Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-06-12
Conventions OF 1850.
rnE onIoAao ooNvENTIoN.

ceedin9s Of the republican conVen-
ton at Chicago with an interest not
altogether dependent upon the nom
ination and platform that may be
agreed upon by that body. In adj
dition to those considerations, We
have been studying the process by
which they are to be brought about,
to ascertain how far the various
devices would prosper by which
politicians generally manage TO
keep the regulation Of events in
their own hands and out of the reach
of the popular will. This is sub
iect which, in our estimation, is
becoming more momentous even
than the issues between the rePub-
Iican and democratic parties, and
we expect to keep it in view as a
leading topic of interest both in re-
cording this convention and that to
follow it held by the democratic
party in Cincinnati.
DIVIsIONsf IN NATIONAL COMMIT
TEE Z 49, .-.siitif..e
One contest of great moment took
place before the convention met at
all. This was in the national COM
mittee. The members of this body
constitute a considerable majority
for Blaine, or at least against Grant,
and the contest was between the
committee and its chairman, Don
Cameron, who is well known to be
intensely in favor of Grant. With
his well-knewn disregard of all
scruples, Cameron resolutely refused
to put any resolution to the vote
which he deemed adverseto Grants
interests. $50 pa 70 i'
Iii fs1l'it.r a.4 s5ttF A. asa ~ HU.tl
THE UNIT RULE. ,..t,t
The first fight i'm the committee
related 10 the unit rule. Two reso-
buttons were offered with view to
its abrogation: First, that it should
not be enforced at any stage of the
proceedings Of the convention, and
second, that at least during the pre-
lininary proceedings men should
vote as individuals, not by deIega-
tions. Both these resolutions were
ruled out. 81 Int a1i ls-la.snHsts
DocTORING THE ROLL. Ii
Another effort in the committee
had for its object the oyerhauling of
the roll bya committee, it having
been ihtimated that Mr.. KeOgh, the
secretsiry, had been so altering il as
to increase the force of Grant men
on it. The resolution to appoint a
committee to examine it shared the
same fate as the other two; and
there was great Indignation against
Cameron. a caucus. of the anti
Grant members of the committee
agreed that they would remove
Cameron from his craftsmanship,
and it was intimated that Cameron
would resist; so there seemed to be
considerable danger Of
A SPLIT BEFORE CONVENTION MET.
This was getting very serious, and
General Arthur and Mr.. Gorham
approached the recalcitrants with
peace proposals from Conkling, Cam
erOn, Logan & Co. 1t was finally
agreed that the Grant men would
not oppose the election of Mr.. HOar
as temporary chairman, and that
the unit rule should not be enforced
prior to the report of the committee
on credentials; that after that report
the convention itself should vote
upon the unit rule.
The preliminaries of peace being
agreed upon, all was serene in the
committee.
THE NEW YORK DELEGATION, ri.
however, got up little fight of its
own prior to the meeting of the con-
vention. This also related TO the.
unit rule. Gen. Sharpe offered a
resolution that ''the chairmanshOuld
cast the full vote of the state on all
questions, in accordance with the
instructions of the majority" This
resolution was sturdily resisted, and
after every expedient for compro-
mise was advanced in vain, the
recusant nineteen stood to their
guns and refused TO be swallowed.
COnkling endeavOred to have it
understood that II a dark horse
should have to be trotted out it
should be Edmunds, but even here
he did not find himself supreme,
but found some of his men disposed
to make Garfield their second choice,
and some of them even the hated
Blaine.
COnkling and Cameron both find
that they can't crow as loud in Chi
clgo as they could upon their own
dung-hill, and entered the conven-
ton very much discouraged, for a
similar break was made in the Penn
sylvania delegation twenty-three
members OF which declared that
they would not vote for Grant.
Moreover, a caucus of the Pacific
Slope states raked GorhaIa down
very severely for his high-handed
Grant movements, all these states
being enthusiastically for Blaine.
So. before opening convention, sew
eral screws are found loose in the
machine. ..-..ts ....
These transactions took place on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday,
the last of May and the first and
second of June.
CONVENTION OPENS.
At last, on Wednesday, June ID,
Mr.. Cameron, as chairman of the
national executive committee, called
the convention to order. After
short speech he said that by the in
structi0n of the committee he NOM
mated
THE HON. GEO. +. HOAR, OF MASSA-
CHUSETTS,
as temporary chairman of the con-
veutiOn. The usual committee haV-