Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-06

| CHICAGO, June 5.-Mr. Bishop OF Mas
sachusetts. said-Mr. Chairman. on De
haif of tie minority of the Commits
on Rules and Order of Business. cou
sisfing of delegates from New YORK. la
dlans. 9 assacnusetts, Connecticut, Mes
Hampshire. Michigan. New Jersey. IVES
virginia and other States. | have To
honor, with the leave of the convention
10 present a minority report and 9.
move the substitution of this report 70
tue report of the committee. and | asi
that tne report Of the minority be nov
| read.
The Secretary then read the minorit,
report as follows:
The undersigned, a minority of til,
Committee on Rlles and Order of Bust
ness. who were directed to inquire int
tue subject of revising the sppsrtion
ment OF delegates to the National Con
ventIon. being unable 10 agree with tn,
conclusions of the majority on this sub
Iect, recommend the adoption of tn,
following:
| Resoie,zf, Tht IN f1sure Republican
Conventions, the representation by del
egates shall be as follows Each State
shall be entitled to four delegates a
large and TO one additional delegate al
large for each Representative at Large
II any were elected from the State al
the last preceding Presi ientlal election
Second Each Territory and the Bis
trics of Columbia shall be entitled &c
two delegates at large.
| Ihird-Each Congressional District
shall be entitled to one delegate, and to
an additional delegate for every 1905
votes or majority fraction thereof cast
Tor the Republican Presidential cleo
tsral ticket At the last Presidential cleo.
| ton.
Fourth-The Republican National
Committee shall, within one year fol.
lowing each Presidential election, ascer.
tam and certify the representation to
which each State and District be there.
oy entitled In the next following Ma
tional Convention.
A delegate from Texas-''I move to
lay on the table"
Mr.. Bishop will occupy but a mo-
Dent IN speaking III support of this mo-
ton. The principle of the Republicans
party Is equ.lity-absolute equality.
Ine present method of selecting dele
gates to the National Convention Is un-
equal, and therefore unjust. Under the
present method 1000 Republicans in one
state Raye as much power as 700 III an
other. The object of the motion is to
bring about an equality. if possible, be-
tween the Republicans of this country.
so that the National Convention shall
be true exponent of the country.
Many of the State conventions have
passed resolutions directing their dele
gates TO advocate the adoption of such
a method of equality here. On behalf
of the Republicans of Massachusetts, a
state which passed such resolution,
move the substitution of this"
Mr.. Gardner of Indiana-I arise to
second the motion of the gentleman
FROM Massachusetts, for the adoption of
the minority report, and express the
hope that il will be adopted by the
Convention. 1t seems proposition so
entirely in keeping with my views of
the established institutions of the ooun-
try As to meet with the concurrence of
every fair Republican in this Conven.
ton, as | understand it does not de-
crease representation in any districe of
the Republic. 1t only adds to that rep
resentation In accordance with the
number of votes each district may have.
We, In Indiana, consider that to be Just.
and intend to vote for the adoption of
the minority report.
Mr.. Bradley, of Kentucky Mr..
Chairman: | must say that regret that
for the first time in the history of the
country proposition of this sort should
be brought before convention. Such
proposition coming from the Demo-
cratic party, might come with Soma
force, but from the great Republican
party. which Processes love and equal
lty for all States, it is much to nv as
constituent. 1t is well known to this
convention that in the South TODAY her
votes are stit1sd by fraud and force, and
yet you are asked to take this basis
which has been adopted by Democratic
fraud and force, as basis of Republi.
can representation. If in the South we
are to have Democratic fraud and force
on one side, and Republican disfran-
chisement on the other, may God have
mercy upon Us. There hav been times
In this country when the South saved
the Republican party; 100000 of her
brave soldiers marched to the battle
field and fought their brothers to save
this country. 1t was Florida. in
1876, that gave you Presi-
dent. 1t was that gallant, brave
hero, Malone of Virginia, who gave rs
United States Senator. | say to you,
brethxeu of Republican states, be-
| ware, beware. The tariff issue is COM
ing before this country, and the time
may come when you will bs in the mi
nority, and when in the South we will
have In some States a majority, and
thus you will fall by the hands of your
own slaves. We don't come to this
convention to dictate; we come here as
free men not as slaves, and while we
do net ask to dictate a nomination We
do say that We decline to surrender our
manhood and give up conviction to
| suit the opinions of any gentleman
North or South. II the Republican
party in the North had stood by the
SoH.h In some instances, as it should
have, We would have been
| aele to give electoral votes to
day. You oolnted our States for
President in 1876. and you refuse to
| count them for Governors. As repre-
sentative of the south | am here to
speak my mind. and come what will 1
| would rather die than be false to NV
section. You ask for such thing as
this at the hands of the Republican
party. and my distin luished friend said
II WAS equality. Oh. it is equality !
-Four Observation-Disclosures at large
members from the State of Rhode
Island Gallant little Rhode Island,
as she is with oaly 5000 Republican
votes, and yet you want to put down
representation in Kentucky 10 four
delegates at large. with an army
of 10000 Republican voters
Gallant little Vermont, with 5000 Re
publican votes, has -four delegates from
the State at large. while Tennessee has
only four delegates with a vote of l07 600.
Do you call that equality The party of
Garfield and Lincoln to give US such
equality as this | say that such a
proposition might we'll come from the
Democratic party, but from the grand
old Republican party, the party that
with shackles and chains torn from the
limbs OF trembling bondsmen, erected
In this country the Rrandest monument
that has ever been known in recorded
time TO freedom. underneath the sh adow
of 100000 people set up anthems
OF praise. the swelling notes of which
were heard throughout the civilized
world. The Republican party, with its
grand record of noble achievements the
grandest ever known on earth, who
have even uplifted it by the death Of its
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