Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-06-04

corded, and it was agreed that it
should. AS state after state was
called out solidly in favor of the reso-
luton, applause greeted the announce
ment. At the conclusion, when
there had been no negative votes ex-
cept three in West Virginia, Conk-
ling's motion was declared adopted by
l76 ayes to 3 nays. Conkling then
offered resolution orally, as follows:
Resolved, That delegates who, on
this roll call, have voted "No" on this
resolution, do not deserve to have,
and have forfeited their votes in this
convention.
A. w. Campbell, of West Virginia,
said there were three good and true
republicans in the delegation of West
Virginia. He was ready and willing
to withdraw from the convention, if it
had come to this, that delegate here
could not have free expression of
opinion. He had published repub-
lican newspaper for twenty-five years,
was and would remain a consistent
republican, but there was a principle
involved, and he would not
come into a convention and agree
beforehand to endorse whatever they
might do before action was taken, he
would go home, and would not be
be ashamed to state his reasons for
leaving to-day.
Mr.. Hale, of West Virginia, made a
speech in the same vein, and demanded
recognition of half of his state.
Mr.. Brandagee, of Connecticut, said
this was not a question of free speech; il
was not a question of whom these del
egates would vote for at the polls, but
it was the question whether he would
aid the glorious republican party
| which had carried the country through
so many crises, would not exclude
these delegates, but he suggested thai
Conkling would modify his resolution
so as to allow them to sit here ant
see what we did.
| Mr.. Mccormick CIV. Va.) said h,
was one who voted against the resolu
| ton, but not because he did not in
tend to vote the republican ticket
for he did. He had been in tn
army two long years, and had mad
one hundred speeches for the nomine
| in 1876, and he understood Mr.. Conk
ling made but one. The gentleman
had not given the republican part
the hearty support which the speake
| had, and he objected to the characte
of the resolution and its source. TIRE
| mendoGs applause.
Mr.. Young (Tenn.) declared tina
republicans of the south stood OIL
dangerous ground. He did not un
derstand the reasons for the Yves
Virginia delegates refusing. Did the
mean to vote with some other party
} their candidate were not nominated
If SO, they had no right to help us t
nominate a republican candidate
What was needed in the south wa
men Of backbone, and not me-
who go to the gates an,
help others to slip in and then sli
out themselves. He objected to thes
men going back and sowing dissentior
He wanted them to define themselves
| Mr.. Campbell assured his colore
, friend (Young) that he was nc
) ashamed to call him brother, but Il
) had sufficient grit to stand up for tn
republican principle.
Mr.. Brandagee attempted to max
, point of order, but was decided out {
! order.
, Mr.. Garfield feared the conventio
l was about to commit a great errot
He stated the case as follow
Every delegate but three voted for
resolution. Those three had ez
planned that they expected to suppoi
!, the nominee of this convention, bu
Il they din't think the resolution wise {
this time. Are they to be disfrar
chised loud shouts OF NO becauf
they didn't think it wise to pass I'll
resolution we voted for. Thi
; was the whole question. Ha
they refused to vote for the nOmine
: then this resolution would be pert
n nent. We were responsible for OF
!, votes to our constituents, and not
Il this convention. No conyentic
;: could bind his vote against his judi
+ ment. [Great applause He didn
Is know the gentlemen nor their afili
L tiens, except one, whom he knew
,, the dark days Of slavery, and he W,
t oor III in clear sighted honesty an
courage to an man on cart
t and if we expel him We mu
expel many others here to-day.
: this view he hoped Mr.. Conklingwoul
Il consider it a matter of pleasure on h
y part to withdraw the resolution.
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