Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-05


State convention mot in the Opara House at
noon and was called to order by Chairman
Hooker of the State central committee. S.
H. Miller, Of Mercer, moved that Il. Erret
be appointed temporary chairman. Gen.
Albright moved to substitute the name OF
Geo. V. Lawrence. The vote was taken and
resulted: Erret 15S, Lawrence 81. This IS
victory for the Grant people. 1t was de-
cided that committee of one from each
senatorial district be appointed on resolu-
tons, and committees on contested seats and
permanent organization we're also appointed.
John Cessna offered a resolution that q
committee of nine be appointed to report,
subject to the approval of the convention, a
list of delegates with their alternates to the
Chicago convention, land list Of electors. After
consulting with delegations from various
districts Mr.. Steward, of Franklin, offered
an amendment as follows:
Resol,ed, That a committee of one from
each Congressional district, whose duty 1t will
be to report to the convention the names OF
four delegates at large to the National Conven-
ton and two electors at large, that it will be
the duty of the convention to report also the
list of district delegates to the National Con
vention who are to be chosen by delegates from
their respective districts, including in their re-
port the names of those persons who have al
ready been chosen as delegates from their re-
spectivc districts by the action OF the people
thereof.
Both of these resolutions, however, were
Withdrawn, and the convention took recess
for an hour.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
Upon reassembling the committee on con-
tested seats made report which was adopted.
The caucus resolution YVES reintroduced and
Stewart at once moved to amend it as indicated
before the recess. Stewart spoke earnestly In
favor of his amendment, basing his argument
on the fact, as he put it, that the committee
had no more right to nominate delegates to
the Chicago convention than it had to select
Congressman to represent the people OF each
district The amendment of Stewart was Lost,
100 to $50, and then the resolution as original
ly offered was adopted.
THE FIGHT INAUdURATED.
The following was then introduced by Mr..
Kerr:
Resolved That the delegates elected to the
Republican natl )nal convention from this
State are hereby instructed to support for the
Presidential nomination Gen. U. 3. Grant,
and to vote as a unit on all questions that
may come before the convention.
MIR. Stone, of Crawford, offered the following
amendment
RESOLVED That while we pledge ourselves to
support the Republican party, we see no good
reason for abandoning the position taken by
the party in our own and other States in 1876.
of opposition to third term, and we hereby
indorse and reaffirm the resolution passed by
our State convention, held in this city in 1876,
upon this question.
Senotar Herr argued in favor of his resolu-
ton, and traced the course of the Democratic
party as it appeared to Republicans. He
thought Gen. Grant was the proper and only
man who should get the nomination. and con-
cluded his remarks with an appeal to all to
support him.
Gen. Albright replied to Senator Herrs re-
marks. He believed that Gen. Grant was sim
cere in his undertakings and had done great
service, both civil and military, but he didn't
think he was the only man who could lead the
Republican party to victory. He didn't believe
there was any danger to the country IN the
thru term, but he believed that WashburD,
Sherman or Blaine could carry the suffrages of
the people. He didn't believe in instructipg
the delegates to Chicago for any man.
The resolution was further opposed by Gen.
Koontz, Darlington of Chester, Harvey of
Clinton, and Wolfe Of Union, while Moreland
of Allegheny, and Bingham of Philadelphia,
favored it. The speeches of the anti-Grant
people were all from the Blaine point of view,
and no other name beside Grant and Blaine
we're mentioned at all, except in the remarks
of Gen. Albright.
POOR BLAINE.
Stone, after arguing strongly in favor OF his
amendment to the resolution of instruction
finally withdrew it, and Strong, of Tioga, Of
fered another, to wit: To strike out the name
of q, s. Grant and insert that of James Ct.
Blaine.
On a vote by yeas and nays Strong's amend
ment was lest 95 to 154, several of the Blaine
people voting against it on the ground that 1t
wasn't proper to instruct the delegation for
any one.
GRANT WINS.
The question then REQUIRED on the original
resolution, or rather that part of it which in
structed the Chicago delegates to vote for
Grant Again the yeas and nays were offered and
the vote showed 1873 in favor of and 1l3 against
that portion of the resolution. The second
portion of the resolution instructing the dele
cation to vote as a unit, was then adopted by
q viva voce vote.
A. s. Olmsted was made permanent chair
man. nomination for auditor general being
in order the names of John A. Lemon and j..
A. Nj. Passmore were placed before the conven-
ton and recess was taken until 7:3O.
Upon reasSemDllng the yeas anu nays were
taken on the nomination for auditor general
and Lemon was declared the choice of the con :
vention, 1853 to 90. The nomination was made
unanimous.
THE DELEGATES AND ELECTORS.
The committee to name delegates to the Chi
cago convention and to name Presidential
electors made a report which was adopted. The
following are delegates at large: Mather s.
Quay, James McManis Linn Bartholomew.
Christopher l.. Magee.
Alternates-Gen. D. s. Elliott, ]. hay Brown,
Henry Buck, Samuel NJ. Jackson.
Electors at large-Edmund A. Benson, Fl. W.
Oliver.
Hon. Henry Green was unanimously NOM
mated judge of the supreme court.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were adopted:
Resolped, 1st That rejoicing over the steady
growth of national prosperity which began in
1876 with change of balance of trade in our
favor, and over the successful resumption and
maintenance of specie payments, We may rea-
sonably claim the financial soundness and
prosperity of the country as natural result of
the financial policy We paaty have sus-
| tanned.
3D. The resumption uf specie payments hav-
inc heen ACCOMPLISHED at the time APPOINTED