Ashtabula weekly telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1880-1886, 1880-06-11

We secretary commenced 10 call the roll on
tho motion 70 table, Mr. Conhling withdrew
the feholulon Mr. Campbell then cOngratu.
/ lated Mr. COnklng upon the success which
had attended his efforts.
Mr.. Sewell. Of New Jersey, moved that the
Committee ON Credentiats H. trstrretod b,
make tbeir ro,y,rt a,,I a. ,t,. iia.'u ,t
tnoust,, trog.ndii - "''N ''' "'"1'" """Nf
m11u9y PIcNaleu'
inc committee on Credentials not being IN
| we hili Mr.. seWcll moved the Committee on
| hules ana order OF Business De instructed 20
| report win the understanding that no action
be taken on their report until nfter the reuOrt
OF the Committee on Credentiais and The
Convention so ordered Mr. Gorgeid INC
Chofr,ne, 81 tLo r,.,,,,..itt,.,' a. W. l.,tis,,td
u tii,,t - ~, ,'J ~ o'ihii''ISei t"ch 5uDl'uUcu
''o UNIV! !mE iulc7'
Rule l. Tho Convention shall consist Of q
number OF delegates from each State equal 10
uouole INC NUMBER OF lis senators und Hepr0
sehthtYes ia Congress, and two delegates from
cACn territory ana two from tho District OF
| O0lumDlh.
=. Ihe rules or the House OF Heprcsenta
tlNce hnhll DC INC rules Ot this Convention so
lar ~ they are applicable and not incOnsist-
oiait MIN lhv lolloWnB fulesi
.. Mhen the previous question shall be de-
manded by a majority Of the delegates from
any state ara the demand seconded by two or
more states, and the call sustained by
inHlOIlty on ihe convention, the question shall
men be proceeded with and disposed Of ac-
corulng 10 tine rules OF the House OF Repre-
bcutatlNcs ln similar cases.
-. u pDn nll SUBJECTS before the convention
the states shall be called in alphabetical order,
Hn9 next the territories ana District OF
O9l9nulh.
o.. Inc report o! the committee on Credentials
shall De ulspOsga Oi before the report OF the
IolhHlltce on hes2lutiOns ls acted upon; ana
Ihe, Ihe report OF tnS committee on hcsolutlons
Z Zsnull W usP2scu oi betOic thc IonNehtion
RIuueGus 10 lne nomination OF candidates Tor
Ftcsiuent ana Nlce-Iresideut:
., Mnen majority OF the delegates OF any
Iwo Ilales snhil az 0 09einunu that aNgte De recorI-
~, tne s1lne snhll Ue taken by STATES lerfl-
tOIles @ hiiu lne JlstTict OF SOlumDla, the Secre-
taIY Cainng Ihe roll OF the states ana TERRI
tOiiss VI @ aIiu Iue JistIlgI OF OOlumDla IN inc OF
uGl ~, TIurCtOivIc i9c htuleu. ,..,-.. g. ,,..,,-.
=; ~ ~ ln1hlnE inc nomination ioE, Itesluemt
Uiu @ 70 ItSl tesuGnt' ' ln no Chss snatl tnS call
lnBoI tnc roll De dispensed win. Mhen II
shall appear that any candidate shall have re-
SelNeu majority OF the votes cast the Presl-
uuuI on tne convention snail announce the
question 10 De! shnll tine NOMINATION OF the
conJiJotC sbou h, t,J JC it ~ ~
tbe votes fbe 1,bsir nail Iict thn rto t a pd
! again taken, which shall be repeated until
| some candidate shall have received a major
! ity of the votes cast; aud where any State has
announced its vote It shall so stand until the
] ballot Is announced unless i'm case of uumpr-
! ical error.
