The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-06-03

upon the rolls. This would lesvs
Mr., West as the only delegate from
the district. The committee repor'
that neither Sayres nor venting
had been regularly elected.
Senator Jones asked II the com
mittee Intended to disfranchlse tnt
district?
Mr.. Magee thought that as the
presidential preferences OF the two
contestants were ihs same, both
should be admitted and be given
half a vote each. A vote was taken
upon the report cf the committer
and 1t was adopted. Mr.. Runneils
tof Iowa, in the matter OF the sixto
| New York district, reported In favor
of John J. O'Brieu, and Mathew ID
I Brady, the report was adopted with
| out debate. In the matter OF the
nineteenth New York, the same
committee reported in favor OF
George Campbell and Hiram Gfiggs
being placed upon the rolls.
Adopted without debate. In the
matter OF the fifth Kentucky district
the com mittee reported in favor of
admitting Silas F. Miller, and John
Mason Brown. Adopted without
debate. The same action was taken
infavor of Etmuud Farley and p.
! c.. Bragg. In the matter of the
second Illinois district, Senator Aid
rich submitted q majority report in
favor of admitting w. S. Powell and
w. G.. Kent. Mr.. Kent, Of Maine,
subm tied a minority report in
favor OF w. 81. Ruger. Cook, Of IL
linois, moved as a substitutes that
the names of Ruger and Piper be
inserted instead ut the names re-
ported by the majority.
In the matter of the fourth Mary
land district the committee reportet
in favor of James w. Gordon and
Henry W. Rogers. Adopted with
out debate. MIR. Magee moved for
reconsideration Of the vote in the
matte Of the twenty-tirst Pennsyl~
vania. Carried. He then moved
that the name of Mr. Sayres be
placed upon the rolls. Carried. Mr..
Martin then offered the following
resolution: ReSol0ed, that the thanks
of this committee are due to citizens
of Chicago generally and separately,
to the committees en- arrangements
and finance, charged with the duty
of providing suitable place Of meet
ing and making Otner provisions
for the assembly Of the national re-
publican convention, for the ample
and careful arrangements perfected
by them.
The chair eta ed that nomina-
tions would be in order for lempOr
ary chairman of the national con-
vention.
Mr.. Runnells, of Iowa, rose to OF.
fer the name of Senator Geo. +.
Hoar, of Massachusetts,, gentle
man who, in the exciting features
of the convention Of four years ago,
had presided with that rare wisdom
which had commended him TO the
good opinion Of every delegate in
that body.
Paul Strobach, Of Alabama, Sec
onded the nomination.
The member from Louisiana said
he approved the sentiments of the
members from the Southern States
in according all honor to Senator
Hoar, and would doubtless live to
gee him chosen tor the permanent
craftsmanship, but in the dis
tribution of the honors to be-
conferred by the convention he
thought as recognition of Southern
Republicanism in naming man
for a position not fraught with
patr mage, it could graceful ly Re
given to Southern Republican.
He named P,weIl Clayto IF ar
kansas. Mr.. Csnady, of North |
Carolina, seconded the nomination.
Mr.. Stone, Of Michigan, said in
obedience to q vote Of his delega
ton, he desired to nominate Ros-
we'll G. Horr, of Michigan Mr..
Magee, of Pennsylvania, nominated |
Galusha a. Grow Of Pennsylvania.
The vote stood as follows: Clayton
Colorado, Illinois, fndi.
ana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine,
Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,
New jersey, New York, North Caro-
lima, Virginia, West Virgins. Wiscon-
sin, Arizona, Dakota, Idaho, Montana,
New Mexico, Washington Territory,
Wyoming and Utah. Total q.
Senator Hoar, Alabama, Connects
cut, Florida, 10 va, Kentucky, Mary
land, Massachusetts, Minnesota,
Nevada, Rhode Island, New Hamp-
shire, Vermont, District of Columbia,
Total IS; Grow, Delaware and
Pennsylvania. Total 2; Horr, Ar
kansas, and Michigan. Total 2. A
motion to make the vot unanimous
brought out three dissenting votes.
Mr.. Clayton said:
Of the Committee:
I deem it proper to return thanks
for the honor you have con-
ferred upon me. Not as being rem
dered to me personally, but to the
section which I represent. l also
accept it with pleasure as having no
whatever as to it's bear
ing upon the nomination of
a candidate for Preside Mt.
In fulfilling the functions OF
the office, if there be any mistake,
they will, gentlemen, let me IS. ure
you, be of the head and not of the
heart.
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