Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-06-05

with applause. he declared that the CHARGES
snd insinuations ana nuendoes aimed at him
! mol, control the maturity. His crime against
lntm was that certain newspapers could not
M W.T. nun down could moi count him out; could
not oeStroy his republicanis,n: could not drive
| MIN from the party. [Cheersl
ne oeIe0 the men who undertook to assail
nm. ana was ready to meet them anywhere
MT raymond rejoining. denied that ne had
| made any attack upon Logan. II he hat re
1erTed to anything known in the slums of Chi
cago, he tHaymond) knew nothing about &c.
| Neither Mr.. Logan nor any other man. no mat
| ter how much covered with military or civic
| honors. should stand here and put
| words In his mouth that he never uttered.
! ing himself with the state OF Illinois was not
| original with him (lr. Raymond, but was a
quotation quotation from the papers presented to the
| convinced him that the remark was a correct
| one. Laughter and applauSel
Peace at Last.
Shapes motion, modified so as to strike from
the majority report SO much o it as implies that
there is any contest regarding the Illinois dele.
gatlon at large, was adopted.
Mr.. Cessna then moved the adoption of so
much OF the committees report as had been
designated as being under dispute. Agreed to.
The Alabama case was then taken no.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, moved to subStt-
tute the minority for the majority report In this
Part of IL.
Mr.. Bruce, of Mississippi moved a recess until
O'CLOCK. Agreed TO.
A Mighty Lively Night Session.
The following is the Associated Press report
OF the night session held after the issue OF our
second edition:
The evening session was called to order at
:. IS.
Mr. Conger moved that the delegates from
louisiana, who have been admitted by order OF
me convention, be notified of their right to
take their seats.
The chair said they were entitled to the right
TO take such seats The chair stated that the
question before the convention was.the contest
from Alabama
Mr.. Harrison Qndiana) moved to limit the
debate upon 1t to one hour. and subsequently,
rlodified 1t SO as to make 1t half an hour.
MI; Pixley California; seconded the motion.
I ne Paclf1c delegates were becoming very i'm
patient at the unnecessary delays, and were
uecom ng suspicious that they were for a pur-
pose. {ApplauSe.]
Mr.. Conkllng suggested that the proposition
be SO mo11fied as to divide whatever time shall
De allowed equally between the two sides of
Mr.: Harrison, accepted the suggestion as
proper and right.
Mr.: Conkling further suggested twenty min
uteS to each side.
Mr.. Barrison's motion having been reduced to
writing In the form OF a resolution, 1t was
adopted unanimously. [Applause.J
~, me a, chair stated that the question was upon
for the majority recommendation in the Ala
bama case.
Mr.. Conger briefly explained Mr.. Rapiers
whether the state convention has the right 20
deprive him OF his authority to represent his
district because he refused 10 vote Tor General
Grant.
The same point substantially was at issue In
the other two Alabama contests. The question
was simply as to the right Of single district rep
Congers), Judgment, rests the question of the
continued existence OF the republican party.
MIR. Turner tAla.) replied, simply celebrating
me views OF the minority report in the case
| before the convention.
Mr.. Tracey, OF New York, protested against
the convention opening and deciding upon a
question which ought to be and had been de-
cided In the state convention, and argued that
In the Alabama case it had been clearly shown
that the admission OF the contestant Smith
would lead to a Misrepresentation of the dis,
trict. Had it not been for these questions OF
contested seats the convention might have been
at ITS legitimate work on the first evening OF
ME- Bateman, of Ohio supported the majority
report In some forclble remarks, In which he
characterized the state conventions attempt
TO usurp the free right OF Delegate Rapier TO
act In his representative capacity as he Should
see lit as most offensive assertion of arbitrary
dictat1on. Mr.. Rapier treated it with the con-
tempt 1t deserved. [ApplauSe.l
Mr.. Farr, of Michigan, said Michigan believed
In the right OF strict representation. Her dele
gates would sustain that principle and sustain
Mr. Rapier to vote for his district just as they
insist that the speaker should vote for Michi-
plause.l
Mr.: Parsons (Ala.) declared himself a Grant
republican, but would sustain tae principle of
district representation.
The time for debate having expired, the aues
ton was stated upon Mr.. Claytons motion to
Strike out and insert [Vociferous cries OF "The
qnestion-quest1on." The question was put
viva Voce, and was decided Overwhelmingly In
the negative.
A division being demanded, the vote of states
was called resulting yeas 800, nays 449, so the
motion to substitute the minority for the ma
lorlty report In the Alabama contests was re-
1ected.
The announcement elected tumultuous ap-
piauSe.
When Kentucky was called, the chairman
voted IN Inc Affirmative, but the four protest
ants OF yesterday rose and demanded to be
counted In the negative and it was so ordered
[Applause.]
The majority report SO far as it relates to
Mr.. Quarles, OF Wisconsin, offered resolu-
ton limiting the debate on the Illinois con-
tests TO one hour. to be equally divided between
Mr.. Logan urged greater allowance of time to
the discussion OF the Illinois case, and made
another reference to the old soldier Grant,
galleries and considerable waving of handker-
chiefs on the floor. ''If,' said Mr. Logan ssyou
can beat the old soldier all right; you beat the
lied nation OF the world; but do not by tactics
drive Illinois down to prevent the old soldier
from having his share OF the states" (CheerS.l
Mir. Logan said he was informed that the Calf
dentialS until they were pledged to support a
candidate for whom the state convention in-
Strucred them to vote. He asked the California
delegation TO state what The fact was.
In a moment there was silence followed by
derisive laughter, under the superstition that
the CSIlf0rn1ans could not deny the accusation.
Finally Mr.. Pixley, OF California, got up on his
chair and said the question could not be an
sw cred In single word, but he would be most
happy to respond If he could be allowed a little
time in which to do so. California selected her
delegates to this convention by each district re-
presented here; that their appointment had
been confirmed by the state convention, aud
about 1t, the state convention had then, with
vote first, last and all the time for the distin-
guished gentleman from Maine.
This gave opportunity for the most remark
since the convention opened. Three-fOurthS of
the immense throng In the galleries and on the
floor outside OF the place allotted to delegates
and fully one-halr OF the delegates themselves
sprapg to their feet, cheering, shouting, waving
handkerchlefs, umbrellas, &C., for the space OF
several minutes, before any attempt at restor-
ing order could make the least impression upon
| the excited mass
Mr.. Harrison of Indiana, suggested that an
hour be given each side In the Illinois case and
| the proposition was subsequently adopted with
out serious objection.
Mr.. Conger opened the debate in supporting
| the report OF the majority OF the committee In
the Illinois case. That report, he said, asserts
confirms and establishes In the convention the
| rifle that has prevailed in Illinois frnrn the