West-Jersey pioneer., 1880-06-10
National Republican Ticket.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
CHICAGO, Ill.,, June Sth, 1880.

CHICAGO, Ill.,, June Sth, 1880.
The Exposition building in which the Re-
publican Convention sits is vast in the ex-
treme. The readers of the PIONEER may
get some idea of it's dimensions when the
statement is made that it is one-twelfth of a
mile long, and has seating capacity of ten
thousand. The delegates sit upon the main
floor, 756 in number, with the alternates
Just behind them. The main stand for the
Chairman and distinguished guests is at the
north end of the building, and the band
which furnishes music for the great assem-
blage, is at the south end. The spectators
fill the rows of seats, which rise like those
of an amphitheatre, on all sides of the in
terror When this mammoth audience room
was filled with people, as it was at every
session of the Convention, the scene was OF
the grandest character. Those who had the
good fortune to secure ticket, and witness
the deliberations of this gathering of the
representatives of the people can never for
get the picture which day by day was set
before them.
From the galleries one could look down
upon the Convention and see many of the
leading men of the nation. At the head of
the New York delegation sat Roscoe Conk-
ling, proud and handsome; Maine loomed
up with the genial faces of Messrs. Hall and
Frye; Illinois presented the swarthy counte-
nance of John A. Logan; Ohio was led by
the brave Garfield; Massachusetts by Bout
we'll: Arkansas by Powell Clayton; Penn
sylvanla by Don Cameron; Indiana by gal
liant Ben. Harrison; New Hampshire by
Wm E. Chandler, the indefatigable; and
Michigan by Jas. F. Joy.
On the platform there could be seen Fred
erick Douglass, Bob Ingersoll, Gen. Phil.
Sheridan, Marshall Jewell, of Connecticut;
Senator Hamlin of Maine; Edward McPher-
son, of Pennsylvania. and host of lesser
lights.
The Convention was called to order on
Wednesday, June Cd. at noon. Don Cam
eron, Chairman of the National Committee.
called the Convention to order, and made
brief speech. On motion, Hon. Geo. +.
Roar, of Massachusetts,, was chosen tenn
porary chairman. Mr.. Hoar made an ad-
dress which was full of good advice to the
Republicans of the country, and appealed
to the patriotism of the delegates by
rehearsal of the prominent acts which had
made part and parcel of Republican history.
His remarks were received with cheers.)
After the election of temporary secretaries,
the Convention proceeded to business
Committees on Credentials, Rules and Order
of Business, and Resolutions, were appoint
ed. These committees consisted of one del
egate from each State and Territory in the
Union.
The committees having retired, debate
began between Senator Conkling and Mr..
Hale, of Maine, as to some preliminaries,
and then recess was taken until Thursday
morning.
Thursday there was great deal of talk
ing by Conkling, Logan, Hale and Frye, and
then adjournment was had again until
Friday.
On Friday morning, the Committee on
Credentials, which had been in session two
days, presented it's report. The substance
of the majority report was that district rep
resentatives should be respected, and that
three delegates in Alabama, eighteen dele
gates in Illinois, four delegates in Kansas,
two delegates in West Virginia, and two in
Utah, elected by the people of their several
districts should be seated, and that the del
egates sitting in the Convention chosen by
the Unit Rule principle, should be ousted.
All of Fridays sessions and the greater por-
ton of Saturday were spent in talk over the
report, but finally the contestants were all
seated.
At Saturday afternoons session the Com
mittee on Resolutions reported, and they
were adopted.
Gen. Garfield then moved that the report
of Committee on Rules be read and adopt
ed. After a skirmish, it was SO ordered.
The rules entirely abolished the ''Unit
Rule" principle, and gave each delegate the
right to vote as his conscience might die
tate. Convention then took recess until
evening.
On re-assembling the work of nominating
the several candidates began. Mr.. Jas. f.
jay, of Michigan, nominated Mr.. Blaine,
and it was eloquently seconded by Mr.. Frye,
of Maine. (At this point the Convention
began cheering, and the applause was kept
up for several minutes.)
Senator Conkling nominated q. s. Grant
in an able speech, which was received with
tremendous applause and cheers.
Gen. Garfield presented the name of John
Sherman His remarks were greeted with
a storm of cheers
Then followed the nominations of Mr..
Washburn, by delegate from Connecticut;
Mr.. Edmunds by a delegate from Vermont;
Mr.. Window by delegate from Minnesota.
at midnight the Convention adjourned to
ten o'clock Monday morning without COM
ing to vote.
All day Sunday, crowds surged through
the corridors of the Grand Pacific, the Pal
mer House, the Sherman House, ana the
other hotels, shouting for Grant, Blaine and
Sherman The streets we're crowded with
people, and everybody was talking politics.
No attention was paid to the Sabbath, and
the quiet citizen from such law-abiding
community as Bridgeton, would have stood
aghast at the desecration of the day. There
were all sorts of rumors about the candi-
dates and combinations, but nothing def.
mite could be ascertained as to the probable
result of the balIoting for President. Dur
ing Sunday evening, the "Triumvirate. p"
Conkling, Cameron and Logan, visited the
rooms of the colored delegates from the
South, and endeavored to persuade them
into voting solid for Grant.
Monday morning, balloting began, and
up to 10 o'clock at night twenty eight bal
1o+c xuoro had There were nut very few