The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-06-10

iacto rule which will operate with great In
Justice and virtually arrests the power OF thi
national convention IN seating delegates chos
Of the Republican party ef the State to be Il
fected thereby. This action we affirm is cal
culated to subject this country to the crit
cism OF deciding contest, with view of al
fecting the final result of the nominations 70
President and Vice President. i
In reference to the contest Of the three seat
from Alabama, We report that jas. T. Rsptes
Willet Warner and VIM. r smith, are not al
that vacancy'in the delegation exists as to Til
place claimed by Mr.. Rapier, which it Is pro
per should be filled by the duly elected am
accredited alternate In attendance at the con
ysntion, and that the places claimed by Mr.
Warner and Mr.. Smith are properly and regu
!arly filled by Arthur bingham and Robert a
Moeely, Jr. (Here follows In the common 10
port long review Of preliminary proceedingl
In the conventions, which gave rise to TIL
conteets)
With reference to the State of Illinois the
minority submit through the convention q
the country brief prepared by counsel which
reviews the circumstances of the primaries
county and State conventions, declaring With
tho mlnutest detail for the standpoint Of sit
n: wspaper columns. The point made ar6 u
r:ady well known to the public and hlXA hee1
published number Of times -It ID signed as
follows: B. F. Tracy, New York; Powell Clay.
ton, Arkansas; W. E. Concur, Webster Elan
negan. Texas; GrcenB. Raum. Illinois: Will
Alabama; George y. CLARK. Colorado; Rich.
mond P: Stoll, Kentucky; H: E. Havans, Mis-"
souri,; j.; NJ. Thornburg, Tennessee; Jno.
Cessna, Pennsylvania; Charles G. Tompkins,
Virginia.
The minority report disagreed with the
Utah case, and in regard to West Virginia.
Mr. Conger presented, In behalf Of the ma
with the report, and asked that the conven.
ton now consider the Louisiana CASE
Discussion followed The Illinois case pro-
duced angry and excited debate. Storm on
the wires prevented the receipt of q full re-
port. The conclusion of the days proceedings
connot here be given.
The following special Of June 4, and the ear:
succ,ent summary Of the proceedings on the
leading and important points, up to 2 o'clock
Saturday morning, June 8:
CHICAGO, June 4.-The convention was in
session today, from half-past ten to after 4
O'Clock: The session can be styled as interest
Ing; but unimportant Conkling opened the
ball on Offering resolutions pledging each
might be. A call Of States was ordered on the
resolution, and it was passed with but three
negative votes, these being given by delegates
rom West Virginia. This was quite point
for Conkling.
For week past the Blaine delegates have
been foaming about the hotels. declaring they
would not support Grant II he was nominated.
The Grant men nave maintained party discip-
line by declaring that they were prepared tc
stand by the nominee of the convention. The
chair first put Conklipgs motion viva voce, and
although no negative votes were heard the a.
frmative votes we're not loud and hearty Conk.
ling then asked to have the roll called, and
there were numerous shouts of me-" "No"
The men who had been threatening to bolt
did not like to be compelled to PROBABLY eat
their words. The roll was called, however,
and none announced themselves as boilers
except three from Wes: Virginia Conkling
followed up his first point by Offering a Sec
ond resolution declaring that those who vot-
ed in the negative did not deserve seats in
their feet. each one protesting that he intend
ed to support the nominee and protesting the
most stalwart Republcanism. Still the feel
ing Of the convention was against them, and
several delegates advocated Coukling's reso
luton. Gen. Garfield finally took the floor
and turned the tide. He said those men had
no%nse nosass sy snd oSseed See to sopPGt Se 4%
and tone of the resolution. He urged
Conkling to withdraw it. This idea seemed
to take with the convention. COnkling said
he didn't understand that he had made any
such point, but rather than run any risk or do
any injustice, he would withdraw the motion.
The majority and minority reports Of the COM
mittee on recess were ready for presentation,
and after All informal credentials Of half an hour
the lengthy majority aud minority reports of
the committee on credentials were read. These
reports she wed six contests on which the CON-
mttee couldn't agree; they were from Alabama
Illinois, Kansas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia
and Michigan: Logan objected to the report
delegates at large, declaring that there had
been no contest and 1t should not be 80 recor-
ded. A sharp tilt occurred between Logan and
q California delegate which grew quite per-
sonal. After debate of an hour the report
was amended, and the Illinois delegates ut
large was not alluded to as contested. The
nncontested portion of the report was then
tl7P. NJ.
After the recess the convention assembled
for an all night session.
CHICAGO. Jnne 6.-1 80 A. n: Vote on First
Illinois district resulted in 367 for removing
sitting members aud 353 for retaining Grant
members. This gives Blaine two additional
votes.
CHICAGO, June SPA. M.-Talk about your
scenes, this midnight session beats them ALL
Emory Storrs is speakingfor the regular dele
CATION from Illinois. He said if Blaine
was nominated the Grant men would
support him. Then he paid a tribute
to Grant, and the convention and gal
leries went wild. The Blain scene, earlier in
the evening, WIS ~ nothing in comparison.
Those who think Grant is out of the field
ought to have been here. Conkling mounted
on bench waving his pocket 'kerchief, Long
John Wentworth higher up, waving both
hands over his head, cane in one hand 'ker.
chief In the other. Delegates tore the state
standards from their fastenidgs on tue bench.
were raised and swung about, hats posted up
on top of canes.
The convention met June 5th at II :41
a. m., the attendance being somewhat smaller
than at the opening of previous sessions
caused undoubtedly by WEAKNESS from the
protracted session the night before. Mr. Bout.
we'll offered the following:
Reso1vsd, That the National Republican ex
ccutive committee be requested to prepare
and present a method for the election Of dele
gates to the National Convention to be held
In 1884, and TO issue instruct ctioEs in conformi
ty Herewith.
ton was laid over.
The Convention, by vote of 476 to 184 un
seated four Of the sitting delegates from Kan
sas and gave their seats to the four Grant con
testsnts.
Then by vote of ait to $50 the two con
testants from West virginia were seated, whe
were understood to be one Grant and ont
Sherman man
In the Utah contested case the two Grant
contestants were seated by vote of as to 3l2
The convention abolished the unit rule ant
adopted the report of committee on rules.
The platform was then adopted and the con
vention took recess until 7:3O o'clock.
PLATFORM
Gen. Gsrfeld-I move that tho Committe,
on Resolutions be now ordered to, report To-
the consideration Of the Convention.
The motion was put and carried unanimous
~.
The members Of the Committee took tn,
| platform, and the Hon. Edwards Pierrepon
was introduced as the Chairman, and greetet
with applause.
Mr.. Pierrepont-I hardly need to say tha
in committee composed OF one from ever,
State In the Union, from every Territory, ami
| from the District of Columbia, there was
great diversity Of opinion about the question
which In the resolutions should be brough
before this convention. Early In this conveu
tion it became apparent that we would have
sufficient number of exciting topics which
would keep us active and awake. We hav
| eudeavorad In the resolutions we present t,