The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-04
SALT LAKE CITY, FRIDAY MORNING JUNE 4, 1880

It port But now the convention wa
e organized and ready for work and ht
c NUT insist on his m ton to proceed K
!. business. (Applsuse In conclusion he
2 stated on authority of a Kentucky
4 | member of the committee, who signed
| the minority report, that it was in fact,
r ady for b ing reported this morning.
Boutwell, inquired of the chairman of
the committee of rules Whe her il was
true that they would recommend the
adoption Of the five minute rule.
The Ken lucky members of the com
mittee rose and denounced as a misrepre-
seatation Henderson's statement that the
minority report was ready this morning.
Another committeeman, arising, limited
exeitedly that Henders MS statement
was correct and true. lApplalse and
exc tement.l
Boutwell,, resuming, said he won
vote against the p3ading motion if the
| five minute rule was 10 be applied to
arguments in question of contested states.
Harrison of Indiana, said though he
differed with Logan on most questions
here, he was with him in opposition 10
the five minute rule in the discussion of
the titl5 { representatives Il their seats
applause but he wss not ia favor If |
bate 10 tire eYsrybody out, even in that /
issue. There ought to be some agree
meAt on this point, which would be |
fair and just to all parties.
Henderson, Of Iowa, said the argu-
ment presented against the fve-minuie
rule would be all right, proper and fair
for consideration after the report was
made. II would then be hject TO discus
sion and amendment. He snd his a.
sociates had 10 desire to take unfair ad-
vantage of anyone; but be wanted the
business TO proceed, and the only way 10
do this was to receive the report and act
upon it.
Clark, of Iowa, said st the proper time
he would himself move TO except the
credentials spoken of from the five
minute Limitation, and pledge the en- !
tire Iowa delegation TO support it. c
(Applause). Sharpe, New York, said his '
report was now ready, snd it e
was signed by representatives of nine :
states, whose votes were necessary to the
success of the republican party in the
coming contest. The committee has :
agreed to postpone the enforcement of a
The i've minute rule until the composition "A
Of the convention was decided II that RI
agreement was not unanimous, it had
been at all events reached without dis
;entIDg voice. He now moved to amend a
he motion by ordering the committee Il
IN credentials to make its report.
Garfield said that there was no ground
or any charge of bad faith by anybody
n the committee on rules. He did not
understand that any such charge was
made. The fact was, that committee
agreed that they would not, of their own 8
notion, present their report until after the
on contested seats had reported,
,ut whenever the convention chooses to
rider the report from his committee, the
sitter had no other duty but to obey. He
avs also that the proposed rules were ,
o drawn as 70 leave TO the convention
he power to extend any speakers time
,eyond five minutes whenever it should .
o choose, even though the general limita-
ion Of euch speaker should DO fixed at
i've minutes.
CONTINUED on second pGge.)