Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-06

! | the report of the committee on contested
seats. Is that committee ready?
Mr.. Wooding-Yes. Mr.. Chairman, ant
gentlemen of the convention, the committed
, | on credentials have given patient hearing tt
all the parties who appeared before us, claim
| ing seats in this convention, all the contested
cases, and as work proceeded it was commit
| ted to the care of our friend Bliss, to write
down the result of our deliberations; and I'vt
! been looking at it upside down. Laughter,
and downside up, laughter and its the worst
specimen of handwriting that / ever saw il
my life; Loud langhter,l and l confess that
while remember all that was done, could
not read one single word, Laughter.1 l am
going I'd hand it to him to read, [renewed
laughter.]
Mr.. Bliss. The convention will pardon me
for suggesting that Mr.. Woodln, of course,
does not understand how TO turn anything
upside down Laughter. The report was
then read and by it Albert Dagget, OF Brook
lyn, who has opposed the Conklisg people,
was given a seat in the convention. The 9th
ers of his side from Brooklyn were also
awarded seats The passage in the report on
the Oneida districts is as follows: "In the
first district of Oneida your committee report
by vote of twelve to four that the sitting
delegates are not entitled to their seats but
that the following persons are entitled to their
seats: Samuel s. Lowrey, Sanet R. Campbell,
| oONOhet
district Of Oneida your committee report that
| the sitting members announced that they
made no further claim to their seats, and that
| the following named persons are entitled to
| the seats Samuel Campbell. M. P. Cody,
VIM. J. Clark, Samuel FL. Fox. In the Third
| district of Oneida your committee report by a
vote of eleven to two that the sitting members
are entitled to their seats" By vote of ten
| to one the delegation headed by Ex-senator
| Sloane, and known as anti -Conkling, were
awarded seats from Oswego. The sitting del
egates and contestants from the Fifteenth dis
| trict of New York city were both declared not
entitled to seats. These contestants are leaders
| of the anti-machine. The central committee
report closed as follows: "Your committee
| by vote Of ten to one recommend that this
convention refer to the state committee with
power, the subject OF re-enrollment and reor-
ganizatlon in all or any OF the districts in the
city of New York"
a motion being made to adopt the report.
Mr.. Bliss asked a division of the question, of
so much as relates to the resolution and to
the recommendation at the close. Mr. Bliss
request prevailed, and the chair said: "The
question is now on the final resolution"
Bliss-Before this is put, l have to suggest
to the convention and chairman that this final
resolution will draw out considerable debate,
and will consume some time. Is it not better
that 1t shonld lie over till the nominations are
made and the other more general business OF
this convention. (ShOuts of "No, nc" "Yes,
yes.") l make that suggestion with the con-
currence of the chairman. of the convention.
It relates, the convention will perceive, to a
matter that ought to go before the convention
after il is permanently organized, and there
fore move that the consideration of that reso-
luton be postponed until after the state ticket
has been nominated. Carried.
Mr. Morry, of Livingston, offered pre-
afnble and resolution, snd they were referred
to the committee on resolutions:
WHEREAS, The Republican party, through
series of national and state platforms, as
well as presidential messages, is lrrevocably
committed to the principles of true civil ser
vice reform; and
WHEREAS, As reformed civil service is
antagonized by the removal of competent,
dilgent and trustworthy officials before the
expiration of the legal terms of their office, If
such removal be solely to give place as a re-
ward for partisan services; and
WHEREAS, The term for which A. E. Mer-
ritt was appointed collector of the port OF
New York has not yet exdired; therefore
RcSoLved, That true civil service reform de-
mands that E. A. Merritt should be again
placed in charge of the collectors office and
there retained until the expiration of such
term, unless sooner removed for cause.
Loud applause and some Kisses followed the
reading.
A female suffrage resolution was offered
by Ex-Speaker Hustled and no action reported
on il.
The chairrnan--The next business in order
is the report of the committee on permanent
organization.
Mr.. Hustled Mr.. Chairman, your committee
on permanent organization have unanimously
agreed to name for the president of this con-
vention, Chauncey NJ. Depew. Tremendous
applause.)
The report was adopted, and the chairman
appointed Theo. NJ. Pomeroy and George III.
Sharpe a committee to conduct Mr.. Depew to
the chair. Mr. Depew's presence upon the
platform was the signal for an outburst of
applause.
Substitutes were made in the list of delegates
on motions Of other delegates.
Lewery, of Oneida, said the delegates from
the First and Second assembly districts OF
Oneida find themselves without seats on the
floor of the house. | would ask that there
may be seats designated for the delegates from
those districts and that they may be furnished
with tickets to the floor of the convention.
The chair--It is impossible to furnish them
with tickets, but if the gentlemen are outside
of the room i will send a policeman with the
gentleman from Oneida to see they are ad-
mltted. There some vacant seats in the hall,
| see, and can do no more than ask the gen.
to take seats on the platform and leave the
body of the house to thedelegates.
THE RESOLUTIONS
Reported from the committee on resolutions
deplore the death of President Garfield, eulo-
gize his public life and private character, and
tender sympathy to his family; express entire
confidence in President Arthur, pledge him
cordial support and commend his manly bear
ing and sYmpathetic acts during the national
afiliction; boast of Republican management
of national finances and say the surplus reve-
nues Justify reduction of taxes at an early
day, which duty congress should approach
with due regard to protection of American
industry and with aim to reduce the number
of tax gatherers, and remove occasions for
offensive and costly litigations; de-
nounce those who conspire to
defraud the government as the worst enemies
of their party, and credits the Republican par
ty with exposing and Furnishing star route
and other frauds; pledge support of the presi-
dent in enforcing civil service reform; eulo-
gize Gov. Cornells administration; declare in
favor of submitting to the people of the state
the question of making the canals free; and
favor system of taxation which will reach
corporations as well as individuals; and finally
oppose monopolies which oppress the people
or unfairly discriminate against local inter-