Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-02

l ; | delegates from Ohio that the National con- l vention is body of equal members, and each | delegate is entitled to have his vote cast and
 counted on all questions in accordance with | his own wishes
 The New York delegation held excited 1 three and half hours session, resulting in | new form of pressure on the bolting mem- 1 bers. The fear that an effort might be made | to oust the twenty-two delegates, and the | general udcertainty of the situation filled the 1 upper corridors of the Grand Pacific with dense crowd of excited men, who filled m the time with speeches and arguments. The coming and going of General Arthur, from the National Committee, the cause of which was not understood at the time rumors that Grant had withdrawn his candidacy, and that the National Committee had busted Cameron, which were believed for the moment, togeth- CT with the long -drawn-out sitting of the del egation, intensified the feeling. When the delegation was called to order and Conkling took the chair there were two absentees, one of whom, General Husted, was of the boilers. He had announced his intention of keeping
 out of all entanglements by remaining away. The bolters were not left moment in doubt
 as to their fate, and the only subject brought up was the disposition of the vote of New
 York. Assemblyman George A. Sharpe, of Kingston, offered resolution to vote as unit and that the chairman be instructed to
 cast the seventy votes of the State for Grant. Judge James, of St. Lawrence, opposed the
 resolution, and B. Pierrepont, of New York city, and Dennis Mccarthy, of Syracuse, fa-
 vored it. They were followed by Senator Ses-
 sions in opposition. Conkling got the floor and
 spoke for three-q quarters of an hour in SUD-
 port of the resolution. He was keen and
 witty, but intensely personal, calling several
 of the recalcitrants to account by name He
 began with pointed shot at G. W. Curtis
 and similar Republicans, and denied that he
 appeared as personal champion of the
 ex-President, whom he said he had not seen
 since he left the White House. He had been
 informed that eighteen or more of the dele
 gates had signed pledge to violate the in-
 structions of the convention, whose
 action would be dishonorabie and in violation of good faith. They were
 bound by every institute of manliness to fol- low their instructions If they had intended to do otherwise they should never have ac- cepted their appointments, which were mat ters of trust and not to be used as they might see fit. They were also bound in honor and courtesy to warn their colleagues of their intentions. They had had abundant oppor- tunity to do so on the previous evening, twice indeed but they failed to use 1t or to furnish information to which the delegation was unquestionably entitled. They had in- 1 stead gone forth and spread their agreement | before the public. Senator Conkling was in- | terrupted frequently by questions from Sena- | tor Sessions, Senator Woodin and others, and l retorted sharply. He alluded to several dele 1 gates by name, and turning to Senator Wood l in asked ''Under what obligations are you | You are bound both by the State and dis
 trict conventions as well as by your speech 1 in the Senate. How do you explain your presence here in the delegation ?" Wood 1 in repeated his acknowledgement to his con- l stituents. He said he should keep his promise 1 not to appear in the convention. He assert | ed however, that his district despite it's con- | tention, was overwhelmingly against Grant. 1 Mir. Woodin ended his speech in such man ner as to give way to Knapp, who is to be his | proxy if not his regular alternate. MT. Knapp l made of the best speeches on his side. l He did not, however, coincide with Woodin's l view entirely. An amendment to the resolu- | ton was then offered by MT. Woodin that the 1 chairman be instructed to ask each delegate | for his vote and report the vote of each to 1 the convention. Conkling again took the l floor and spoke at some length. He said that l if majority of the delegation instructed him | to cast the whole vote of the State for single | candidate he should do so, no matter what the l minority might demand. If the latter did not 1 submit they might appeal to the convention | and abide the result of the call of States A 1 vote was taken on Woodin's amendment and l it was lost. The original motion instructing l the chairman to cast New York's p votes for 1 a single candidate was then adopted by 45 to | 23. Levi P. Morton was then admitted to the 1 delegation to represent So1on Smith of the 1 Tenth district. Conkling escaped from the | room instantly after adjournment and held a 1 1evee in the adjoining parlor. Some one i asked Judge James if they would vote for | Grant if the convention enforced the unit 1 rule. He said ''We will never do it." A l twenty-third man has signed the compact of l Monday, said to be James J. Beldon, of Syra- ! cuse. The .bolting New Workers have ex- tended across the railways in front of their l doors large placard: 'sNew York not solid 1 for Grant," fhe mot" being in tall red let 1 ters.)
 At the Palmer House the, oolored delegates | held meeting in the corridor at p. m. and l presented Senator Bruce with 8 floral horse 1 shoe and announced him as the colored can l didate for Vice President. Mir. Windom, of 1 Ohio made the presentation speech. Sena- | tor Bruce replied with a simple ''I thank | you" During the speaking the corridors l were so crowded that jam occurred which 1 had to be cleared away by the police, and l there were serious fears of the people being 1 crowded to death.
 The contest in the National Committee is | ended at least so far as the committee is 1 concerned. The result has been compro- | mise whereby both Grant and anti-Grant 1 managers agreed to leave matters as to the 1 enforcement of the unit rule in the organiza- | tion of the convention to the discretion of l Senator Hoar of Massachusetts, who both 1 have agreed shall act temporary chairman 1 of the convention. Both sides have made | concessions. The Grant managers have 1 yielded the point for which they so long con- l tended, that the unit rule should be enforced 1 in the organization of the convention, because it is known that Senator Hoar is opposed to 1 that rule and will undoubtedly decide against | it. The Grant men also concede their plan | which they held up to last evening to make l contest of the temporary chairmanship of l the convention, and Conking, Cameron and 1 Logan have pledged themselves not to eoun- tenance an attempt to run an opposition can didate to Hoar. The Blaine men have given 1 up their determination of deposing Cameron from the chairmanship of the committee and made concessions in regard to the admission of the contesting delegate to take part in the temporary organization. Tthey have conceded the whole of the Cook county controversy, which for three days and until yesterday was almost the sole topic of conversation on the part of the Blaine delegates and was asserted to be the leading issue on which the anti-Grant men intended to make a fight. The anti l Grant men have not conceded that Senator Logan was right in excluding the country delegates, nor have they conceded that what are known the Farwen Hall anti Grant delegates shall be excluded from the convention; but they have agreed to let the convention settle that instead of committees and have consented that the Grant dele gation and not Farwen Hall shall be ad- fmitted to participate in the organization of the convention, that IS IO say they nave decided to admit the regular State delegation, which has the endorsement of the Springfield convention, thereby ranking the county anti Grant delegates contestants whose claims are to be considered by the National convention. This concession on the part of the Blaine men will give Grant additional votes General Mansfield, of California, says the latest accurate claim was on the first ballats 322 for Blaine, and that the second ballde7 would result in his nomination. There is great rejoicing among the Sher- man men over the fact that in speech tonight MT. Hoar stated that twenty-two of that States delegation would surely vote for Sherman.
 Republican Veterans in Convention.
 CHICAGO, June 1.-The National convention of Republican veteran soldiers ras attended by an immense throng at Haverly's theatre. Several companies of soldiers were present MT. White, of Chicago, called the convention to order and Stewart L. Woodford, of New
 York, was called to preside and made speech