Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1880-06-12
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pnnd NEXT the Territories and District
). The report Of the Committee on Crcdcntin
shall be disposed of before the report of III
Committee on Resolutions Is acted upon: m
the report OF the Committee on Resolution
shall be disposed OF before the S2nyen'!o
President andtHt6e-rrurIdent:
q. When d majority OF the delegates of an
tws States shnil demand that vote be -ccor'
lAOd. the same shall bc taken by States, TER
l.tafy calling tho roll cf the stntes aud TER
tories and the District OF Columbia I'm tho o
der Aeeelofnrc stated.
10 making tho nomination for Prcsder
and vtce-I'resident, IN no case shall the cal
1 ing OF tho roll DO dispensed with. When
/ shall appear thAf any candidate shall have n
ccivesi a majority OF the votes cast the Pres
I deutOS the CONVENTION shall announce III
/ question TO be: Shall the nomination Of III
candidate be made unanimous. Hut n n
candidate shall have received majority q
the votes, the Chair shall direct the vote to b
again taken. which shall BIZ repeated unit
come 01ndidatU shall have received maioi
ity OF the votes cast: and where nny State ha
announced its vote II shall SO stand until IN
ballot Is announced, unless in case Of nunei
icnf error.
\. In the record Of the votes by States tn
vote of each STATE, Territory and the Distric
OF Columbia shsll be . fnoiinccd By the Chair
tory or the District OF Columbia ehal In
divided. the Chairman shall annoti, % ID
numberOf votes cast FOR any candidate or 70
o. g,inst nny propositions: but. ff exception
IL IN Ken BIZ any delegate To the core, Guess %
sncn announc m,nt hy the Chairman of hi
legation. ths PIc.id mt of the Convention
shuil dirfc the io 8 mem oers Of such de g
e.t:Ion 10 tie cali a and fhc result reco de /
accordance with the yofes individually given
?. No me ntcr shall slcak mo g than me-
urOn the same questiDl. nor / nRcr than tive
min Ite.. uncss by ieave of the convention
except ha, dele Saies pfc'en ing the name n
a cun iIdaie shall ic lowed ten IN nu,cs II
presenting t1c name such oauida-c.
10. A National Republican Committee shal
bc appointed. TO consist of one member from
each State, Territory and District representa-
in this Convention. The roll shall tie called
and the delegation from each state. Terrtor,
and District shall name. through their Chair
man, person to act rs member Of such Com
mittec.
II. AL resolutions relating to the platform
stfnil be referred Ia the Committee on Resolu
tons without debate.
The minority OF the Committee submitted
airport recommending the adoption OF the
following as a substitute for Rule S:
In the record of the votes bv States. the vote
OF each State. Territory and the District OF
Columbia shallbe ann ounccd 10y the Chairman;
and in case the votes of any state. Territory OF
the District of Colunbia shall be divided. the
Chairman shall announce the number of votes
cast Tor any candidate or for or against any
proposition.
According to the understanding no action
was takenOn the reports at that time. and the
Convention awaited the appearance Of the
Committee on Credentials.
After delay Of about an hour the report
oil the majority was presented by Mr.. Con-
ger, OF Michigan, recommending the admis-
sion OF the Warinoth delegation from Louis
lana, and the exclusion OF the Beattie dele
CATION; the admission OF James 7. Rapier as
delegate from the Fourth Alabama District:
the admission Of Messrs. Smith and
Warner as delegates from the Seventh Ala
bama District. in place Of the sitting mem
bers; the admission OF the contesting dele
gates from the First. Third, Fourth, Fifth,
Sixth Ninth, Tenth. Thirteenth and Seven
teenth Illinois Districts, and the retention of
! he sitting delegates from the Second Illinois
District: the retention of the four delegates
atlarge from Illinois ;the admission Of the con-
testing delegates from the Second and Third
Kansas Districts; the retention OF the sit
ting members from the Ninth and Nineteenth
Pennsylvania Districts: the retention of the
sitting members from the Third West Vir-
GINA District, and the retention of the sitting
delegates from Utah. Mr.. Clayton, of Ar
kansas, presented minority report opposing
the admission Of Mr.. Raper as delegate fr nj
the Third Alabama District, and Messrs.
Smith and Warner as delegates from the
Seventh Alabama District; the retention OF
the sitting delegates from the Illinois Dis
tricts and generally opposing the conclusions
Of the majority. Mr.. CoDyer proposed that
the consideration of the reports be taken up
In the order indicated in the majority report.
Mr. Cessna thought it would be better
to adopt those parts of the report
on which there VS. substantial accord,
and SO moved. These were the Lou
isiana cases: the question of delegates-at-
large from Illinois. the Second District of
Illinois, the Ninth and Nineteenth Districts
Of Pennsylvania, and the Kansas case. Mr.
Sharpe moved TO amend by striking from the
majority report so much Us refcrr'l to the
ieiegates-at-large from Illinois, and the Con-
TeDtion SO voted. The motion to adopt 50
much Of the majority report as the Commit
zee unanimously approved was then Carried.
! he Alabama cases were then taken up Mr..
Clayton moved to amend BY substituting
lie report OF the minority for that of the
majority.
At this time. on motion of Mr. Bruce Of Mis-
;issirpi. the Convention took a recess until
even p. m.
At 7:3O o'clock the Convention reasscnbled
md entered upon the further consideration of
moved that forty minutes be devoted to the
discussion of the ease, and it was so ordered
lie question then recurring on the motion of
VIZ. Clarion to substitute the minority report
or the majority report. debate arose in
which Messrs. Turner. of Alabama Hill, of
Mississippi, Tracy, o. New York. Baiemau, of
ohio. Conger. Farr. of Michigan, Hicks, of
florida. Boutwell,, Dorsey. of Arkansas, and
,thers participated, and at the conclusion the
oil was called with the following result.
Teas, 30j: NAYS, 40: so the motion 10 substi-
ute was defeated. The report of the ma
ority in the Alabama cases was then adopted
" rfyH c0ce vote.
The Illinois cases were then taken ~. Mr.. |
lGarles, of Wisconsin. offered a resolution
Uniting the debate on the question 10 one
lotr. Mr.. Boutwell, moved as substitute
hat all the cases of contested seats be de-
ided by adopting the usage of each State as
hat usage has existed heretofore. and that /
Il each State in which the uniform usage has
'een TO elect delegates to Republican Nation
/ Conventions BIZ State Conventions. that
sage shall he deemed binding. and the same
hall nc true in respect to delegates sent by .
District Conventions in States ,
here that has been the usage. The Chair |
uled that Mr.. Boutwelfs resolution was
mt of order as not being germane to the I
ending esolution. Messrs. Boutwell, Logan
onkling, Piyley and others spoke, AMI final
the reso uti0n was amended SO "a to give
va hours, and then adopted. The motion to
nbstitute the minority report for the MAORI
!, report WAS made and discussed by Messrs
aum. Anthony, Storrs aud others. Before
he discussion was ended, motion to adj
urn was made and voted down by yeas,
-; nays, $50. The motion to substitute the
inority for the majority report was then
sfeated by the following vote: Yeas, 353:
avs, 3S1. So much of the majority
port as related to the First District was
lopted by 34 yeas to $50 nays: so much as
lated To the Thrill District was adopted by
. yeas TO 353 NAYS; so much as related to
e Fourth District was adopted by 3SS yeas
35l nays The remainder of the majority
port in respect TO Illinois was then adopted
yi1a e0cs vote.
II was then go Il. m, and the Convention
iourned to meet at eleven o'clock on the
orning of the 18th.
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