, 1884-06-06

each shall be entitled TO four d~elegates-ai
large, with two additional delegates 70
each member of Congress at large, u
any); that each territory and the Distric
Columbia shall be entitled to two dele
gates and that each congressional distric
shall be entitled to two delegates.
Mr.. Bishop, of Massachusetts, on be
half of the minority of the committee, re
ported a rule that each state shall b,
entitled to four delegates at large, anc
one additional delegate for each repre-
sentative at large (if any; that each ter
ritory and the District of Columbia shall
be entitled to two delegates, that each Con,
gressional district shall be entitled to one
delegate, and an additional delegate fol
every 10000 majority votes or fraction
thereof cast for the Republican President
electoral ticket at the preceding President
ial election, and that the Republican
National committee shall, within a year
after each Presidential election, certify the
representation to which each state is
entitled.
Mr.. Corner, of Indiana, supported the
minority report as entirely in keeping
with the genius of American institutions.
1t didn't decrease the representation of a
district, but only added to the representa-
ton in accordance with Republican
majorities.
Mr.. Bradley, of Kentucky, opposed the
minority report as something that might
come from the Democratic party but not
for the Republican party. There had
been times when the South had saved the
Republican party. 1t was Florida that
gave 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 Northern states might want the aid of
the South. The Southern delegates come
here as freemen, not as slaves. They
didn't ask to dictate nominations but they
declined to surrender their manhood. The
gallows which was now proposed might
hang some of those who proposed it.
West Virginia, North Carolina, Florida,
and the old Dominion, in spite of Demo
cratic shotguns and in spite of legalized
murder which cried to God for vengeance,
would give the Republican party their
electoral votes at the coming election.
Applause.
Mr.. Lynch, of Mississippi, also opposed
the minority report. 1t would be simply
saying to the ballot box suffer at the
South, and to the shot gun holders that
they should have the benefit of their
crimes. Applause
A delegate from Iowa declared that
the Mahones of the South should be en-
couraged and hat Iowa would cast twenty
six solid votes to do so. [Cheers
Mr.. Townsend, of New York, also OPP
posed the proposition as an attempt to
disfranchise the brave Republicans of the
South.
Mr.. West, of Ohio, also argued against
the minority report.
Mr.. Young of Massachusetts,, said it
was perfectly evident that the convention
is not prepared to adopt the views of the
minority report, but they were going to
elect the best president and that fact
would go far toward settling equal rights
at the South. At the end of the next
presidential term the matter might be
taken up and decided. He therefore
hoped the matter would be referred to the
next executive committee. TShouts of
dissent.
Filley, of Missouri, opposed the minor
ity report. He spoke of the 66,OOO Re
publicans of Missouri who united their
votes with the Greenbackers and asked
whether they were to be abandoned or
whether they should be encouraged as
Malone had been encouraged, who had
saved Virginia to the Republicans
Mr.. O'Hara, of North Carolina, declar-
ed that the adoption of the minority re.
port would be a total surrender. of the po-
litical rights of every R~epqblicon in the
South, white us well as black.
Mr.. Clayton, of Arkansas, also opposed
the minority report.
Mr.. Bishop, of Massachusetts,, then
withdrew the report, amid great applause,
stating it was entirely evident that the
sentiment of the convention was against
it. The majority report was then adopted.
Major Mckinley, of Ohio, from the
committee on resolutions, then presented
report.
The chairman called Galusha A. Grow
to the chair as the platform was being
read by Mr.. Mckinley. There were in
terruptions of applause at the points APP
proving the Presidents administration,
declaring duties on imports should be no
for revente only, claiming full and ade-
quate protection for the industry
of sheep husbandry, recommending leg,
i~slature to regulate the railways, disap,
proving the importation of contract labor
whether from Europe or Asia, f%avoring
the civil service law, condemning the &C.
QUESTION of large tracts of lands, especial.
ly by nonresident aliens, declaring the
policy of non-interference with foreign
nations and that foreign nations shall re-
frain from intermeddling in American af.
fairs, for the announcement of the law
against polygamy and condemning the
fraud and violence of the Democracy in
the Southern states. The resolution.
were adopted without discussion and amid
much applause.
The next business in order was the cal
of stotas for tho annnuncemnp of MON