Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1880-06-04

go home and would not be ashamed tc
state his reasons for leaving to-day.
Hale, of West Virginia, made speech
in the same strain and demanded recog'
milton for his state.
Brandage, Of Connecticut, said thit
was not . question Of whom the delegates
would vote ut the polls for, but it was 0
question whether he would aid the
glorious republican party which had car
ried the country through SO many crisis
He would not exclude these delegates
but suggested that Conkling modify Lis
resolution SO as to allow them to sit here
and see what we did. .f.. -
Mr.. Mccormick Of West Virginia, said
he was one who voted against the reso
luton, but not because he did not in.
tend to vote the republican ticket, fol
he did. He had been in the army two
long years; he had made one hundred
speeches forthe nominee in. 1876, and he
understood that Conkling made but one
The gentleman had not given the repub
lican party the hearty support which the
speaker had. He objected to the char.
acter OF the resolution and its ssource
Tremendous applause.
Mr.. Young, of Tennessee, declared
that republicans in the south stood on
dangerous ground. He did not under.
stand the reasons for the West Virginia
delegates refusing. Did they mean to
vote with some other party if their own
candidates were not nominated?E Hso
they had no right to hn,., ~ nominate a
republican candidate. ~ What ns ueet was needed
in the south was men of backbone, and
not men who go to the gates and help
others to slip in and then slip out them.
selves. He objected to these men going
back and sowing dissention. He wanted
them to define themselves.
MIR. Campbell assured his colored friend
Young that he was not ashamed to call
him brother, but he had sufficient grit tc
stand up for republican principles. sa.
Brandage attempted to make point
of order, but was decided out of order.
Garfield feared that the convention was
about to commit great error. He stated
the case as follows: Every delegate here
voted for resolution. These three had
explained that they expected to support
the nominee of this convention, but they
did not think the resolution wise at this
time. Are they to be disfranchised Shouts
of "No"] because they did not think it wise
to pass resolution we voted for That was
the whole question. Had they refused
to vote for the nominee then this resolu
sion would be pertinent. We were re
sponslble for our votes to our constitu
ents and not to this convention. NJ
convention could bind his state agains
his judgment. Great applause H,
did not know the gentlemen no
their affiliations except one whom Ii,
knew in the dark days of slavery and he
was equal in ciea1sightedness ant
honesty and courage to any man OF
earth; and if we expel him we must ex
pei many Others here today. In thi
view he hoped Conkling would conside
it n matter of pleasure on his part t,
withdraw the resolution.
Pixley, of California, moved to tabl
the resolution.
Conkling asked that the roll be called
hisses and cheers on the motion. Conk
ling made inquiry whether these thre,
West Virginia delegates did state tha
they would support the nominee.
The chair said that question it was no
i'll his province to answer.
Conkling said he would not do inius
tice to any delegate, and although he dlt
not understand that the delegates woul,
support the nominee he would withtlray
the resolution.
1t was withdrawn, and there was lont
applause thereat.
Sewell, OF New Jersey, moved that tho
report Of the committee on credentials
be made. Agreed to by II unanimous
vote.
The chair said for tie purpose of nc
commodating citizens the committee q,
arrangements had given them ten thou
sand seats. 1t was evidently impropc
to express appreciation or disapprobatiol
from the gallery. One OF the cminen
soldiers OF the country Logam had beel
Missed from the gallery. He had ordere,
the galleries to be cleared ii any sucl
disturbance occurred again.
The chair called for the committee OF
credentials to report, and it was an
nounced that they were not ready.
Sewell, of New Jersey, moved t.
adopt the report of the committe
Oh rules. 1t was suggeste,
that no action he taken on the rule
till after the report of the committee OF
credentials had reported. This amend
mennt was accepted and the committc
on rules was ordered to report.
The chair desired Hon. b. X. Bruce, o
w uSoulllt VIlS Sllill lOl IL ltN
moments. Cheers greeted the appear
ance of Senator Bruce on the platform
Senator Garfield, chairman OF til
committee on rules, reported the rnle
already published, which are the sam
as those used at Cincinnati, with til
exceptions noted i'll previous dispatches
Mr.. Garfield explained that. but tw,
classes of changes had been made frol
those of 1876; first verbal and change
i'll the order of rules; the secone
the only substantial change, was that i
the eighth rule where the committee la
embodied a plain and undisputed prec.
dent and rule of previous republican COZ
ventions into clear statement. This
the clause abrogating the unit rule. I'll
minority report from members of sever;
states recommend the retention OF rltl
eight as used at Cincinnati, This doc
not. abrogate- the unit rule. I'll
minority consider the majority repol
on this question us tending to delay an
casting reflection on the chairman
the committee.
There being no other business befol
the convention, the chair asked Sewel
of New York, to notify the committee {
credentials that the convention W.
awaiting thoir report.
Chairman Honr announced that
had communication from the commi
I tee on credentials that they would
ready to report in thirty minutes, ar
! that the committee OH resolutions
ready to report and will come in its g
der after the committee on credenti,
and rules.
The following are points of the pla
form:
Rehcarses the great benefits Of repu
| lican rule to the country, has ,
stored solidly 10 national finances. lift
the credit of tho country, and has insur