ing clubs at us now. Let US have a free
fight, and vote like freemen. without any
body stopping u.s." Laughter
Hon. X. NJ. Speer then spoke.
"Let us see where we are. The COM
mittee have reported in favor of the two
thirds rule in the national convention, and
in favor of the unit rule by the Pennsyl-
vania delegation. Now, my learned
friend from Lehigh Mr.. Sowden] says
we are a unit on the two-third rule, but he
opposed our being unit as a whole.
Laughter. Who send the delegates to
the national convention now but the dis
tricts? [Several voices. the people,
the people, How do they do it? They
send them 20 the state convention. The
state convention reviews their cre-
dentials. 1t ratifes their election
as delegates here, and after that has
been done the committee prepares and
makes a report. Now in connection wi tn
the higher convention do you want to go
as the delegate of thousand men, of a
little country crossroads, was represent
ing this grand old state? Let us speak as
state [Applause. Whether our voices
at Cincinnati shall be given for that man
who carried this country in 1876, and was
prevented by fraud from taking his scat,
or be given for that great man who was
hero in war, l care not Applause.
Let us do what is right by standing SOL
idly together. Let us not dishonor our
state, but without division let it be known
that we are unitedly for the interests of
our great commonwealth first, and for her
sons! [Applause.]
"We had great fight when was much
younger man than am to-day in the COR
ventiOn which nominated James Buchanan
the only man we have had in the presiden-
tial chair, and who has gone to the good
mans rcward-peace to his ashes. That
success. was accomplished by union.
[Applause.]
much here on gag law. If people are
favorable to a person let us support him
heartily without raising this cry. am
for fairness to the honorable gentlemen on
both sides of this convention, and for the
best interests Of our great state. Then
whatever may be the action of the conven-
tion let it be adopted with feeling of
right and justice to all parties, and with
out occasion for any cry of gag law.
AS to the remarks of the gentleman from
Lehigh (Mr. Sowden) who says he has
never held place, that does not imply that
he never wanted it, or would have it,"
Laughter and applause.
Speaker Randall arose, took off his over
coat, and proceeded to speak.
Mr.. Chairman {: l will detain the conven-
tiOn but moment. There is no man who
will make more personal or political sacri-
fices than will to secure unity and har-
mony [applause], but we want that unity
and harmony which comes from the head
and heart. Applause. We do not want unity
that comes from the cOercieve power of
bare majority of the people who send us to
represent them at the national convention,
(applause.) l believe that this delegation,
when sent to the national convention, will
exercise such discretion that they will be
united in their action without any such
agency as is proposed to be made use of in
this convention. And therefore 1
hope, with great Difference to the gentle
man who has spoken in favor of this union
of vote under the coercive rule, that it
will not prevail in this convention. Zap
plause.] The great question is Oh the fun
damental right of this convention TO coerce
delegates from the respective congressional
districts of the state to stifle the views of
their constituencies and misreprcsent them
through foreign power, and through an
agency that has never done anything but
to distract and bring discord, and too often
defeat. Applause.
on the proposition to strike off the unit
rule.
The platform was then adopted without
the unit rule. 1t is as follows:
The selection of four delegates-at-large
to the national convention was next in or
der.
Mr.. Vaux named Hons. W. S. Stenger,
of Franklin. and W. l.. Scott, of Erie.
Mr.. T. J. Barger, of Philadelphia,
named Hons. Lewis G. Cassidy, of Phila-
delphia, and Il. Milton Speer, of Hunting
don.
There being no others named those GER
tlemen were declared the choice of the
convention for delegates-at-large.
For electOrs-at-large Hons. Robert E.
Monaghan, of Chester and w. II. Play
ford, of Fayette, were named.
A delegate then named Mr.. James P.
Barr. of Pittsburgh. Mr.. Monaghan at
tempted to withdraw, but he was not per-
mtted to do so, and was unanimously
elected.
The ayes and noes We're then called for
the remaining electOr at large, and Mr..
Playforl was elected by vote of 1873! to
11Ot.
The following named gentlemen we're
placed in nomination for the supreme
bench Hons. Geo. A. jerks, of jefferson;
Pearson Church, Crawford Z. J. Fox,
Northampton James Bredin. Butler.
The vote rs announced stood
Fox x...... II Church. .. 81
jerks. ..137 Bredin. 80. ..... 5
The chair announced that Hon. George
A. jerks, of Jefferson, is the nominee of
the Democratic party for supreme judge
Mr.. Robert A. Packer, of Bradford, then
placed the name of Edward Herrick, esq.,,
of Bradford county, in nomination for
auditor general.
Mr.. Richard Vaux nominated Col. r. P.
Dechert, of Philadelphia. The roll was
called and the vote stood:
DecheIt.. 1881 Herrick.. S3i
Mr.. James, Of Northampton, said that
as fitting close to the work of peace and
harmony, he moved that Hon. Andrew II.