Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-04
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE SECOND DAY. Very Little Progress in the
 Convention. A Day of Discussion. Struggle Over the Precedence
 of Reports.
 Progress of Committee Work. . . Decisions i'm Gases of Con- tested Delegations.
POLITICAL.

l Over the Report of the Committee on
 Rules-An Amendment Defeated-Eow
 the Defeat is Interpreted by the Fac
 tfons-The Contestins DeIegatss-Blaine
 and Washburne Delegates Admitted
 from Iuinois-Grant Men Admitted from
 Kansas-A Reported Anti-Chinese Plank
 | in the P1atform-FuH Details ef Y ester
 days Proceedings.
 | CHICAGO June 3-At II o'clock the con-
 vention hall was crowded with spectators. An
 | immense crowd was drawn up in front of the
 Exhibition building unable to gain access
 to the interior. Spectators in tickets have
 l opened offices near the building and lively
 trade is carried on. The audience to-day was l larger than it was yesterday, owing to the l expectation that the contests were to come
 on contested seats. The most interesting of 1 these contests is in the Illinois delegation,
 and Chicago politicians pressing from every direction to gain admission. MT. Cenk- ling entered the hall after the audience had ! got well seated, and as he came down the aisle the audience cheered Justify. He was
 shortly after followed by MT. Garfield, who l also met with an enthusiastic reception.
 ] Everything being in readiness, MT. Hoar | called the convention to order at 11:45. The Rev. F. A. Noble, of the Union Park Congre- I gational church of Chicago, offered prayer. 1 MT. Conkling inquired whether the commit l tee on contested seats was ready to report. l The Chair replied that he was told the con- | mittee was not ready and not likely to be ! ready for several hours, perhaps not before p. m. MT. Conkling, rising again, said he | also understood that the report could not be | had from the credentials committee until late I this afternoon. Of course no business could properly be done until that report should be I received and the membership of the conven- | ton should De established; therefore he | moved a recess until 6 p. m. Mir. Hale asked
 MT. Conkling to give way for a moment, but he declined MT. Hale made point of order 1 that the motion to take Q recess was debata- I ble. The Chair sustained the point of order. MT. Hale rose to oppose the motion and | was received with applause, which was re- newed when he urged that the understanding yesterday was that the convention should this morning proceed to work He argued that f there was business which the convention ! could do in advance of the credentials report. He cited the convention of 1876 to show that \ 1t did much business in advance of the port on contested seats, which then, as now, | had much hard work to do, and was very late | with it's report. The conventionin 1876 per ! fected it's organization and acted on it's port of the committee on rules and order of business. MT. Hale urged that this con vention is now ready for business (great applause) and hoped it would not throw away it's time, but go on with its imme- diate duties. MT. Conkling said in reply 1 that the only thing the convention would do n1<~ ! toned seats and do nothing. His motion, therefore, was one of convenience. It was an open secret that the committee on perma- nent organization would report the continu- ance of the present presiding officer in the chair. It would not take five minutes to settle the permanent organization. There were important questions to be settled here. It is said that the committee on rules have agreed to recommend the adoption of this l five minutes rule to govern general debate, though the committee have excepted from the limitation the debate on contested seats. There was, therefore, nothing of consequence to do prior to the presentation of the report of the committee on credentials and contest ed seats. MT. Hale urged that if MT. Conk- Gng's argument was sound and its point adopted in every legislative body, suspend l ing all business until all contested questions ! of seats should be settled, no body would ever do any business. (Great applause Both houses of Congress are to-day consid- I ering such contests which have been pending since the beginning. He said Tn conclus1on | q shall not enter with the gentleman into | the field of irony and sarcasm in which he is | so expert. The little powers that l have ! have been cultivated in other directions I | leave that to him, only saying that If l am l less grasping than he this morning and am more amiable this vast audience knows why 1 it is'' Ioud laughter and enthusiastic ap- 1 plause, long continued The motion for recess was rejected
 Mr. Joy, of Michigan, moved that the Hi nois contestants shall have the right to be ! heard before this convention by such counsel as they may select. After several points of | order had been made against the motion and overruled by the Chair MT. Joy, at the re- quest of Mir. Logan, temporarily withdrew 1t. Mr. Pierson of New York, from the committee on organization, said that they were entirely harmonious in their action, and he was ready to report. Hereported MT. Hoar for president and a list of vice presidents made up of one from each State and Territory, Jeremiah Olney | being the member from Connecticut The report was accepted, and MT. Hoar made very brief speech in acknowledgment of the honor. Mr. Frye moved that the committee on rules and order of business be instructed 1 to report. Mir. Sharpe, of New York, ex- l plained that he had had no time yet to pre- pare minority report on behalf of nine States and the committee had agreed not to instruct their chairman to report until after action on the report on contested seats. Mr. Frye inquired whether the committee had agreed to wait for minority report. Great applause.)
 Mr. Garfield said that Sharpe had asked permission to make minority report. No objection was made, but no vote was taken. He (Garield) would not tender report, but he was subject to the order of the convention and was ready with his report if it should be called for. MT. Frye withdrew the pending | .,r,ks1 r9of NAlx which after a slight passage of marked sar- casm between Conkling and Frye was agreed to, and a recess was taken.
 Senator Hoar called the convention to or der again at 5:25 D. m. and lost i've minutes in getting 1t to order. MT. Henderson, of
 Iowa, said he understood that the committee on credentials was not ready to report and he therefore moved that the committee on
 rules be instructed to report. Senator Logan said: q do not intend to debate this mat ter, but ask the gentleman how much the presentation of this report at this time will
 facilitate business. It was agreed in commit
 tee to postpone the presentation of the re-
 port, as there are some things In this report which may. and some which may not, be suitable to adopt Don't be too nasty in
 raising the axe to head of syour fellows. All ask of any honorable gentleman in this con vention, and all that one should ask IS talT play. (Applause.) We want standard bearer for the whole party, and not for part of it. We want to know where we stand before we go to work One of these rules chokes all debate into five minute speeches. Why should it be necessary to force this upon us We came together to consider these questions fairly and justly, and if justice is to be done let the compacts made by the members Of
 that committee be kept. There is no com pact made by any of our friends which has not been kept to the letter. It has been agreed that this report should follow that of the committee on credentials. Senator
 Conkling came in and was greeted with cheers and applause which broke in on the speech Mi. Logan continuing, When we return home we want that every Republican, whatever his personal preferences may be, shall be able
 honestly and earnestly to support our candi-
 date. hope the gentleman from Iowa will
 withdraw his resolution (Cries of No
 No! No D Why is it that you say no? Do
 you not intend to keep the pledges made by
 your friends in committeef Do you intend to ride rough-shod over us already?" (Hisses 1T T.