Morning journal and courier., 1880-04-30
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. STATE CONVENTIONS. Result of the DeIibeFatiOn,
 at Harrisburg. AVICTORY FOR RANDALL In the Defeat of the Unit
 Rule. ARKANSAS DECLARES FOR GRANT. A Blaine Delegation Assured in
 California.
AvICTORY FOR RANDALL
ARKANSAS DECLARES FOR GRANT.
POLITICAL.

| HARRISBURG, April 29.-The Democratic convention was called to order this morning at : half-past 9. The special committee on ere
 dentials soon appeared and made their report through MT. Dill. The committed Reported
 that their decisions had been arrived 1t unani-
 mously in each case, and that in the case of
 the contest in Philadelphia, while the Vaux delegation admitted that the McGowan dele
 gates were regularly elected under the estab-
 lished rules of the party, yet, for the sake of
 having united party in Philadelphia, both
 sides were anxious to secure harmony and | concerted action. The committee will there
 fore meet in Philadelphia at some future day
 and make such rules for the organization of
 the Democratic party in Philadelphia in
 their judgment may be deemed necessary.
 They will determine what the regular organi
 zation shall be and how it is to be made up.
 Each delegation is to be admitted to seats in
 this convention and each delegate to cast one-
 half of one vote through it's chairman. The
 report was then adopted and the roll of dele
 gates was called. The names of the district
 delegates to Cincinnati as decided upon by the special committee are as follows: First dis
 trict-George McGowen, Dallas Sanders Sec
 ond district-John R. Read, Robert P. Dech-
 ert; Third district-Thomas J. Barger, Will
 liam McMullin Fourth district-Henry s.
 Donahue, Samuel Joseph; Fifth district | Frederick Gerkes, Edward H. Flood.
 R. E. Monaghan was unanimously elected
 as the permanent president. Mir. Monaghan l said that four years ago he had been similarly
 honored by the convention which assembled
 at Lancaster. Tilden and Hendricks were
 prevented by stupendous fraud from occu- pying the positions they were elected to. But
 the great Democratic party, true to it's history and principles, counselled peace rather than | confusion, and is waiting until November
 next, when the people of the United States | will approve their course by electing the
 Democratic candidates, and they must be in 1 augurated. When the Chair announced the | delegates to Cincinnati from the Twenty sixth | district An animated discussion arose. 1 This dispute lasted for almost an l hour, and before it was decided the commit | tee on resolutions appeared and made their l report. The resolutions are as follows:
 Resolved, hrst-That we, the Democratic party of Pennsylvania, in convention assembled, renew our
 VOWS of fidelity to the fundamental principles pro, our free institutions and founded the Democratic | party to protect and preserve them.
 the rights States liberties of the people,
 vital parts of harmonious system and 10 rave | the life of the nation.
 | Third-That the Democratic party maintains, as it
 has maintained that the military and ought
 to be in all things subordinate to the civil authorities.
 era administration to keep on foot at general
 pense standing army to invade the States for poti-
 purposes without regard constitutional restrc-
 tions to control the people poe protect and
 encourage fraudulent counts of the yotes or to inaug 1 urate candidates rejected by the majority.
 Fourth-That the right to free ballot Is the right
 preservative of all rights the only means of peace
 The presence st the polls of regular military force
 and of host Of hireling officials claiming the power
 to arrest and imprson citizens without warrant or
 hearing destroys all freedom of elections and upurns
 on all good citizens to aid us Tn preserving nstit-
 tons from destruction by these imperial methods of
 supervising the right of suffr ge and coercng the
 popular will keeping the way the ballot box open
 and free as it was to our fathers; in removing the army to safe distance when the people assemble 10 their sovereign pleasure at the polls and in
 curing obedience to their will when legally expressed l F1fth-That Rutherford B. Hayes, having been placed in power against the well known and legally
 expressed will of the people representative
 conspiracy and his claim of right to surround the timdate obstruct the electors, and his unprece
 dented of the veto to maintain ths is an insult l and menace to the country.
 sixth-.-That the Democratic party old, favcrs
 constitutional currency of gold and silver, and the ! psper convertible into coin.
 l Seventh-That we opposed to the system of sub
 sidies by the general government under which during
 the period of Republican ascendency political rings
 and corporations profted at the oples expense, and
 public credt any object but public service The l reforms and economics enforced by the Democratic
 its advent to in Congress have saved
 to the people many millions of dollars and we .eve l in the State of Pennsylvania.
