St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-09

sum: but as unit upon all
questions her 70 votes are to be cast unless we
violate the obligations which New York has laid
upon us When the voice of New York is asked
for in this convention the majority of our dele
gates by more than two-thirds have declared that
the chairman of our delegation shall cast 12 votes
in accordance with that expressed will. l do
not deny the right of an individual to rise and
state the reasons which impel him to differ with
a majority but what do mean is this, that
| where u majority will is ascertained by the in
| structions of our state, our state must have its
appropriate dignity, its appropriate character
| and strength by speaking its voice as one man,
and with its ~ votes. You are asked to disre-
gard the great sentiment of our state, and per-
NIT each member of this delegation to vote as an
| an individual in violation of
its instructions. l beg you pause
long and consider carefully, gentlemen of our
sister states. You who look to our state to have
its place close up to the head of our victorious
column this fall. Applause. 1 bid you to con-
slider long and well before you strike down the
sovereign power of our state expressed by the
unanimous will of its delegates in state conven-
ton assembled, through the resolution that
have read in your hearing.
The Uhair-An amendment is pending. You,
Senator Brady, are entitled to the floor, pending
which, however, an amendment has been offered
to the amendment
Secretary Bell-An amendment to the amend
ment offered by Mr.. Menzie, of Indiana: No
state shall change its vote until the result of the
ballot has been announced.
The Chair-The gentleman from New York has
the floor.
Senator Brady desire to address to this con-
vention a few plain words in reference to amend
ments. 1t is part of the misrepresentation
which has followed the hotels and corridors of
your public buildings regarding the position OF
the delegation from New York, and the people of
that state to say that there less than IS indie
pendent delegates from New York upon this
fooE representing congressional constituency;
that no state convention and state machine have
power to disfranchise' Applaus.l Our state
convention met; people from each of the as
sembled districts sent their delegates, the dele
| gates from each congressional district met as a
congressional convention, selected their dele
! gates and handed in the names. to the committee
on electors and delegates to have them reported
to the convention as selected by the congress
sional delegations SO that from the congressional
delegations the chairman of our convention would
make up the proper credentials for our appear
ance here. l am here to say to You that there is
no danger of this convention stripping the
crown from the brow of the queen state of New
| York but there is danger that through the
power and influence Of peticoat machinery the
honest, truthful voice of New York may not
have any effective voice upon this floor.
o. W. Power, of Michigan, spoke in behalf of
| the minority and in opposition to ''the attempt
to stife the voice of a single delegate
| Mr. Doolittle, Of Wisconsin, spoke very decid-
! eGly i'll favor Of the unit rule.
Mr. Power of Michigan-Mr. PRECEDENT: I
move you that the resolution of MIR. Brady, Of
! New York be rclegated to the committee rules
! for its action.
The Chair-The motion is not in order. We
! have no committee on rules.
Mr.. Power-When appointed, the committee on
rules to be hereafter appointed.
Mr. Cochran, of New York-Ulider. the ruling
of the chair l am entitled TO the floor.
! The chair-A motion has been made to refer
this resolution of Mr.. Brady, of New York, TO
the committee on rules for its action when ap-
pointed.
Mr. Power-Whatever committee viii present
the rules to the convention, l mean that those
resolutions be regulated to that committee.
Mr. Smalley, of Vermont rise, Mr.. Chair
man, to state
Mr.. Cocnran--I make point of order that no
gentleman can assume there viii be even com
mittee on rules appointed This is for the tenn
porary government of the convention
The Chair-The gentleman makes the motion
that these resolutions be referred to & committee
to be raised, and the convention relegate
them to that committee or not as they see fit. 1t
is not for the chair to determine whether or not
his motion is that they shall be referred to sucf
committee as shall be raised.
Mr.. Cochran-Is that motion open to debateS
The Chair proceeded to put the question, which
was lost.
The Chair-The gentleman from New York,
Mr.. Cochran, has the floor.
Mr., Cochran of New York-Sitting here in the
place of Jos ODonohfe, to whom am an alter
nate, desire to say but few words to this con-
vention. do net suffer, sir, under the disad-
vantage of having been present at the meetings
of the New York delegation, where much has
been said that may have awakened the passions
and sensibilities of the delegates TO the yari-
Gus candidates whom they support, and the few
words that desire to say here on the floor hope
viii be accepted by the intelligence of the CON
vention, for they are not intended to stir mp its
passions. ! can't follow the gentleman from
New York through all the various and conflicting
figures, and meet the points which seem to be
strewn along his rhetoric, but | know that the
object of this resolution of Mr. Brady is to stfe
the voice of the minority. ! trust that no Demo-
cratic delegation will lend itself
to this gagging process, at the very
moment when it is going to ask the confidence of
the county as the result of its labors in the Sc
lection of the platform. What, sir, are the taw-
dry sophsism when gents from New York, my
colleague has advanced here for the considera-
ton of this convention, he talks about the maj
csty of the seat Of the queenlY figure she may
assume in terms which are not proper inpract-
cal discussions of politics. The fact Is, that by
that system of political machiney which has
grown to be the curse OF New York politics,
the expression is now sought to be made upon
the floor OF the convention which was conceded
in councils Of the state convention which
suppressed and eyaded by the very gents who
now seem to take advantage OF the subterfuge by
which they claim they are instructed by the state
as a unit. Applause. lam stating here sir,
nothing but what the history of the convention
viii justify, and l ask the attention OF this con-
vention to the further fact that the
unit rule has always been an unholy device
by which political managers and political en-
gineers have sought to give false expression to
the voters of the state and to perfect rather than
To destroy the effects on the floor of a delibera-
tive body Has the memory of 1880 passed
away from the minds of the delegates or is it
here upon this floor and has the lesson taught by
a Republican convention, the convention of a
party which we accuse OF perjury and of every
form of political heresy, has its enlightened ac-
ton been lost on this body representing that
pure and patriotic force which we mention,
Democracy. lApplause. In 1880 the attempt
was made in this very city to deliver the conyen-
ton of the Republican party to the support of
Gen. Grant for q third term in the presidency OF