Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-05
News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS.
 WILD SCENES DURING THE NlGHT SESSION
 AT CHICAGO. A FUR0RE OF EXCITEMENT, Delegates and Spectators Perfectly
 Uncomfortable. Votes On Contest Cases. IN EVERY CASE AGAINST GRANTS SUPPORTERS. 
A FuRORE OF EXCITEMENT.
Votes On Contest Gases.
IN EVERY CASE AGAINST
 GRANTS SUPPORTERS.
POLITICAL.

l POLITICAL.
 At Chfcago-Yesterday's Sessions-Tre. 1 mendous Excitement Over Test Ques. ! tions-ConkIing Succeeds in Pledgine the Convention to Support the Nomi. l nee-An Unsuccessful Effort to Unseat | Dissenters-Report of the Credentials | Committee An AII-Night Session = ! Grant Men Defeated Contests l The Illinois Contest-A Perfect Furore of Excitement = Delegates Singing, 1 Shouting and Wild with Enthusiasm The Chairman the Only Cool Man in 1 the Ean-PerfectIy Powerless to Re- ! strain the Excited Delegates-Scenes ! and Incidents.
 CHICAGO, June An hour and half be- I fore the time for the opening of the conven- | tion every street leading to the Exhibition building was thronged with people moving toward the convention. Not one person in a hundred of those had any prospects of get ing inside the building except on counterfeit ed tickets, large numbers of which were print ed during the night. The auditory filled up to it's utmost capacity, good order prevailing in the process of seating. A good deal of trouble was experienced in distinguishing be- tween true and false tickets. While the audi ence was assembling, a band in the extreme north end of the hall played, but the noise of feet and the roar of voices everywhere drowned the music as far as persons in the delegates section and on the stage were con- cerned On the stage in the of the chair were Prince Leopold of England and suite. The prince was seated between e1-Leutenant Governor Robinson of New York and Gen eral P H. Sheridan. The prince was warmly L,, 4Ia ,1C rhn za6 him.
 At 1O:45 Chairman Hoar began rapping the convention to order, but it was some time before silence could be secured. The pray CT was so short and appropriate that the clergy man was enthusiastically cheered when he pronounced tsAmen.'' Mir. Conkling rose to offer a resolution in the hope that there would be no objection to it. If there should be any objection he should ask that the roll be called. The following is the resolution:
 Resolved the of this convention, that every member of it is bound in honor to support it's nomi nee whoever that nominee may be, and that no man hold his seat here who is not ready to agree [Cheers and applause1
 MT. Hale, of Maine, suggested that Re Dublican convention did not need to be in structed that it's first duty after naming it's candidate was to proceed to elect him over the Democratic candidate. Applause. They all had their preferences and were ardent in the expression and urgency of their prefer ences, but he had yet failed to hear, in the exciting contests in which they had been en- gagged for the last week, any expression on the part of any delegation to the convention, whoever they might be for, of dissent as to the final determination of the convention. Mr. Brandegee, of Connecticut, called for a vote by call of States to emphasize It's pur- pose and ascertain who are for It and who are against it and who will try to escape It. lAp- pIause. The Chair put the question viva voce, and there were apparently half dozen noes Mr. Conkling asked for a call of the States, saving that it was desirable to know who it was in Republican convention who voted no on such resolution. Applause.
 The clerk proceeded to call the roll. Maine voted unanimously aye, (applause); New York voted 70 aye Pennsylvania 5S aye Only one delegate being present from Sonth Carolina, he cast his single vote aye. West Virginia cast five votes aye ana no, (hisses); two delegates were absent The total was ayes 716, noes 3, so the resoIution was adopted.
 Mir Conkling said that he wanted to offer another resolution, which he would reduce to writing in moment, as follows;
 Resolved That the delegates who have voted that they will not abide by the action of the convention do not deserve to nave, and have forfeited, their votes in the conven- tion. [Subdued applause and some hisslng.l
 The members from West Virginia who voted no defended their action claiming that, while they did not intend to secede from the action of the covention, they had per feet right to express their free opinion. Mir Brandegee, of Connecticut, said the question was not one of free speech. No man here will seek to hinder any, delegates free speech. It was only question as to what any man would do for the support of Republican pr1n- ciples He continued at considerable length until greeted with misses.
 Mir. Garfield, of Ohio, feared that the con vention was about committing great error, and before they should act he desired to state thecase. Every man of the three dissenters de- clared his expectation to support the nom1- nee, but they voted no because this was not the time to adopt such resolution. Are they to be disfranchised for that reason? (Ap plause, and cries of No No!") That is the question. We .are responsible only, not to this convention Great ap- plause.) There never was and never will be a convention which did or can bind any vote in advance on any question. If this resolu- ton was adopted the convention must purge itself at the close of every vote and determine how many shall go out. At the close he urged MT Conkling to withdraw his resolu ton.
 Mir Pixley, of California, moved to lay the resolution on the table. MT. Conkling de- manded a call of the roll (Hisses, long and furious) A call of the roll was ordered. Mir.
 
 three gentlemen from West Virginia did say that they would vote for the nominee of this convention. The Chair said it was not his province to answer the question. Mir. Conk- ling said he would not press his resolution if his question was answered in the affirmative, and finally he withdrew the resolution, as he said there seemed to be some doubt about it's expediency. (Applause and hisses.)
 The chairman of the credentials commit tee not being present, on motion of MT. Sewell the committee rules dered to report, with the understand ing that no action should be taken upon their recommendations until after the port of the committee on credentials. The Chair called Senator Bruce (colored) of Mis- sissippi, one of the vice presidents, tempora- rily to the chair As MT. Bruce came for ward he was received with applause. Mir. Garfield, from the committee, reported the rules recommended for the government of this convention. They are the rules of the House of Representatives. The rules were read by the secretary. The one which for bids any unit rule was received with applause. A minority report favoring the unit rule was presented by Mir. Sharpe, of New York. Action on the report of the committee was temporarily deferred, and recess was taken.
 After about an hours delay, waiting for the committee on credentials to report, the convention again came to order at D. m. Mir. Conger, of Michigan, from the commit tee, presented it's report, apologizing for the length of time they had been compelled to detain the convention and explaining it's ne- cessity In Louisiana the committee recom- mended the admitting of the Yarmouth del egation and excluding the Beattie delegation. After an elaborate statement of the facts, the committee report that the Beattie bolt was without adequate cause. In Alabama they recommend the admission of Rapier, believing that the State convention had no right to override or ignore his selection by his district because of his failure to give pledge that he would obey the instructions that the State delegation should vote unit for Grant In the case of Smith and Warner in Alabama the facts were substantially the same as in the case of Rapier They were duly chosen by their respective districts and the State convention undertook to revoke their appointment be-