The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-09

comes heroic statesmen and patriots, had
submitted with the courage of men who love
their country better than zpelf and power.
fCheers] The Democratic PARTY now would
reform, and should put forward candidates
whose names would be in themselves a plat
form (Cheers.l 1t wanted a platform that
would speak in no doubtful tones or as
Delphic oracle 1t should declare against
corruption in the government; against
the enormities OF the. civil service;
against the so-called department of justice;
against the abuses of the postal service;
against robbery in high places; that the
burdens of the government shall be based
equally and equitably on all classes of the
people; and that the hundred millions of sur
plus revenue shall not be allowed to accumu-
late In conclusion, Mr.. Hubbard urged that
whatever candidates were nominated, should
be supported loyalty, declaring that he who
would not so support them would not be a
good Democrat and hardly patriot. Jap
plausel
The rest of the temporary organization
having then been announced, Mr. Smalley,
of Vermont, Ia member Of the national COM
mittee) offered a resolution that the rules OF
the last Democratic convention shall govern
this body, except that in voting for candi-
dates, no state should be allowed to change
its vote until the roll of the states had been
called and until every state had cast its
vote
Mr., Grady, of New York, offered as an
amendment the following:
And when the vote of a state, as an
ohni Of Aala nf
such state, is challenged by any member of
the delegation, then the secretary shall call
the names of the individual delegates from
the state; and their individual preferences,
as expressed, shall be recorded as the vote OF
such state" ["Ha! HaN and applausel
John R. Fellows, of New York, said that
the convention of his state had di
rected that, in compliance with i'm
memorial usage in THAT state, the
sentiment of its majority should be first as
certained, and, that having been done, the
vote of the New York delegation should
thereafter be cast as a unit. The convention
| of New York having placed upon its dele
gates that trust, he challenged the right of
this invention to strip the New York dele
CATION OF the rights thereby conferred. Such
| action would not pass without protest from
The speaker then read the instructions to act
as unit, passed by the Saratoga conven-
ton. He continued by saying that, as far
as the method by which the vote of the dele
cations should be governed, New York alone
| had the right to command it. In the state
| convention, every member from that state
| in this convention voted for the enforcement
| Of the unit rule, and the delegation itself had
| declared by. more than two-third majority
| that the chairman should express the will of
the state by casting its seventy-two votes as
one. He babe them pause before they struck
1own ruthlessly the express will of the
sovereign state Of New York, as given in the
resolution which he had just read
| Menzies, of Indiana, offered, as an amend
ment to the amendment that no state shall
change its vote until the result of the ballot
has been announced
Grady, of New York spoke in support of
his amendment He claimed that the delega-
ton from New York had been misrepresented
| in this matter. There was great danger, he
said, that through the power and influence OF
political machinery the honest and truthful
| opinion of New York might not have
| its proper force here. The news
papers might be bought to print in their col
umns that seventy-two solid votes from New
| York would be cast for one candidate, but
there was no power to make that So Hi
Hill There were resoiute men in the New
York delegation who would not only give
their reasons why ore candidate should moi
get the nomination, but would have the righ
to give their votes to that candidates whC
they thought would be elected hi Hi! Hi
and opposing Kisses from the galleries.
Harris, of Virginia, made point of ordel
that the discussion was not in order pending
the temporary organization of the conven
ton. The point was overruled by the chair
man.
Grady continued his speech. He said tina
when the New York delegation left tina
state it was understood that their vote
would be decidedly one way, but b,
political combinations the people
will was sought to be interfereC
WITH and so they made this the only protes
they could make They made it for tn
honor of the party and for the honor of tn
country, and so that New York might tax
its place in the Democratic column H
hoped that this convention would adopt tn
old Democratic method, LET every ma
speak his sentiments, and vote for his ser
timents," and then, whatever sentiment
prevail, all would give them a harty SUP
port. Cheers
Doolittle, of Wisconsin, said this CONVEX
ton should he slow to interfere with tn
powers of the state over its delegates.
Clunil, of California, said his delegation ha
come all the way from California to vote fo
the great political reformer of the age, San
uel j. Tilden Speaking to the question 9
issue, he said the delegates from New Yor
had been elected by districts and at large, AN
| it would be an outrage upon the minority nj
to permit them to vote according to IL
| wishes of their constituents
Powers, of Michigan, advocated the ament
ment offered by Grady,
Harrison, of Illinois, argued that if tn
state of New York had instructed its del
gates to vote as a unit, and If they failed
to VOTE they would be disobeying their stat
but this convention had nothing to do vii
that Applause He would probably
} found voting differently from Mr. Grady {
the question of candidates, but he wanted
J free vote now.
/ Jacobs, of New York, said that he was OF
} of the minority, and would exercise his priv
, lege of voting against the choice of the m
: iority; but as q Democrat and as a man 10y
} to his constituents, he would be obedient
the orders of the state convention and bow
: the will of the majority. Applause
, John Kelly, of New York, advocate
S Grady's amendmsnt. There were, he sal
! sixty-two counties in the state of Ne
York, Of which but ten or twelve We
a Democratic. According to the argument
Fellows, the great Democratic counties
,, | New York (which would elect Democrat
president if an opportunity were given
y them would be disfranchised That was Il
> principle which was now presented, and
= appealed to the sense and liberality of Il
' | convention in favor of Grady's proposition.
Fellows, of New York, again spoke again
| the Grady mendment. There had been,
; said, an extraordinary misconception of Il
issue involved 1t did not look to sitting t
# voice or depressing the sentiment of any de-
;. | gate. The question was whether the state
v New York had right to say he
j. the will of her majority should be indicate
She would not permit her seventy two SEP
# rate units to speak seventy-two separate d
d sires on any question before the conventio