Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-06-05

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hats being thrown from the galleries, um-
brellas floating in the air and banners of
New York state being swung most furi-
Ously.
1929 a. m.-The platform about the
speaker occupied by the national commit
tee and distinguished guests, who have
just arisen i'll spirit OF the occasion, is Il
scene OF the widest excitement.
1924 a. NAT this moment there seems
no possibility Of checking the tumult. 1t
is not a mob. but an expression of enthusi-
:,sm beyond description. The chairman
has abandoned all efforts at enforcing
order.
1925 a. m.-Conkling and portion Of
the New York delegation are quietly sit
ting in their seats as if nothing was going
on. Pandemonium continues.
1928 a. MT seems to be the purpose
of the Blaine men by force of noise and
gcsticulation to compel the Grant men to
RISE but they sit stolid and Indifferent
1890 a. m.- Grant banners have all been
dropped down and are hid in the vast
crowd. The chairman is trying to restore
order. Banners are now being returned to
their state location.
1884 a. m-Order has been partially re-
stored.
12:45 a. m-The chairman has succeed
cd in restoring comparative order, the
delegates and guests in his favor having
tired themselves out.
12:45 a. m.-Sherman name being
mentioned there was great cheering, which
| continued for some time.
Ia. ma motion to adjourn lost.
1:O2 a. m.-Thc question on adjourn
ment was put the second time and lost.
The roll of states has been ordered on ad
jOurnment.
LOG a. m.-The roll of states resulted
against adjournment.
1:20 a. ma motion that the minority
report on the contested districts of Illinoi,
be submitted for the majority report wa
lost, and the roll of states was demanded
now beng called.
1:28 a. m.-The roll of states OH the
adoption of the minority report OH the
contested Second district in Illinois in
place of the majority resulted, in favor OF
3j3. against 3S7, and the convention ad-
jOurned to II a. M. to-day.
Lancaster County's Contest.
When the case of Martin and Kline VS..
Seltzer and Kaufman came before the
committee on credentials, John Cessna
made an appeal in behalf of the sitting
delegates, claiming that the admission OF
the contestants would be a stab ut the
patty organization Of Pennsylvania, and
would unsettle the claims of the party
nominees on the electoral ticket, and the
whole delegation to this convention. He
made the appeal, he said, in the interest
of no candidate for the president,
mittee in behalf of the Republi-
cans of Pennsylvania. Hagans, of
West Virginia, and IIaymen. of Call
fornia, made vigorous speeches for the
contestants. The latter excitedly said he
proposed to do right if his action kept the
| committee here till next year. A vote was
| finally reached and resulted in favor of the
Blaine contestants by 20 ayes to 10 nays,
six not voting, but the chairman, by request
| said the remainin. members of the COM
miteee might vote when they came in, and
the followers of Grant and Blaine started
out to look up their adherents among
absentees of the committee. Chandler,
who had retired so as to be able to prepare
the committees report for the morning
session of the convention, was called out OF
bed to vote.
Meanwhile the contest in the 10Th Penn
| sylvania district had come on, in which II.
| s. McNair, of York, and ID. \. Mckin-
ney, of Adams, Blaine men, contested
James Herst, of York, a Grant man, and
John Hayes, of Cumberland, a cousin
| and pretended friend of Blaine. McNair
said the :" bosses had approached him
and told him he could have his seat if he
would agree to vote with Cameron for
Grant and the unit rule; if not he would
be thrown out. He told them to go to HI,
and they unseated him. He said in Penn
sylvania men can only be delegates
if they will do the will of the 6 bosses
and ignore the wishes Of the people. Mr..
Cessna said he was chairman of the COM
mittee of nine to select delegates, and the
claim of McNair was ignored by the unan-
imous vote of the committee. He said that
one of the sitting delegates was a relative
and friend of Blaine's from the latter S
home, and he understood it was the wish
of Blaine that Mr.. Hayes be delegate.
The sitting members were allowed to re-
tain their seats by a decided vote, and this
established principle of recognizing the
appointees of the state convention which
operated with a number of the Blaine men
and Andy Kaufman.
Hayes's ..Slnart" Trick.
Times Dispatch.
1utTo was Iuc STcdIeSG surprise IuOllS
the Pennsylvanians, when the report turn
ed up this morning, to learn that the Lam
caster contests had again been changed.
The contestants, Martin and Kline, were
let in by vote of % to 81 last night, but
at the meeting this morning that was re-
considered, and by only three dissenting
votes the sitting delegates, Kaufman
and Seltzer were retained. The Sc
cret of this is easily explained. The in
tention of the committe, which was
largely against Grant originally, was to
change the majority of the delegation
against Grant, in order that the whole
fifty-eight votes could be used for Blaine
in the rather improbable event of the en-
forcement of the unit rule but it soon
became clear that the rule was utterly out
of the question, and a second thought led
to the conclusion that the gain Of two
votes would hardly justify the desperate
change. This broke down all the Pennsyl-
vania cases.
The Prospect.
CHICAGO, June Sit is possible tn at the
convention may finish tonight, but the
possibility is that it will not reach a final
adjournment before Monday. The Illinois
question was settled in favor of the ant
Grant contestants at s:15 this morning.
12 NJ, convention met at Has, with
the anti Grant contestants in the Illinois
seats. The Kansas contests were taken up
at II :55 and forty minutes given to each
side occupying the convention until 1890