The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-05

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sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth and Seventh
, districts of Illinois, and Contestants from the
Second and Third districts of Kansas. n
recommends the admission of the delegates
headed by Yarmouth, OF Louisiana. The
vommiuee also report against contestants in
IN Ninth and Nineteenth districts Of Penn
savanna, and recommends that the delegates
from Utah retain their seats.
Inc minority report urges that a vacancy
exists IN the Alabama district claimed by
kap'er, and that the sitting members ara on
usiea Y, inc seats which the majority awarded
The majority of the Credentials commit
ices report IN favor Of admitting Sears and
Day for the Second district, of Kansas and
Anderson and Steele from the Third district
and that the present sitting members shall re-
tain their seats and cast only six votes.
The minority report defends the right of
a State convention to instruct delegates to
vote as q unit ~
NIanr, 10 p. m.--The minority defend
the right Of State conventions TO instruct ita
delegates to vote AS unit according to It's will
and present an argument in support Of the
same
With regard to Illinois cases the minority
recommend that the sitting members DO re-
tanned In their seats rs duly elected represen-
tatNes. They also non.concur with the ma
iority in tie cases Of Utah and West Viz
gnia. The report Is signed by b. II. Tracy,
of Mississippi, Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas,
and others 80,
MIR. Cessna moved to adopt all reports ON
which the committee had agreed anil then
proceed TO asepsrate consideration Of b, dis
puted cases, namely the contests in Alabama.
Illinois, West Virginia and Utah.
MIR. Conkling called for a list Of contested
cases upon which the committee unanimously
agreed.
Mr.. Conger said this list would embrace
the cases of Louisiana the Second district
of Illinois the Illinois delegation at large !;
the Second and Fourth district of Kansas,
and the Ninth and Nineteeth districts Of
Pennsylvania.
MIR. Logan said no was not aware that the
claim of the delegates-at-large had been ques-
toned.
MIR. Conger replied that petitions against
the rights to seats had been presented to tho
convention and the committee had been COM
PEELED to note them.
MIR. Logan protested indignantly againt
his right to his seat being called in question,
and complained Of the treatment which he
and the man who had led the armies of the
nation to victory [Grant] had received in the
convention.
MIR. Conger replied, in q good humoredly,
sarcastic way, TO Mr.. Logan's protest and
complaints with regard to the treatment of
the citizens and delegates OF Illinois.
Mr.. Logan asked why discrimination had
been made between Illinois delegates at large
and those of other States.
Dir. Cessna, OF Pennsylvania, a member of
the Credentials committee replied that Il was
because objections had been made to the
former and none to the latter.
AT the request of Kansas delegate Mr..
Cassna modified his motion so as
to include Kansas in the list
Of contested cases. This modification
was accepted by Mr.. Conger, and agreed to
by the convention without objection.
MIR. Sharp, of NewY ork, movedto amend the
pending motion, so rs to strike from the ma
jorty report so much of 1t as relates to the
Illinois delegates.at .large. [Applause.
Mr.. Raymond, OF California, said Mr..
Shsrp's motion would leave the seats of the
Illinois delegates-at-largc contested, while the
committee proposed to put their titles be-
yond question. He never before know the
man referring to Logan to object to the
UNANIMOUS judgment in his favor. The gen.
tleman Logan seemed to think that the re-
port OF this committee insulted the State of
Illinois. His reply to that was that the gen.
tleman of Illinois was too apt to
confouad himself with the State of
Illinois. Loud laughter and
and cheers, half the audience rising and
standing 1t had been stated in the papers
presented in the committee that as to the
Springfield convention it was hard to tell
whether it was the State of Illinois or John
A. Logan that held that convention. RE-
newed laughter and applause.l
LOGAN GETS HOT.
Mr.. Logan said he could not be affected by
inuendoes picked up in the slums of Chicago.
tie deted the men who undertook to sssail
him, and was ready to meet them anywhere.
He then proceeded to explain and defend
at considerable length his action in the
Springfield convention.
After some further remarks by Mr.. Hay
mond, who denied having made any attack
on MIR. Logan, Mr. Sharp's motion, modified SO
as to strike from the majority report so much
of it as declared that there was any contest
regarding the Illinois delegation ut large, was
adopted.
MIR. Cessna then moved the adoption
of so much of the committees report
as had beer designated as not having been
under consideration, which Was then taken up.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, moved to sub
stitute the minority for the majority report
in this part Of it.
Mr.. Bruce, Of Mississippi, moved recess
till p. m. Agreed to at AGO p. m.
The convention was called TO order in
evening session at 1856 .. m.
The Chair, aft r notifying the delegates
from Louisiana that they were no entitled
to take their seats land were seated that the
pending question was the contest in Ala
bama.
II was decided to limit debate to thirty
minutes time, to be equally divided between
the two sides of the question.
The Chair said the question was on Mr..
Clayton's motion to substitute the minority
for the majority recommendation in the Ala
bama case.
Mr.. Conger BRIEFLY explained Rapier's
case and said the only question was as TO the
right Of the State convention TO deprive Ra-
pier Of his authority to represent bis district
because he refused to vote for Grant. II was
substantially the same point at issue as in the
other old contests. The question was simply
he right Of single district representation.
Mr.. Turner, of Alabama, replied briefly,
advocating the views Of the minority en-
bodied in the report.
Mr.. Tracey, of New York, protested
against the conventions opening and deciding
lDOn que stiOn pravio,,slv dacidad In a State