, 1880-06-06

una mt elected. call was issued, for what pun"
Toan3 Not for the Republicans Of Utah To

WIS not elected. call was issued f9r Wnas az pun.
nose? Not for the Republicans or olan u
HOLD a CONVENTION
ond select delegates, but for 4 convention OPP
nosed to the acrlon of the Con1nittce. ~ usne. @
words it this Committee had elected one p' 1of
contestants, that would have been regnlars rd e w.
wouid have been fair, and wc would nave nAu a ~
contest. and when this Convention OF tng pe3
met out Of twentydner ree contestans
twentyronc counties in the Territory ct tfaS U.nn,
and that they ATTENDED Sacn .1,'t r9f tifty' wish
mere 10 eov ppnothor Word. These Territories are
CONFERENCE.-The of magnificent distances. e ~ ~
some SON Of the delegates c1nyentton + Penr
three weeks to attend In the Tefritory OF 'tH ~
the same difficulty preTals lpo a~ bcre reprc-
snnfed n inst the understand that the
State Republican Committee Of Indiana t;N elec'e4
claim that, If We aro to dwell upon strict Legal Legal
techncalities, the four ho,n cor
Indiana arc not entitled to their seats. huS
tainiy they hive no better claim than the s[tang
mcnbers rreui from Utah. Now, before close, say
these contestants represent the Mornon7 .1o1 NJ T..
Trnh When they tS he.d foa,sne 1aef otion:
sss's
e e s
Utah without d.tieIon p Ct Pasf nke TO nnle IL
This was voted DOWN. in the affirmative and !,
Il In the neg4tIve; with these fenAfA' ''e'u
M Mr' Pixlcy. Of California-I have had allotted
| to me a moment of time by tho people holding
tory torss Of the gentleman from Massachusetts tNr
| Codman),-a question accompanied oy sneel, 81! e.
| There is no answer to sneor, ons u1ele ,a - ~
answer to the question sou asked. You asKea
| thes" rcntlcmcn If they themselves were n11 on
thv ..,e Central Committee that sent set them sna
here answer they were no1; onti as w Himself
| II member Of the Central Committee by proxy,
and was voted down, and tried to circumvgnt tne
| custom of the Territory by getting hansei sent
| here in most irregular manner:
Mr. Tuthili, OF iliinois-Mr. Chairman.
Several dc1egates-Mr Chair1nnn.e e, n,tnota
| The Chnirmun-The gentleman 1rou AuooAS
Mr Tuthiil-I have heard no answer TO o. the e
stated by me- Ina1 f for
whole Committee. I assume, therefore. that
that ltG IS fact If that be so, this minority bud
rgh t. m up h5 aep apy
5s &ss${o,r SssS =
(Mr. Blnke) that if in the great populons tc1r1
tory of Utah, containing that large city at oalt
Lake there Is no Kepnnl,ean EiH paEEiiy forwnri as @
| to the day not far distant when utah WILL W
| State, 1t is time thAt this
1 NATIONAL CONVENTION OF REPUBLICANS
should naugurate and create hepupllcan par~
9Mr. M { Caleb @ \. Taylor, Of Pennsylvania, arose.
| [Calls for the question: xnu,
| Mr. Taylor-I know very little about this case
Of Utah, but wish to say word or @ 1To 4P2n + =;
the principle that understand rises above II N
| behalf of my people In the Sixth Congressionnl
District Of Pennsylvania, and almost the whole as
body Of the othr Part Of r 6 of The
people Of district against the poi1lc'Nt1s " =
State Government or county town. [Applause.{
MhS Of the Whs
| Of State Convention overriding me people, Pc
| [Applausc.1 Until the Republican party, or @ tne
nndreamcd Of in Pennsylvania. They attempted
to select the delegates for tho Congressional dls
tset tie m
dlately called their Convention toxether ano Sc
icctci me and others delegates to that Conyen~
risburg Conv ttat we entertained the idea
| that 1t is possible the Convention about 70 as
semble ut Harrisburg may assume m re exrIanr
the peoples will in selecting In Congressional
districts delegates to the Nationnl Convention:
and entertained also the idea that It IS pnssiolo
| and, In their opinion,
| uSwARRASTAnLE AUTHORITY, OF 1ssrR0c71fo
! the peoples Congressional district delegates to
that the Republicans Of the Sixth Congressional
District of Pennsylvania shall be left in an une~
4uyoca position BY reason Oh. OF = our sehee u.s.
| dcrstood @ By this Convention that II they should
pursue tho former course and select us In the
men than ourselves. we Will contest their seats
| to the best Of our ability in that Convention; Il
they passed any Instructions affecting @ US us,
no no attention to them unless, rasifled
| Sixth Congressional District we came 10 Cna-
1 STR rl1t.taH n a H.
| The Chntrnnn-Ihe gentleman mas 'n'co niAo-
utcs longer mall
A delegate-Your time fs up;
Mr. Taylor-Well. then: will say We voted TOT
Lincoln, and against the Instructions; On ;,s4 And
again am here. and agan they tried to instruct
| me: and agnin they tried to strike rue Oh lap.
plausc-] nut they can't do it. Never1 NeVeri
Several delegates tried to get the floor:
Mr. c. ". Bcnnett of Utah, rose and was rec
Mr. Carter, OF Mississippi-Mr. President
The Chairnan-For what purpose does the
Mr.. Cnrter-I desire, sir, to ask a question.
Tho Charman-Will the gentleman from Wis
consin yield? v,..o,,.,,. ,u
from Utah, and desire to be heard MS am one
OF the contesting delegates, and charges have
made t sgant our e9 n nS 9Ra We
ing ing oppostion to Mormonism. There is
IN Uta H1s heRussaa L E much atve of
| Convention, that We refuse to abide by the dto-
rcsent tt u.s. 50 aive il % that When tits COM
mittec appointed delegates to go to this Con-
vcntlon by signatures to the extent Of 400 a
held, and Delegates elected I am one of them,
and represent that Republican party OF Utah.
Mr.. Conkling, Of Now York-How many coun-
| ties were there represented
Mr.. Bemnctt-There arc twenty counties IN
Utah, and twelve were represented The eight