3. In the record of the votes by States, the
of Columbia shall be announccd by the Chair.
man; and in case the votes Of any State, Terri.
| tory or the District Of Columbia shall be
| dlNlIed, the chairman shall announce the
m nuiiauqI Ol Hotes csl I4r any cahqldate or Iot
a tae edIii, b, ANY t % pu', IL on
/ such enno,ino rnent Nv tho ChsirmSn ~ ne
| delegation, the President of the Convention
shall dire ct the roll tf members of such dele,
cation TO be called and the result recOl ded 10
/ accordance with the votes Individually given.
". No member snail speak more than once
upon tne same hame qpestlI,, nor longer than ilve
eYcent that OI % t
! a Caniidate shall Ie a alInyed ion mimIteS in in
| presenting tho name 4, r s,Icb condidate
10. A National Republican Committee shall
be appointed, to consist of one member from
| each state, Territory and District represented
IN ms convention. Inc roll shall De called,
anu anu tne delegatlQn from cach state, IerrltOry
uiu o sn'li m nue, ,nr3ugh snGlr I1r
mittee P'''0'' ~ "0' 10 ii''iO0i VI '''0" ooii'-
! II. An resolutions relating In tho pIatform
! shall be referred TO the Committed on Resolu-
tions without debate.
The minority of the Committee submitted
| a report recommending the adoption of the
! following as a substitute for Rule s:
In the record of the votes by States the vote
of each State, Territory and the District Of
| Columbia shall be announced by the Chairman;
/ ana IN case the votes OF any state, Territory or
the district OF Columbia shall be divided, the
cst f I,',i sun w Ui tO,cs @
| nronnsitioyy N''iOiu"'O VI iO' VI "s"i''' u'J
| AccGr1inc, IN tho understandable M oction
was takeno1 the reborts al that lime. and the
| Convention awaited the snnearanre Of the
! COMMITTEES on Credentials
| After a DELAY of abont an bo,r the renort
| Of the naiorit,, Iyas rresented hv Mr. fo1s
! Ger, Of Michig9n recnmmending the admis-
! sion pf the WarmOth 1plppatiou from TOuis-
! lana and tbe eYrInsion ~ tbe Reottie dale.
cation: tbe admission Of lanes T. Rainier as
| deleUate from tbe Fonrtb Aiohomo District.
! the admission Of Messrs smith and
| Warner as delepates from the Seventh Ala
! hem. nistriot H. - a. ci,tt,ss -,
| hers: the admission of the contestin1. dele
| gates from the First. Third. Fourth. Fifth.
| Sixth. Ninth Tenth Tbirfeentb and Seven
| teenth Illinois Districts, and the retention Of
| the sitting delegates from the Second Illinois
| District, The retention of the four deIeTates
atisre irono oa oF
| TESTING deleratas from the SecnDd and Third
| Kansas Districts. the retention of the sit-
ting members from the Ninth and Nineteenth
PENNSYLVANIA Districts; the retention of the
sitting members from the Third West Vir-
ginia District, and the retention of the sitting
delegates from Utah. Mr.. CLAYTON, of Ar
kansas, presented minority report opposing
the admission of Mr.. Rapicr as delegate from
the Third Alabama District, and Messrs
Smith and Warner as delegates from the
Seventh Alabama Districts the retention of
the sitting delegates from the Illinois Dis.
| tricts and generally opposing the conclusions
of the majority Mr. Conper proposed that
the consideration of the reports be taken up
I'm the order Indicated i'm the majority report
Mr.. Cessna thought It would be better
to adopt those parts of the report
| on which there was substantial accord
and so moved These were the Lou.
isiana cases. the question of delegates-at
! ldIRb 4loul lllluOlh, llt DtCouu DlhlIlGL Oh
Illinois, the Ninth and Nineteenth Districts
of Pennsylvania and the Kansas case. Mr.
Sharpe moved to amend by striking from the
majority report so much as referred TO the
delegates -at-large from Illinois, and the Con-
vention so voted. The motion to adopt so
much of the majority report as the Commit
tee unanimously approved was then carried
The Alabama cases were then taken up. Mr.
Clayton moved to amend by substituting
the report of the minority for that of the
majority
At this time, on motion of Mr.. Bruce, of Mis-
sissippl, the Convention took a recess until