The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-06-10

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permanent chairman, Hon. G. F. Hoar. VIII,
was received with hearty applause, and VII,
him 1o' 10"'
Mr.. Frye moved that the committee on rule
De requested to report. Mr.. sharp, OF New
fork, stated that the committee had prepared
majority report but that he had been direc
ted to prepare minority report from min,
states. He trusted he .'uld be allowed t.
prepare that report he had not yet had time
II was furthermore agreed by the colnmitte,
that no action should he taken till The view
OF the minority were taken.
Mr.. Frye then withdrew his motion. ant
moved to adjourn till five o'clock p m. Afte1
remarks BY Mr.. Frye, the chair put the mo
ton and declared the recess taken till o'clocl
p. m.
The convention met at p. NJ, pursuant Il
ad)ournment and was called to order BY thu
Chairman. Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, said:
understand that the committee on credentiall
Will not be able to report at this session of thu
convention, therefore move. Mr.. Chairman
that the committee on rules be now requested
TO make their report to the convention, e
that We may proceed with the business
The motion was discussed at considerable
length. and with good deal of spirit, and wa,
LOST, yeas 3l8, nays lO6. This vote Is considered
= test OF the Grant and anti-Grant strere II
the convention. The committee on amend
ton adjourned until Friday morning, June 1
to await their report
"A special Of Thursday afternoon. June 2
says: There was another notable incident
GARFIELD came In about fifteen minutes late
and as he walked down the aisle he was greet
OF ~
significant, because it came from the delegates
and not from the galleries. Again when ht
rose to explain the situation of the commit
tee on rules, the applause was great, Ohio Il
playing fast and loose with Sherman, and /
there is a general break up, would rather
have Gardeld's chances than Sherman's. Ime
Garfleld this morning and asked his views o.
beyond peradventure, and beyond that every
thing is at sea. If Grant Is defeated, he is quite
right in saying all is at sea, with almost a GER
tainty thatit will be neither Blaine nor sher
man.
Much rain having fallen during the
morning OF Friday, June 4, tho third day o.
the convention, the day dawned cool and
cloudy. The delegates were well tired out by
attendance on committee meetings and by the
active canvass of the previous evening, and
were slower than ever IN getting to the.,
seats. At 10:45 A. NJ. the convention WINS
called to order. The chairman called on Rev
Arthur Little of the New England Congrega.
tional church, who offered prayer.
Tho chair at once recognized Mr.. Conkling
would be unanimously adopted, otherwise he
would call for division. 1t was as follows
Resotved, AS the sense of this convention
That every member of it is bound In honor to
support Its nominee whoever that nominee
may be. and that no man should hold a seal
mere, who is not ready to so agree.
Inc vote was taken, one or two negatives
being heard, Mr. Conkling suggested a cali Of
the roll OF the States. Agreed to.
!, Mr.. Conkling offered the following resolu.
RESOLVED, That the delegates who have yot.
ed that they will not abide the action of the
convention don't deserve aud have f. rfeited
t t! votes in the convention. loud and con.
unued applause). After long, excited and
angry debate Interrupted with cheers aud
Misses the resolution was withdrawn The re.
port OF the committee OH credentials was
called for, but the chairman not being pres.
ent. the report of the convention on rules
were called for, with the understanding that
no action be taken upon it, until after action
on the report OF the committee on credentials,
Mr.. Garfield, chairman of the committee on
rules, then submitted the report. Mr.. Sharpe
OF New York then presented minority report.
Both reports were laid aside for the report OF
the committee on credentials. Mr.. Conger,
chairman OF the committee, presented the
Mir. Fessenden, secretary of the committee.
then read the report.
In the State oi Louisiana the committee re.
commend the admission Of the delega ton
with their alter mates, headed by Henry c..
Yarmouth, and the exclusion of the delega-
ton with their aiternates headed by Taylor
Better. The committee find that this contest
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IN the Louisiana case are already familiar to
the public.
Second-Thc committee re commend On the
Fourth Congressional district Of Alabama,
James T. Rapier for admission as 4 delegate
from said district. The committee found that
MIR. Rapier had been requested to pledge sup.
port to Grant, and upon his refusal the presi.
draw his credentials unless he would within
twenty:four hours give such pledge. This
was refused.
Third-The committee in the Seventh Con.
gresslonal district of Alabama recomm ended
that VIM. H. smith ant; Willet Warner be ad.
mitted IN the place of Arthur Brigham and r.
A. MOsely. The FACTS in the case of Messrs
Smith and Warner are substantially the same
as shown IN the case Of Jas. T. Rapier.
tourth-The committee recommended the
admission of the following delegates within
the State Of Illinois in place Of the sitting
members: First Congressional district, VIM.
J. Campbell, Elbridge G. Keith; Third Con.
Elliot Anthony: Fourth Congressional district
G W. Marsh, Lot h. Smith; Fifth Congress
ional district, Robert E. Logan, w. H. Hol
comb; Sixth Congressional district, James Fl
Edsall, John p. Hand; Ninth Congressional
district John A. Gray, William Telden Gay
Tenth Congressional district, John Fletcher,
Henry Iubos; Thirteenth Congressional dis
n
xreesional district, VIM. &. Koeftner, D. E
Coolidge.
The committee find that State Convention
was held at Springfield, Illinois, on the Goth
day OF May. to elect delegates to the nationa
convention. During the convention the del
egates from each Of the foregoing Congress-
ional districts assembled and Organized q dis
trict convention and elected two delegate.
and two alte:nates to the Chicago convention
by clear majority Of all the delegates elect
ed to the State convention in each Of said dis
tr1cts, as is shown by the credentials accom-
panytng this report. The State Convention
by means of committee Of one from each
congressional district selected, and afterward
assumed to elect two delegates to the nation
al convention, including the sitting members
from the foregoing districts, the delegates
from each Of which filed in the State Conyen,
ton protest against said election by the State
convention. The committee report against
Tue Vall0ily OF Inc contests In the second dis
trict OF Illinois, Of the seats Of sitting mem
bers, A. NJ. Wright and r. 8. Tufhill.
Sixth-The committee report against the
objections to the seats of the delegates at larg,
from Illinois,.
Seventh-Kaneas: The committee recon-
mend the admission % delegates, from tn.
second district Of Kansas, L. G. Sears and L
A. Day, and from the third district, Thoma!
J. Anderson and John NJ. Steele, and that thu
ten present sitting members be allowed to votl
In their seats and to cast six votes.
State convention was held at Topeka Marcel
81, 1880, and all the sitting members electe.
BY one resolution. During the convention
district conventions were notified by the chair
man, and In the Second ana Third districts tn,
contestants were elected in such district at tn,
time and places mentioned and certified, an,
the committee find that they were the choic
Of majority in those districts.
Eight-Pennsylvania In the ninth congress
ional districts OF Pennsvlvania the committc,
report against the validity Of the contest mad,
by A. Klein, and E. X. Martin.
Ninth-rhe committee report against tn,
contestants D. Il. Mckinney and H. II. Nc
Dorian III the Nineteenth Congressional dis
trict o Pennsylvania.
Tenth-West Virginia.: In the Third Con
no1 o%v