New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-04
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partial report, upon which the Convention shonld
proceed to act while the members of the committee
remained IN their committce-ro0m llillDle 70 ZAP
manfestly improper.
A CRITICAL MOMENT.
The chairman, Senator HOar, then asked if the
Convention was ready for tho question, when Cen
eral Sharpe maadrOitly demanded that the roll be
called All signs fail if This not one of the blum
dcrs which General Sharpe has the reputation OF
making in parliamentary management. The whole
policy of the Grant managers through the daJ had
been to prevent q rOll-call and show OF
strength, or rather in their case, of
weakness. Nothing was to be gained by forcing
| division on this unimpOriant and merely 0bSfruc-
tive amendment and something was to be lost. Sem
atOr lloar, WITH Just suspicion OF smile on lls
face, said the suggestion cminently proper, and
he ordered the roll to be called. 1t was evident that
tins was to be Il test vote on Grant. The Iowa and
Indiana delegations had announced that they would
be with the minority upon the question OF allowing
more than iive-mlnutc debate on tho Louisiana
case, but General Sharpe's amendment presented no
| question on which any opponent OF Grant was
! likely to side with his friends 1t was SIMPLY
motion to require committee to report which
! every delegate in the hall. including Senator
| Conking, must have known could not
| rcp.gt before Tomorrow morning. The
ro.call question, therefore. made considerable
| excitement.
THE VOTING.
| When Alabama was called, the Chairman, Mr..
Turner arose and said that Alabama cast twenty
votes aye, and there was short yOey of applause
| in the galleries over tho first gun for Grant. A
| negro delegate arose, and addressing the chair.
managed to make himself heard to the effect that
he desired to vote NAY" Does tho dele
gate" said Senator IIoar in his clear, nigh
voice. desire to state that his vote should not be
recorded IN the affirmative. hut in tho negative y
The negro bowed assent, aud Senator lIoar SAID, in
the same firm clear tone az before, The vote will
be so recorded !" and the galleries applaudcd
what they took to be the first decision
against q unit vote. Arkansas voted sOlidly
for Grant, and California solid against,
as was to be expected. The same was truc rcspec-
lively of Colorado and Connecticut. Delaware
voted against Grant; Florida for hlm ana Georgia
voted sixteen against Grant and six for him. as The
TRIBUNr's estimates have divided 1t. General
Logan took the forty-twO alleged votes of Illinois
from his pocket and cast them for Grant.
The first considerable variation from any previous
estimates Of the vote for candidates
was in lnIiana where six votes were cast for Grant
thus tending tO confirm the stories uf q break 10
that extent. Iowa and Kansas voted sOlldiy against
Grant, of course When kentucky was reached
there was tlc most dramatic epsodc nus iar OF
tn" Convention. lie Chairman, John D. White.
announced that KrntGckv cast "a votes
| "Ayr" Immediately n delegate on hS feet
sluutng an iuCuhrTrnt but excited protest that
four delegates from Kentucky desired their votes to
hc received in the negative. There was much con-
| fusion. The protesting delegation from kcnturkY
Was pressed To make speech To th" Convention
when senator iloar DECLARED that only the record of
VntrS was in order. lie spoke IN % way
which Was interpreted by some on the
plat form to ~ AN, If tho Convention choose.
The u9At Of drIrEItOn 10 Yolo As Il unit ~ hPtr
oi The oIpu-Iun OF som" OF us members could be
dr.i!cd at the conclusion of the roll call Mr..
t"','t ;,,,itu,',n uf the KrnfU,sky drIrgaiion I'M
some way lost his presence Of mind. lie rose and
SAID 81 will then give the four nanrs.' There We're
cIlcs from all Slirs, Ihat ~ right aud HON
tos,tt tt,,k- IN tliutD
, Ilt Nr. WHtr had not got on" n1mc olit ot hlS
:rruth hcfor" Mr.. Conkng was swinging joMn tho
aI-ir toyaid hIm with hiS hands raised IN the AR
and motI"ninE 10 lnn to stop. when Nr. C0nkling
reached hm b. Laid his hands on Mr. Whites
shoulders and i"ir 70 p%;nrH l% TyG h%w%
on in AInaEsment and AS Mr. Conkhng
turned agaiu aud strodr forward To his seat there
were hi-,r- aId KronuN and cries ot dcrislon The
Kentucky chairman remained where Mr.. COnklnR
h m put him. bat there we're SIM cries i"r the fnnr
drraatrs. : S,inc called ont To stand up" and
the four ,;ood up on Their chairs. huddrd to-
e"thcr ~ group. very nnch ~ II tAry were the
victims of Il country photograph and lunklng u
aud the Blaine women chrrIrd and applaudcd
them. Their four votes were recorded.
Louisiana WAS passed IN the ballot, the entire
delegation being contested. The vote of Minnesota
was watched for with considerable interest brcalse
oi the r9i"3Gs mat the Grant men had been trying
to buy tho Windom vote over. but only three votes
out of nine were cast on the Grant side.
BREAK GN SEVERAL GREAT STATES.
There was no further change of interest In the
vote until Ncw-Y0rk was reached, when Mr..
Conkng announced that he authorized
TO cast ~ votes "yra " and 23 votes
"uay.' There was n great cheer of cxulta-
tion at this EIhlc announcement by the Grant
prophet Of the unit rule that tho unit rule
was broken. In the Ohio delegation three
votes were cast OH the Graut side. When Pcnnsyl-
vania WAS Called General Beaver arose on his
clutches to Announce that Pennsylvaula cast 81
Other cirer. WIN les Don Cameron stood leaning
against the wall, in conversation with one Of his
comrades, pale and morOSr.
The Vermont vote, 10 the surprise of many was
cast sohlly on the Grant SIDE plainly bid by Mr.:
:dmund>s friends for the Grant vote. Az tn" roll
call p'"rccdcd each heavy vote against Grant
WAS received with great cheering, and long
before Vermont was reached II was evident
that tho battle was WatcrIoo for the third term.
exhausted thar powers The announcement that
only :}lS votes had been cast for General Shnrpcs
amendment, or IN other words for General Grant,
and hat 40G had BEEN east against the amend
iucnt. or IN Othcr words. against Grant, Was there
fore received with less cheering than Mr.. Hale
aroused caller III tho day by getting mp on his
CnHir.
Mr. Brandcgcc, Of Connecticut, then made some
remarks in which, he "rHnd tn" necessity
the election OF tho tiGGrt, G, ana in ,.t tn" in in,
lrT't U m thUTG % tho mg @ Grf % s5on M
rut be- ,loatcd. lie therefore moved To lay the
resolution on tic table.
The mOilOn WAS carried hY an Overwhelming VoicI
and the Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock
Tomorrow morning. breaking mp amidst universal
congratulations among the anti-thant men.
The vote was he subject oi much intcrrs sting com
mcnl ufcr adjournment. The division of the
vote in tho Ncw-York delegation was nor
matter for SURPRISE, inasmuch as the
resolution adopted on tuesday hy the
Grant majority distinctly provided that
in all cases except that of iho Presidential nOmina-
ton, the divided vote of the delegation.
wirn thcro WAS division. should be
aunIunccd by tho chairman. hut the silent
acauicscrnco of D.n Cameron and tho majority
of line prnnay ylyanIa dcrgation in The abandUnmcmt
of tlc unit rule was unexpected.
lt must not bo forgotten also that n
question WIS raised at the c!Jso OF