 Eighth-That ths Democratic party being the natll-
 friend of the workngman, snd having throughout
 it's history stood between him opprt ssion
 it's expression of sympathy with labor and it's promise | of protection to it's tights.
 | Ninth-That we look with alarm and apprehension
 upon the preensions of the grest transportation panies to be sbovs the fundamental law of this
 monwealth which governs all else within borders,
 and until they accept the Constitution of 1873 in good
 faith they should remain objects of the utmost Higi
 lance and jealousy by both Legislature and people.
 party the attempted debauehery of the Legislature
 by the riot bill and attempted bribery The eleventh
 fss nd isS7 and declares inst the Dsmocratic party
 submitted in the patriotic faith that the people shonld
 redress ths ~ wrong and rebuke the crime. Ths twelfth
 Resolved, That in conformity with the time -honored custom of the Pennsyfvania Democracy, and to the end that our great Commonwealth shall not be de-
 Priyed of her legtmse influence her delegates to the \ pose the abrogstion of the two-thirds rule
 William H. Souder moved that the unit ! clause be stricken out, and moved the pre- | vious question, which brought Senator Wal | lace to his feet. He said he was astonished \ that in Democratic convention gag laws \ should be attempted on a question of princi- | pie. He said he spoke for the Democracy of Pennsylvania and to demand that her voice ! shak.ld be heard in the National convention \ with the majesty and honor that belonged to \ it. He cited previous conventions, and plead \ ed for the unity of the State an0W that no | ! MT. Souder said the Senator should be the ! last man to make accusations of gag law. | He had experienced it's harsh application at ! the hands of the Senator in previous conven- | tions. It was undemocratic to mafA the del eqation dependent and not indepeE@ @t. R. M. Gibson, of Aleghany ooe-ity, said \ he touched elbows with the people, and they | would never agree upon unit Iule The people would bow, but would not bear the ! collar.
 | Randall was loudly called for, and in re- | sponse said: No man will make more sacri- | fees to secure harmony and unity. We want unity and harmony that comes from the heart | and head and not that which comes from the | tyranny of 8 bare majority of delegates. I
 believe the delegatian will so use it's discretion l that it will be a unit with such proposition ! as the one offered Therefore hope no favor ! will be shown to this coercive rule. It is not | in the power of this convention to stif1e the | vote of our constituencies and misEeprssent them. It has never done anything but bring discord, and too often defeat Cloud cheers | and cries of question.
 l Some minor discussion followed and vote was taken. In accordance with the compro- mise the Philadelphia delegations divided | their vote, although there were attempts by l some of the unit rulers to break away and
 vote differently, but it was not allowed | by the chair The result of the vote | was announced as follows: For
 the unit rule f22, against 125 l The announcement dWOko AFely dppiauh0 i among the Randall adherents and for time
 it was impossible to proceed with business. Handkerchiefs were waved, hats were tossed l in the air and delegates shouted themselves l hoarse. The tally of the clerks did not agree
 with that kept by the reporters and others on 1 the stage, who claimed that the amendment was defeated. The announcement by the 1 Chair was accepted and the cries for another
 ballot promptly subsided. The fact of Ran dall victory was conceded. The platform as
 amended was then adopted and the convention proceeded to elect delegates atlarge to Gin cinnati. William s. Stenger of Franklin, and 1 w. L. Scott of Erie, were nominated by Mir. Vaux of Philadelphia, and L. c. Cassidy of Philadelphia, and M. R. Speer of Hunting
 don, by MT. Barger, and the four were elected ! by exclamation although an effort was made !, to put Franklin B. Gowen and J. H. Hopkins
 in nomination for electors at large. Hon. R.
 E. Monaghan and Hon. ". s. Playford
 were nominated. MT. Monaghan WAS
 elected by exclamation, but Mir. J.
 s.. Barr was subsequently, nominated