Towanda daily review. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1879-1921, 1880-03-13
How Pennsylvania Will Vote.
ATAI.K WITH GOvERNORHOYT-TIIE EFFECT
OF THE INSTRUCTIONS TO DELEGATES.

Governor Hoyt, of Pennsylvania, was
found last evening by Tribune represent
ative among group of Colorado silver
mine operators at the st. James Hotel.
81 am not in New York to tald politics."
he said. s.It's silver that brings me here"
s'I see you are quoted in Pennsylvania
paper" said the reporter, ''as saying that
the unit rule is not binding upon the dis
trict delegates to a National Convention.
is that your view?'
''Oh, well, | was chatting with my
neighboLs at homelast Saturday and re-
porter printed u part Of the talk in the
Sunday paper did not suppose l was
talking for the public. AS to the unit
rule and instructions adopted by State
Convention, have always held that they
were binding only on delegates at-large.
l took that position in the National Con
vention when was delegate. At Gin
cinnati in 1876 / was Il delegate-at large.
The other three delegates opposed me on
two or three questions, and, of course, |
acquiesced, because as dclcgate-at-large
I held myself to be bound by the unit rule
adopted by our State Convention. The
district delegates, though getting their
credentials from the State Convention,
are, have always believed, free to vote
in the way which they think will represent
the views of their constituents"
"Was this the understanding of any of
the men who voted at Harrisburg for the
Grant inStructionS?'
81 haye no doubt it was. The move
ment for instructions and the unit rule
was SO transparent that everybody saw
through it to the real contest, which was
for leadership. l think the Convention
did right, under the circumstances, In
taking the course it took. But there were
plenty of men who voted for the lnStruc-
tions in opposition to their own convic-
tions and the wishes of their people at
home because they believed they would
amount to nothing so far as tying up the
delegation was concerned"
"What will be the practical result of
this view, which you say is prevalent in
Pennsylvania? How will your delegates
vote at Chicago?"
81 imagine that the district delegates
will feel bound to represent the views of
their constituents as manifested in June
rather than the views of u State COnven.
ton held in February 1t will be the
same thing, with your New York delega-
ton, too. There may be men who will
take the risk of voting their own prefer
ences without regard to their constituents,
but such men will be few unless their
preference should lead them to the Win
ming side. A delegate will hardly venture
to vote against the home sentiment in his
district, and vote at the same time for Il
candidate who is going to be beaten"
"rhen you hold that a district delegate
can vote as he pleaseS, no matter what
resolutions the State Convention adoptS?"
''The National Convention could make
the Unit rule binding, l suppose. Other
wise it applies only to delegateS-at-large."
"Do you think Grant will get the solid
vote OF Pennsylvania"
'I am a Grant man myself and think
that ;f it is important that he should have
the vote of Pennsylvania in the Conven-
ton he will get it-not as the result OF
the Harrisburg instructions and the unit
rale, however These instructions were
not understood to have much significance
rs bearing upon the result at Chicago At
the timethey were adopted. They were