Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-06-04
CHICAGO.
Second Day Of The Republican Ma
ti0nal Convention,
LITTLE PROGRESS MADE.
Conkling Has His Regular Tilt
with Hale and Frye.
HOAR PERMANENT CHAIRMAN.
Extended Debate Over the Five
Minute Rule.
NO REPORT FROM THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
Prospects in Regard to an Anti Chinese
Plank in the Platform.
Prospects in Regard to an Anti Chinese
Plank in the Platform.

ESPECIAL BY TELEGRAPH TO THE REcoRD-uxoS.l
CHICAGO, June 3d-11:30 A. M-Not.more
than half the delegates of the National Re-
publican Convention are yet in their seats.
The galleries are three-quarters flied.
The New York delegation have just en-.
tered with Conking at their head, who was
received with considerable applause in the
galleries.
11:95.-The galleries and floor are filling
up rapidly, and the scene in the hall is very
impressive.
Interesting discussions are anticipated to-
day, and the indications are that there will
be an earnest contest between the rival fac
tions upon every point 1t would be hazard
Gus to predict the results, but it is believed
that the Credentials Committee will admit at
least eighteen of the twenty contests from
Illinois, who were admitted originally to the
Springfield Convention and subsequently
ousted.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Hoar called the Convention to order at
Has, and requested all others than members
of the Convention to withdraw from that
part of the hall assigned to delegations, aad
directed the Sergeant-at-Arms to enforce the
request. The aisles were cleared after some
delay.
Rev. T. A. Noble, of Union Park Corgre-
gational Church, Chicago, offered prayer.
Conkling inquired whether the Committee
on Contested Seats was ready to report.
The Chair replied that it was told the COM
mittes was not ready, nor likely to be for
several hours, perhaps not before P. M.
CoNKLING AND HALE AGAIN.
Conkling, rising again, was received with
marked demonstrations of applause in the
galleries. He said he also understood that
no report could be had from the Credentials
Committee until late this afternoon. OF
course no business could properly be done
until that report should be received and the
membership of the Convention should be
established therefore he moved recess till
6 o'clock tonight.
Hale asked Conkling to give way for mo-
ment, but he declined.
Hale then made q point OF order that q
motion to take recess was debatable.
The Chair sustained the point of order.
Hale rose to oppose the motion, and was
received with marked applause. He urged
that the understanding yesterday was that
the Convention should this morning proceed
to work. He argued that there was business
which the Convention could do in advance of
the credential report. He cited the Conven-
ton of 1876 to show that it did much bust
ness in advance of the report of the
Committee on Contested Seats, which
then as now had much hard work to
do, and was very late with its report He
urged that this Convention is now ready
for business [great applauseb and hoped it
would not throw away its time, but go on
with its immediate duties.
Conkling replied to Hale that the only
work that the Convention would do before 5
o'clock would be to sit on uncushioned seats
and do nothing. His motion, therefore, was
one of convenience. 1t was an open secret
that the Committee on Permanent Organiza-
tion would report the continuance of the
present presiding officer in the chair. 1t
would not take FIVE minutes to settle the per.
manent organization. There were important
questions to be settled here. 1t is said that
the Committee on Rules have agreed to
recommend the adoption of the fve-minute
rule to govern the general debate, though the
committee have excepted the debate on con-
tested seats. There was therefore nothing of
consequence to do.
Hale, rising to reply, was received with the
widest burst of applause that hR thus far
been heard in the. Convention. lie urged
that if Conkling's argument was sound, and
its point adopted in every legislative body,
suspending all business until all contested
questions Of seats should be settled, none
would ever do any business. Great ap-
plause. Both houses of Congress are to-day
considering such contests, which have been
pending since the beginning. He said, in
conclusion shall not enter with the gen.
tleman into the field OF irony and sarcasm in
which he is SO expert. The little powers that
possess have been cultured in other direc-
tions. leave that to him, only saying that
if | am less rasping than he this morning,
and am more amiable, this vast audience
knows why it is. Loud laughter and enthu-
siastic applause, long continued]
The motion for a recess was rejected.
THE ILLINOIS CONTESTANTS.
Joy of Michigan moved that the Illinois
contestants shall have the right to be heard
before this Convention by such counsel as
they may select.
Campbell of West Virginia moved to lay
on the table.
Cassidy of Wisconsin made point of order
that the Convention had as yet no official
knowledge of any contest in Illinois, and
pressed the point that it is not in order to
consider any question in relation to contested
seats until the committee reports also, that
no rules had yet been established, and could
not he established until the Convention was
first permanently organized.
The Chair overruled the point.
Joy, at the request of Logan, temporarily
withdrew his motion.
COMMITTEE on PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
On motion of Sewell, the Convention in
structed the Committee on Permanent Or
gauization to report at once.
Pierson of New York, from said COM
mittee, stated that they were entirely har-
monious in their action, and he was ready to
report as far as they had been able to COM
plete their work. They were only embar-
rassed by the fact that they were not sure,
in advance of action by the Convention on
contested seats. whether the persons whom
they had agreed upon from the contested
States were members of the Convention.
With this statement he proceeded to report.
The committee recommended that the TEN.