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and J. F. Fort, of New Jersey, were nom
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and j. F. Fort. of New Jersey, were nom
mated for permanent for permanent char
man The vote was tie, and remained |
so for several ballots with no sign of a |
break for either, and finally Mr.. Ballard |
was made the choice for permanent chair |
man, and Mr.. Edwin Nichols, of Michigan
for secretary; The first case called was
the lst Alabama district After a long
siege the committee voted to seat the
regular delegates, Messrs. James E.
Slaughter and Frank Theatt, by vote
of 20 to Is. Both of these delegates
are pronounced Arthur men. Their
cause was represented by George Tur-
ner, the chairman of the state delegation.
The Illinois contest was postponed to
9 o'clock today. Gen. Fisher. the men,
Der of the committee from Pennsylvania,
was called to the door and the Withdrawal
of the contestants fo1 the 22d district of
that state was handed to him This seats
Messrs: c. L. Magee and William Finn,
Arthur men The Withdrawing delegates
were J. F. Slagel and Joseph D. Weeks.
A vote was here taken to adjourn, which
was lost and then motion to adjourn to
4 o'clock was also lost, and the committee
took up the District of Columbia case.
The committee on rules organized last
evening, with W. H. Parks of California,
as chairman, and Henry B. Atherton, of
New Hampshire, as secretary. The rules
of 1880, up to No 10, were adopted, with
changes in rules and 8. The former was
| made to read: "The convention shall be
governed by general parliamentary law,
taking Cushings manual as authority, ex
cept so far as provided for in the rules
following" Rule 8 was made to read:
'No member shall speak more than once
on the same question, nor longer than five
minutes, unless by leave of the convention
except in the presentation of the names
of candidates" The matter referred to
the committee by the convention in regard
to apportionment of representation in the
national committee and national conven
| ton was informally discussed and devel>
oped some opposition from the democrat
ic states. With reference to the national
committee it Is thought the committee
will recommend that each state having IA
majority of republican congressman be
accorded, one additional member on the
national committee. The democratic
states will stwnuously oppose decrease
in the representation in the national CON
vention.
The committee on resolutions met last
evening at the Grand Pacific hotel The
Hon William Mckinley, of Ohio, was
elected chairman and the Hon. William
Walter Phelps, of New Jersey, secretary
A subcommittee was appointed, consisting
of Cabot Lodge, Massachusetts; John IL
Boxer, Indiana; George r. Peek, Kansas
Mai w. C. Elan. Virginia; ]. NJ, Bynum
Mississippi; s. Ii. Ebert. Colorado, an'
. mitteemen are appointed to represen
I prominent ideas that will be embodied il
the platform Mr.. Davis being considefet
well qualified to dictate as 10 The Chimes
J.; policy; Judge Elbert the silver policy
Mayor Elan the condition of the south
1 Mr.. Bynum education; Mr.. Boxer agri
calture, aud Messrs. Peek and Lodge the
tariff. The ql.mittee received man.
, opinions and communications representing
a the ideas of various factions and interests
that of the trades unions being as follows
Protect American labor by disown
ing Whitelaw Reid" Mr. Alexande
o Sullivan, on behalf of the Iris
+ National league, presented memoirs
asking the convention to request congres
and the states to enact proper Legislation
making American citizenship a qualitica
!. ton for the ownership of real estate, tn
object being to prevent the control 0
= foreign capital of large tracts of land, sue
a as have been taken up on the frontier
n The memorial set for the arguments i
# favor of such legislation among whic
were the hatred by the foreigners Q
T. American institutions and the outpourin
|, of revenue in the way of rentals an
n profits. The memorial was signed by tn
,, committee: Mr.. Alexander Sullivan
l. Illinois, the Rev. Charles O'Reilly, Mich
gan; DIR. Thomas O'Reilly, Missouri; "
Al NJ. Collins, Kentucky, and James Rey
g nolds, Connecticut. The sub committe
. retired at 10 o'clock, and classified tn
u suggestions, assigning them, accordin
= to their subject matter, to the member
who are best acquainted with the subject!
. After session of an hour it adjourne
= until this morning.