The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-06-04

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shall direct the names of members 10 be
called and record made in accordance with
their votes.
! Individual delegates are given the benfiit
of tho latter part OF this ruls,aud It is an ad-
dition which does away with the unit rule.
by the tenth rule II is provided that the
Republican National committee shall consist
of one member from each State thus doing
away with the representation of Territories
and the District Of Columbia on the national
Committee.
AN ALABAMA CONTEST
After the conclusion of the hearing In the
Illinois contest, in the Committee on Gre
dentials at 3 O'Clock this morning, = vote on
the contest in the Seventh district of Ala
bama W taken, resulting in resolving To re.
port in favor Of Governor Smith and Wi.
hard Warner, the contestants by vote of 81
to Is.
General Raum, n member of the commit
tee, who also acted US Chairman OF the
Springfield convention, then addressed the
committee ut length on the Illinois contest.
The committee finally adjourned at o'clock
until II to-day without reaching vote in
the Illinois case.
LOGAN SPEAKS.
Mr.. Logan, of illinois, said the committee
had agreed, but their report on rules and or
der of business would not be read until after
the action on contested seats. If theconvsn.
ton desired victory for its work, its mem
bers should not raise the axe too hastily at
the heads of their brethren. Cheers The
rules ought not TO be adopted before they
knew who were entitled to seats rs represen-
tatiyes in the body, especially MS one of the
, | tnI
to five minutes each. Let the compact be-
kept that was agreed to by the memb RS of
the committee and let the consideration of
the rules be deferred until the report of the
Committee on Credentials is made. At this
point Mr., Conklng entered amid great APP
plause as he passed up the aisle, Conclud-
ing, Mr., Logan moved the withdrawal of the
notion Cries of mot "Gentemen,"
he said "you cry no. is it because you are
determined not 10 at nd by the agreement of
the committee? Do you desire TO ride rough
shod over members? [Shouts of Spring
b be thrown 'H' Of "''I my quad Slp n Sv
personal illusions. l am not addressing
the galleries, but the convention" [Derisiyt
laughter.
', HENDERSON REPLIED
that he was glad to learn the sentiments Of
the distinguished gentleman from Illinois
/ They would crafty the whole country
From no gentleman was he more glad e
: hear than from him that there must be nc
1 roughriding over this convention. Tumul
tuous applause. He was glad to see the
contending columns here coming together
on field of fair play Applause The gen
tleman had asked why this haste? He on tn,
contrary, asked why this delay? Applause.
The Chairman of the Committee on Rule
indicated here this morning there was nj
compact in said committee, such as Mr.. Lo
5 gan has asserted. The convention was nov
organized and ready for work, and no mus
. insist on his motion to proceed to bushes;
: Applause. In conclusion, he stated tina
+ on the authority of Kentucky member @
u the committee who signed the minority re
. port that it was in fact ready for being re
IS ported this morning.
THE KENTUCKY MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE
I rose and dene Mr.. Henderson's Statement
that the minority report was re dy ihi
~ morning.
. Another committeeman rising, shouted
|, excitedly that Mr.. Henderson's ststemen
4 was accurate and true. Applause and ex-
/, citement.
" Mr.. Boutwell, asked if il was true that tn,
h Committee on Rules would reportiu favor o
!. limiting all speeches to five minutes. Ii,
said he should vote against such rule if /
applied to arguments on the question Of con
: tested seats.
Several other delegates were proceedin.
r to give
THEIR VIEWS
l. | l.. d. L. r.,
u suggested that it would be time enough t
discuss the rules after the committee shoul
10 have reported tn m. He and his associate
j. had no desire to take unfair advantage of an,
l. one, but he wanted the business TO proceed
and the way to do these things was to receiv
y the report and act upon it.
"a MR. SHARP,
of New York, said his minority report wa
d now ready, and it was signed by the repre-
(, sentatiyes Of nine States, who's
votes were necessary TO tn
n success of the Republican party
@ If in the coming contest ii was to succeed
The commit had agreed to postpone tn
enforcement of the five minute rule until tn
: composition of the convention was decided
Is If that agreement was not unanimous,
J. hal been at all events without a dssentin
j. voice. He now moved to amend the me
) ton by ordering the Committee on Gre
I dentials to make its report.
y Mr. Garfield said there was no groun
u for any charge of bad faith by anybody /
I, the Committee on Rules. Ne di
u not understand that any sue
charge was made. The fact was that tn
6 committee agreed that they would not, G
their own motion, present their report unit
n the Committee on Contested Seats shout
have reported, but whenever the conventio
l. chooses to order report from his cominitte
the latter had no other duty but to obey. II
t. said also that the proposed rules were S
q drawn as to leave the convention power
1t extend any speakers time beyond tiv
70 minutes, whenever it so chose, when the ger
d eral limitation of each speaker should b
fixed at five minutes.
CoNKLINs WANTS THEM TO REPORT.
lie Mr.. Conkling, of New York, said som
IA hours ago the convention had adjourne
1t until FIVE o'clock for the purpose of Civ
4 ing the Committee on Credentials tint
ia to report The moving of the recess was tha
10 when the convention came together agai
l. the Committee on Credentials would make il
report. He had been told by members Q
that committee that they were ready to re
., port, not on one or two or three cases, bu
=, nearly the entire case referred to it. VIII
:. should not that committee make such re
port rs it was ready TO make and let the cor
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