New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06

Civil Service plank proposed by Mr.. Barker,
of Massachusetts, was then adopted
THE GREAT STRUGGLE RENEWED.
TIE DELEGATES REAssEMBLE WEARY BUT FULL on
FIGnT-THE REMAINING CONTESTS FOR SEATS
FOUGHT OUT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF TIE
pEBATEs-sIGNIFIcANT CHANGES IN THE VOTES.
lBr TELEGRAPH TO THE rRIBUNE.l
CHICAGO. June 5.-The Convention came together
this morning between IL and IL o'clock somewhat
demoralized in physical condition. The intense and
longcontinued strain of excitement under which the
delegates have been kept for the last week, the late
hours and almost total absence of sleep. the wild
scenes of the early morning which left everybody
with nerves high-strung aud in condition to take
quiet rest even after the Convention adjourned,
gave TO the body rather pale and haggard lOok.
The atmosphere. too. was heavy and oppressive
this morning aud hecOoling drafts that had circu-
lated through the hall on the three previous days
were sadly missed at the very time when they were
most needed. The fourth day Of the Convention
began with the report of the Committee on Con-
tested Seats still undisposed Ola circumstance
which as much as any other shows the intensity Of
feeling which has prevailed from the very first, and
the stubborn manner in which the rival factions
have fought every step of the contest. 1t is prob
ably unprecedented in the history of National Con-
Seutons for the preliminary proceedings to occupy
more than three days.
At noon to-day the fundamental question of who
constituted the membership of the Convention was
vet unsettled The persistent policy of obstruction
which has been pursued since Wednesday noon has
To- Nh platp aIc
friends believed and now believe, that If the bal
loting had taken place Immediately after the nomi-
mating speech of Robert G. Ingersol their candidate
would have been successful. But the night which
intervened gave an opportunity for plotting and
combination, and during that night the alliances
were formed without which Governor Hayes's nom
nation would have been impossible.
In this Convention, ever since last Wednesday
morning the issues have been similar to those of
the Cincinnati Convention of 1876. General
Grants defeat had been conceded for three days by
everybody except those Immediately engaged in the
promotion of his candidacy and he task which
large portion of the Convention had set for Itself
and to which the Grant men bent all their energies
had been the defeat of Blaine by firing out and
exhausting the patience of the Convention, when
they could make no headway apparently by any
other means.
At noon to-day there are no indications that the
Blaine men have weakened during the delays On
the other hand if the votes that have been taken
last night and this morning any indication of tie
temper of the Convention, the Grant men them
selves are weaker than ever before. The spectacle
In tho Convention this morning is the same bat has
previously been described. There Is the same co.eiy
packed body of the hall, filed with delegates and
alternates the same galleries thIonged with peo-
pie rising in parallel rows one above
the other. to the greet bare unpainted
walls beneath the windows in the rear /;
the Same platform occupied by distinguished men.
the only thing which changed its appearance being
q beautiful floral horseshoe. three feet high, which
stood on the table of the presiding officer.
The heat in the Convention hall was oppressive
for the first time soon after the Convention was
called to order. Ushers passed NJ and down the
a,sles among the delegates and distributed pa Inn
leaf fans the vigorous use of which impaired to the
body sort of tiuttering aspect
THE PROCEEDINGS BEGUN.
The prayer this morning was made by the Rev
Mr. Paxton, of Washington, and after its close the
Kansas case was taken up without those delays
which detained the Convention yesterday. The de-
bate upon this contest was limited TO forty minutes
twenty to be given to each side. Chairman CoDger
of the Committee Credentials, succinctly stated
the issue The State Convention had met at To-
peka, and by single resolution had elected dele
gates assigning four TO one dlstrict anu three 10
each of the other two, but making no designation
as to delegates-at-large. Subsequently two of the
districts held Conventions aud elected the four con-
testants as delegates to the National Convention.
The committee, Mr. COnger said, thought that
under the principles which it had adopted for
Guidance In other cases these delegates were en-
titled to seats In the Convention. 1t could not,
1oyeyer, take the responsibility to say which seats
of the sitting delegates the contestants were en-
titled to- 1t had therefore been decided to recon-
mend that ten sitting delegates be allowed to
rain their seats. but to cast only six votes among
them. while the four contestants be given seats and
each allowed to cast OF the four remaining votes
70 which the State Of Kansas is entitled.
Senator Plumb the chairman OF the Kansas dele
zaton. SPOKE at length in opposition to the claims
of the contestants declaring that by the customs of
the Republicans of Kansas, as well as by the par
tcuar circumstances of this election, the action OF
the two districts was entirely irregular. He de-
cared that there was no personal orpoitical feeling
between the sitting delegates and the contestants
Senator Plumb and the sitting delegation are nnan-
imous for Blaine. while the four contestants are
Grant men, The position, in so far as 1t bears upon
ths nomnation, is therefore reversed as compared