The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-06-11

and the proposed partisan laws.
party the habiEual sacrifice OF patriotism aud ;
Justice TO q supreme and Unsuitable lust of of
Of the u nat 5Dai and state soTernneSts aSd
the control of pl Ace, they have obstructLd all
EFFORTS TO purify, to conserve the freedom Of
and returns, have laboreG 20 unSeat lawfully
e'eGte1 mem bers Of congress. TO secure at All
the house of Representatives; have endeaVor-
ed 20 occupy by force and fraud the place OF
and rescued by the courageous action OF her L
patriotic sons; have, by Lasthods vicious in
pEineiPls and tyTsnnical in practice. attach
bills upon whose passage the very move
nent of the governments depends; have crush
ed the principles and sought the favor of re-
bellion against the nation, and have endeaV-
ored to obliterate the sacred memories Of /
the war and to overcome its iaestimAbly val |
uable results OF nationality, personal free
stead and comnIete enfarrement ~ the isTss
and the protection OF all our citizens in the en-
joyment OF all privileges and immunitics
duty Of the nation. The danger OF solid
| south can only be averted b. Q faithful per-
Eas made to the ci.fsen. Inc eTss1 H q the
laws and the puntshment or all those who
violate them are the only safe methods By
| which an enduring peace can be secured and
genuine prosperity established throughout
the South. Whatever promises the nation
Nation nat viii SAFELY 1eIeEass his duty . The
states The Solid south must be dfvIied By
the peaceIGi ssencIes Of the 6allos. and Al. a,
70 this end the hone voter must be prOeeet:
ed against terrorism. VIolsnce or maud; and
the RsPuSiican party to S.s IL" all HsgItnsss
means % restore 70 all the states Of this IN
IOn the most perfect harmony which may be
We submit to the practical. sensible people
OF tbs UnItAd states TO say whether IL would
1 NOT be dangerous 70 the dearest interests OF
our country It this time to surrender the sd
ministration Of the national government % q
party which seeks 20 overthrow the entire
policy under which we are 50 prosperous,
and thus bring dIstrust and confusion where
is now order, confidence and hope.
THE DEBATE ON THR PLATFORM.
As soon as the platform had been read
Mr.. Parker OF Massachusetts,, offered an
amendment, adopting . civil service re-
form resolution similar 10 that which
President Hayes had promulgated.
Quite q discussion ensued on the civil
service principles of the administration
of President Hayes.
By a viva voce vote the chair declared
the amendment adopted, and the reSOlu-
ton as amended and the platform as
whole were then adopted unanimously
without division. The following is the
resolution and is part of the platform
of the convention:
The Republican party, adhering to the
principles affirmed by its last National
convention in respect to the constitution
al rules governing appointments to Office,
adopting the declaration of President
Hayes thst the reform OF civil service
should be thorough, radical and COM
plete. To this end it demands the CO.
operation of the legislative with the ex-
ecutiVe department Of the government,
and that congress shall so legiSlate that
fitness ascertained by proper practical
, tests shall admit to the public service.
Mr.. Creswell, of Ohio, moved a recess
until Z o'clock, which was carried, and
!. the convention at 4 As took a recess.
THE NATIONAL. COMMITTEE.
On motion of Mr.. Hale the roll Of
states was called, that the announcement
of the members of the national commit
tee from each state might be received as
follows:
Alabama, Paul Steubach; Arkansas
S. w. Dorsey; California, Horace Davis
Colorado, John L. ROutt; Connecticut
Marshal Jewell; Delaware, Christian
gia, James G. DeVOc; Illinois. John A
Logan; Indiana, John c. New; Iowa
!. John F. Kempell; Kansas, John A. Mar
: tin; Kentucky, w. o. Bradley; LOuisi
ana, Henry c. Warmoth; Maine, VIM
z p Frye; Maryland, James A. Gray
J Massachusetts, Geo. F. Hoar; Michigan
y James Y Steine; Mississippi, Geo.
