The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-13
FIRST DAYS PROCEEDINGS.

Wnen the convention, the eighth IN the MS
tory of the party, opened, the vast hall was
crowded with delegates and spectators. The
hall has a seating capacity of 1900. The
convention was to open at IL o'clock, but it
was high noon before the bulk of the delegates
and alternates arrived. At that time the
strains of brass band were heard. In a mo-
ment volume of music burst on the hall and
Crowned the sounds of the thousands of
tongues which, until the advent of some
thing louder, had filled the mammoth audi
forum.
AT 1926 p. NJ Senator Sabin chairman of
the national committee, called the convention
to order and introduced the Rev. Mr. Bristol,
who in prayer invoked the divine blessing
upon the proceedings of the convention.
Senator Sabin made brief address, He
said Chicago was known as the Convention
City, and it was the field of Republican vic
tory. Here it was that the immortal patriot
Abraham Lincoln was chosen here the party
chose that great chieftain, General Grant:
here it nominated that honored soldier, that
great statesman, that representative citizen,
James A. Garfield. Cheers. Every action
OF the party on this historic ground had been
followed by victory. Having succeeded
against its opponents on all former occasions,
It was about to put its 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 he hoped that the voice of the people would
be largely puissant in its deliberations. ZAP
Plause.) He closed by prophesying victory
Tor the Republican candidate, whoever he
might be, and then proposed for temporary
chairman the Hon. Powell Clayton, of Ar
kansas.
In an instant, Mr.. H. c. Lodge, of Massa-
chusetts, was upon his feet, and in rapid
speech proposed the name of John r. Lynch,
of Mississippi, amidst tremendous storm of
cheers.
The nomination was seconded by Silas B.
butcher, of New York
AT this point great sensation was created
by speech from w. w. Morrow, of Califor-
ma. He said that harmony was essential, and
1t could best be secured by not raising any
fractional issues. 1t had been the practice for
forty years for the national committee to Sc
lect temporary chairman of the convention,
and departure could not be made from the
custom without creating a bitterness of feel
ing.
A dozen delegates sprang up to reply, and
amid the widest applause the chairman recog-
n1zed George w. Curtis, of New York, who
said that this was the supreme council of the
party. Representatives were met to open the
campaign of 1884 1t had been unquestiona-
bly, customary for the National committee to
name the temporary chairman, and for the
convention to ratify it, but if the party as
mere represented so desired, it also unquestion-
ably had the right to revise the action Of the
National committee in this matter and make a
chairman of its own choosing
MIR. Stewart, of Pennsylvania, sustained the
lction of the committee in the selection of
clayton Mr.. Horr, of Michigan, argued that
the question should be settled. not by call of
the roll, but 10y a call of the States Thus the
convention could do in half an hour what it
could not do in the other way in an hour and
half.
-, The. question was further argued by Messrs.
Prentiss, of Missouri, Roosevelt of New York.
who favored Lodges motion, Carr, of Illinois,
winston, of North Carolina, Reed, of Mary
land, Thurston, of Nebraska, and Benjamin,
OF Arkansas, the latter sustaining the nomi-
nation of Powell Clayton as a man who had
done more than any other Southern Repub-
ican to elevate the Republican cause in the
South.
The roll call of votes was then proceeded
with and the votes of the delegates from
each State recorded amid a great deal of
confusion and applause The chairman an
bounced the number of votes cast to have
been 49, of which
Lynch received. ................ A3l
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Mr. Clayton moved to make Lynch's cleo
ton unanimous, which was carried by ac-
clamatlon, and committee was appointed
to conduct him to the chair Mr.. Lynch with
bis escort moved toward the chair amid ire
mendous applause and was introduced by Mr..
Sabln as temporary chairman.
Mr.. Lynch said that he was present as q
delegate not so much for the purpose of secllr-
ing the defeat or success of any particular
the principles of the party successful next
November He believed that the convention
would so shape its policy as to present q candi-
date who would insure victory beyond a
doubt He did not wish any man to feel that
his election was indicative of anything rela-
tive to the preference of any one candidate
over another. He was prepared to give can
didates loyal and hearty support He was
satisfied that when the Republicans went be-
fore the people their action would be ratified.
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consent to place the government under the
rule OF any party pledged to fraudulent
ballots. He believed the people were too
loyal to let any exponent of Democratic
principle be inaugurated.
When the applause had subsidized Senator
Sewell, of New Jersey, moved that the States
be called and the names of the committeeman
representing them be submitted Leslie w.
Russell, OF New York, moved that Titus
Sheard, of New York and Joseph w. Lee of
Pennsylvania, be made temporary secretaries
OF the convention until permanent secretaries
were appointed which was carried. Roswell
g. Horr, of Michigan, moved that the rules
governing the last convention be adopted until
permanent rules were made, which was also
carried. The States were then called and
the secretaries and committeeman selected YES
terday were reported. After the Introduction
and reference of a resolution written by Alex
ander Sullivan, relative to the subject of real
estate owned in the United States by aliens
and memorial from the Womans' Christian
Temperance Union the convention adjourned
until IL o'clock on the following forenoon.
SECOND DAYS PROCEEDINGS.
On the second day, after the convention
was called to order by Temporary Chairman
Lynch, prayer was offered by the Rev. DR..
John IL. Barnes, of the First PRESBYTERIAN
church. James A. Gary, o, Maryland pre-
sehted memorial from the president and
secretary of the State Temperance Alliance of
that State, embolyfrg resolutions, passed bv
that body, spreading to the conventions of the
Republican and Democratic parties TO en-
body clause in their platforms distinctly
recognizing prohibition and to nominate calI
didates in accord Herewith, and saving that
II neither recognized this principle the