The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-06
Boutwell, moved the following:


ResoEced, Tsat all the cases of con-
tested seats be decided by adopting the
usage of each state, and that in every
state where the uniform usage has been
to elect delegates TO the national repUb-
lican convention by the state convention
that usage shall be deemed binding and
the same shall be true in respect of dele
gates sent bya district convention where
that has been the usage.
Conger made the point of order that
Boutwell's resolution was not in order,
because not germane 10 the pending
question.
The chair sustained the point. Vo-
ciferous cries of Question, question:
The question was put ViVG U0ce,
and decided overwh slmingly In the mega
tive. a division being demanded, the
roll Of states was called resulting: Yeas
30G, nays 49, SO the motion TO substitute
1.-THE minority Tor the majority report IN
Alabama contests was rejected. The
announcement elected tumultuous Gp-
plsuse. When Kentucky was called the
chairman announced its full vote in the
affirmative, but the four protestants oil
Yesterday, rose and demanded to be
counted in the negative, and 1t was so
ordered. [Applsuse.I The majority
report, so far as relates to Alabama, was
then adopted.
Guarles, of Wisconsin, offered a resolu.
ton limiting debate in the Illinois con-
tests to one hour, to be equally divided
between the two sides.
Boutwell, moved to amend by sub
shutting the resolution which he offered
few minutes before.
Conger raised the point that Bout
wells amendment was not germane
to the pending question which WAS
one as to the proposed limitation
of debate, and was out Of order
also, because it related to all the unset
tied contests included in the committee's
report, while the pending question related
! solely 10 the report OF Inc commiIIee IN
the Illinois csse.
The chair sustained the point of order.
Boutwell,, at some length, defended
his proposition under cover Of opposition
to the proposition for limitation of debate.
| He cited the case of Louisiana, In which
the delegates admitted that they were
| the appointees of the state convention
| and not of congressional districts.
Conger, replying, said that in the case
of Louisiana there was no question what
ever raised before the committee as tc
district representation; Louisiana hao
travelled all the way ito Massachusetts tc
| find somebody to ssy something about It,
daughter and applause.l He had no
| objection 10 Just as much debate as The
! gentleman thought advisable. The more
Inc report of the majority should be dis
| cnssed the better it would stand before
the convention and the country. Zap
plause.] ,. =.
time TO the discussion Of the Illinois case
and made another reference to the ole
soldier Grant, which drew out great
hurst Of applause from the galleries, snC
considerable waving of handkerchief OF
the floor. If, said Logan, you can bea
the cd soldier, all right you beat tn
nan who has been recognized by ever.
nivilized nation of the world; but do not
NV tactics. drive Illinois down to proven
Me old soldier from having his share 0
roSes. TCheerF.1 Logan said be was IN
forIoed thst the California delegates wer
~ warded Their credentials until the.
had taken the pledge to support the can
didsFe for whom the state convention
instrlh,ted them to vote He asked III
CaliforGsa> delegation to say what tn
fact was. ~
In a momehE there was silence, f5
lowed by derisive ,egghtcr, under th
: suppo3.tion that the Czi:fnrnians coul
not deny the accusation. Finally Pi1
ley, CT California, got up on his chsi
and said the question could not be ar
swered in single word, but he would b
1 most happy to respond if he could /
allowed a tile time in which to do 81
California selected her delegates to Ia
convention by the vote of each distri,
J represented here; that their appoiItmeI
/ had been c.nfrmed by the state CONVEX