Mckee; Missouri, Chauncey l. Filley
4 Nebraska, Jas. w. Dawes; Nevada, JOhI
Y w. McVey; New Hampshire. VIM. E
u Chandler; New Jersey, George A. Hal
Il Carolina. w. p. Cassidy; Ohio, w.
n Cooper; Oregon, D. C. ireland; Penn
0 sylvania, j. Donald Cameron; Rhod
u Island, William A. Pierce; South Care
lima, Samuel Lee; Tennessee, Vim. Rule
y Vermont, Geo. w. Hooker; Virgins
o. Samuel NJ. YOst; W. Virginia, John G
WATSON; Wisconsin, Elihu Enos; ArizC
e ma, Richard G. Mccormick; Idaho, GeC
T. 8. Shoup; Montrna, A. II. Beattie; NeV
\ Mexico, s. B. Elkins; Utah, c. W Ber
- nett; Washington Ty, Thomas 7. Nj
% ner; Wyoming, James L. Cary; Mime
y sofa, E. NJ. Sabin; Dakota, Newton EC
monds.
AZ The question of Craftsmanship was N
;, ferred to the new committee with p0We
~ to designate who shall fill the place.
~ CARoAIHe ON CANDIDATES
After an unimportant discussion aboU
Sc the time for making the presidents
Va nomination, the roll of states was calleC
nc When Michigan was reached Gov. 10
4 took the platform and said: Mr.. Chat
% man, and gentlemen of the convention
Vi I shall never cease TO regret that eli
cumstances have been such as TO impOe
~ the duty upon myself to make nOmin'
&C. ton of Q candidate to this convention
a. ! bave been absent from the country fC
~ the past two months and arrived hon
u but just before this convention. Sine
~ the convention has been in session
a a have been employed upon the floor a
~ the time. If, therefore, words of min
are important for the candidate VIII
u oe shall be proposed they will benefit bI
NC little. l will, however, bring him b
fore the audience of the convention in {
u brief q manner as is possible. That
~ will be very brief will, presume. sati
~ fly the convention and the audience b
VI cause we are now all impatient for vO
&c ing. 1t was in 1850, 1 think, that a the
ne young man born in the Keystone stat
but resident in the state Of Maine, ente
ed the House of Representatives. 1t WI
IN q time when the sky was Lowering
rs, when the hOriSOn was filled with clOuC
Se indicating tempest. 1t was just befOl
m the war. The clouds and the tempe
oh burst upon the country and the war e.
M sued, which ragged for four years Flo
om tunate for us there were at the helm
it the ship of state
X THE RIGHT NAN,
'us and it was manned with the right cree
ga After the whirlwinds of war had rag
On four years, the elements of strength
it one of the cOntending parties gave wa
in Peace then settled down upon the cOu
al try. Then ensued the contest of recO
led struction, and it occupied nearly thr
on or four years more. During all of tn
pra time that young man was always true
m ways brave, always eloquent. He d
as piled his talents in all the debates Al
~ ~ in all the procedures which were necG
ne. sary either to carry on the war or
ess bring about reconstruction upon prop
D ne basis. When recOnstructiOn had be-
ed secured, and during the period of the
be- controversies, his reputation had be
I'd last when in 1868, reconstruction b
nd been practically secured, his reputati
the was towering before the country, a
- his name was one of the great names
de- the country that had been spread abro
gh- all over the land. It had become
en = household word, it was familiar in eve
ar corner, it was looked up to from eve
up part of the country. That name "
~ the
ion HON. J. g. BLAINE,
RS the senator from Maine. (Great o.
,n. burst of enthusiasm) When the stOrr
hat period of Andrew JohnsOn's administ
we ton had passed away and the nomiI
neS ton of Gen. Grant was made to the COT
in try for the presidency of Us, all eyes
tn the northern section of the country tu
ms ed up to the Hou. s. g. Blaine. He v
der called upon TO canvass the country.
uld canvassed the county from Maine
o ans the Mississippi and beyond. He ms
fuII himself familiar to the great north q
Re. great west. and the people became fam
,ro o. lar with him in the north and gr'
- west
tied When the state of New York Y
on called Senator ConkIn0 the
- WARWICK OF THE EMPIRE STATE
d to mounted = reporters table and spoke
Oy- follows: when asked whence con
, ae our candidate, we say from Appomat
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