The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-04

seats. In the contested cases the commit
, tee rehearsss the call of the national com
nittee, as a basis for their action on :al
contested' cases (Applause greeted th
j paragraph where allusion is made to tn
Congressiopal district represent ationl an,
} refer to previous calls to sustain their pos
ition aud to show the justice of their de
, cisions The calls of 1856, go "a and al
/ others down to the present date we're thu
!, same in this respect, as the calls OF thu
, year, and all were adopted with purpos,
to remove doubts and make district rep
resentation principle that could not bt
controverted or disputed.
|, Thecom mittee also say the state coDven
tion to have in almost every case decided
that congressional districts should have
Representation in the national convention
: as they have elected them. The rights ol
Representatives so elected have ever been
regarded as sacred, and should not now
! be invalid for the frst time in the history
cf the party by this convention is to select
the candidate most likely be to elected, and
the nearer we get to the true feeling OF
the people, the wiser and safer the selec
tlon.. LII state conventions may select
delegates to a national convention who
do not represent the feeling of the people
then those state conventions might as we'll
select all delegates from a single district
10 the state. This overriding of the will
of the people cannot be too severely
cepsured.
In the Utah case the omnittee favors
retaining the sitting mem bers. as being in
accord with these principles (applsuse)
Mr.. Conger said Mr.. Clayton. Ark. would
present minority report of the commit
tee.
THE MINORITY REPORT.
This report differs from tie majority on
| the application of the principles of district
representation. (Applause and cheers.)
They declare the majority offer an ex post
facto rule to be applied in this convention.
and one which will work great injustice,
subject the convention to criticism, OF
changing delegates for the purpose of
etfecting nomination. They find there
is vacancy in the Alabama delegation in
district four from which the majority
report Rapier entitled 70 seat. They
find that Warner and Smith are not en-
titled to seats from the 7th district, and
that Brigham and Mosely iare. The facts
in these cases are reviewed in extense, and
the report of the minority justified there
by. ln theslilnois case the minority find
that sweeping aud positive charges of
fraud, etc., have been made by the side in |
favor OF which the majority report, and |
that there was no basis whatever for such |
charges No evidence of fraud was pro- |
duced, but on the contrary there 10 weight |
OF evidence on the other side to show that
there was q great amount of fraud On the |
side of contestants. This was freely admit |
ed by the friends Of contestants before the |
committee. They first take up the Cook |
county primary election, and the couven
ZION, and make the point that the Grant |
chairman of that convention. Just before |
leaving, that is when the alleged bolt CO. |
CURED. had adjourned the convention. |
This point had not previously been made |
by the friends of the Palmer House dele. |
CATION The convention justify the bolt.
chiefly on this ground They then allude |
to the action OF the state convention 10 in |
structing delegates to vote for Graut, and |
claim that the state convention was con-
petent to SO instruct. The argu-
ments is strong for such right in |
the convention as against distric |
instructions. The Utah case is discuss.
ed more briefly but conclusion is reached |
10 fsver Of contestants. The West Vir-
ginia case is considered with same result. |
The reports are differently signed. Some |
OF the minority do not sign the report ou
each case Their conclusions are, that the |
regularly elected and sitting members |
should retain theiv seats; that others |
should not.
Conger then presented the roll of mem-
bers.
Cessna, Pennsylvania. moved that the |
10 majority should be divided into five gener-
al division, and that the convention now |
consider the Alabama case. Conger said the |
committee had divided the report iataI
eleven parts: |
Cessna Goved that those cases upon !
which all members of the committee |
agreed, should be passed upon By acclama- |
ton, while there should be discussion |
only On four points. Alabama cases, the |
Illinois cases. the West Virginia cases, |
and the Utah cases. I
There vas some discussion as to the |
roll of members which Conger presented, |
and that gentlemen proceeded to enumer- |
ale all those heretofore contested cases, |
which the ommittee without division re~ |
port unanimously to be agreed on. The |
ouly disputed points were as to delegates |
from the two Alabama districts. from the |
nine Illinois districts. the West Virginia |
and Utah. These were the only points to |
be considered By the convention.
Logan raised an objection TO the asser |
ton in the majority report that the Illi- |
nOls delegates at largo were contested. lie |
considered i, reflection on the delegates |
and nov learned for the first time that |
there had been any contest of these seats. |
as the representative OF q great state he |
was eutitled to fair treatment at the hands |
of the convention. tApplause.) Ia the
course of bis speech Senator Logan men
toned the name of General Grant as an |
Illinois soldier, which was greeted by loud |
applause and cheers.
CESSNA moved to amend his motion, |
makDg the division instead OF 5, the |
change being in order 10 bring the Kansas |
case before the house, as the minority |
report made no recommendation.
Sharp of New York moved to strike off |
the reference In the majority report to the |
delegates at large from Illinois.
Mr.. Conger said that Logan had either
misunderstood, or had not heard him on
that point. He regretted that the senator
had suspected that he would throw dis
credit upon him 10 the report. He re-
ferred in the most complimentary terms
to Gen. Logan as a soldier. legislator and
man. Copger INDUCED in some lively
sallies at the expense of Gen. Logan.
which met with hearty appreciation from
the galleries.
logan asked why The contest was made
mention of against the delegates at large