Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-06-11


Third Day.
The Convention roassembled on the
morning Of the 4th, pursuant to adjournment,
and was called TO order a little before eleven
O'Clock. Rev. DIR. Little, of Chicago offered
prayer
Mr.. Conkllng offered a resolution declaring
tito he the sense of the Convention that ev-
cry member of 1t is bound in honor TO support
its nominee and that no man should hold a
| seat who Is not ready so to agree, and moved
! its adoption Mr.. Hale said that Republi-
| can Convention did not need TO be instructed
in its underlying duty, which was after nom
! mating its candidate, TO elect him over the
| Democratic candidate. Mr. Brandagee, of
Connecticut, did not think such q resolu-
| tion needed advocacy in Republi
can Convention, and to emphasize
| the vote demanded o call Of the
| States. The Chair thought II unnecessary to
call the roll on the demand OF single dele
! gate, and directed q ViUa Uoce vote. The vote
was taken, and the Chair declared the resolu-
tion adopted, There being stil demands for
/ a call of the roll, the Chair directed the sense
| OF the Convention to be taken on the ques-
| tion. The Convention voted by large ma
iority that the roll be called, aud 1t was called
| with the following result: Yeas, 7l9; nays,
| 3 Mr. Conkling offered a resolution dcclar-
/ ing that delegates who voted ono" had for
] feited their seats in the Convention. These
]
| Mr. Campbell, one of them, explained
| his vote, sa ing that he had always voted the
| Republican ltcket and always intended TO,
but that he voted as he did TO emphasize his
| objection TO tNe principle involved in the
resolution. He would not surrender his
| right to the Tee expression of his opinion.
| He declined to have the gagput in his mouth.
! Mr. Moore, of West Virginia, insisted upon
! the right of his colleague to utter his senti-
meuts as a representative of his State. He
/ certified TO the genuinencss OF his Repubt-
| canism. Mr.. Brandagee suggested that the
| resolution be modified 50 as to allow the
| offending delegates to remain in the hall and
see how unanimous the Convention could be.
He would instruct the Secretary however,
not TO call their names or allow them to
participate In the results OF the Convention,
Mr.. Mccormick, Of West Virginia, one Of the
recalcitrant delegates, announced his inten
ton to vote for the nominee OF the Conven-
tion but said ha voted as he did as a matt or
of principle. He was q consistent Republ
can, had served in the army for two years,
and during the campaign Of 1876 had made
more than one hundred campaign speeches
where the gentleman of New York had made
only one. Mr.. Young (colored), of Tennes-
see, thought If Southern man hadn't the
pluck TO stand firm on the smallest question
of Republicanism, he was unworthy to stand
among his fellows. Mr. Campbell said that
when Fred Douglass came to Wheel |
ing to speak, after the war, he in
publicanism. Mr.. Garfield feared that the
Convention was about to commit fatal error,
and asked Mr.. Conklng 10 withdraw the res
olution. Mr. PiXley, Of California, moved |
that the resolution be laid on the table, AS
the Secretary commenced to call the roll on
the motion to table, Mr.. Conkling withdrew
the resolution Mr.. Campbell then congratu-
lated Mr.. Conkling upon the success which |
had attended his efforts.
Mr.. Sewell, of New Jersey, moved that the |
Committee on Credentials be instructed TO
make their report, and the motion unani- |
mously prevailed.
The Committee on Credentials not being In |
the hall, Mr.. Sewell moved the Committee on |
Rules and Order of Business be instructed to |
report, with the understanding that no action |
be taken on their report until after the report |
of the Committee on Credentials, and the |
Convention so ordered Mr. Garfield the |
Chairman OF the Committee, then submitted |
the following rules:
Rule !. The Convention shall consist of n |
number of delegates from each State equal to |
double the number of its Senators and Repro |
sentativeS in Congress- and two delegates from |
each Territory and two from the District of
Columbia.
