The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-06-04
Last NIGHTS Dispatches,
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
CONVENTION.

| desire but word in reply. The argu.
| ment of the distinguished representative
of Massachusetts and of the distinguished
Representative Of Indiana is all proper
and right to be considered when the report
| is made and before the convention, lap-
plause the motion which | made simply
being that report before the convention.
When that is done, If the FIVE minutes is
too short, make it ten. twenty or an hour,
or make special sitting time as to these
| special cases, but when the report is be-
fore the convention in our hands, ask
| the gentleman, need we be afraid TO trust
ourselves as to the time which We will
take. We can amend it to the pleasure of
the convention, | assure the gentleman
| from my heart of hearts that ! have no
desire. nor have any of the gentlemen
| associated With ne in support of this idea.
| any desire to take any unfair advantage of
| anyone In this convention. but we desire
| to bring the report before US. If it does
not suit US. we will make it suit us, and
60 on with the work before us.
Clarke, of Iowa. want to say that if
| the report OF the committee on rules comes
before this convention for action now,
| which think is right and proper, that if
no other member of the convention will
not move to amend the rule so thar il
shall not spply to the report of the com-
nittee on credentials, will make that
motion myself and every delegate from
Iowa will vote for it.
| Mr.. Sharp. of New York, made speech
OF some length in favor of delay.
The chair-The chair will state the
question. The gentleman from NewYork
| mo7es as substitute for the resolution
that the committee on credentials be
directed to make its report. / recognize
the gentleman from Ohio.
Mr.. Garield-Mr. Chairman, there is
| no grounds for any charge whatever. and
| understand none is made that bad faith
has been in any way practised by any
person in connection With the committee
| on rules.
Mr. Sharpe-No.
Mr.. Garfield-The question does not
charge that andsno one charges it. Sug-
| gestions were made in the committee,
concurred in without decision, that 80
| far as we are concerned we would not
move of our own motion the presenta-
ton of our reportluntil after the report on
credentials, but the Chairman remarked
Immediately, and il was also the under
standing thet we had no business to con-
troll that question if the convention order
ed otherwise. The question now is, shall
the convention order otherwise. He
thought that If these rules be DOW adopted
there ought to be a provision for logger
debate on the report OF the Committee on
Credentials.
Conkiing stood on a chair. and amid a
storm OF applause and cheers, he proceed
ed to show that it was illogical to consider
that business which this afternoon they
adjourned to avoid touching. He sug.
gested that the Chairman of the Commit
tee on Credentials report what cases are
decided for the consideration of the Com
mittee on Credentials
Henderson stated that there were
good reasons why the amendments
should not prevail, one of the principal
of which was that the sooner the num-
ber ofspeeches were limited the better for
us all
The Chair announced that the vote
would be called,
Sharpe. of New York. asked for the roll
call.
The Chair-The Chair supposes that in
the absence of any rules the method OF
taking the question must rest in the
sound discretion OF the Chair. subject OF
course to the order OF the convention,
butatho request of the;ygentieman from
New York is SO eminently proper that
the Chair will direct the question TO be
taken in that way The clerk will call
the roll of states. The Chairman of
each delegation is requested to act as
teller and report to the Secretary the
vote of the delegates from that state on
the question.
The Secretary then called the roll with
the following result.