New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-30
PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.
RANDALL VICTORIOUS.


,eoterdav. +be Randall men defeated the unit
rule nv a vote of 125 to 122. The Randall men
onenea the Heht, and after stormy debate, in
which Mr., Randall and Mr.. Wallace took part
on opposite sides, the vote was taken. The plat
form includes fraud" resolution, but indi-
Gates no Presidential preference. John A
.Jenks was nominated for Supreme Court
Judge. and Colonel Dechert for Auditor Cen
eral. A late estimate makes the delegation
nineteen each for Tilden and Hancock, with
twenty unde ecided or unpledged.
apEAcE, AND HARMONY" SET AT NOUGHT.
THE RANDALL ANn WALLACE FACTIONS CONTEND
F1RRcELY OVER THE UNIT RULE-A CAL"
AFTER THE STORM.
tFRoM STAFF CORRESPONDENT OF THE TKiBUNE''
UARRfsBURa April 29.-Mr Randall won COM
rlete victory over Mr. Wallace in the Democratic
Convention to-day. beating the unit rulo by u INV
iortv OF three votes, after remarkably close anu
6erce struggle This struggle to- place without
the slightest violation of the Peace and harmony
programme adopted yesterday. Every agIeeihcHC
made by the Conference Committee of SIX, charGea
with reconciling the differences in the Convention,
was honoraby carried out; indeed the Convention
went one step further than the conference, and dl-
y;ded the delegates-at-arge to Cincinnati as well
ne those from Philadelphia, equally between the TWO
factions thus completing in every particular the
entire reconciliation programme which L teie-
praphed Tuesday night.
No compromise as to the unit rule was upon that
programme or any subsequent one, everybody rec
ocnizing that the dispute on tins point must Oe
fought out in tho Convention No one anticipated
ho,vever that there would be a bad-tempeTed de-
hate before a vote could be had the rule in which
4be pent-up combatvenesS of the delegates would
burst out and make pandemoDium OF the proceedings
For this debate Senator Wallace was Responsible
for he IT was who talked about gag law" when the
. preylous question was moved, and threw Wlue
open the hoodgates of angry talk lie thought
to save the rule upon which he had taken his laSt
stand but he gained nothing by the debate ne pro-
yoked. His defeat is the more conspicuous from
the fact that he was so confident of success this
morning that he announced majority of thirty for
the rule as secured beyond question.
THE PEACEMAKERs ENTER.
The early proceedings of the day were dull ana
wearisome The Peace Conference, called by some
Gthe Returning Board" came in at half past nine,
meeting on the was committee headed by the I'M
patient Ermentrout which had been sent out in
search of them. Their report presented by Senator
Dill settled all contests in the State, gave half the
Philadelphia votes to the chairman of each faction,
nroyidcd for the division of the Philadelphia dele
gates to Cincinnati and the electors and State Com
mitteemen and empowered the conferees to proceed
TO that city and reOrganize the distracted DcmOc-
racy there. 1t was adopted unanimously. Then
on motion of Robert E. Monaghan, Andrew H. Dill
was made Temporary Chairman by acclamation.
He sensibly refrained from making speech, and
pushed the business along rapidly. The permanent
President was Mr.. Monaghan who was also chosen
Inv reclamation on motion of r. Milton SDeer. On
taking the chair he spoke as follows:
do not know how 70 express to yon my tna6Ks IUr
me 1nS M canS on me to preside over ts Convention
-Four years ago you conferred upon me similar dSpc
y SR at r@y aSG With paray f% H Upon hS
lion selected delegation 70 me G 81 d gc0
men OF ths country for standard-beareIs. taey were
elected az ot ne tie ensIn American Voters and
majority Of the electoral votc-bu by fraud tney we're
to which they were elected Through their patriotism
the Democrats of the country arose above place and l0r
but the present IS before YOU have cOm@snced in
Choose another delegation to select two distinguished
men. These gentlemen VIII also 90 TO western Guy
Two Sy yydsme M WHO We're rGmphany elected and
performed all their duties honestly and with credit:
selected today the National Convection will nomi nj
eSoSs SwU and has Se IN
will insure triumphant election Of their candidates
candidates must and shall administer duties those
offices without fear or favor 70 Gy any qs to presd
over your deliberations. this Convention 10 now Te@uy
SIGNS OF THE "BARRRL-"
W. L. Scott, of Erie, the most active champion OF
Tlden In this State announced that he had secured
rooms in Cincinnati for the Pennsylvania delegation
and their friends. No one doubts that Mr.. Tilden
himself should be credited for this liberalty and
foresight and that he has assigned to his Pennsyl-
vania lieutenant portion of the 800 rooms he has
engaged for the Convention.
The routine business of the Convention ran along
very smoothly until tho XXVIth District was
reached in calling the list for the announcement of
the delegates to Cincinnati chosen by the district
caucuses. At this point hot dispute broke out.
Last night the delegates from that district Mercer,
Vinevard and Butler COunties) caucused, and
standing SIX Wallace men to five Randall
men, chose anti.Tilden delegates to Cincinnati.
The report of the conference took one Wallace
man OFF and put him in another district Senate
rial delegate His substitute was Randall man.
and another caucus was held this morning at which
two TIlden men were chosen. President Monaghan
decided this last election to be regular aud binding
great deal Of " rumpus" was made over this de-
cisiop, but Monaghan stuck to 1t courageousy and
at last quelled the tumult.
.. ...... ~. THE PLATFORM.
Mr.. Ermentrout of Berks, reported the follow
ing resolutions and the imposing the unit rule
referred to below:
R,solped-First That We the Democratic party OF
lyaua in convention assembled,renew vows
Of aaey to the he en yS seed oHF re @
Institutions and founded the Democratic party 10 pro-
& Sscona~Tlat the Just powers of the Federal Union
She rights of tho Stdes and the liberties OF tue people
are vital parts of harmonious system and to save
esehpar In is whole constitutional VgOr Is 10 save
the life of the Nation.". l -. .,
Thard-Thut the Democratic party maintains that INC
military are, ought be- in all things subordinate
to the civil authorities II denies IT has denied
the right OF tie Federal Administration to keep foot
the general expense, standing army TO invade the
states for political purposes Without regard 10 cosl
tutiOnal restrictions. TO control the people at the polls
TO protect aud encourage fraudulent counts OF the
votes and TO inaugurate candidates rejected by the ma
jority -,
preservatiye OF all rRhstbe only means of Peacefully