, 1880-06-04

gates tho State W. %ns lest t f?r ,;',,, dTnh
.. claim OF representstion by Scnntorlal
districts was SGT up In Cook County. Ieeuro-
sentat!on IN Cook County, n held, was
noyor beard ef Il, that way, md It had never
fsrher hs1S1s HsS sSarxe at Z ha Farc '2 a po
was decided uton aud nado because. they
knew TINT tllo nlnety-two lnei, to bc selected
flol,i. Tie Palmer House, proceedings YeIo.
a,lc|l ns had bcun unI!eartl Of before, whore
forty-eight mon selected full delegation Of
defeated delegates to represent CUok County
iieid. Tl!ey ha,l nol : sl'a,low Of { rient e
| select Nlnety-tHU men, When they got 10
Springfield tey le9ksd oyeF. TIE . si;atloIT:
tien,. So. Tho cnttru ninety-two legally.
| elected tlolcgntes were excluded 1roln yot-
pG AK i tbs ftysax Ms;a ha2S 9S Rssa Saa hae ts
| placcs, aud Tho majority that there was 1l-
| fegcl IN tho Convention on the other Bido
| would have been wiped out Tho Conyetl.
a s4 hst nwa ss afEs s Gss %Gfs ts2f0Ss e
Claim It here IN Tie Committee. L this
mode Of procedure WIS followed IN Reput-
d!d rot believe i tayoring the atllnlsg!oa {,,!
'hs 3syofe feSr Ss1ssatSs s4 at and larTs s @ wt
Republican pnrty It wns Il question OF tlts.
trict representation which was at stake, but
that wns not, tho only one, 1t .was n1so .
2"ef9hps hs q p5spGs GoS1aSo wS e foq I'D dSott Sot
esSiS eeS &C. q 1sSarrea a1 ro tRa seas @c ey eyy
llntl no right to claim, but the admission ,of
ins 10 admit ticiu for Tic sake q forbear-
nacc, and hecallse at tho samo Statc ConVen..
tton at which these gantleinon were selected
tl,etc wits also nominated State tlckut, aud
party. rrt .'e Aid Il tthey aimlnistoFed tNis 50.
lose to the party tlie 3la!o ot Illinois
md imperii thy en1lse IN Oiio. They con1t @
out going over the wllo1o history, Of the Coil-
yentlo,: lIs was not prepared 70 adyoente
the exclusion OF the thirty-sfx Delegates. be-
cause hc did not wish to Introduce any more moro
disturbing elements Into the National Con-
vant1on.
ThIs speech was
A SENSATION 70 TIE COMMITTEE,
and brought Mr., Stewart, Vermont, to his
feet. IIe was sorry to say tint tho gentle
question Into this Committee with which
they Ind l,othtng to do. aud ho would yoto
for tl1e admission of. tic. aelegates bccaase
there wa; prlnclple Lnsolycd alld grrseint grsi.t
attachMent te tho district system oi repre-
scntAtfon had caused him to con!a TO- tho
conclusions Which lie had reached. There
WIS evidence that tic Illinois Convention
was a fraudulent one. llo held TINT tho
statements made by some OF the contestants
were made under n natural delusion co'tse.
| Qllent upon great excitement, md they 1lu
pspy e hin s,, HnythnE e eHtsse1 E sa,
tint tic delegation at largo was entitled to
scnts Of right and not by courtesy, and they
werc legally selected to fill them; and for
ts and no qt'er reason we're tey entitled WILLIS
It might do for the newspapers, to mako
these charges, alld say that the Suite Coil-
yention was fra.tlnlent and when
then fheir rIsht s!!euil not be disputed II
tho Chairman OF tl,at Convention that Y wns
fair, and he would as soon believe tho Chair
delegation. lie lad not II word tn say agaitlst
tho gentleman from New HAMPSHIRE. The
Committee sat rs a court Of Justice, and he
would !slst at tho gqtee en- WYE ~ ,nG entitled Cd
fnvNr. ....--
air: Bate,na9. Ohio, said he was stranger e
to tie contest III Illinois. lle was sorry @ thns
GssS ss'4 sy ICY wsss sssn sssss SseSst 5
seud se and nGt fRe fay 'ao souI '0pt apps q 'as
tbs principle OF Judges to themselves: Iho
Judgment md respect Tic was not willing
TO Interfere with II, and he was willing 10
leave 1t NIL to tlle, HONORABLE mel WIG conf
posed tho Convention. lie Was unwilling to
Of tho contestants it, tho Second District.
lie gnyo Ills yiuws because lie favored dis
trict representation. Not only that but this
odo hpd been cpss, tn " calllng t, the National
was q lnodo TINT provided TWO delegateA for
each distrlc. and four tlclegatcs-atrlarge. The
representative were to be voted on only by
tfe true policy Of Jig country. This va
gone to work In the South, by, abolislng az
Ercgnte rcp5esentanton u tho st9te " Of soull,
Ind no power to control or to attempt to con-
however. tl,at ligil-lniMded men had adyo-
cated and sanctloned I. L was M qHestlo,
INK de!egntcs to tho National Convention
Through the District Conventions. They lIad
Ind sud experience IN aggregate representa-
II tho stas Gr MY x9frk where e
wle!med by tho Democrats from th6 alun,s
and alloys ot Nov York City, who weTe in
the innjoElty. lie !, %ss only sofEy that t1,s ths
Insisted upon district representation on the
Electoral ticket In that State- lie had no
puulahnenta or humtttatinns to intllct upon
anybody.
Atr, Goldman, of Massachusetts, WIS not
prepared to assert unqunlltedly to the prin.
cIples laid down. There had been made out
u case of glnttnE frauas in tho Illinois State
conveNtiotl, and 1t has been clullned that
the National Convention llad no right to IN.
QufFe Into tho matter, II In tho Illlnols Con-
vention glaring fraud l,atl boon made 80
parcel to make Its action nt,llity. II thoy
voted 10 retain tho Aclegatca-at-large III their
seats, tl.en it WINS because they thought thai
lie was not 80 clear In Ills mind ~
to say tint unfair means and frautl
. Ind not bcon used to control the Convention.
t Tho allegations .cntaa from the other side,
Tho gentlemen Ind forgotten that counsel
had aAlu that both .altles Ind nat been al
, together pure, and that MI honoat ptlalnry
, | election
. HAD NEVER DREN CONDUCTED IN CHICAGO,
! Tiuy must rccollect tint Meft!,er Side was
cluai, OIL that score. Fraud vitiated every.
, thing II clearly proven, and i,0yor would liz