The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-05
CHICAGO CONVENTION
VERY LITTLE HARMONY, INDEED.

ing attempts 10 Fly the Party
| Lash, and IN Set Down On
| The Platform - Grants
Strength the Majority
Report of the Gre.
dentiais commit.
tee, Etc, Etc.
Special to the Herald.
Chicago, June 4, 1850 a. m.-The conveu-
ton was called to order at 1915 a. m.
RoYALIsTs.
Prince Leopold and the Marquis of Lorne
occupied seats on the platform.
THE UNIT RULE.
The Chicago papers all agree that the unit
rule will be voted down, and that the con.
vention cannot get through before to-mor-
row night
WILL STICK TO THE "sILENT MAN"
AT a caucus of Grant delegates the caucus
decided to stick to the silent man." if the
balloting lasted week.
TO SUPPORT THE NOMINEE.
1850 a. m.-Mr. Conkling moved that all
members OF this convention bind themselves
to support the nominee of this convention.
Mr.. Conking's motion carried. He said
there were negative votes on th. resi- luton,
and asked for II call of the States. III
Tue call Of the Stat WIS ordered
SECOND DISPATCH.
ii a. m.-The roll of the States resulted in
f'vor Mr. Ccnkling's motion, West Virginia
casting three votes in the negative the only
ones in the negative, The vote WIS received
with Kisses. ......
POPPING THE WHIP.
Mr. Conkllng moved that the delegates
who voted n the negative should be consid.,
cred as having torfeite their right to vote in
this convention.
THIRD DISPATCH
Halo a. m.-Mr Conklings resolution
TO exclude the three dissenting votes from
West, Virginia, is being extensively dis
cussed.
delegate from the convention moved
that Mr.. Conklings resoluli N be laid ON
the table, whereupen Mr.. Conkling withdrew
his motion.
URrH DISPATCH.
IL: 10 o. m.--The Committee, on Creden-
tials has been instructed to report.
The Committee on Rules and Order of
Business reported in favor of adopting the
rules Of the National House of Representa-
tlves to govern the convention: also that
speeches to be confined TO five minutes.
FIFTH DISPATCH.
1925 a. m.-The Committee on Crelen-
tlals will not be ready to report for half An
hour.
THE PLATFORM
dcenounces polygamy an1 opposes Chinese
immigration, and suggests to Compress a
Senate modification of the existing treaties to
remedy the evil 1t commends President
Hayes administration, and holds il be the
duty Of the Republican party to harmonize
the whole country.
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS pspoprpn
11:30 a. m.-The Committee on Credentials
has just reported. The report recommends
the admission of the Louisiana delegates
headed by Ex-Governor Yarmouth 1t also
recommends the admission of Rapiar, col
ored, of Alabama, who refused to obey the
instructions OF the State convention that the
State vote rs unit. 1t recommends
that the contestants from the Seventh dis
trict of Alabama be admitted-that the CON
testants from the First Third Fourth, Fifth.
Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth and Seven.
teenth Illinois districts admit d; in favor
of contestants from the Second and Third
districts of Kansas, that the ten delegates be
allowed to retain seats but six votes only to
be cast; it is against the contestants in the
Ninth and Nineteenth districts it is in favor
ofdistrict representation, instead of by a Stat,
as a whole; he is against contestsin the Ninth
and Nineteenth districts of Pennsylvania it
recommends that delegates from Utah retain
their seats.
A minority report has been present d.
1t reports against the principle of district
representation in National conventions: il ia
against the contestants from Alabama; it
prot SITS against t. decision of the majority
on its report in the contest in Illinois. The
report is very long; its reading was oonluded
at 2:40 p. m. The minority submitted a
report protesting against tn g
action of the majority in the cases of Utah
and West Virginia.
a protest hay ny been put against the four
delegates t-largr OF Illinois to the Commit
tee on Cred ntals, they we're set aside.
Mr.. Sharp, of New York, moved tha. the
reference to it in the report be stricken ont |
The motion, after much sharp debate on
the part of Messrs. Logan, Sharp, Raymond |
and others, which at times assumed a per.
sonal form, was carried.
2 p. MIR. Clayton, of Arkansas, moved
that the minority report on Alabama be ac. |
cented in place of the majority report.
Before action, motion 10 adjourn till |
seven o'clock was carried
The convention have agreed to take I'D the
report of the Committee on Credentials in /
sections that part in which there i, dispute.
Agreed to.
EVENING SESSION
Sp. m.-The evening session of the con-
vention was called to order at 1880.
The convention has taken up the Alabama
question on contests. 1t has been agreed TO
devote forty minutes, each side 10 have
twenty minutes, when the vote will be
taken.
Mr.. Boutwell, moved that the question of
be governed BY the usage
heretofore in the different States.
The Chairman decided 1t out of order.
TEST ON THE UNIT QUESTION.
On the roll of States being called, on A mo.
ton that the minority report on the Alabama
contest be substituted for the majority, 1t re-
,ulted in favor of tks majority by vote of
29i against 449. This is a pretty fair test on
he unit question.
The official vote on the Alabama contest