The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1880-05-25
WORKINGMEN IN CONVENTION


DIVISION OF Counsel-Proposed Am,,a,,.-
Wild the Democracy-Kearney Prec.r.
Greenbackers. -ieleFs
pan FRANCISCO, May 19.-In the Wo,1,
tnsulens convention to-day a Communicates
noln Dehnis hearney was read fayorinp tbo
senuiuS vi delegates to the National Croon
PACK Labor convention. After A warm Jn
eussion lasting nearly all day the convonti va
DY a vote OF 90 to AZ, adopted the comn'rni'
oa1loh as the sense of the convention
motlon to adjourn prevailed at 4 n m al
snoush tne vote was clearly to the contrary
anu inost OF the city delegates, with a few
oouhtIy members, retired. The remaiper or-
canned as a majority of the convention. hold-
1,s Ile adjournment not carried, with vice.
81" uen Silllef IN the chair. Some discus-
o.vn eTok piace' which showed there was no
Ssnaot ueslre TO spit The convention, and the
meeting adjourned to meet with tIe whnie
convention in the evening. nrefarrina ~
place the responsibility of the sniff. If anv ~,
CURED, on the other side. The meeting then
leorSahiIed as a caucus, and came to an m
unlstahuing TO hold together on the reassem-
olihs Oh the convention. That portion of the
convention which retired at the 4 O'Clock adj
Jourhinent represents the interest in favor of
a bargain with the Democracy, while those
VINO remained Endorsed Kearney's Proposition
10 afhllate with the Greenbackers. In the
meantime it is probable the city delegates will
aruln up enough absentees to carry their
point.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, May 2O.-The Repub-
lican State convention began its second DAYS
session at y O'Clock with every inch of stand
ing room on the fieor and in the galleries &C.
cupled. The committee on credentials re-
ported, recommending a settlement of the
contest IN Greene county by admitting four
Grant and four Blaine delegates, and giving
each a half vote. This was approved, and the
delegation was admitted. The chair stated
that the committee would not be able to re-
port on the Cook county contest for at least
TWO hours, ~whereupon a series of motions to
adJourn, take recess, ETC., were made. Rob-
bins, Of Adams, on behalf of the Blaine and
Washburne men, said the only way of getting
early report from the committee was by
relieving it of part of it's labors. He there
fore offered a resolution in~structing the COM
mittee not to consider the claims of any con-
testing delegates who bolted from any con, en-
ton which met in conclave at the place and
at the time designated by the proper authori-
ty. This hit at the Palmer house delegation,
and was received with tremendous cheers
by the Blaine W%ashburne men, and a motion
to table the resolution occasioned still louder
applause OH the part OF the Grant men. A
call of the count resulted in the tabllng of the
resolution by a vote of 351 to 251, showing
100 majority for the Grant men, outside OF
Cook county. The convention then took q
recess for one hour.
The committee on credentials decided, by
a vote of II to e, that the statement of the
Farwell Hall delegation was sufficient, and
one hour was allowed each side to present
evidence and arguments, which concludes al
l O'Clock. The committee is now in secret
session.
The committee met at $50 and resumed
consideration of the Cook county contest
Kirk Halves presented a written statement OF
the position of the Farwell Hall delegation
relative to the pledge required by the conven
ton to abide its decision, as follows:
"The delegates from the county of Cook
from the regular convention held at Farwel
Hall, denying for themselves and their con
stituents any lawful power in this convention
or in this committee to impose on any contest
ant any conditions whatever, precedent t
rendering justice according to law and equity
do hereby submit, under protest, to the resc
lution as We understand it, of the unorgar
lied convention, in which we were not pc
mitted to take a part, as the only means lei
to prevent the threatened diSfranchisement c
the Republicans of Cook county, and th
probable loss Of the state to the Republica
candidate. 1t is but fair for me to add, as
might perhaps be questioned, as to the words
THE resolution as we understand it, as t
h we refer. At a meeting held in Chicag
prior to coming here, it was voted unani
mously, without a dissenting voice, that mas
much as we were the regularly elected dele
gates in our judgment, we would stand tc
Sethcr or fail together ninety-two OF us
go into The convention or remain out.
!ontstate his to the committee as 4 threa
but simply as all explanation Of our position
We simply passed it upon the ground
rights. without any reference TO any impre.
sion i may make upon your minds in an
other direction. That resolution. in auOthe
form, LAS been passed twice since this tim,
or a resolution which has embodied the on
passed at Chicago. BY appearing here as W
DO, and according to the terms imposed upo
us, We wish it distinctly understood that
You shah be pleased TO seat a portion of thi
delegation and shall reject a portion, it is lei
entirely to our option whether that portion
will go into the convention or stay out. W
may rescind that resolution OF we may no
We expect, however, tia we shall stand to
gether as We understand il now. Of course
if YOU reject us all, then there is no difficulty
All you can ask under this resolution is this
We do not intend to create asy disturbance
nor has it been calculated on here, but simpl,
inten to act like men and members of til,
Republican party, and do what our constitu
ents require us to do
The convention then excluded all outsId
ers, reporters included, to consider suticientl'
of their response.
On reassembling, the chair announced tina
the committee would be unable to report be
fore l o'clock, and the convention took a re
cess until . p. m.