The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1884-06-10

| vice president.
Sixth-Balloting.
The amendment was agreed to and the
additional rule accepted.
Roosevelt, of New York, inquired what
had become of the proposition in regard &c
representation in The future national con-
ventions. He knew there was strong
feeling that there should be some changes by
which the number of delegates should be
more proportioned to the republican votes
cast in the different states.
Parks, of California, chairman Of the
committee on rules, said that the subject
had been withheld until minority report
could be prepared.
.Thursiou, of Nebraska, moved to amend
the seventh rule which provides for nomi.
nations by q majority of The votes cast BY
requiring a majority of all the delegates
He said that no rule should be enforced by
which a majority Of duly elected delegates
should attempt to enforce candidate on the
party. Such action would be repudiated by
the free men of America. [Applsuse.
Sanders, of Montana, offered sn amend
ment that no person shall be eligible as a
member of the national committee who is
not eligible as a member OF the electoral
college
Hoar, of Massachusetts,, made an expls-
nation as TO the effect of the civil service law
passed by congress year sgo, and said il
was not the pupose of that law to prohibit
any FEDERAL officer from exercising all the
rights of an American citizen. The amend
ment offered by Sanders was adopted.
The amendment offered by Thurston, of
Nebraska, was adopted after some verbal
notifications. This was disposed of at
1890. The question as to the representa-
ton in future concentrations came up, that
subject having been withheld
PARKS, OF CALIFORNIA
made report as 10 the appointment of
delegates for futu. conventions.
II directs that each state shall be entitled
10 four delegates at large with two addi-
tional delegates for each member of con-
gress at large, if any. That each territory
and the District of Columbia shall be en-
titled to two delegates and that each con-
gressional district shall be entitled TO two
delegates.
BISHOP OF MASSACHUSETTS,
on behalf of the minority of the committee,
rule that each state shall be en-
titled TO four delegates at large and one
additional delegate for each representative
at large, if any. 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
an additional delegate for every 10000
msjority of votes or fraction thereof cast
for the republican presidential electoral
ticket at the last preceding presidential
election and that the republican national
committee shall, within year after each
presidential election, certify the representa-
ton to which each state is entitled.
CARVER, OF INDIANA,
the minority report as entirely
within the keeping of the genius of Amer
lean institutions. Ii did not decrease the
of any district but only added
to the representation in accordance with
republican majorities.
BRADLEY. OF KENTUCKY,
opposed the minority report as something
hat might come from the democratic party |
out not from the republican party. There |
lad been time when the South had saved |
he republican party. Ii was Florida that
rave them the president in 1876. He
warned the republican party that the tariff
question was coming up before the country |
and the time might come when the north
I'm states might want the aid of the south,
The southern delegates came here
Is free men and not as slaves.
They do not act to dictate to the nstion,
Tut they declined to surrender their man
hood even 20 the gallows which it was now
might hang some of those who
proposed it. West Virginia, North Caro-
ina, Florida and the Old Dominion in
pite of democratic shot guns and in spite
# legalized murder which cried 10 God
or vengeance would give the republican
'arty their electoral votes at the coming
lection. Applause
LYNCH, OF MISSISSIPPI,
Ir. President and Gentlemen of the Con-
vention
/ shall only submit few reasons why,
q my judgment, this convention should
OF agree TO the report of the minority OF
he committee. Mr.. Chairman, let us con-
der for a moment what the effect Of this
hange in the representation will be. Those
you who come from states where your
lections are free and pure, you will not
e materially injured and to those who
anne from states where the elections are
OF free and pure will be materially injur.
by it, When you adopt that minority
eport you simply
SAY TO THE BALLOT BOX SUFFER-
/ the south to the shot gun bolter al the
,uth, that We will let you have the bene-
t in the electoral college to which the
,lored mems vote entitle the state, but we {
i'll give another blow ia addition TO that 1
the colored man, they turning him out I
the republican committee. Now gen. s
emen as southern republican, say
lat if you will change the nation al law I
J, in my opinion you have a right under
lie fourteenth amendment, to do so as to
.duce representation in congress, and in
lie electoral college of all the states that q
sfranchise voters as they do in the south, e
ZEN we will submit to il. Loud APP C
Isusel' You will pass law saying to tie
lllot box suffers at the south, "you shall
,t have fraudulent vote in the house of r
Won shall not have a fraud. q