Morning journal and courier., 1884-06-06
POLITICAL

The Third Day's Proceedfngs-Thou- sands OE EnthusIasttc People in the Aall-Rapfd Progress i'm the Business Of she Conventional Ringing Plat form for the Candidate to MOunt-The Members of the National Committee. CHICAGO, June 5.-It was ifty-three min utes after ten this morning when Chairman Henderson arose and dropped his gavel, the buzz of conversation died away, the band ceased playing and the Republican national convention entered on it's third day. Rev. Dr. Fellows, of Chicago, in 8 ten minutes prayer reviewed the country from the time of the Revolution, and thanked the Lord for all he had done for the Republican party during every decade. He ended his prayer by asking that the party be saved from the results of error, pride and ignorance. Heads were then raised, and the gavel again fell at 11:07. The convention then settled down to the business of the day. MT. Ballard, of Vermont. presented the
 REPORT OF THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE to the effect that the sitting members in all the contested cases are entitled to their seats, except in the case of the Nineteenth district of New York and the Fifth district of Ken lucky, where both delegates and contestants are admitted, to cast half vote each. In the Virginia cases the committee found unan- imously that the delegation headed by sena. tor Malone was entitled to the seats The report was adopted without discussion. MT. Marks, of California, then presented the
 REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON RULES,
 which showed that the committee had adopt ad l1ufo hn ruYo oSk kho tion, except that it recommended the adop. ton of Cushing's manual as the parliamentary law of the body instead of the rules of the House of Representatives, saying that the previous question is to be in force as in the House. Mir. Grow, of Pennsylvania, from the minority o& the committee, offered sub stitute for the tenth rule, which prescribes the mode of electing delegates to the next national Republican convention. He pro- poses that delegates shall be elected in the same manner as members of Congress. MT Parks accepted the proposed amendment, MT. Grow having explained that the dele gstes-at large are to be elected by State con- ventions and that the manner of the election of delegates from the District of Columbia lican committee. The rules were then adopted.
 ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS MADE:
 First. report of the committee on platform and
 Second the call of the roll of States.
 Third. presentation of candidates for President.
 Fifth. presentation of candida es for Vice Presi-
 si1th balloting'
 THE PROPOSED NEW PLAN OF DETERMINATION in future national conventions then came up. On this two reports were presented. Mr. Parks, of California, for tue majority report ed that each State shall be entitled to four delegates-at-large, with two additional dele gates for each member of Congress at large (if any); that each territory and the District of Columbia shall be entitled to two dele gates, and that each Congressional district shall be entitled to two delegates. Mir Bishop, of Massachusetts, on behalf of the minority of the committee, reported rule that each State shall be entitled to four dele gates-at-large and one, additional delegate for each representative-at-large eff anyl; that each Territory and the District of Columbia shall be entitled to two delegates that each Congressional district shall be entitled to one delegate and to an additional delegate for ev- cry ten thousand majority of votes or frao- tion thereof cast for the Republican presidential electoral ticket at the last pre- csding presidential election and that the Republican National committee shall within a year after each presidential election certify the representation to which each State is en- titled. Messrs Bradley of Kentucky, Lynch of Mississippi, Townsend of New York, West of Ohio, Long of Massachusetts, Filley of Missouri, O'Hara of North Carolina and Clay of Arkansas spoke for the majority report, and MT. Carver, of Indiana. being the only one to speak for the minority report, MT. Bishop withdrew it and the majority l report was adopted. If the minority report l had been adopted the Republicans would moi have @ corporal's guard from the South 1T | the next Congress. Powell Clayton also op posed the minority report. Not one of the 1 sfpners said word in it's favor.