The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-04

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God fearing and Christian people, blessed
| With. the Righteousness which exalteth q
nation. ~. Il rs 7. VA. n WI :,
. get CHAIRMAN sABiS's SPEECH. <
Tho call Tor the convention was read by
.. llon.J. A Martin, Secretary Of the National
Committee. F
!, Chairman s.bip, on behalf o. the Re.
publican Committee, called the Conyen.
t'un to order In iisnamc. lie eaid Chicago
; was known "a the Convention City. II
Was tho field oi Republican victory. Here
i wss tha. that Immortal patriot, Abraham
Lincoln whB chosen, here tho party chose
that Ireat chieitsin, General Grant, hore
waa nominated TIM. honored soliicr, that
great ssaitaman. that Representative citizen,
JANIS A. Garfield. tCaeers Every &C.
ton Of tho party on this historic ground
has been followed by victory. Having
succeeded Egs,nst its opponents Tn nil Tor.
ner occasions II was about TO pat i,s honae
Ia order for another conflict. AB couse.
quence ot the vote adopted by TIE last con.
vention the present body was largely made
up of men instructed by their own con.
stituen's, aud II was therefore 10 be hoped
that tho voice 6t the people would be
largely pnesant In Its deliberations. ran.
plauee. lie closed with an expression Of |
hope Tor Victory, and proposed for temporary
Chairman. Mon. Powell Clayton, oil Al.
kaDsas. When the Chairman had con. |
cluded. and mentioned the name OF Clay
ton, MIR. ii. O. Lodge, oil Massachusetts, |
rose and propossd the name Of John K. |
Lynch, Of Mississippi. lle said they rec.
ogn'zad The claim Of tho South, and there.
lore he had proposed this name as one ac.
csptabl0 to to the Republican Convention.
si!as 7. butcher, Of New York, seconded
tho nomination OF Lynch. At this point a
great sensation was created by a Rpeech
from WV. Morrow, OF California. lie naid
that harmony wasessen.is!, that peacs was to
be secured by not raising iactIonal Issues.
It had been tho practice Tor forty years for
the National Committee 10 seect a tempo.
rary Chairman OF the convention, and The
departure could not nox b. made from tho
custom, withou! creating bitterness Of
feeling. TT@Ii agS .1I. /
"A LIVELY sCgSE.
There were several delegates on their
fee. to reply, but the chairman recognized
George William Curtis, oi New York. The
announcement was greeted with the wild.
est applause. Mr. Curtis maid this was the
supreme council OF the party. The repre-.
ssn'atives were met to open tho cam mpaign
Of 1884, 1t had been urluestionably Gus
tomary Tor the National Committee 10 /.
name tho temporary chairman and for the
convention TO ratiiy It, but II tho party as {
here represented, % desired, It also uu- {
quss.ionsbly had the right 10 revse the
action Of the National Committee In this /.
matter and make the chairman oil its own .
choosing. 4
Mr.. Drum, Of Maine. moved that when !
the vote was taken it bo by call OF the .
roll by StateG. Mr. Stewart, OF PeunByl.
vania, enstained the action Of tho commit
tes in the selection Of Mr.. Clayton in an !!
eloquent appeal, wh;ch-was greeted with !
long app,suse. 1t wss evident that tho /,
Blaine men were getting warmed up, and ,
were resolved 10 contest every inch OF I
ground. Mr. Hor, Of Michigan, argued
tha. the Qaestion should be settled MT by
q call oil the roll, bu. by call Ct the States.
This the convention could do In half an
hour what 1t Conld no. do in the other way A
in an hour and bali.
Mr.. Prcn.ss, OF Missouri, could not un.
derstand the object ci the proposition 10 r
jsnore the action OF the National Commit. :,
tee. A refusal to cadurse that nomination A
wcnld 50 farward as a stigma on the {
man who WIS honored as u citizen, IL b
soldier and statesman. Powell Clayton I,
bore the mark el his love for the National ;,
flag. f0@0
rAyogISd LySCu. ."N5 l
Mr.. Theodore Roosevelt, Of New York, q
favored tho motion Of Nj. Lodge, and said Q
that /. wss not without precedent to get ?
aside the nction OF a committee. There Il
were but two delegates to the convention I
who held reAts in the National Committee, !,
and the convention should not DO governed u
In euch inipoftsnt matters by the action 9
oil body Of Outsiders, and LIE hoped that D
the vote won!d be taken by call Of the c
delegates. II wassashl,ing thing for the y
convention TO select man OF itH own y
choice, and he hoped that MIR. Lynch c
would be elected temporary Chairman oi y
the convention. Q
Mr.. Carr, o! Illinois, argued that the q
question 10 be considered YVES whether or q
not tho action OF the. National Committee /
had been wise, prudent and In the interest ?
oil the Republican party. II the National II
Committee had failed in this II should step y
aeide, otherwise II should be- sustained. l
WIS Mr.. Clayton Ut man Tor Temporary q
chairman? He was known TO many Of D
them and they were unwilling that stigma 8
saould be placed on his grtat and grand
name. tApp'huse, By voting againai the
action OF the National COMMITTEE they felt
thut II would NO. bs proper to 20 bo!ole =
the country to Bustain the candidate CT 0
convention whose first act had been to put r
down man who carried an empty sleeve. y
[ApplauSe A delegate irem South Caro- I,
INA advocated the nomination Of Lynch, !
but without meaning thereby any rellsc. Il
tion upon Mr.. Clayton; as q Southern Re-
publican he wished the election OF Mr..
Lynch.
ss corIAH AND DANrILLE.
Mr. Winston, Of North Carolina, sup.
posed that tho action Of the National Com v
ml..ee had no more iorce than mere com. {
mendation, and with all courtesy to the a
committee hO would say that he preferred X
some body elsa. [Applause.l Hehonored I
Mr.; Clayton ior having served his couRtly, 7
uut tuciG Wclc elEllt lllllluuo VI ColOltu lQe0
In the country who deserved recognition at 9
the hands OF tho conYention. Copiah and
Danvlls appealed 10 the Nation on their u
behalf and would not appeal in vain. c
[Applause1 .El ,5@l ?
Mr. Reed, Of Maryland, favored q full! a
and ireu discussion oithe question, and ho v
carried himself an empty sleeve, but he q
carried besides hesrt true to the Rspub. b
licsn party, and he believed 1t to bs to the c
bcs! in.elee's ol that party to elect Mr.. a
Lynch as 1t temporary chairman. C
. Mr.. Thurs,op, Of Nebraska, expressed Q
the idea tha! II 1t was the intention Of the
Convention to overturn the action Of the
National Committee 1t should not be done
under pretext which marked the design.
While recognizing the colored element t
they flould DO justice 10 tho element |
which made 1t possible for tho colored man +
to alt on the Il Dor Of the Convention. Ap- .
plause.l
Mr.. Benjamin, Of ArkGnsap, sustained /
the nomination Of Powell Clayton rs a r
man who had done more than any othe,
southern Republican to elevate the Rspub.
lican cause in the South. The gentleman I
quoted approviugly the decision Of Senator I.
1 + Al Lao .