Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1880-06-17
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.
Gen. James A. Garfield, of Ohio, for
President, And Chester A. Arthur of
New York, fer Vlce-PTesident.

tending over six days, during which il
became evident that none of the prominent
candidates could secure the necessary
number, of votes for nomination, has
chosen dark horse in the person of Gen
James A. Garfield, for first place on the
ticket. Chester A. Arthur, Of New York,
was given second place. Republicans
generally appear to be well pleased with
the nominations. A report Of each day
proceedings will be found below
The convention assembled, in accordance
with the call of the national committee, in
| Exposition building, Chicago, on the 2nd inst
| and was called to order at l: :O5 p m. by chair.
man Cameron, of the national committee. Rev,
| A. L. Kittredge Of the Third Presbyterian
| church, Chicago, invoked DivinGbltssing upon
the labors of the convention, returning thanks
| in an eloquent prayer for the prosperity and
unity of this nation. The chairman then called
on the secretary to read the cGll, and secretary
| Keough proceeded in n clear voice to read the
document. After brief address by Mr.
Cameron, Hon. G. L. Hoar, of Massachusetts
was elected temporary chairman without op.
position. On taking the chair he made q
| vigorous and appropriate speech, and business
| was at once proceeded with. Mr.. Hale, of
Maine, offered resolution that the roll OF
states be called, and the members be named by
| chairman of each state, for members Of com.
| mittees on permanent organization, rules
| credentials, and resolutions; adopted. The
committees were then selected in conformity
with Mr.. Hales resolution. A resolution WAS
adopted that all contested seats should b. rc-
ferrei to the committee on credentials without
debate or recommendation by the convention.
resolution wRs also passed, inbtructing the
| ~, M ~ ont tinFotu tn diatributn bo
veteran soldiers, five hundred tickets On mo
tiOn of MIR. COnklinP, the convention then nd
journed until IL O'Clock on Thursday.
The delegates were tardy in putting in their
appearance on Thursday, so that it vas nearly
IL o'clock when Judge Hoar struck the desk
with his gavel, and called the convention to
order. Owing to the failure of the committee
on credentials to make report. the convention
made very little progress on Thursday. The
forenoon session was principally taken up with
verbal sparfing between Senator CUnking, and
AGssrs. Hale and Frye, of Maine, After the
temporary organization had been made per.
manent sn adjournment until 3 o'clock p. M.
was taken. At that hour the convention again
assembled, but to the disappointment of the
audience and not few of the delegates, it was
again announced that the committee had not
concluded itq labors An attempt on the part
of the Blaine men to have the report of the
committee on rules taken up, provoked alivcly
discussion, in which Mr.. Henderson, of Iowa;
Gen. Sharpe. of New York; Senator Logan, of
Illinois and Others participated. An amend
ment substituting the committee on Credcn.
tials for that on rules was lost and soon there
after the convention ad diOurped until 10 o'clock
on Friday.
The convention asscmbledat l0A5O on Friday,
and the chair at once recognized Mr.. Conklng,
who offered the following resolution: "RCS0i,cd,
That it is the sense of this convention that
every member of it is bound in honor to sup
port its nominee, whoever that nominee may
be, and that no man should hold u sent here
who is not ready 80 to agree" The resolution
was adopted by u vote of ZIG ayes to nays,
the three negative votes being cast by dele
gates from West Virginia. Mr.. Conkling then
offered resolution orally, as follows: "Rc-
S0',td, That the delegates who on this roll call
have voted no on this resolution do not de.
serve to have votes and have forfeited their
votes in this convention" After considerable
discussion, Mr.. Conkling said he would not
inrist on n vote and withdrew his motion, amid
great applause. Mr. scwell of New Jersey
called for the report of the committee on ere.
dentials. The committee on credentials not
being presen,, the committee on rules and
order of bushes. made a report, the under
| standing being that no action should be taken
on the report till the report Of the committee
on Credentials had been disposed Of During
the presentation of this report, Senator b. X.
