The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-05
To-Dav's Dispatches.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
Third Days Proceedings.
THE FIGHT GETTING RED HOT
The Grant and Blame Forces Watch
Every Move.

Bulle tins
CHICAGO, June $40 A. Mt is pos
sible the convention may finish to night,
but the probability is that il will not reach
@ final adjournment before Monday.
The Illinois question was settled in favor
of the contestants at 2:l5 this morning.
SoMERvILLE.
1905 P. M-The convention was called
to order at las A. n.
The contestants from the Illinois dig
tricts are in their seats. S.
The question of the Kansas contestants
was taken up.
Forty minutes has been given to the
discussion of the Kansas question.
12:20P P. MIR. Conkling authorizes q
denial of the report 10 circulation that he
has a letter from Grant asking him to
consult with Logan, and if they deem il
proper. TO withdraw his. name as candi
date for the nomination. SoMERvILLE.
lao P. MA motion that the report OF
the minority committee on credentials.
seating the two contestants from West
Virginia was adopted. SoMERvILLE.
1850 P. M.-The Utah question on con-
tested seats was taken up.
SoMEREIDLE,
CHICAGO, June 5.-The terrible strain
on the nerves of delegates by last night 8
protracted session was sufficient to prevent
prompt appearance this morning, and it
was IL AS o'clock before the chairman
(Hoar) called the convention to order,
was IL o'clock, Reporters, delegates and
auditors seemed still wearied, and there
was not much yivacity in the proceedings
70 ho nfua nf 1,a
vention. For the first time since the con-
vention opened the back seats where there
was small chance for intelligent UNDER
standing of doings about the platform
we're only about half filed Rev. John e.
Baxter, of Washington offered pr aver.
Boutwell, of Mass, offered a resolution
as follows:
Rcsolved, That the National Republican
executive committee be requested TO pre-
pare and present a method for the election
of delegates to the National convention to
be held In 1884, and to issue instruction in
conformity Herewith.
Conger objected to the present consider
alton of the resolution, as did also several
others. 1t was therefore laid over.
The chairman announced that the dis
position OF the Kansas case was now before
the convention.
Conger then stated the Kansas case
from the standpoint of the majority.
Batemap, Ohio moved to limit the time
to half hour. A Kansas delegate moved
to make it 10 minutes; unanimously
adopted.
Plumb, Kansas. took the floor in oppo-
sition to the majority report. He explain
ed the peculiarities OF the arrangement
under which Kansas elected her delegates s
from the state to the national conyeution.
He claimed that the record was clearly in
favor of admitting the sitting members,
that there was no possible ground on
which the contestants could stand. He
asserted, however, that 1t made no differ
ence whom this convention nominated,
the state of Kansas would support the
nominee.
Houck, of Tennessee, asked whether
there was minority report.
Cessna said there was none.
Houck then asked if the Kansas state
convention did not fail to comply with the
terms of the call of the national commit
tee. Did the state convention transcend
it's authority in appointing delegates to the
Chicago convention?
Houck said be was unable to ascertain
on which side he was on, and asked for
two minutes time to make the discovery
Cessna moved to make the allowance OF
ten minutes for man who was Oh neither
Or on both sides. daughter
Houck getting two minutes SAID ne
would vote for the report OF the commit
tee, but would not vote that the dlaetrict
convention were correct in their actions.
Bateman Ohio. appeared at request of
the contestants. He held that the tactics
of Tammany Hall should not be put upon
the Republican party. and be would DO;
vote to allow it, The roll was called for
and resulted as follows: Yeas 476, nays
|IS4, So the report OF the mslorlty OF the
committee is sustained, and four OF the
sitting members from Kansas give place
to the four contestants, (Grant mem New
York cast only % votes and they were
ave votes; Kansas casts votes nay.
The next question was on that portion
of the report of the committee on creden-
tisls which relates to West Virginia.
Conger explained that the majority Ia
yored the retention OF sitting members IN
West Virginia.
CLAYTON offered resolution to substi-
tnte the minority for the majority report
Raum, speakiug On that Question, said
he understood that the West Virginia
case stood on exactly the same footing al
the adiudicated Illinois, Kanses and Ala
bama cases.
Goldman. of Mass, made an argument
iu favor of contestants.
Hagans, of w. Va, held that the sitting
members were elected In the most regular
manner. and held the credentials to this
convention were as correct and convincing
on their face as were those of any other
delegate here. He could scarcely COM
Drehend the contest was made at all
Being asked whf. was the actual com
plex;on as to the choice for president in
the contested district, Hagans said be had
no personal knowledge on the subject, as
he lived $50 miles from the district. Hls
interrogator answered that he lived SO Tar
away that be was not q competent witness
Rutterworth interrogated Hagans as TO
whether there was not an agreement De.
tween the parties in this contest tnal
newspaper statements should be taken as
the record before the state convention.
Raymond CALIFORNIA, made speecn y
favor OF the setting members. as beng tne
real representatives of the districts.
On motion of Conger the DEBATE war "
| t..I .ot, sha roll was called on the