The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-06
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person shall be eligible a member Of the national
committee who is not eligible member of the
Electoral College
Mr. Hoar of Massachusetts, made an explanation
as to the effect of the cyservice law passed by Con.
gress year ago and said it not the purpose of
that law to prohibit any federal officer from exercs.
! ing all the rights of an American citizen.
The amendment offered by Sanders was adopted
The amendment offered by Mr. Tburstor of Nebras.
ka was adopted after verbal notifications This
disposed Of, the question as to the representation
IN future conventions, that subject being withheld
Mr. Parks, OF California, then made report as to
the appointment of delegates for future conventions
1t directs that each State shall be entitled to four
delegates at large; with two additional delegates
Tor eaeh member OF Congress at large, if
any: that each Territory and the District of Column
pa shall be entitled to two delegates and that each
congressional district shall be entitled two dele
gates.
Mr.. Bishop, of Massachusetts, on behalf of the
minority of the committee reported rule that each
Ste shall be entitled to four delegates at large and
one additional delegate for each representative at
large f anyl that each Territory and the District Of
Columbia shall be entitled to two delegates; that each
congressional district shall be entitled to delegate
and an additional delegate for every 10 900 majority
votes or fraction thereof cast for the Republican
presidential electoral ticket at the last preceding pres
Dental election. and that the Republican national
committee shall within year after each presidential
election certify the representation to which each
State is entitled
Mr. Gardner of Indiana supported the minority re-
port entirely in keeping with the genus of AIner
can institutions 1t did not decrease the representa-
ton of any district but only added to the representa-
ton in accordance with Republican maiorties
Mr. Bradley, of Kentucky, opposed the minority
report as something that might come from the Demo
cratic party but not for the Republican party There
had been times when the South had saved the Repub.
ilcan party 1t was Florida that gave them the Pres
ident in 1876. He warned the Republican party that
the tariff question was coming up before the country
ana the time might come when the Northern States
might want the aid of the South The Southern del
egates come here as free men, not slaves They die
not ask to dictate the nomination. but they declined
to surrender their manhood to the galows which IL
was proposed might hang of those who pro.
posed it West Virginia North Carolina. Florida an6
1g.,tNa
and in spite of egalized murder which cried to God
for vengeance would give the Republican party their
electoral votes at the coming election Applause
Mr. Lynch OF Mississippi, also opposed the minority
report 1t would be simply saying to the baot-box
stuter at the South and to the shotgun holders that
tney should have the benefit of their crimes. Ap
pause
A delegate from Iowa declared that the Mahones of
the South should be encouraged and that Iowa would
cast twenty-six solid votes to do so. Cheers1
Mr. Townsend, of New York, also opposed the prop.
oston as an impulse to disfranchse the brave Repub
hcans of the South.
Mr. West, of Ohio, also argued against the minority
report.
Mr. Long, of Massachusetts, said it was perfectly
evident that the convention not prepared to adopt
the views of the minority report but they were going
to elect the next President and that fact would go far
toward settling equal rights at the South AT the end
OF the next presidential term the matter might be
taken up and decided He therefore hoped that the
matter would be referred to the next executive com
mittee. Shouts of dissent
MI tIlley, of Missouri, opposed the minority re-
port tie spoke of the $4,000 Republicans of Mis-.
souri, who united their votes with the Greenbackers,
and asked whether they were TO be abandoned or
whether they should not be encouraged Malone had
been encouraged. who had saved Virginia to the Re
publican party. Appause.l
Mr. OHara, of North Carolina, declared that the
adoption of the minority report would be total
runder of the political rights of every Republican in
the South, white, well as black.
Nj Clayton of Arkansas, also opposed the minority
report.
Mr. Bishop, of Massachusetts, then withdrew the
report amid, great applause stating that il entirely
against it. The majority report was then adopted.