The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1880-06-10

Congregational Church, Chicago, Of
fered prayer.
Itis said the committee on contest
ei seats viii rot be ready to report be-
fore P. N.
= Conkiing moved tbs convention ad-
journ or take recess till 6P,M. Hale
made d point Of order that the motion
was deba.abIe. The ehsir sustained
the point. aE3 it is now being debated.
Hale in his speech holds that the con-
vention mus. remain IN state of sus-
pended animstian till the committee
is ready for q report.
Conkling fsiFUwei HE, claiming it
would faciiitatg she business of the
convention By taking q recess, and
ssid it was not in order to proceed un-
til the committee on credentials re-
ported. Tue motion to take recess
was lost.
Joy of Michigan offered a resolution
that the contestants from the state of
Illinois be heard in the convention by
their counsel Motion to lay on table
was lost, and the roll of states on joys
motion ordered. Joy subsequently,
withdrew bis resolution.
1t has been arranged for Col. Bob
Ingersoll to present the claims of Illi-
nois.
The contestants IN the convention
committee on permanent organization
report the name of George F. Hoar for
president.
Fry of Maine moved the committee
on rules su5 orc :, Of business be re-
quested S5-5epoft.
Sharpe of New York said as there
would be majority and minority re-
ports he asked it be delayed TIL the
committee on credentials reported.
Garfield said that under an agree
ment they would not render q report
until the committee on credentials had
reported, unless ordered by the con-
vention.
At / 10 P. NJ. Frye of Maine moved
the convention take a recess till 5
o'clock. Adopted.
The committee on credentials is still
in session, sDd 1t is said cannot report
for some time.
NIGHT SESSION.
The convention was called TO order
in evening session at 5 20.
Henderson, of Iowa, said the COM
mittee on credentials would not be
ready to report at this session. He
moved therefore that the committee on
rules be requested to make their re-
port, so that the convention could pro-
ceed to business.
Logan said the committee had agreed
1 - n Of hnfr ln-, L.
of business until after action on the re-
port of the committee on contested
seats. If the convention desired victo-
ry for its work its members should not
raise the axe too hastily at the heads of
their brethren. [Cheers. The rules
ought not TO be adopted before they
knew who we're entitled to seats as
representatives in this body, especially
as one of the rules to be reported would
limit speakers to FIVE minutes each.
Let the compact be kept that was
mittee, and let the consideration of the
rules be deferred until the report oi
the committee on credentials is made.
At this point Conklirg entered amid
applause as be passed up the aisle.
Continuing, Logan urged the with.
drawal OF the motion. Cri of no.
Some gentlemen, he said, cry no. Il
it because you are de ermined not tc
stand by the agreement of the commit
tee2 Do you desire to ride rough-shoc
over the members9 Shouts of Spring
field from the galleries. 1 cannot bt
thrown off my guard by personal allu
sions. am not addressing the gale
ries, but the convention. Derisivt
laughter.
Henderson replied that he was glaC
to hear such sentiments from the dis
tingulshed gentleman from Illinois
They would crafty the whole country
From no gentleman was he more glat
to hear than from him that there mus
de no rough-shod riding over this con
vention. Tremendous applause. HI
was glad t. see contending columns her,
coming together on the field of fail
play. [Applsuse. The gentleman asked
why this haste. He, on the contrary
asked why this delay. applause,
The chairman of the committee OF
rules indicated here this morning thai
there was no compact in said commit.
tee, such as Logan has asserted. The
convention was now organized anG
ready for work, and be must insist or
his motion to proceed to business. Ap.
plsuse. In conclusion, he stated, or
the authority of Kentucky member
of the committee who signed the mi
nority report, that it was in fact ready
for being reported this morning.
la- &c
mittee rose and denounced as smisrep.
resentstion Henderson's statement thai
the minority report was ready this
morning.
Another committeeman, rising
shouted, excitedly, that Henderson's
statement was accurate and true. Ap
plause and excitement.
Boutwell, asked if it was true thai
the committee on rules would report in
favor of limiting all the speeches tt
five minutes. He said he should vote
against such a rule if it applied tc
the arguments on the question of con
tested seats.
Several other delegates were pro
ceeding to give their views on the five
minute rule, when Henderson sug-
gested it would be time enough to dis
cuss the rules after the committee
should haYe reported them. He and
his associates had no desire to take
unfair advantage of any one, but be
wanted the business to proceed, and
the way to do these things was to re.
ceIYe the report and act upon it.
Sharpe, Of New York, said his mi
nority report was now ready, and it was
signed by representatives, from nine
states whose vote was necessary to
the success of the Republican party,
if in the coming contest 1t was to sue
ceed. The committee had agreed to
postpone the enforcement of the five
minute rule until the composition of the
convection was decided. II that agree
ment vas not unanimous, it had been
at all events reached without q dis
sentirg voice. He now moved to
amend the motion by ordering
the committee on credentisl to report.
He, Garfield, had said there was no
ground for any charge of bad faith by
ANYBODY in the committee on rules.
He lid not understand that any such
charge was made. The fact was, that
the committee agreed that they would
not Of their own motion present their
report until after the committee on Gre
deniials should have reported. but
whenever the convention chooses to or
der report from his committee the lat
ter had no other duty but to obey. BE
said, also, that the proposed rules were
30 drawn as to leave to the convention
power to extend any speakers time.