The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1880-05-06
The Conclusion at Harrisburg.

The Democratic convention com,
pletel its llbors with q fair ticket, n
weak platform q dispatoi dolega-
ton, disor 5ani1ed machine AMI
divided lci lsrship. Tho results o.!
tho second d,y conflmal the i'm
pressions Of tho first The aivau,
tag. which NJ. Randall gained at
tha ontset becln3 more pronounced
nni conspicuous at tho end. In a
direct issre he vas tho victor all
OIL the surface ho comes of with the
h,nors Of tho battle. Mr.. Wallace,
iko the ievterous politician he is,
was str igglil2 N )rs for votos than
flr declarations, aul it may be that
he will have m)ro in his pocket at
Cincinnati than his opponents con-
eedc, but, judged by tho public is-
sues, be cones out o! tic convention
with defeat.
The chief struggle WAS over the
INIT rule. When il c,mo to this
vital matter the harmony which had
been So ostentationsly proclaimed
Suddenly had completely vanished.
Oa this question the lines were clear
ly and sharply drawn Mr., Rlndall
had, during tho preliminary ctnvass,
openly decl .rol himself against a
rule whici sA)nll bind the whole
dalegati N to vote ,ccorliug to tho
will of the mi ,rity. M Wallace
hal as publicly AMI decidedly pro.
n)uncol for it. Tac test was direct
ly presented oa tho amenlmant to
tho platform, and both came to the
front anl aLaE,l themselves on the
result Mr.. Wallace ma Ia an earn
est an almost piteprs pleI in favor
OF the rule. Mr.. Ran lall followed |
with brief bat alroit speech
against it. In tho exciting contest
which marked the rulI.clll tha scales
trenbe very egcl'y in the b dance,
and the matt rule was finally beaten
by m,j)rity of only three. 1t was
a narrow margin, bnt i. WAS enough
to establish and emphasize the sue
cess OF tho Randall wing.
Mr.. Wallace was defeated also in
his attempt to secure a declaration
for General Hancock "a the choice
OF tho Pennsylvania Democracy for
the prosilency--a defeat the more
siSull since it WAS reb I.f from
General Hauco,k's owa State. Tho
etfjrt was made ia the Committee
on R)solutions, anl whom d,ieitsd
there the movers prulently refraino I
from renewing it in the convention
The result is no expression of pro.
foreuce, no unit rule aud a divided
delegation. Just how it is divided
is matter Of dispute ani will prob.
ably remain 50 sltil tao q Iestion is
settled by the actual vote in the
Cineiunati convention. The oppo
nonts OF lillen conf leutly claim
thas there il m sjority against him ;
but his plrtisaus are equally emphat
80 in asserting their preponderance,
Tho fact that Mr.. Randall, who led
tho battlo for rillen, was so strenu-
ous against tue unit rnle might be
interpreted adversely to his claim OF
a majority, but he hal oarly'declar-
ed himself on that question, aud
profs 'sed to fight it az II matter Of
principle.
Whether hs has n few votes more
or less, the upshot OF the whole per
fornace 10 a decided gaia for rilden.
His partisags were successful ia every
distinct issue they made Mr.. Wal,
lace was beaten oa tho Philadelphia
organization, on the unit rule anA on
th, attempted expression br Hln-
cDck. Tilden camo iutl his State
an has defeated him on his own
ground