The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1880-02-13
PENNSYLVANIA INSTRUCTS
FOR GRANT

BY a Vote OF 1873 to lis fer Blsine
Senator Cameron has succeeded, as
will be seen by the following telegraph
report, in having the Pennsylvania Re
publican convention instruct for Grant
for President:
HARRIsBURG, Pa, Feb 4-The Re
publican state convention met in the
opera house at noon.
s. III. Miller moved thai Russell Errett
be appointed temporary chairman. Gen
eral Albright moved 20 substitute the
name Of George n. Lawrence.
4 vote was taken, and resulted Err
rett, 1J5; Lawrence, 81. A victory for
the Grant people.
The following was Introduced by Mr..
Kerr:
Resolced, That the delegates elected to
the Republican national convention from
this state are hereby instructed to sup
port for the presidential nomination
general L. =. Graut, and to vote as q unit
on all questions that may come before
the convention.
Stone, of Crawford, offered the follow
ing amendment:
Resol0ed, That while We pledge our
selves to support the Republican party,
We see no good reason for abandoning
the position taken by the party IN our
own convention in 1876 Of opposi-
ton 10 third presidential term, and
We hereby endorse and repass the rssO-
luton passed by our state convention
held in this city December 9th; upon this
question.
Senator Kerr argued in favor Of his
resolution, and traced the course Of the
Democratic party ~ it appeared to Re
mn Ill L. 81 -
was the proper and only man who should
get the nomination, and concluded his
! remarks with an appeal 10 AL 10 support
him.
Gen. Albright believed general Grant
was sincere in all his undertakings; bad
done great service, both civil I'D mill
tary, hut he did not think he was the
only man who could lead the hepubli-
can party To victory. He did not believe
that there raS any danger 10 the country
IL third term, but he believed that
Washburnc, shelby or Blaine could car.
~ the suiiraSes OF the people. he did
not believe IN IAstructing the delegates
D. Chicago TO support any man.
The resolution was further oppoSed by
general koontz, DGrlingtoa, of Christi
ana, Harvey, of Clinton, and Won, of
Union, while AarlGnd, of Allega1uy,
and Bingham. of Philadelphia, favored
it.
The speeches of the anti-Grant people
we're all from . Blaine poiBt of view,
and NO other names besides Grant and
Blaine were mentioned At all, except in
the speech OF Gen. Albright
Stone. after arguing strongly in favor
OF his amendment; to the resolution of
instruction., finally Withdrew it, and
Strong, Of Tioga, offered another, to-wit
To strike out the name of Z. ). Grant
and insert that Of James G. Blaine.
On vote by yeas and nays Strongs
amendment was lost, % to 154, several
of thS Blaine people voting against it on
the ground that it WAS not proper TO in
stitute delegation instructed for any
one.
The question then REQUIRED or the orig
inal resolution, or rather that part Of il
which instructs the Chicago delegates to
vote for Grant A vote by yeas and nays
was ordered, and showed 1873 for, aud
ll3 against that portion Of the resolu-
ton
The second portion of the resolution,
instructing the delegates to vote as a
unit, was then adopted by rica roce
vote