Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05

Utah a. regularly and fairly chosen Al elaborate defense of their action is added. l The committee do not believe that the righ 1 of Congressional district representatlo shoult now be invaded for the first time by the ac 1 ton of National convention If State convention can by majority override th' l will of the people fairly expressed ln the SC lection of district delegates, it might as vel 1 appoint at once all the delegates. Nomina tions made through such nisrepresentatlor | were not likely to be ratified by the people It was the duty of the convention to dlsap prove emphatically of all attempts to over l ride the high moral customs of the party. minority report was presented by Pow ell Clayton of Arkansas. It differs from the majority report in regard to the application of the principle of district representation charging that the other views changed en- tirely the nature of the principle in many States. It contended that no Republican National convention had ever yet laid down any rule regarding representation in keeping with the assumption of the majority report regarding Illinois. The report stated that
 charges of fraud made against the Spring
 field convention and its officers had not been supported by proof, and that there was no
 evidence on which to base charges of an al-
 leged conspiracy The report generally pro-
 tested against the principle of district repre-
 sentation in National convention, and par
 J
 testants from Alabama and Illinois. It
 charges that the majority report had been
 prepared with special view of affecting the
 nomination for President. In relation to the
 Alabama contest 1t recommends that an alter
 nate shall sit in Speer's place, and that Bing-
 ham and Mosley shall have the places award
 ed by the majority to Warner and Smith.
 The report finally recommends that the Hi
 nois delegates now sitting shall retain their
 places, that in the Utah case the delegates
 elected by the convention shall be admitted
 instead of those named by the Territorial
 committee, that in the West Virginia cases
 the same principle was involved as in the Hi nois Alabama and Kansas cases, and that if one set of contestants were admitted the
 others should be. During the reading of the minority report much confusion existed in the hall causing many Interruptions.
 At the conclusion of the reading, MT. Con ger presented corrected call of the conven- ton in conformity with the claims set forth in the report, and moved that the convention make the Louisiana case the first to be con- sidered. Mir. Cessna, of Pennsylvania, asked that the whole report be divided into five sections, the first to cover Louisiana and those States where there were no differences of opinion in the committee; the second Alabama, the third Illinois, the fourth West Virginia, and the fifth Utah. MT. Conger said the majority desired to follow the order of their report which was in eleven sections, but he was willing to accept the suggestion and allow the Illinois delegates at-large, 1a t0usiana dao2dad Kan5as Pennsylvania ayd &G putting the question the Chair used the phrase, ''All delegates whose seats are un- contested" when Mir Conkling wanted to know what the committee had to do with un- contested seats He was informed that the committee on credentials had to report on credentials well contested seats. He IL kI~ A. about which there was no difference. MT. Conger said the Louisiana case, the Second district of Illinois, the delegates large for Illinois, the Second and Third districts of Kansas, and Fifth, Sixth, Ninth and Nine teenth districts of Pennsylvania The con- yention then took recess
 EVENING SESSION.
 Chairman Hoar called the convention to order at 7:2S D. m. On motion of MT. Con ger the credentials committees report re- garding Louisiana was adopted On motion of General Ben Harrison, of Indiana, the time for discussion of the Alabama contest was limited to twenty minutes for each side. MT. Conger, chairman of the committee, defend ed the majority report and said Rapier was denied his credentials because he declined to accept instructions for Grant. MT. Turner, chairman of the Alabama delegation, defend ed the title of the sitting delegation, and said that every delegate was chosen by the State ln regular manner. He assert ed that the claims of the contestants were of no avail unless ratified by the convention. General Tracy spoke briefly in favor of the minority report. Warner M. Bateman. of Ohio, said the question involved was sim ply that of the right of district representa- tion. That of Rapier involves no question of fact. MT. Farr, of Michigan, said the people in his State believed in district repre- sentation, so much so that with 8 convention strongly anti-Grant they had Grant man in their delegation, and they fully acknowledge his right to his opinion and vote. MT. Par sons, of Alabama, said he was Grant man, so elected and so should vote, but he did not believe in the high handed manner in which the men elected had been busted. Two men seats at his side had acknowledged their defeat.
 Pending vote ex-Secretary Boutwell, of fered resolution that all contest cases be decided in accordance with State precedents, the district system where the choice had been so previously made. The main question of the substitution of the minority for the majority report on the Alabama con test then put and lost, ayes BOG, nays 449 The call by States was as follows
 Cfafe Vaaa Nay