Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-02-05
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
CAMERON COMES OFF coNQUERoR

CAMERON COMES OFF CONQUERoR.
The Delegation to Chicago Instructed to
support Grant for President and to
Vote as Unit.
Confusion and Uproar---Bitter Speeches
Against the Third Term.
Before the first session of the Republi-
can state convention adjourned yesterday
the committees were appointed, that on
contested seats numbering seven, of
whom one was Thos. B. Cochran, of this
city. n. Ellmaker and Colin Cameron
were on the permanent organization COM
mittee, and A. L. Eshleman and J. F. Wit
mer on the resolutions committee.
At the afternoon session the committee
on contests reported and there was fight
over A. n. Brice and DR.. Thornton of the
2Sth district and Gen. w. II. Koontz and
D. S. Elliott, of the 36th. The Grant
Cameron men were admitted, but a
Blaine man from Somerset substituted
KoOntz for himself.
MIR. Cessna again offered his resolution
for committee of nine to select delegates
to the national convention and presidential
electors and Mr.. Stewart came forward
once more with the Blaine amendment.
Mr.. Stewart said, in advocating his
amendment, that he believed that the ap-
pointment of delegates to the national con-
vention ought to be entrusted to the dele
gates from each congressional district, in
order that the will of the people may be
fairly reflected. The convention had the
right to select the delegates in this way
and it had no right to 90 any further. Mr..
Stewards remarks were greeted with ap-
plause by the Blaine delegates and the
galleries.
The yeas and nays were then called on
the amendment and it was lost by a vote
of 100 yeas to $50 nays The original
resolution offered by Mr.. Cessna was then
agreed to.
Senator Herr offered the following reso-
luton:
"Resolred, That the delegates elected
to the Republican national convention
support General L. S. Grant for the prcsi-
dental nomination, and to vote as a unit
on that and all questions that may come
before the convention
This was the signal for a furious out
Grant element. One enthusiastic Blaine
man proposed three cheers for his candi-
date, but the anti-Grant delegates were
too excited and angry to respond. They
gave vent to their feelings in Kisses,
whistles and groans. For a time the con-
fusion and uprOar exceeded even that of
the general caucus the night previous.
When order was restored Mr.. Stone of
Crawford, offered the following as an
amendment:
''Resolred, That, while we pledge our
selves to support the nomination of the
Republican party, we see no good reason
for abandoning the position taken by
the party in our own and other states in
1876 of opposition to a third presidential
term, and we hereby indorse and rcaffirm
the resolutions passed by our own state
convention held in this city in 1876 upon
this question:
A storm of applause, Kisses and groans
also greeted this proposition. Senator
Herr, however, got the floor and spoke
quite eloquently in defense of his resolu-
tion. He was loudly applauded by the
Grant men and Missed quite vigorously by
the other side.
Gen. Albright, of Carbon, and Gen.
Koontz, of Somerset, then spoke in oppO-
sitiOn to instructions for Grant. The for
mcr said that no man had more profound
respect for Gen. Grant than himself, but
there were others who could fill the presi-
dental chair with honor and who could be
elected by the Republican party. In this
connection he would name Elihu B. Wash
burne and James G. Blaine. The utter
ance of these names by the speaker evoked
applause and that of Blaine was loudly
cheercd. Gen. Albright concluded by say
ing that the convention must respect the
popular wish; if it did not defeat would
surely follow.
General koontz said he opposed both the
propositions and the resolution. He was
not in favor of instructing the delegation
to Chicago to support Grant, nor could he
favor the idea that the delegation must be
compelled to vote as a unit. lie was OPP
posed to the third term because the rule
established at the close of WashingtOn's
second term has not since been broken and
he was not in favor of breaking it now.
Besides it is we'll understood that the ad-
of General Grant had not
proved satisfactory to the Republican
party, but had done the party frequent
injury. He believed that James G. Blaine
would he much more acceptable to Repub-
licans as their candidate for president than
General Grant. lie would favor the unit
rule if it was for the good of the party
but if it was to be used in dickering for
cabinet appointments he would oppose it.
He believed it wrong to take away the
power of the people by the power of might
and would therefore oppose the resolution.
Mr.. Morcland, of Allegheny, advocated
The resolution, and Messrs. Darlington
(Chester) and Harvey (Clinton) supported
the amendment.
Mr.. Stone, after some remarks, with
lrew his amendment, whercupon Mr.. !
Strang (Tioga) moved to strike out the
name of L. S. Grant and insert that of |
James G. Blaine.
Mr.. Wolfe, of Union, then addressed the |
in favor of Blaine. lie de-
the ''unit rule ," and "ring rule"
lie declared that the voices of four millions |
If Pennsylvania people was "for the man
rom Maine" He desired that tho dele
rates should go to Chicago free and un-
Congressman Bingham, Of Philadelphia,
hen took the floor. In 1876 he was one
II the Blaine delegates at Cincinnati who
sisted Edward Mcpherson in breaking the
init rule. But when Mr.. Bingham had
poken yesterday there seemed some doubt
II the minds of the Blaine men whether he
vas really the same Bingham who smashed
hings at Cincinnati The voice was the
oice of Jacob, but the hands were the
lands of Esau. Mr.. Bingham took the
round, as a friend of Blaine, that mas
much as the Blaine delegates had been
hown to be a minority of the convention
" number of test votes they ought to
ubmit gracefully to the will of the major
ty and cease further resistance.
Mr.. Strang's motion was voted down,
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