The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-04-30
TELEGRAPH,
HARRISBURG.
A Compromise Between the
Factions.

Harrisburg. 2S.-The committee on
credentials, tonight, decided TO admit
| half of each contesting Philsdelp hia dele
CATION. with the understanding that each
| half shall vote as a unit through its chair
man. The committee also decided TO re-
quest the convention 10 authorize them
! TO proceed to Philadelphia and take such
measures and adopt such rules as shall,
| in their judgment, best serve to reorgsn-
ize the party in Philadelphia, their de-
cision TO lie reported in writing to the
chairman of the state democratic COM
mittee, and to be binding and final, al
the organization thus Iecogniz shall
be the true and only regular organization
OF the party. Wallace people, tonight.
claiR- that the delegation to Cincinnati
will stand 50 TO 10 in favor of Tilden.
This is without counting four delegates
at-large, who will be elected tomorrow
by the convention,
Randall people claim that there are
q delegates who will 60 to Cincinnati 10
vote for Tilden.
Harrisburg, 29.-The democratic state
convention met at $50 The committee
on credentials reported an agreement SIS
to al! delegations in the Philadelphia
contest While the Vaux delegation adj
mitted that MCGOWAN delegates were
regularly elected under the rules of the
party, get for the sake CT unity of the
party in Philadelphia, in their judgment
they deemed it necessary In this conven-
ton that each delegation is to be admit
ted, and each 20 cast half of one vote
through its chairman. The report was
adopted and roll called.
r. Z. Monaghan WIS chosen permG-
nent president.
An hours wIange occurred as to the
delegates from the Two Hundred and
SiXty-Eighth District. The committee
on resoluton reported before it concluded
as follows: First, adherence to demo-
cratic principles; second, just powers of
tie federal Union, rights Of states, and
liberties Of the people were all necessary
to the life Of the nation; third, the mill
tary ought 10 be subordinate in all things
TO civil authorities. The federal admin
istration has no right 10 keep standing
army 10 invade states for political pur-
poses, regardless of the Constitution, TO
control people at the polls, protect
fraudulent count of votes, or inaugurate
candidates rejected by the msjority;
fourth, the right Of free ballot is the only
means Of redressing grievances snd re-
forming abuses, and the presence Of
troops at the polls with a host Of hireline
officials, claiming power 10 arrest and
lmprisOn, IS Illegal, and destroys freedom
of elections and upturns the foundations
Of self-gOvernment; call upon all good
citizens 10 AID In preserving our instjtu-
tons from these imperial method; and in
removing the srmy to a safe distance
from the polls; fifth, that Hayes fraud
uient'y placed in power, against the will
of tho people, represents a conspiracy;
denOuEce his use of the veto snd troops
sRd deputy msrsh8ls as insults 20 the
count Y; sixth, a constitutional currency
of gold, silver and paper convertible into
coin; seventh, oppose subsidies and ap-
preparations Of public money for any OBJ
ject bat the public service, the reforms
and economies which the democratic
party have enforced, thereby saving mil
lio's to the country; eighth, promises
sympathy and protection 10 working
men, rs heretofore; the ninth demands
a restriction upon great transportation
companies which defy the laws Tue
tenth refers t. the legislative bribery in
Pennsylvania snd denounces il; the
eleventh denounces republicans for
elec oral frauds in 1917 as q most
deadly blow ever aimed at our govern
ment and declares that only motives of
patriotism induced the democracy to
submit feeling assured that the wrong
would be rebuked in 1850. Delegates
were By the resolutions instructed to vote
as unit and to oppose any abrogation OF
the two thirds rule.
At this point Snowdon moved to
am nd by substituting for the unit
resolution another, abrogating the
two third rule. A warm debate
ensued. Wallace opposed the amend
ment and desired Pennsylvania TO vote
a a uni5 in accordance with her dignifed
position. Snowdon said Ironbound die
tatiOn would do for the Camerons butnot
for democratic convention; he wanted
no more tirebrands. Here Gibson made
a speech in the same vein. Speer got in
q speech in favor of the unit rule as ap-
piled to Hancock for president. Randall
opposed the unit rule; it would bring
trouble and defeat oftener than victory.
SnOwdon's amendment was adopted by
a close yote-125 10 l22-snd the plat
form as a whole was adopted.
The Wallace party nominated Cassi-
day and Speer, and the Randall party
Scott and S;enger as delegates-at-large 10
Cincinnati, and they were elected.
John A. jerks was nominated for SUI
preme judge, and Z. 2. Deckeft for
auditor general. Adjourned.
Wallace says the delegation stands
for 1Ilden 20, against IS.