The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-06-05

line of pickets. Beginning at
point 100 feet in the rear O
the alternates is another dividin,
wall and from that point rise
tier upon tier of seats to a point al
most midway between the level of tn
hall and the apex of the dome-lik
roof.
PICTURE COMPLETED.
To complete the picture, narrow gal
lerIeS run along the east and west side
of the hall its entire length and seem
ingly suspended in mid air. The from
of this gallery is faced with the coat.
of arms OF the several states on bacl
ground of festooned flags. Plutterins
from the arches are the national colorI
and the flags of all nations. The pre-
vailing color in the body of the hall i
a dull Indian red, to point whers
the arches seem to spring from the
galleries, and from this point, EN-
bracing the dome of the building, is 6
light sky blue.
at 1924 the chair announced that
the hour having arrived for the meet.
ing of the eighth republican nationa.
convention, the convention would
now be opened with prayer by the
Rev. Faank Bristol, of Chicago
Prayer was then offered by Mr.. Bris-
tol.
Roll was called, and each delegate
responded to his name.
The call for the convention was
read by Hon. J. A. Martin. secretary
of the national committee. Chairman
Sabin, on behalf of the republican
committee, called the convention tC
order. In its name, he said, Chicago
was known as the convention city; it
was the field of of republican victory
Here it was that the immortal
patriot, Abraham Lincoln, was chosen
here the party chose that great chief
tain, Gen. Grant. Here it nom-
mated that honored soldier, the
great statesman, that representative
citizen, James A. Garfield. (Cheers, }
Every action of the party on this his
tOric ground has been followed by
victory. Having succeeded against
its former opponents on all former
house in order for another conflict
AS consequence of the vote adopted
by the last convention, the present
body was largely made up of men
Instructed by their own constituents,
and it was therefore to be hoped that
the voice of the people would be pres
ent in its deliberations. (Applause.)
He closed with an expression of hope
for victory, and proposed for tempo
rary chairman Hon. Powell Clayton,
of Arkansas.
THE GUARDIANSHIP.
When the chairman had concluded
and mentioned the name of Powell
Clayton, Mr.. II. S. Lodge, of Massa-
rose and proposed the name
Of John B. Lynch, of Mississippi. He
said they recognized the south, and
therefore he had proposed this second
name as one acceptable to a republican
Silas B. Luther seconded the nomi-
nation of Lynch.
A great sensation was created by
speech from A. w. Morrow of Gala
fornia. He said that harmony was
1t could be best secured by
not raising any fact1onal issues. 1t
has been the practice for forty years
Tor the national committee to select
;he temporary chairman of the con-
Vention, and departure could not
low be made from the custom with
out creating bitterness of feeling.
There were several delegates on
heir feet to reply but the chairman
George William Curtis Of
New York. The announcement was
greeted with widest applause.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS.
Mr.. Curtis said this was a supreme
council of the party representatives
who met to open the campaign of
1884. 1t has been unquestionably Gus
,omary for the national committee to
lame a temporary chairman and for
he committee to ratify it, but If the
party as here represented so desired,
t also unQuestionably had the right
10 revise the action of the national
in this matter, and the
chairman one of its own choosing.
Mr.. Drummond, of Maine, moved
hat whenever the votes are taken it
De by call of the roll of states.
Mr.. Stewart, Of Pennsylvania, sus-
aimed the action of the committee in
he selection of Clayton, in an elo-
Iuent appeal, which was greeted with
ong-continued applause. 1t was evil
lent that the Blaine men were get
ing warmed up, and resolved to con-
,est every inch of ground.
Mr.. Horr, of Michigan. argued that
,he question should be settled not by
4 call of the roll, but by a call of
states. Thus the convention could
10 in half an hour-what it could not
10 the other way in an hour and
half.
Mr.. Prentiss, of Missouri, could not
understand the object of the PROPOSE
tion to ignore the action of the ma
tional committee. A refusal to en-
dorse that nomination would go for
ward as stigma to a man who was
to be honored as citizen, soldier,
and a 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. l5 was not without precedent
to set aside the action of the commit
tee. There were but two delegates to
the convention who held seats in the
national committees, and the conven-
tion should not be governed In such
an important matter by the action of
a body of outsiders. He hoped that
the vote would be taken by call Of
delegates. 1t was fitting thing for
the convention to select a man of its
own choice, and he hoped that Mr..
Lynch would be elected temporary
chairman of tho convention.
CLAYTON FITNESS.
Mr.. Carr, of Illinois, argued that
the question tS be settled was wheth-
er or not the action of the national
committee had been wise, prudential,
and in the interest of the republican
party. If the national committee had
failed in this it should be
set aside; otherwise it should
be sustained. Was Mr.. Clayton
a fit man to preside temporarily. He
was known to many of them, and
they were unwilling that a stigma
should be placed on his great and
grand name. [Applause.l BY voting
against the action of the national
committee. they felt that it would not
be proper to go before the country to
sustain the candidate OF a convention
whose first act had been to put down
a nIan who carried an empty sleeve.
[Applause.]
a delegate from South Carolina ad-
vocated the nomination of Lynch, but
without meaning thereby any reflect
ion upon Mr.. Clayton. AS a southern
republican he wished the election of
Mr.. Lynch.
Mr.. Winston of North Carolina, sup
posed that the action OF the
national committee had no
more force than q mere
recommendation, and with all courtesy