Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-04

| discussion from the fve-minute limitation,
and pledge the entire Iowa delegation to sup
port it. GApplausel.
Sharpe of New York said his minority re-
port was now ready, and it was signed by
representatives of nine States, whose vote
was necessary to the success of the Repu-
blican party in the coming contest. The
committee has agreed to. postpone the en-
| forcement of the fve-minute rule until the
| composition of the Convention was decided.
| If that agreement was not unanimous, it
had been at all events reached without dis
senting voice. He now moved to amend the
motion by ordering the Committee on Gre
dentials to make its report.
| Garfield said that there was no ground for
any charge of bad faith by anybody in the
COMMITTEES on Rules. He did not under
stand that any such charge was made. The
| fact was that the committee agreed that they
| would not OF their own motion present their
report until after the Committee on Con-
tested Seats should have reported. But when.
ever the Convention chooses to order the
report from his committee, the latter had no
other duty but to obey. He said, also, that
the proposed rules were so drawn as to leave
to the Convention the power to extend any
| speakers time beyond five minutes, whenever
it should so choose, even though the general
limitation of such speaker should be fixed at
five minutes.
Conkling of New York said that some
hours ago the Convention had adjourned till
5 o'clock, for the purpose of giving the Com
mittee on Credentials time to report. The
meaning of the recess was that when the
Convention came together again the Com
mittee on Credentials would make its re-
port. He had been told by members
of that committee that they are ready
to report, not on one or two or
three cases, but on nearly every case
! referred to it. Why should not that commit
tee make such report as it was ready to
make, and let the Convention pass upon IT?
He submitted that good faith and the good
understanding of all concerned would be pro-
NOTED and observed by proceeding now 10
consider the report of the Committee on
Contested Seats.
Henderson of Iowa replied that good
reason why the amendment should not pre-
vail was the fact that while the Committee cn
Rules had finished its work and was ready to
report, the Committee on Credentials had not
completed their work, would probably not do
so before tomorrow morning, and until then
could not be here themselves to explain and
sustain their own action.
The Chair stated that tide question was
first upon Sharpe's motion to amend so as to
instruct the Committee on Contested Seats
to report.
AYES AND NOES.
Sharpe asked that the question be taken by
ayes and noes, and the Chair, exercising his
own discretion in the absence of any adopted
rules, so ordered.
The vote was: Alabama, yeas, 20.
After the vote of Alabama was announced,
delegate from that State rose and said he
wished to vote in the negative.
The Chairman-lf the gentleman wishes to
vote no his vote will be received and record
The voting then continued:
Arkansas, ayes, IL. California, ayes, 6
noes, u. Colorado blank. Connecticut,
noes. II. Delaware, noes, 6. Florida, ayes,
s. Georgia, ayes, 6; noes, 16; Illinois, ayes,
A. Indiana, ayes, 6; noes, %. Iowa, noes,
o. Kansas noes. 10.
Kentucky announced ayes "a, but Ken
lucky delegate rose and said there were dele
gates from that State who desired to vote no.
There were four stalwarts who desired their
votes recorded no. Applause and Kisses, be-
cause of the delegates excited and boisterous
manner.l
The Chair ruled all debate or anything else
than correction of the vote to be out of
order.
The Chairman of the Kentucky delegation
here rose and said he would then give the
names of the four, but just then Conkling
went up to him and prevailed upon him to
forego his purpose and take his seat.
Then the four Kentucky dissenters stood
UP on their chairs in the Convention, amid
great applause.
The vote of Kentucky was then recorded
as 20 ayes, noes.
Resuming, the vote stood Maine, Ii
noes. Maryland, ayes, noes. Massachu-
sets, z ayes, II noes. Michigan, aye, 81
noes. Minnesota, 3 ayes, 6 noes. Missis-
sippi, ayes, noes. Missouri, 90 ayes, IL
noes. Nebraska, G noes. Nevada, 6 noes.
New Hampshire, 10 noes. New Jersey. Is
noes. New York, AZ ayes, % noes. North
Carolina, 5 ayes, Is noes. Ohio, 8 ayes, Al
noes. Oregon, noes. Pennsylvania, 81
ayes, 2S noes. Rhode Island, noes. South
Carolina, ayes, 5 noes. Tennessee, 16 ayes,
z noes. Texas, Q ayes, noes. Vermont, 10
ayes. Virginia, IL ayes, noes. West Vir-
ginia, 10 noes. Wisconsin, 2 ayes, Is noes.
Arizona, noes. Dakota, l aye, no. Dis
trict of Columbia, 2 ayes. Idaho. 2 noes.
Montana, 2 noes. New Mexico, noes.
Utah, 2noes. Washington Territory, noes.
Wyoming, 9 noes. Ayes, 31S; noes, BOG.
So Sharpes amendment was rejected.
[Tumultuous applause and cheers.
ADJOURNMENT
The question recurring on the original mo-
ton, Brundase of Connecticut said he rose in
the interest of order, harmony and peace.
He had voted against the amendment just re-
jected, but he thought there was fair under
standing in the Committee on Rules that
their report should not be made until after
that of the Committee on Credentials. He
moved to lay it on the table pending mo-
tion instructing the latter committee to re.
port. with view to adjourning until to-mor-
row morning.
The motion to table was agreed to, and the
Convention, on motion of Metcalfe of Hi
nois, adjourned at 6:45 until tomorrow morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Proceedings OF the C0mmtffees-Sce
and Incidents.
ADOPTION OF RULES.
CHICAGO, June 3d.-The Committee on
Rules, at its session last night, adopted the
rules of the Cincinnati Convention of 1876.
with three exceptions, one of them being i'm
portant:
First-The order has been changed.
Seconc-A section has been added to rule
s. which will do away with the unit rule.