Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS.
 STILL IN SUSPENSE AS TO WHO WILL BE THE NOMINEE. :. THE FOURTH DAYS PROCEEDINGS. Everything Cleared Up Ready for BallOting. The Factions All Confident. WHAT THE GRANT AND BLAINE MEN CLAIM.
POLITICAL.

l nn&'s Supreme EHort
 CHICAGO, June 6.-The fourth day of the l National Republican convention was perhaps the most exciting of any since the opening. Considerable progress was made towards the final object, viz the nomination of candi- dates on the Presidential ticket, but the bal loting was not begun owing to the lateness of 1 the hour at which the preliminary business was completed. When the convention ad- journed at 2:2O Saturday morning the admis- l sion of the eighteen contesting delegates from Illinois had been settled, and this made the third State in which there were contesting delegations that had been acted upon, the Alabama and Louisiana cases having been settled in the early part of the evening
 Chairman Hoar called the convention to 1 order yesterday morning at 11:45. The Hi nois contestants were in their seats, and after prayer by the Rev. MT. Baxter, of Washing 1 ton, the Kansas case was taken up After some discussion on the reports the roll of States was called, and the majority report, ! which admits four Grant men, was sustained l by vote of 476 to 394 The next case taken | up was the contest in the Third district of | West Virginia. On this case there were also 1 a majority and a minority report, and consid- l erable discussion was indulged in, members contending that the principle of district rep resentation was involved in the minority re- l port in this case, and required the admission l of the contestants, recommended by the 1 majority The members sustaining the ma failed to prove that they were the legally ! o1a laJa vote the minority report was substituted, | 417 yeas, 330 nays, and the contestants, who l are Sherman men. were admitted The 1 Grant, Sherman and Edmunds men appeared \ to combine this affirmative vote. | The next case was that of Utah, and the con- testants were seated by vote of 426 to 312, | the contestants being Grant men. This con- 1 pleted action on the report of the credentials committee, the result being the addition of l 31 to the anti-G Grant forces and 13 to the Grant column.
 The next matter for action was the report \ of the committee on rules and order of busi- ! ness. There were reports by the majority and minority, which were presented by MT. | Garfield and MT. Sharpe respectively, and ! after discussion and action on amendments, ! the unit rule. The committee on resolutions, ! through MT. Pierrepont, of New York then l reported and the platform, as given in the | report, was unanimously adopted. The re- | port is as follows:
 The Republican party, in National Convention as- Government was committed to it's charge submit to the people of the United States this brief report it's administration. It suppressed rebellion which had armed nearly million of men to subvert the na tional authority. (Appause) It reconstructed the ! mi of e wit iusta of I as it's corner stone tApp1ause) It transferred f., the rank of citizens (Applause It relieved Con gres from the infamous work of hunting fugitive slaves and charged to see that slavery does not ex I st. It has raised the value of paper currency from thirtyeight per cent to the par of gold (Ap-
 in all the national obligations and has given currency absolutely good and equal p every part of extended country. It lifted the credit of ! nation from the point per cent. bonds sold at eighty-six cents to that per 1 bonds are eagerly sought at premium Under its administration railways have increased from 31 ,000
 miles in 1860 to than GOO in 1s79 Our foreign trade has increased from $700 900 to $ 00C
 in the same time, and our exports, which were S20,- less than imports in 186O s26 O0C [ more than our imports in 1879 (Applause9 Without 1 resorting to loans it has since the closed de
 S tne or or the % e has annually dsbursed more than s30 900 of sol
 ers pensions It has paid $S8S 900 of the public debt and by refunding the balance lower reduced the annual interest charge from nearly $751;
 000 900 to less than $S9 O0O0O All the industries of the country have revived, labor demand, wages have increased and throughout the entire country we have ever enjoyed Upon this record the Republi party asks for the continued confidence and sup approval the following statements principles ] and purposes which will continue to guide and in ! spire it's efforts
 First-We affirm that the work of the last twenty one years has been such to commend itself to the of the nation and that the fruits of the costly 1 victories which we have achieved through immense difficulties should be preserved; that the peace re gained should be cherished that the discovered Un- ion happily restored should be perpetuated and the liberties secured to this generation should be f1,a4 the order established and the credit acquired should be extinguished by the full payment of every dollar thereof that the revivng industries should be fur | ther promoted and that the commerce. already SC l great should be steadily encouraged.
