The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-06-05

swell the Commltt6e on Rules was ordsre'
10 report, with tbe Understanding that o.
sctIon should be taken upon their recon-
until after the reporting OF til
Committee on Credentials and action taken
BROTHER BRUCE IN fHE csArs.
/. The Chair called eenstor Bruce (ccioredl
OF Mississippi, one 0f the yice-preside nts
temporarily to the chair. As Bruce CANT
forward he was received with applause.
rfa REPORT AaAIssr rHssvSIr RULE. (
Garfield, from Committee on Rules, re-
ported the rules recommended for the gov
eminent OF the Convention. ff./
The rules were read by the secretary,
one OF which forbids any unit rule, and
were received with applause.
Garfield said he did not understand that
these rules were Eow up for discussion, but
only for information. The only change
from the rules OF 1876 were verbal merely,
or efft cted their Encouragement in a more
convenient order, except that the committee
had added 10 what is now numbered as
Rule s 3 provision clearly and explicitly
embodying uniform precedents OF all pre-
yious Republican Conventions OF the man.
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vided.
fa MINORITY REPORT on RULES.
Mr.. Hoar resumed the chair. Mr.. Sharpe,
Of New York, presented the minority re-
port OF the Committee on Rules, signed by
The delegates on that committee from Ala
bama, Arkansas, Florida. Kentucky, Mis-
sissippi, Missouri, New York, Tennessee,
Virginia, Illinois, and Colorado, recon-.
the adoption OF Rule (being
the rule OF Convention Of '76) in the same
language as in '76, as follows: {" In the
record OF votes OF States the vote OF each
State, Territory, and the District OF Column
bia shall be announced by the chairman,
and in case the vote in any State, Terri
tory, or the District OF Columbia shall be
divided, tue chairman shall announce the
number OF votes cast for any candidate or
for or against any proposition. The mi
nority express the belief that the addition
made by the majority OF the committee Is
and that ttends to invite discussion
which might not otherwise be forced on the
That for the protection OF the
rights OF individual members 1t is unneces-
sary, and that it gratuitously and in advance
casts an imputation on the chairmen oil Inc
delegations"
Action on the report OF the Committee on
Rules and the views Of the minority was
for the present.
Farther Action.
THE PLATFORM THAT IS TO BE REPORTED.
The Committee on Resolutions have
not yet reported, but have agreed upon
their work. The platform rehearses
the great benefits Of Republican rule
In the country. 1t has restored soidity
TO the national finances, lifted the credit Of
the country, has ensured prosperity OF the
future. It advocates populor education; adj
herence to the Constitution; prohibition OF
he use OF public funds for sectarian schools !;
iavors protection Of American labor, com.
merce, and industries; dsnounces polyga-
my; revenues the obligations OF the cOun-
try to the Union soldiers; opposes unlim-
tied Chinese immigration, ana suggests con-
gressional modification Of existing treaties
to remedy the evils; commends President
Hayes's administration arraigns the DEM
ocratic party, and holds it TO be the duty OF
the Republicans to harmonic the whole
country.
A message was received from the Commit.
tee on CredeniaI, that it would lie ready TO
report IN thirty minutes. The Convention
is waiting idly for the commit
tees appearance, and many OF the delegates
are leaving the hall.
REPORT FROM Tue COMMITTEES on CREDEN.
.. TAILS.
After about an hours delay waiting for
the Committee on Credentials to report, the
again came TO order at p. NJ.
Mr.. Conger, Of Michigan, from the commit
tee, presented its report, apologizing fer the
length of time they had been compelled to de.
tain the Convention and explaining its ne
cessity. They had been continuously and
engaged in their duties ever
since they were appointed, with the
exception OF recess OF three or
four hours. The numerous questions
before them had been discussed with
candor and frankness, and settled
without dispute in the committee as to their
action, no matter how much they differed
as to the merits. In Louisiana the commit
tee recommended the admission Of the
Warmoth delegation, excluding the Beatty
After an elaborate statement
of the facts the committee then reports that
he Beatty bolt was without adequate
cause. In Alabama they recommend the
admission OF Mr.. Rapier, believing that the
State Convention had no right TO override
Or ignore his selection by his district be-
cause OF his failure to approve the condi~
ion that he should obey the instructions
hat the State delegation should vote as
init for Grant. In the case Of Smith and
Warner in Alabama the facts were sub
;tantially the same as in the case OF
Rapier; they were duly chosen by their
respective districts, and the State Conyen-
ion undertook to revoke their appointment
because they failed to accept the unit rule.
fhe committee recommend their admission.
In Illinois the committee recommend the
admission Of the contestants to the seats Of
be sitting members from the First. Third,
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Thir-
eenth, and Seventeenth congressional dis
riots. The well-known facts were succnc
y stated. The committee also report against
he contestants in the Second Illinois dis
,rict, and do not sustain the objections to
he four delegates at large in the same State.
They further report in favor OF the sitting
from the Ninth and Nineteenth
districts OF Pennsylvania, and Third dis
rict OF West Virginia.
The committee suggest that the final deci-
'ion OF many OF these contests depends upon
he adoption By the Convention Of the prin-
.iple OF congressional district representa-
ion. This the committee believe TO be
sound. [Applause.l
The report cites j. ID. Cameron's support
II the right of individual district represen-
ations at the Convention OF 1876 under
precisely simiNr circumstances and a
similar call for National Convention. They
cite the form OF the call Of the Convention
"a 1858 as evidence that it was the principle
II the Republican party TO establish the
principle Of district representation. This
was sustained also by all the precedents in
me party down to date. 10 no case has the
air action Of a district in selecting It's