Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-05
CHICAGO.
THE CONVENTION A MOB.
THE noSsEs LEAD THE MUSIC.

The Contending Factions Contesting Every
Inch.
In the Chicago convention, yesterday,
after the majority and minority reports Of
the committee on contested seats had been
read, the Alabama case wa 5 taken up, and,
pending a motion to adopt the minority
(Grant) report, the convention adjourned
until p. III.
EveAins Session.
Judge Hoar took the chair at precisely !.
clock, but not more than fifty delegates
were in their seats. The prospects were
that the contested seat question would
occupy all the evening without being dis
posed Of,unless the convention should adopt
some order limiting debate, which prom
ised to he inteImnable.
The convention was called to order at
.:30 and Immediately proceeded to the con-
sideratiOn of the Alabama question OH con-
tests.
Mr. Harrison said it was agreed to de-
vote forty minutes to it-twenty minutes
to each side.
Mr.. Conger briefly explained Rapier's
| case, showing that the only question was
as to whether the state convention had a
right to deprive him of his authority to
! vote for General Grant. The same point
substantially was at issue in the other two
Alabama contests. The question was
simply as to the right of single district rep
resentatives. Upon its settlement, in his
(Conger's) Judgment, rests the question of
the continued existence of the Republican
party.
Mr.. Turner, of Alabama, replied, simply
celebrating the views of the minority re-
port in the case before the convention.
Mr.. Tracy, of New York, protested
against the convention deciding the ques-
ton which has been rightfully settled in
the state convention.
Mr.. Batcman, of Ohio, supported the
ma jority report.
The time for debate having expired, Mr..
Boutwell, moved the following
''Res0lced, That all the cases of con-
tested seats be decided by adopting the
usage of each state and that every state
where the uniform usage has been to elect
delegates to the national Republican con-
vention that usage shall be deemed bind
ing and the same shall be true in respect
of delegates sent by district conventions
where that has been the usage"
Mr. COnger made point of order that
BOutwell's S resolution was not in order, be-
cause notsyermane to the pending ques-
ton. The chair sustained the point. VO-
ciferous cries OF ''question," "question.
The question was put cire roce, and was
decided overwhelmingly in the negative.
\ division being demanded, the roll of the
states was called. and resulted, yeas BOG,
nays 449. So the motion to substitute the
minority for the majority report in the
Alabama contest was rejected. The an
nOuncement elected tumultuOus applause.
The majority report, SO far as relates to
Alabama: was then adopted.
In this vote the detection in Pennsylva-
MIA and New York stood firm at 90 in each,
and the Vermont bid for Edmunds was
not so strong as before, having voted but
four votes tor the Grant side. Upon the
announcement Of the vote the building
rang with deafening cheers, but the Grant
people hold their forces pretty we'll and
have solid front.
The Illinois Case.
| When the Illinois case was called up,
| Boutwell, endea vored to have the cOnven-
| ton decide the contests according to the
common usage in states where they occur
as to selecting degatcs by state or district
conventions, and when; this was ruled out
of order, the majority report being before
| the convention, he contended for no limi-
tation of argument This brought out a
long speech by Logan against the motion
to limit to one hour and he thus got an
opportunity to defend the Springfield coll
vention, which he would not get under the
| hour rule, and to work up Grant enthusi-
asm. On this occasion he put his foot in
it again by appealing to the galleries, and
by challenging Raymond, of California,
| he got such send Off for Blaine as kept
the convention and assemblage on it's feet
for ten minutes in laundering applause for
the Maine senator, which robbed his Grant
boom of all its previous strength.
Two hours were given to the Illinois
case No council outside of the cOnven-
tion were allowed to participate, thus shut
ting out Bob Ingersoll and Emory A.
Storrs. Conger again appealed for the
ma jority report, saying that it was time
the party destroyed that last vestige of
state sovereignty within it, which was
apparent in the action of the Springfield
convention. Deelgate-a large Raum re-
piled for sitting members, and declared
that to throw them out would be a revO-
lutiOnary measure, which would be de-
structive of the party in the state. The
opposition in the galleries rather got the
best of Mr.. Raum on this point. and fire.
quently and laughably turned the argu-
ment against him.
Ingersoll received a proxy and on Con-
gers motion asking unanimous consent for
him to speak. Conkling was the first to
object. StOrrs made rather an earnest ap-
peal, then an argument to the convention.
He seems to have been the only man ex-
cept Conklng who did not blunder and he
succeeded in rousing the Grant people to
loud effort to dwarf the thunder which had
just before come from Blaine throats.
The noise was terrific and the cheers and
shouts were kept up for 15 minutes. Men
plucked delegates flags from their places
and waved them in the air. Umbrellas,
hats, handkerchiefs, everything that could
be used to give impetus to this demonstra-
ton was used, and the building trembled
with the tramping. All the states for
Grant waved their guidons in the air. The
galleries were surging with excitement
ear piercing shrieks rent the air. and it
did seem as if the Grant people had
caught the right end of their boom at last
and meant to keep up.
COnkling, Cameron and Logan, anticipa-
ting how powerful the influence of this en-
thusiasm would be on the coming vote,
spurred the people to keep it up, and when
it tagged they jumped upon the seats and
warmed it into new life. At this time the
Southern Grant delegates started up
'' Marching through Georgia." and so on
the convention was engaged in singing and
the galleries took it up. The Blaine men
grew frightened and there were loud
calls for Ingersoll. The rare sight was
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