 I Second-The Constitution of the United States is supreme law and not mere contract out of confed erated States it made sovereign nation. Some pow denied to the nation, while others denied to tbe States but the boundary between the bowers delegated and those reserved be determined by ! the national and not by the State tribunals. [Ap
 Thrd-The work of popular education Is left to the of the several States but it is the duty of the it's constitutional duty. The intelligence the na tion put the aggregate of the intelligence in the eral States, and the destiny of the nation must be guided not by the genius of any State but by the I average genius of all
 l Fourth-The Constitution wisely forbids Congress to make any law respecting establishment of rei gion it is idle hope that the nation be pro- ! tected against the influence of sectariansm while | each State is exposed to it's domination there recommend that the Constitution be so amended to lay the prohibition upon the Legislature o State and to forbid the appropriation of public funds to the support of seetarian schools Cheersl
 Fifth-We affirm tho belief avowed in 1876 that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should SC discriminate to favor American tapplausel : that further grant of the public domain should bt made to any railway other corporation that slave having perished in the States it's twin barbarity polygamy, must die in the Territories- -(applause)
 that everywhere the protection accorded to citizens o American birth must be secured to citizens by Amer
 can adoption and that we esteem it the duty of Con to develop and improve our water courses and harbors that further subsidies to private 1 persons or Corporations must cease that the obga tions of the republic to the who preserved it's in tegrty in the hour of battle are undiminished by 1e lapse of the fifteen years since their final vctorytc do them perpetual honor is and shall forever be- the grateful privilege and sacred duty of the American
 siHth-since the authority to regulate immigration eign nations rests with Congress with the United States and it's treaty making, the Republican party nese as an evil of great magnitude invoke the else of those powers to restrain and limit that imm
 grafton by the enactment of such just, humane and
 Seventh-That the purity and patriotism which Hayes in peace and war, and which guided the thoughts of immediate predecessors to him TOT in his career as Executive and that history will
 accord to his administration the honors which are
 to efficient, just and courteous discharge Of the public business will his tnterpositions be- tween the people and proposed partisan laws
 Eighth-We charge upon the Democratic party the habitual sacrifice of patriotism and justice to su that to obtain possession of the national and State governments and the control of place and position
 
 and conserve the freedom of sufEage, and have de fraudulent certihcations and returns have la bored to useat lawfully eiected members of to at all hazards the vote of majority of the States the House of Representatives. have endeav ored occupy by force and fraud the places Of trust given others by the people of Maine, and rescued by the courageous action of Maines patriotic sons have by methods vicious in principle and tyrannica
 practice attached partisan legislation to appropra ton bis upon whose passage the very movements od l the Government depend, and have crushed the rights of individuals have advocated the principles and sought the of rebellion against the nation and eneavored oblterate the sacred memory of the and to its inestimably valuable results 1 of nationality, personal freedom and indiyidua 1 equality. The equal, steady and complete enforce ment of the and the protection of all onr citi gems the enjoyment of all privileges and immuni 1 ties guaranteed by the Constitution are the frs duties of the nation.
 The dangers of stsoIidr South only be ayerted by faithful performance of every pronfise whicf tEle nation has made to the citizen Tue execution of the laws and the punishment of those who violate them the only safe methods by which an endurins peace can be secured and genuine prosperity estab I hshed throughout the South Whatever promises tht l nation makes the nation must perform, and the na tion cannot with safety reiegste this duty to tht ststes The sssoiidn South must be divided by ths