New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-21


manner two sets OF delegates, above mentioned ana
accredited them to this Convention. c..u,,.,oo
and Of the call made by that committee for this COnVe
tiOn We find call made upon the Republicans Oh
Convention We do find that there was call made
the Repubcans Of sach Of the rst TO s
Convention. We find that the humber oil GesGS5 iat5
and set forth In said CALL 1t appears that thcse seven
Senatorial Districts comprise IN aggregate ine m Sae m
territory Cook County We find, althoagh thiS ~ ho
that the Republican organization OF each oi tneso d
Senatorial Districts is totally distinct from adI
OF Cook County Tor all purposes OF representation IL
All tdese facts being found as stated the next duty
of the to discover what i
difficulty in arriving at tins conclusion from the TACT
that the action Of the various ward primaries ha5
10 proper that should determine therer0m as nearly
as weaT eTess WT%,d 39 nyoVed %e do not nd
that either the bodies calling themselves COOK county
their action as could be Of any validity IN c0mpe
ing this Convention to treat them as such we hnu
here that each Of them entitled 10
the same standing and position here as Is county III
he honest voters at prm aries presumed to have
entitled to and should have Stripped of all tecnca
ties the will of the honest Republican voters at te pr
this can only be arranged by giving nearly as posi-
bic the representation here TO the delegates actnay
elected in the various wards and districts, ana p0yns
no regard whatever to the action ofany County COnve
tlOn We have considered ana ae III
parties concerned in good conscience ana thereby pro
mote the interest Of the great Republican party, We
recommend that the following named persons be ac
corde seats ia the Convention Here follow hhHes Vi
thirty Grant and hlty-slx anti. irant delegateSJ
A third report, signed by Judge Grant, William
Chew and one other delegate, advocated the ad-
mission of SO Grant delegates alone, on the ground
that the antlGrant delegates had virtually re-
fused to give the pledge demanded by the Conven-
tiOn.
The Hurlburt report was read last, and was
greeted at the close with prolonged cheer. Or tho
speeches of Kirk Hawes and Emory A. Storrs repre-
sentatves of the anti-Grant and Grant delegations,
respectively, not q great deal need be said. MIR.
Hawes's speech was clear, good-tempercd ana pre-
sented owing to the invncibe array of facts which
it embodied. one OF the most complete cases ever
set forth in behalf Of a contested delegation.
Mr. Storrs had not the facts upon which to base
an answer of like gravity. His reply, therefore,
was merely a cOarsely brilliant stump speech,
whose misquotatons of Shakespeare and the Bible
were the least of its sins. aud closed with direct
appeal to the Convention to admit the delega-
ton because Its thirty-six votes would be
cast every time for General Grant. There
was the widest Grant cheer of the day when Mr..
Stors described what he alleged to be the fraud and
corruption of the Chicago anti-Grant campaign, and
said all these measures were taken TO defeat, not
man who had ever done anything against his coun-
man living.
Mr. Hawes closed the argument in n five mtnut es
speech Which, with Its hard facts, would have COM
plctely turned the edge Of Mr.. Storrs's wit if the
Convention had not been bent upon partisan de-
cision The Hurlburt report had been numbered
three in the list, and the vote was taken upon II
first. The ro-call show ed that the Grant leaders
could not hold all of their men to the bold policy
of excluding the whole of the only rightiully
elected delegation. Three hundred and twenty
votes were cast against the report; 282 Tor 1t
n majority against the Farwell Hall delegation OF
only 80. Another vote was then taken on the
report admitting the mixed delegation. This was
carried by vote of 341 to 216, majority of SO.
TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
E. F. Bull. of Lasalle, leaped to his feet and
moved that the temporary officers Of the conven-
ton be continued as permanent officers. The mo-
ton was carried in twinkhng. The convention
was thus permanently organized before the Farwell
Hall men could have said "bolt" If they had
wanted 10 say it. In another moment the conven-
tion had adjourned until evening while the Farwell
Hall delegates went into caucus.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The Convention reassembled at 1880 p. m. j. c.
Spare of Jo Daviess County, the home of General
Grant, offered the following resolution;
Pesolred That General U 8. Grant. OF Illinois. IA the
choice Of this Convention for President Of the United
States.
Amotion was made to substitute the name of T.
B. Washburne, and another motion to refer it to
the Committee Oh Resolutions was then made.
Mr. Spare moved to table this, which was doue by
| n viva yoce vote amidst great confusion The mo-
| ton to substitute Mr.. Washburnes name was then
put bv the chair and lost, when increasing cOnfu-
sion occurred The original resolution was put and
| carried by viva vOce vote.
| A call of counties was loudly demanded by the
| anti-Grant mon. A point Of order was made that
the tablng OF a motion to refer tabled the entire
| subject The chair overruled this. The roll call
resulted-ayes 3SG; nays, 3O7. and the resolution
The announcement of the result occasoncd great
applause lasting several minutes, hundreds OF del
| egates rising and cheering
Mr.. Crosby, of Dq Page, moved that the
| gates and aternates to the National
| Convention, and that said delegates and alternates
be declared the choice Of this Conception.
| This would have resulted In the choice of Blaine
delegates in several districts. 1t opened the great
contest in the Convention.
The motion was opposed by Senator Logan in n
speech of considerable length, in which he ad-
VOcated the right Of the majority of the Convention
to send to Chicago solid delegation instructed for
An Anti-Grant delegate occasionally interrupted
the Senator with questions and each side expressed
its approval or dlsapproval OF his remarks as 1t WAS
The debate was continued at considerable length,
| Senator Logan speaking several times.
y, W. 1uOuldSs VI Nltili hINC SblOHS npONNh'
| He moved to amend Mr.. LOgah's motion 30 that
| the committee should simply report delcgates-at-
| large. -
Mr. Gray of Fulton, said the IXth District had
| elected delegates having 33 Anti-Grant votes to
for him. 1t would crush out the party to ignore
| these districts.
Kirk Haines. of Chicago. said dele gates had been
| selected from Cook County on the ground that
they had been elected by Senatorial Districts; they
| now proposed to try the same plan in selecting
| delegates to Chicago.
| Mr.. Logan asked the Grant men if they proposed
to allow delegates opposed to Grant to be sent to
| Chicago, and appealed to them to vote down the
| amendment to hIs motion.
| Considerable anger was exhibited during the de-
| bate at times good deal of confusion.
Herman Raster, OF Chicago, said the minority