The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-02

Chicago, June L. In tho National COM
mlttee last night resolution was offered
respectfully by Mr.. King, that Mr.. Cameron,
AZ calling the convention to order, should
refuse to recognize individual delegates.
This, Cameron refused TO entertain, or to
grant an appeal. Mr.. Chandler, from the
committee appointed to name a temporary
chairman for the convention, reported Judge
Hosr, Of Massachusetts, and the report was
agreed to without discussion.
A resolution was then adopted that should
MIR. Cameron, through sickness or any other
cause, be unable TO present the npme Of Mr..
Hoar to the convention, Mr.. Chandler as
chairman OF the committee reporting his
name, should perform that office. After the
apportionmant of the docket, the committee
adjourned till to-day. Colonel Ellis j. Rob-
erts will be appointed temporary chairman
OF the committee to nominate the tempo
rary chairman of the convention.
THREATENING TO OPPOSE CAMERON.
Thirty anti.Grant members of the Ma
tional committee this morning agreed TO de-
pose Mr.. Cameron from the Craftsmanship il
he continued to decline to entertain their
motions or abide by the decision of the ma
lority of the committee. The committee Is
now in secret session at the Palmer house.
EDMuNps STILL IN THE RACE.
Tho report that Senator Edmunds had
written to a member of the We mont deleQa-
ton In this city, Withdrawing as a Presidon-
tial candidate and urging tile Green Noun.
tain delegation to support Grant, is most en-
phatically denied. One of the delegates has
received letter from the Senator, but IL con-
tans no recommendations, except that the
delegation combine on the candidate most
likely, Il nominated, to carry the five or six
debatable States
COMMITTEES OF CONFERENCE.
In the National committee the Grant party
offered some sort of compromise for the
pending difficulty and committees Of confer
ence from the rival parties were appointed to
consider the question. After two hours ses-
sion this evening the convention adjourned A
member says tho conclusions reached we're
that Cameron should remain Chairman OF
the committee; that the regular delegations
from Louisiana, Kansas, Utah and Illinois
should be admitted to the temporary organ
ization; that the contests in those States
should be submitted to the committee on ere
dentials, and that the unitrule should be en-
forced or not at the pleasure of the conyen-
ton; that Conkling, Logan and Cameron
have pledged tho (. tes in no way TO inter-
fere in regardt to the Hction of the convention
respecting the unit rule.
THE NEW YoBK DELEGATION
called secret cary iS.to discuss tho
qucsl 2, OF tA.. VI resollrids.i
of ,, xss r ttE .s.4;np NJ.
Conkling presidsE "A motion wsS fladc
that the chairman be instructed TO cast the
seventy us one vote. This was amended
authorizing the chairman to get the vote of
each delegate and report the same to the con-
vention. Mr. Conliling said that, as chair
man of the delegation, fifty of them in
structed him to cast the entire vote for Grant.
He would do it, and then if the other
twenty wanted to appeal to the convention
they might do SO, and the roll-call of States
would be made A motion to sustain the
unit rule was passed by vote of 40 to 23.