Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-04

49,. paEhy ana FOR ITS splendid
s.U.y' and 10 stu more splendid nos
sliities, and now a. this great cow an
eNJn enters on a work which will in
t solse the most precious interests of 81 :.
vooo people. and IN large sepse m,
interests OF free institutions, We dgvoD,,
ana most earnestly supplicste tbs
blessing OF Almighty God to bles, ths
nemsers OF the body, the homes. thu
States, the hearts of the nation which
.ney represent. May the ambition M
PATRIOTISM, the wisdom of Statesman.
snip and the riRhteousness of Christisa
CONSEQUENCES guide in our delibera-
Ine call for the convention wa Rad
oy Colonel j. A. Martha. Secretary AZ
the National Committee.
Chairman Sabin, on behalf az The
Republican COMMITTEES, called The con.
ventlon TO order. In its name. he aid
Cnicag0 Was known az A eonyantIon
city. il was the field Of Republican
victory. Here 1t Was that the immortal
patriot, Abraham Lincoln, was chosen.
here the party chose that great chief
tain, General Grant Here it noni-
mated that bonored soldier, great states
man, that representative citizen, James
A. Garfield. Cheers Every action of
the party on this historical ground had
been followed by victory. Having sue
ceeded against its opponents on ali for
mer occasions, II was about to mt its
house IN order for another conflict. As
a consequence of a vote adopted by the
last convention this body IL largely
formed OF men instructed by their own
constituents, and IL was therefore to be
hoped that the voice of the people will
DE largely paissant in its deliberations.
Applause. He closed With an express
sion of hope for victory, and proposed
for Temporary Chairman Hon. Powell
Claytoa of Arkansas.
When the Chairman had concluded
and made the nomination of CLAYTON,
Mr.. II. G. Lodge, of Massachusetts,
proposed the name % John X. Lynch,
of Mississippi. He said they recoQ-
nized the claim of the South. and,
therefore, he mad proposed this second
name as one acceptable TO a Republican
convention. Silas b. Butcher, of New
York, seconded the nomination. At
this hour a great sensation was created
by speech from w. w. Morrow. of
California. He said that harmony was
essential, and it could best be secured
by not raising factiOnal issues. IL has
been the practice for forty years for the
National COMMITTEES to select the tenn
porary Chairman of the convention,
and departure could not nov be made
from this custom without creating Bit
terness Of feeling.
There were several delegates on their
feet to reply, but the chairman recoR-
nized Geo. VIM. Curtis, of New York.
The announcement was greeted with
the widest applau Q. Curtis said this
was supreme council of party repre-
sentatives who had met to open the
of ls54. 1t had been unaues-
tionably customary for the general com
mittee To name the temporary chairman
and for the convention to ratify, but if
the party as here represented did, il also
unquestionably had the right to revoke
the action of the national committee in
this matter, and make chairman of it's
own choosing.
Drummond, of Maine, moved that
when the vote was takea, it should be
by calling the roll of States. Stewart,
OF Pennsylvania, sustained him in an
eloquent appeal. which WAS greeted
with long continued applause. 1t WIS
evident the Blaine men were getting
warmed up, and resolved to contest
every inch of ground.
Mr.. Harrow. of Michigan, argued that
the question should be settled by call
of votes in seats, that thus the conven-
ton could d. In an hour what it could
not do in an hour and half any other
way. MIR. Prentiss, of Missouri, could
not understand the proposition to ignore
the action of the National COMMITTEES.
refusal to indorse that nomin alton
would go forward "a a stigma on man
who was to be honored as citizen and
q soldier aud statesman. Powell Clay
ton bore the mark of his love for the
national flag. Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt.
of New York, favored the motion of Mr..
Lodge. IL was not without precedent
To set aside the action of a committee.
There were about two delegates to the
convention who held seats in tue Ma
tional Committee, and the convention
should not be governed in such an im-
portant matter by the action of body
OF outsiders. He hoped that the vote
would be taken by a call of delegates
ID was Sitting thing for the convention
20 select u man of its own choice, and he
hoped that Mr.. Lynch woald be elected
temporary chairman of the convention.
Carr, of Illinois, argued that the Ques
ton to be considered Was whether or
not the action of the National Com
mittee had been wise, prudent, or
IN the interest OF the Republican
party. IL the National Commit
tee had failed in this it should
be set aside, otherwise il should be sus
tanned. Was Mr.. Clayton fit man to
preside Temporarily de was known
to many of them, and they were un-
willing that a stigma be placed on his
great and grand name applausel by
voting against the action of the Ma
tional COMMITTEES. The fact that it
would not be proper to GO before the
country to sustain the candidate of the
Convention, whose first act had been to
pull down man who carried an empty
sleeve. Applause.
A delegate from South Carolina advo-
Gated the nomination of Lynch, but
without meaning thereby anv reflection
on Mr.. Clayton Is Southern Republi-
can, and he wished the election of Mr..
Lynch.
Winston of North Carolina supposed
that the action of the National Com
mittee had no more force than a mere
recommendation. He owed all courtesy
TO the committee, yes he would say that
he preferred somebody else. lAp-
plause. He honored MIR. Clayton for
having served under the National flag,
but there were 100000 colored men in
the country who deserved recognition
at the hands of the committee. Copiah
and Danville appealed to the nation on
their behalf, and would not appeal In
vain. Applause.
Reed. of Maryland, favored full and
free discussion of the question. he
carried himself an empty sleeve, but he
carried besides heart true to the Re
publican party, aud he believed IL would
be for the best interests of that party to
elect Mr.. Lynch ~ les temporary chair
man.
Thurston, Of Nebraska, expressed the
idea that il it was the intention of the
convention 10 overturn tbe action of the
National Committee, il should not be
done under pretext which marked the
real design. While recognizing the col.
ored element. they should do Justice to
the element which made il possible for
a colored man to sit on the door of the