Bruce coIored vice president of the conven
tion for the state of Mississippi occupied the
chair. The report was presented by Senator
Garfield, chairman of the committee, who ex-
planned that the rnleR offered differed from
those of the convention of 1876 in no respect
except to the rule regarding the vote of states
whose delegates were divided; the majority
embodied the preCedents Of all republican con-
vCntions. The minority report, presented by
Gen Sharpe, of New York, recommended that
the rule in question be left as il stood in 1876
The convention then practically took n recess
of an hour, awaiting the report Of the com
mittee on credentials. The committee came in
at O'Clock, and the Hon. Omar d. Ccngcr. of
Michigan, chairman of the committee, sub
mitted yoluminOus report, which recon-
mended the admission of the Warmnth delega-
tiOn from Louisiana, of Messrs. Rapier Warner
and Smith from the Fourth and Seventh dis.
tricts of Alabama; of the contestants from the
First, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth,
Tenth, --'rteenth, and Seventeenth Illinois
districts agur,.st seating the contestants from
the Second Illinois district; against unseating
the delegates at large from Illinois; in favor
Of seating the contestants from the Second and
Third Kansas districts, allowing the ten del.
cgates now occupying seats to remain in the
convention, casting only six votes; against
seating the contestants in Utah and the Ninth
and Nineteenth districts of Pennsylvania, and
concluded with an argument in favor Of dis
ttct delegates in preference to state delegates.
The minority report was presented by the
Hon, Powell Clayton, Of Arkansas. twas also
voluminous, giving most detailed account of
the Illinois case, agreeing with the majority in
the cases of Louisiana, the Second Illinois, the
Ninth and Nineteenth Pennsylvania, and the
Second and Third Kansas districts, and making
opposite recommendations in the cases of the
Fourth and Seventh Alabama districts, the
nine Illinois districts, the Third West Virginia
district, and Utah. The report contained an
exhaustive argument in favor of the right of
state conventions to elect all the delegates
from the state and to instruct them. A motion
made by Gen. Sharpe, of New York, to strike
out of the report all that implied that there
was u contest regarding the seat of the del.
egates at large from Illinois, was carried, and
the uudisputed portion of the report was
adopted. An adjournment was then taken
until o'clock. The convention rcassembled
at the appointed hour and remained in session
until late in the night On the Alabama con-
test the report of the majority was adopted by
over one hundred majority. On motion of Mr..
Conger, of Michigan, the Louisiana delegates
were authorized to take their seats. The
Illinois case was discussed at great length, the
excitement at times being of the widest de-
scrption. At 2 a. m. on Saturday separate
votes were taken on those portions of the
majority report on credentials, relating to the
contests in the First, Third and Fourth dis
tricts, resulting in each case in their adoption.
The Grant men, seeing that further opposition
xpoulN N II cd a pnt ha t,Ir
on the remainder of the report and it was
adopted. By this action of the convention
eighteen Grant delegates were unseated, and
a large reiH Hforcement added to the anti-Grant
forces. The convention then adjourned until
IL a. m.
1t was las o'clock when the chairman again
called the convention to order. He announced
that the first business before the convention
was that portion of the majority report on
credentials relating to the Kansas contest.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, then took the floor
in opposition to the majority report. He ex-
planned the peculiarities of the arrangement
under which Kansas elected her delegates from
the state TO the national convention. He
claimed that the record was clearly in favor of
admitting the sitting members, and that there
was no possible grounds on which the con-
testants could stand. He asserted that il made
no difference who this convention nominated;
the state of Kansas would support the nominee.
After some further discussion, a vote was taken
which resulted in the adoption Of the report,
by vote of 47S yeas to 174 nays. So the re-
port OF the majority was sustained and four of
the sitting delegates were unseated to give
place to the contestants, who are Grant men.
The next question was the West Virginia case.
Mr.. Clayton offered a resolution to substitute
the minority for the majority report. MIR.
Claytons motion was debated at considerable