The bee., 1883-07-14

candinate to oppose Douglass, but a
majority of them seemed to accept
Professor Gregory.
w. r. Laws, in nominating Mr..
Gregory, referred to the fact that Fred
Douglass was growing old and had
done his work. He was in favor of
elevating younger man and prepar-
ing him to succeed the men who had
been,,in 1.-THE front rank for twenty
years. God had raised Joshua in the
place of Moses; we had found Grant
in the place of a Buchanan, and he,
for one wanted to find Gregory in
the place of a Douglass.
The speeches were spicy and in some
cases violent.
The delegates were not backward in
crying out against gag law and other
real or imaginary evils, and protesting
against various things which they
thought to be calculated to bulldoze
or influence the convention.
The disorder was frequently deafen-
ing, many members talking at once,
and under the guise of eulogizing one
nominee, attacks were made upon
Others.
Several speakers opposed the nomi-
nation of Douglass, claiming that he
had received the honors and represent
alton of the colored people for twenty
years, and had accomplished little or
nothing. Others defended and eulo-
gized Mr. Douglass, and the discussion
was animated. George Boston made
the humorous speech of the evening,
nominating VIM E. Matthews, a man
who had never done anything for him,
and he did not know of his ever doing
anything for anybody else; man
whom, he said, was no account and
whom nobody would vote for, but who,
if he was sent to Louisville, would do
as much as anybody else and no more.
He had heard people for twenty years
say that they must not abandon the
old wheel-hOrSeS in the cold, but he
was in favor of bouncing the wheel
horses and dragging in the mud.
When the nominations closed, the
following names had been received !:
Frederick Douglass, Robert S. Laws,
Iohn L. johnson, Professor J. NJ.
Gregory, ii. c Cuney, A. st. 4. Smith,
r. B. Ruffin, w. c. Chase, Rev. Robert
Johnson, W. Z. Matthews and Perry
H. Carson.
When order was partially restored,
the voto proceed, each delegate in turn
rising and announcing the three names
which he favored. The election lasted
long time, amid stormy, and at times
intensely ludicrous scenes, and after
all the names had been called, z number
of delegates were allowed to come for
ward and change their votes.
When the result was announced, it
was as follows: Votes cast, 14S; Greg
DRY, 80; Richard Laws, 80; Douglass,
30. This elected these three as the
delegates, and the alternates were:
Cunev, 50 votes; Johnson, a, and
Ruffin, II.
FAIRNESS OF THE ELECTION DIS
PUTED.
When the announcement that 30
votes had been cast for Quincy was
made, dozen persons rose to their
feet, and declared that they had kept
tally, and knew that 80 votes for Mr..
Quincy had been cast, and that he had
not only been elected, but had received
more votes than anybody else until
cheated out of them.
The cries of fraud were loud and
numerous. The chairman and the
Douglass faction got up and left, and
enthusiastic supporters of Mr.. Quincy
urged another convention.
Mr.. Quincy, and at least dozen dele
gates, informed The Crjtjc last night
that the election had not been fair
enc. and this morning Mr.. William c.
Chase, secretary Of the meeting, re-
quested a publication of the fact that
the delegates declared to bc elected
last night will be unable to secure
credentials, and new convention will
be called for the lSt of August to re-
elect three delegates and three alter
mates. The call. he said, would be pre-
pared to-day, and signed hy a large
number of delegates.