2. The rules of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the rules of this Convention so |
far as they are applicable and not inconsist- |
ent with the following rules:
3. When the previous question shall be de- |
manded by majority of the delegates from |
any State, ard the demand seconded by two or
more States, and the call sustained by n |
majority of the Convention, the question shall |
then be proceeded with and disposed of ac-
cording to the rules of the House of Repre- |
sentatives In similar cases.
4. Upon all subjects before the Convention |
the States shall be called in alphabetical order,
and next the Territories and District of
Columbia.
8. The report of the Committee on Credentials |
shall be disposed of before the report of the |
Committee on Resolutions is acted upon; and |
the report of the Committee on Resolutions |
shall be disposed of before the Convention |
proceeds to the nomination of candidates for |
President Nipn-prpSidpnf
g. When majority of the delegates of any |
two States shall demand that vote be record |
cd, the same shall be taken by States, Terri |
tories and the District of Columbia, the Secre-
tary calling the roll of the States and Terri |
tories and the District of Columbia in the Or
T. In making the nomination for President |
and Nice-President, in no case shall the call |
ing or the roll be dispensed with, When 1t
shall appear that any candidate shall have re- |
ceived majority of the votes cast the Presi- |
dent of the Convention shall announce the |
question to be: Shall the nomination of the |
candidate be made unanimous? But II no |
candidate shall have received majority of |
the votes, the Chair shall direct the vote to be
again taken, which shall be repeated until |
some candidate shall have received n major |
ity OF the votes cast; and where any State has !
announced its vote it shall so stand until tho |
ballot Is announced, unless in case OF numer- |
ical error.
g. In the record of the votes by States, the !
vote of each State, Territory and the District |
of Columbia shall be announced by the Chair |
man; and in case the votes of any State, Terri |
tory or the District of Columbia shall be
divided the Chairman shall announce the |
number of votes cast for any candidate or for !
or against any proposition; but, if exception |
is taken by any delegate to the core ctness of
such announc ment by the Chairman of his
delegation the President of the Convention !
shall direct the roll of members of such dele |
CATION TO be called and the result recOI de1 in !
accordance with the votes individually given. |
Q. No member shall speak more than once
upon the same question, nor longer than five
minutes, unless by leave of the Convention, |
except that delegates presenting the name Of |
Il candidate shall be allowed ten minutes in !
presenting the name 4 such candidate.
10. National Republican Committee shall
be appointed, to consist of one member from
each State, Territory and District represented
in this Convention. The roll snail be called, !
and the delegation from each State, Territory
and District shall name, through their Chair
man, person to act as member Of such Com
II. All resolutions relating TO the platform
shall be referred TO the Committee on Resolu-
tions without debate.
The minority of the Committee submitted
a report recommending the adoption of the
following as a substitute for Rule s:
In the record of the votes by States the vote
of each State, Territory and the District OF
Columbia shall be announced by the Chairman;
and in case the votes of any state, Territory or
the District Of Columbia shall be divided, the
Chairman shall announce tho number of votes
cast for any candidate or for or against any
proposition,
According to the understanding no action
was takenOn the reports at that time, and the
Convention awaited the appearance of the
Committee on Credentials.
After a-delay Of about an hour the report
OF the majority was presented by Mr. Con
ger, OF Michigan, recommending the admis-
sion OF the Warmoth delegation from Louis
lana, and the exclusion OF the Beattie dele
cation; the admission OF James 7. Rapier as
delegate from the Fourth Alabama District;
the admission of Messrs. Smith and
Warner as delegates from the Seventh Ala
bama District in place of the sitting mem
bers; the admission OF the contesting dele
gates from the First, Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth, Ninth, Tenth. Thirteenth and Seven
teenth Illinois Districts, and the retention of
the sitting delegates from the Second Illinois
District; the retention Of the four delegates
at-large from Illinois ;the admission OF the con.
testing delegates from the Second and ThiEi
Kansas Districts; the retention OF the sit
ting members from the Ninth and Nineteenth
Pennsylvania Districts; the retention Of the
sitting members from the Third West Vir-
ginia District, and the retention OF the sitting
delegates from Utah. Mr. Clayton, of Ar
kansas, presented minority report opposing
the admission Of Mr.. Rapier as delegate from