New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04

| speech from him he must press his motion to take
| q recess.
| When Mr.. Hale again arose. long roll of ap-
| plause swept all the way around the galleries; and
when he added the height of a chair to his stature
there was as much enthusiasm as if he had cast the
vote of State.
Mr.. Hale said quietly that he should answer the
aAgnmentative portions only of Mr.. COnkllnGs re-
marks. He declared that It was simply question
in parliamentary law. The Convention was al
| ready organized most of the members had unqucs-
| toned seats, and the body was competent to do
| business. The House of Representatives in Wash
| ngton was still discussing contested seats al
| though it had been in existence many months.
The same thing could be seen in The Senate of the
| United States The argument now advanced that
| no business could be transacted until the
| contests for seats were settled would block
the wheels of any legislative body in existence.
In closing, Mr.. Hale said that he should
| not enter with the gentleman from New-YOrk the
| field of IRONY in which that gentleman was
so expert "But," said Mr.. Hale, turning his face
toward the great gathering and raising his voice,
"if am less rasplsh and more amlablc this morn
| ing than the gentleman from Ncw-YOrk, this vast
| audience knows why it is so" This keen thrust at
the supporters of the third term, who after all their
boasting of an immediate and overwhelming vic
| tory are now reduced to the condition of chaiHr
| and irritable minority, WAS rewarded with great
cheer. Mr.. Conklng had his arms tightly folded
aud much interested in the arches Of the rOCf
Without further talk Mr.. Conkiins's motion was
put to vote. and there was stir of expectancy i'll
the audience at the idea that q vote by TOll-cail
this unimpOrtant motion might show Of
hands as between the Grants and the anti-GlantS.
But unwillingness of the Grant people to SHOW their
Numbers was plainly manifest. The chairman PIT
the motion, and declared that the nays seemed to
have it, as was evident to every one i'll the hall.
Then he waited and everyone waited to see Mr..
COnkling arise and demand division but he re.
maincd in his seat, and when Senator IIoar, with
that strict frmncss that marked him through all
the proceedings asked if n division WAS called for,
Mr.. COnkllng still remained Ill his seat.
CONKING DEFEATED.
The Chair decided that the nays had it, and there
was round Of applause over the first autI-thId-
term victory Of the Convention. unimpouant as it
was.
Another exposure Of the tmidity of the Grant
men was made a moment after. James L. JOY, of
Michigan, offered resolution providing that tie
contestants from Illinois should b" heard before the
Convention by such counsel as tlicy might select.
Mr.. Campbell, OF West Virginia, moved TO lay this
motion on the table, ard Senator lloar Announced
that he should order the clcl to call the roll on the
motion. This prodCccd an instant furry among the
Grant leaders. Senator Logan hurried to Senator
Conklings side and after they lad put their heads
together, FASTENED back To his pace and rorc to
point of order. lie mounted ON CHAR, and there
was some cheering in The rllcrics. but they were
against him and against Grant, as every real test
Of their fecrg during the day unmIstakah!y
showed. General L)ean's point Of order was con-
fused and ran out in sections like telescope. The
rurpOr, Of il that, InaS@Iu2h as the Illinois
was not yet officially before tie Convention, the
proposed action could lot be taken.
Seuut0r Iloar, who is not only practiscd parlia-
mcn,aran hul has the rare faculty of making state
ments which are compact aud clear, briefly over
ruled the point of order Oh the ground that II WAS
always in order for a Convention to adopt a rule for
lis own guidance in business that might aftcrwarl
arise. lie again announced that the secretary
would call the roll. and the anxiety of the Grant
men was to he easily read in their faces when for
reasons of his own Mr.. Joy withdrew his rcsOlu-
ton.
Ii was supposed to he intended that Colonel Rob-
ert G. InGersol should be the counsel Of the con-
tesiants. and thus have an opportunity to rcpca;
before this vast company the brilliant speech hc
made at 9 o'clock THIS morning in a small in
the sherman Ho'lsc to a score of tired and Sleepy
men amid the fumes aud smoke Of cigars.
The Grant men continued the policy Of Obstruc-
ton. Henry Il. Person. of Nev'-York, was called
upon to make the report Of the Committee on Per-
on the fact that, inasmuch as there was n contest
in tho State Of Illinois, it coald not be known
whether the vice-prcsidcnt and secretary sHcctc cd
TO represent that State would continue to the end
as delegates to tho Convention. The Convention
refused TO regard this as matter Of mOmcntOus i'm
port and the report was read and adopted 1t con-
tinucd the temporary organization and with
| good-natnrcd remark from Senator IIopr that ths
Convention had shown a Wise economy in the mat
| ter OF opening speeches, the permanent Orgaiizl-
| tion was completed without incident except That
| when the secretary announced that the Slate Of
Alabama hid appointed George Washington one If
the assistant secretaries of the Convention there
was laugh md Il buzz of applause from the Siin
cl!crycs iAr gall 1leS, AMI somebody proposed three
! cheers for Ge1l * Washington, which nobody gave.
| MORE sKIEMISnING.
I'll -o wag more delay ~ behalf of Grant when the
! rcnort o. q. Committee on Rules WAS called for.
General 81: t!c and stated that the committee
had bal>i" completed it, work at / O'clorit and
that there VAS an understanding that nnc r"i.bcT5
OF the ,mittcc Should he allowed to make mi
nory report. They had had 10 time to prepare one,
| and naturally desired it, The most popular
man III this Convention by all odds ia
Gc.cral Garfield. Ills mere appearance as
| chairman OF this committee to explain the
situation was sufficient to call ont demonstration
| more enthusiastic than any tH6 had been made
lcrrtOtOr ai!u when be- arO on chair the eyes ut
tlie whole audiences were fastened u!On tte man
who is constantly mentioned hrrc II thc gossip and
Ga6C!9 Ct Ci,r,1 iG f'GTT a. so s fr Iid Gre
raj Sharpus as 10 slow that the minority were cil-
tlcd to the time il they wished I" claim II, and
nothing was LETT for The Convention to do.
MI.. CONKIING MEETS HIS MATCH.
Mr. Frye then arose and moved an adjournment to
r o'clock Here was Mr. COnkiing's tempta.i0n,aud
he succumbcd to it. If he could have had the gift
Of reading the future, even five minutes ahead it is