Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-13
REPUBLICANS RALLYING.
THE NATIONAL CONVENTION To
BE HELD AT CHICAGO.


can National Committee met at the Ar
lngton to-day. D. NJ. Sabin, of Mime
sofa, was elected permanent Chairman.
June Sd was selected as the date of hold
ing the National Convention. Chicago
was selected on the fourth ballot as the
place for holding the convention. Mr..
Frye, of Maine, then submitted his pro-
position for new basis of representation
at the next National Convention, already
published. and supported it in
speech. Mr.. Frye quoted statistics
TO show that the representation
from the Southern States. which were anti
Republican, was nearly as large as that
IRON the States which were surely Repub-
llcan, and argued that his proposition was
in the interest of absolute Justice. He did
not wish to be understood as being
antagonistic to the Republicans in the
Southern States. He did not believe
in intimidation in the South, and if
he had had his way it would not have eX-
listed. While in Congress he had put his
soul INTO the task of maintaining South
ern Republicans In their rights, and he
wished to say to the Representatives from
the South that he had never truckled to
bOurbons. He had never melted down
his words; he had called murder murder
him with forgetfulness of the rights of any
one. The proposition was finally laid
over temporarily.
AT the evening session Mr.. Frye's pro-
position again came up, and a long and
heated debate followed. Mr.. Hicks, of
Florida, had raised a point of order, his
grounds being that the proposition had
been in principle discussed, voted on, and
negatived III January last. The Chair de-
clined to rule upon the point of order, and
declared the matter open for debate.
After long and running discussion of
the point of order, Mr.. Chandler ad-
dressed himself to the merits of the pro-
position, which he claimed was sustained
by the sentiment of the strong Republi-
can communities from which the Repub-
lican party got the votes to elect their
Presidents. That sentimentwas in favor,
not of taking representation from the
Southern States, but of giving addi-
tiOnal representation to Northern States.
That was a sentiment which the committee
could not afford to despse or rule down
on a point of order. 1t was sentiment
which could not be buried out of sight,
but which should be met fairly and square
ly by the voluntary action of the South
ern members of the committee. Mr.. Brad
ley, of Kentucky, argued that the matter
had passed from the control of the COM
mittee, and then proceeding to the con-
sideration OF the merits of the resolution,
he complained that the Republicans ofthe
South were taunted for giving no electoral
votes. If the people of the South could go
to the polls and vote as the people of the
North could theywould give electoralvotes.
He was surprised that it should be asked
to increase the basis of representation in
one section rs against another, for he had
always understood that the Republican
party was a national party which knew
nO M nr
One thing the Republicans of the South
could do and that thing they had done.
Whether they could give electoral votes
or not they could give their lives for the
cause of Republicanism.
Mr.. Pierce, OF Rhode Island, spoke in
support of the old basis OF representation
under which the Republican party had
constantly succeeded. He was OPP
posed to discriminating against the
Southern States. Those States
had given the Presidency to the Repub-
licans in 1876. If it had not been for
Florida, South Carolina and Louisiana
they would have been beaten. What was
the use of destroying the bridge which
had carried the party over. Was it safe
to abandon the old basis which had
served so well on ihe very eve of the con-
test?
Mr.. Goff, of West Virginia, entered his
protest against the proposition to draw a
dead line through the country and say
north Of this line we will advocate Re-
publicanism, and south of it we
Will turn the country over to Bourbon
ism. The basis Of representation
which had given the Republican
party a victory in 1860 was hallowed with
associations of Lincoln and Chase and
Seward, the founders of the party. The
basis whichhad given the party victory
in 1868, 1872, 1876 and 1880 could not be
wholly vicious. The Southern States
could and would give electoral votes for
the Republican candidate in 1884. A mo-
tion to refer the whole matter to the next
National Convention was finally agreed
to by % yeas to Is noes.
The following is the vote:
1eas-Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut,
Georgia, Florida Iowa, Indiana, Illinois,
Louisiana, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri. Mis-
sissppi, Nebraska, North Carolina, South
| Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia, Idaho,
| New Mexico and Utah-total %.
Nays-Alabama, California. Delaware,
Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Tennessee, Yer
mont. Wisconsin, Arizona, Dakota, Wyoming,
New Hampshire and Washington Territory
total IS.
The following call was then adopted:
'The Republican National Convention will
meet at Chicago Tuesday, June 3, 1884, at, y
/ O'Clock noon, for the nomination of candi-
/ dates to be supported for President and Vice
/ President at the next election The Re
/ publican electors of the several States, and
4 all other voters. without regard to past pO
4 litical differences. who are in favor of elevat
4 ing and dignifying American labor, extend
/ ing and protecting home industry, giving
/ free. popular education to the masses of
/ the people. securing free suffrage and
/ an honest counting of the ballots, efiectually
/ protecting all human rights in every section
| OF our common country, and who desire to
/ promote friendly feeling and permanent
! harmony throughout the land by securing
/ national government pledged to these OBJ
/ iects and principles are cordially invited to
/ send for each State four delegates at large,
| and for each Congressional district two dele
1 gates, and for each Representative at large
/ two delegates. The call was signed by all
the members of the committee.
Mr. Chandler, of New Hampshire,
offered the following resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:
ResoIred, That this committee views with
regret and Indignation the recent attempts
| to suppress human rights and to destroy free
! suffrage and an honest counting of ballots in
| various States, by methods at war with hu-
manity and civilization. Against the preva
| lence of such methods the Republican party
/ stands irreyocably pledged. and we extend
/ our sympathy to all sufferers from such lnhu-
| manities, and pledge our earnest and uncon-
| ditional cooperation and the right hand of
/ our fellowship to all men and all organizations
| whatever may have been their past political
| action, who now unreservedly commit them
| selves to organized efforts to secure free edu-
G1Ilou. Tree cuHTdSts anu lIbNGGitOu bA lllt
| and property to all citizens, without regard
| to their race or color, political opinion or
votes.
The committee then. at IL O'Clock, ad-
! iourned to meet at the Grand Pacific
Hotel, Chicago, on the 31st of May, 1884.
THE ATTORNEY GENERALS EXTRAvA-
GANCE.
Senators and Representatives of both
political parties, in scanning the expendi-
| lures of the different departments, are
struck with the very lavish outlay for
special purposes made by the Attorney
| General. and the general sentiment is that
this officer should be called upon for an
| explanation of the necessity of some of
his expenditures, and the reason for the
inglorious results.
An eminent member Of the national jul
| dietary. who has been on that bench for
several years, in conversation on the sub
iect of the star route trials, said that, had
| all the parties indicted been ten times
more guilty than the public believes them
to be. it would not have been possible to
secure convictions under the character of
indictments framed against them. He
| said they should have been indicted sepa-
ratelv. and on such counts as were sus-
ceptible of proof and the average mind
could comprehend.
BUSINESS INTERESTS.
new committee will be formed by the
present House to be known and styled as
a Committee on "Business Interests" )" and
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