New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-05

| in the Convention, but afterward Withdrew tue
motion at the request OF the Chairman
MIR. BOUTWELL, INTERVIEWS.
Fx-(Ioxernor boutwell, then offered q resolution
which proved to be an attempt to commit the Con-
vention to the system of State rights in Republican
Conventions It.resolved effect that the ConVen-
ton should recognize binding the usages OF the
various States with respect to the election OF dee
Oate, by State Conventions and also in those States
! where it has been the custom to elect tnem Dy
| districts Mr.. Conger immediately raised tne
| point of order that this was not germahe 10
the question while the Convention was restricted
nv its own vote to the consideration OF the case OF
| Alabama and the chairman declared the point we'll
taken, but 1t had already been made clear that the
resolution was to have distinguished APPRECIATION
for as the resolution was read MIR. ConklIng londiy
appIauded and turning his head, spoke TO jacob M
| Patterson, Jr., who began to applaud aiso'
VICTORY won.
Avote was then called for. the question being
| upon the motion of Senator Clayton substituting
so much of the minority report as referred to the
| Alabama contest for the majority report. On "a
| viva yoce vote the nays were plainly IN
| the majority but q division being called
for. the roll-call was ordered. 1t showed
| 3O6 for the minority report and 449 against ia
result which was greeted with great cheering. This
vote was the test vote Of the Convention upon the
| question of district representation and was also
test-and the only test OF the day thus far-of the
| relative strength of the Grant and anti-Grant
parties.
A resolntion was then offered that upon the con-
siderat,on of the Illinois case one hour should be
giyep to the debate upon 1t, one-halt OF when
sbould be accorded to the contestants, who might
themselves be heard or have their cases
! presented by counsel, and one-hat to
the sitting members. at this point Governor
Boutwell,. seeing that the whole case was going
against the cause which he represents, and that the
principle OF district representation was certain TO
he affirmed by the Convention in all cases. as II hao
already been affirmed in the Alabama case,
made another attempt to have his reso-
luton, already referred to. substituted for
that under consideration. Mr. COnger again raised
the poipt Of order that it was not germane to the
subject under consideration, and this point was
sustained by the presiding officer. Governor
Boutwell, then seized the occasion IN which the
pendeucy of the resolution to limit the time for
debate afforded him to make q speech
in favor Of the principle that States
should be allowed to determine the system upon
which they shOuld choose their delegates. The
whole tone Of his speech was that of despair MIR.
Boutwell, felt that the sentiment of the Convention
was against him, and somehow or other he seemed
TO imagine that there a disposition to prevent
him from presenting his views. About the only
effective point which he made was when be at
tempted to prove that the committee had been in
consistent In it's report because it had recommended
the admission of delegates from Louisiana who
| had been elected by State Convention
To this Mr. COnger replied that In the Louisiana
case no question in regard to district representation
| had been raised and there had therefore been no
| occasion to pass upon It,
LOGAN BIDS Fer APPLAUSE.
At tho close of exc vernon BOutwelPs speech
General Logan undertook TO rally the column by
of ne In WI Ia
for the principle of State representation. referring
TO the precedenis in the From this he drfted
| into a rambling harangue dragging IN General
Grants name as the old soldier" the foremost
citizen of all the world" and on, each
reference being intended to arouse the Convention
and the galleries TO applause. He was moderately
successful. for there was much clapping OF hands
aud considerable shouting In the galleries, but 1t
was a noticeable fact that could not be overlooked
by those on the platform that at least twOthrds of
the delegates on the floor sat still and made de-
monstration It entirely different when SeDa tor
BIaine's name was first mentioned in the COnv, A.
| tOn 1t had happened that during all the session
of the Convention up to this evening mention Of
Dir Baine's name had been made, although several
indirect references had been made to him, which
had always been received with enthusiastic APP
| plause But in the course Of Senator LOgan's
speech b o asserted that the California delegates
were required to give pledge to support certain
candidate, and asked the Californian If he was not
MIR. Pixley, of the California delegation. rose to
| reply He described the method by which the
California delegates were elected To and ac
credited to the National Convention. and then said
that the State Convention with entire unanimity,
| had instructed the delegates to vote for that dig
| tnRnished citizen of Name Senator James G.
| Blame. The mention of this name the signal
| for one of the widest and most lndeScribabe
| scenes that ever occurred in National Convention
[ the
| delegates 10 seemed that fully onehalf were on
their feet and on their seats, shouting and waving
| their bats and handkercheis. In the galleries aud
| on the platform the enthusiasm was also unbounded,
| and the cheering continued so long and was
| overpowering in its warmth that Senator Logan,
who was standing during all this time, was wholly
| unable to get the attention of the Convention
| again, and his speech soon frittered out
At least when the Grant men had used mp another
| hour discussing the question of how long the
| Illinois case should be debated, the Convention
voted to close the Illinois III two hours 1t is
worthy of remark here that the Grant men have
from the first meeting of the Convention acted the
part Of ObstructOnists. and at the evening session
tonight, when everybody was ANXIOUS 10 rush the
business through, and when every delay made those
responsible for it unpopular, they frtered away the
ALBANIA case and the opening of the Illinois
case, all Of which was occupied by Boutwell, and
Logan. This is only one of the many blnnders
which the Grant men have committed from their
frat appearance in this city.
When the Illinois question was at last reached,
Mr.. Conger briefly explained the report of the
committee and the principle which underies it.
That principle ia OF the fundamental of the
Republican party, the rights OF the peO-
pie as against the sovereignty of the State.
The assertion of the doctrine of State rights was
the cause of the war and is now asserted by the
Democratic party alone. Mr.. COnger made an
excellent point when he said that the men
who desired to be candidates for the highest Office
in the gift of the people, they ought not
for their approval Mr.. CongeTs speech was sue |
cinct and pointed presentation of the case Of the
Illinois contestants,
on that side.
The case Of the sitting members of the Conven- |
tiOn was presented by General Green b. Raum, late
president of the Springfield Convention. who |
served ON the Committee ON Credentias to pass on