The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-06-08
CHICAGO CONVENTION.
The Report of the Proceed
ings of Friday and Sat
uFday.
How the Nominations Were
Made and by Whom.
A Great Deal of Nothing.
A Great Deal of Nothing.
FRIDAY NIGHTS PROCEEDINGS.

the question and separate vote in Il
case of each contested district. The cha
stated the question to be therefore on Il
contest in The Illinois Third District, At
the roll was called, resulting, yeas So
nays 353; so the report was adopted.
A motion to adjourn till II tomorrow
made by delegate from Mississippi, WI
lost.
Meantime Conkling and others hs
been laboring with Logan, who with
drew his demand for any further dlvisio
Of the question regarding the remAinin
Illinois contests.
A call of roll was had on the Fourt
District, resulting yeas $685. nays $50; s
the report was adopted.
The majority report, so far ss relates +
1.-THE remaining Illinois contests, was ther
adopted by viva Uoce vote.
On motion of Sewell, of New Jersey
the convention at 2.25, adjourned 10 l
O'Clock Saturday morning.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
Here occurs a break in the report, tn,
frs. part of Saturdays proceedings being
l0sr.-EDs. HERALD
Chicago, 5.-Conger stated that the
committee were nearly equally divided il
this case, and rather intimated that hC
was not himself clear in opinion as 10 the
true merits of the case.
After considerable crossfring between
different delegates as to facts of purely
local interest, Raymond, of California,
said that whichever way the convention
should vote in this case, that vote would
sustain the principle of district represen-
tstion. Each side here claims to be dis
trict representatives, and the only con-
troverted question is as to whether sitting
or contesting delegates were legally
chosen representatives of the districts in
volved.
The vote was taken by call of states
upon substituting the minority for the
majority report, and it was agreed 10
Then the convention voted UiUG Uoce to
seat the contestants. The Grant, Sher-
man and Edmunds men appeared to COM
bine on this affirmation vote.
The next case of contest considered was
that of Utah, and debate was limited to
thirty minutes. The msjority report re-
tains the sitting delegates, who, the ma
jOrity of the committee say were APP
pointed according to almost universal
usage in Utah, by the central republican
committee, while contestants were
chosen by an unauthOrizc d and regular
body.
Raymond, of a ifornia, sustained the
msjority report, and stated that the ac-
ton of the central committee was regu-
lar. Dissatisfied republicans, without
any authority, met together and elected
the two contestants. The committee on
was almost unanimous in
favor of the sitting delegates.
Goldman, of Massachusetts, was in favor
Of the contestants.
Pixley, of California, followed for the
majority report, but could not be heard
by the reporters.
Mcbride, (BennetD one of the Utah
having got leave to be heard
IN his own case, appealed for recognition
Is a representative of the "live republi
ans Of Utah. He argued that he had
been chosen by a convention represent
ng twelve of twenty counties in the ter
-itory, the other eight counties only
polling about six votes opposed 10 Nor
nonism.
A coored delegate from Mississippi
desired to know whether the contestants
II sitting delegates represented Brigham
Young Mormons.
Houch, of Tennessee, tried to be heard,
yut as the time for debate had expired, he
vas interrupted by loud calls of question,
which irritated him so that no became
,reatly excited, and persisted in what ap-
)eared 10 be denunciation of those who
we're interrupting him, until storm of
Kisses drowned his uttersnces.
The roll of states was then called on the
notion to substitute the minority for the
majority report, and thus seat the Utah
.ontes' ants, resulting, yea. 426, nays 312,
% the minority report was substituted. |
New York voted SO yeas, 10 noes. The |
Tote was in no sense test OF the strength !
# the respective factions, the partisans Of |
liffsrent candidates dividing. The con-
rentioR then admitted the Utah contest |
,nts.
Garfield, of Ohio, srising, was greeted |
With great applause He inquired of |
Sharpe, of New York, who made the |
minority report from the committee on |
ules and order of bust ess, how much |
ime he desired Tor discussion of said !
eport?
Sharpe replied that he did not design |
o detain the convention unnecessarily, |
nut he could tell better what his course |
you'd be after Garfield had stated his |
Iwn motion.
Garfield then moved the adoption of |
be msj0rity report and hoped any pro-
Iosed amendments would be presented |
,efore the debate should begin.
Bo.h majority and minority reports
Yere red for information.
The chair stated the question to be on |
he motion of Garfield to adopt the majC- |
ity report.
Sharpe criticised the proposed amend |
nent TO the eight rule, and moved to |
trike it out, that amendment being ''but |
f exception is taken by any delegate TO |
he correctness of such announcement, |
" the chairman of his delegation, the |
resident of the convention shall direct |
he roll of mbers' of such delegation |
o be called, and the result recorded in |
ccordance with the votes Individually |
.iven." He reminded the chairman of |
be committee on rules that the conven- |
ion hsd been in session three days and |
lad had no trouble from the absence of |
hat part of the rule which he regarded |
5 entirely unnecessary. He was not here |
0 seek for further delay. The battle was
ormed, each side was ready; and the |
,eople were waiting for the verdict.
They all felt that whatever
VAS to be obtsined on the skirmish line
lsd been obtained; and that they were
landing in the ranks of battle opposite
.ach other and ready to give the people
Jews of the contest. He therefore offered
he following resolution:
RESOLVED, That this convention will pro-
iced Immediately to ballot for a candi-
late for president of the United States;
md that one speech of fifteen minutes
hall h ,ll,u-cI f,- Tho ,Nrasapfofio0 of
each candidate, and one speech of ten
hat after such nominations are made a
ballot should be taken by call of the
-oll of the several states.
Garfield raised the point of order that
lnder the order of the convention the re-
port of the committee on rules was before
he body and Sharpe's motion being for
to entirely different business
was not in order.
The chair ruled Sharpe's motion in
order.
A vote was ordered by call of states.
This motion was the first surprise coming
from the anti Blaine men.
Sharpe modified his resolution so as to
provide that after the nominating
speeches shall heve been made. Ballots
for presidential nominees shall be taken
by call of the roll of states.
Garfield pointed out that If Shapes
motion should be adopted the convention
would be without rules for IFS govern
nent, and especially without sny rule
whether the unit rule shalt
prevail in the balloting, or whether the
right of district representation shall pre-
vail. He disavowed the idea Of the rule
complained of being reflection on the
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