Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1884-06-05
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ETAE NATIONAL CONVENTION.
Nothing Definite Yet Done by.
the Chicago Dele
gates.
At this Evenings Session IL,
is Probable that the
Candidates Will =
be Presented.
The Preliminsries Nearly all Con:
cluded and Tomorrow
Will be q Day Of
Business.

Hesteriay's Convention Work Outlined,
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Chicago, June 4-Gen. George B. Viii.
liams. # Indiana, chairman of tue CON.
mittee on permanent organization, re.
ported that the committee had selected
Gen. John b. Henderson, of Missouri,
for permanent chairman, aud would
request the secretary to read the list d
vice presidents and secretaries. Chas.
w. Chiebee, of Michigan. was selected as
principal secretary. The repor. was
agreed to.
The chair appointed Galnsha A. Grow,
of Pennsylvania, Geo. F. Hoar, of Massa-
chusetts, and George B. Williams, of
Indiana, committee to conduct the
permanent chairman to the platform.
General Henderson was received with
cheers.
General Henderson then addressed the
convention at length, and bis allusions
to Arthur, Sherman, Edmunds and
Logan were heartily applauded, but
when Blaine was alluded to as a man
whose splendid abilities and personal
qualities had endeared him 10 the hearts
OF bis friends, and whose brilliancy chal.
lenged the admiration of mankind, a
storm of applause broke out, and on the
stage, the floor aud in the galleries, men
stood up, and waving their hats and their
hanakerchiefs. cheered again and again.
The women also took part in the demon.
stration and waved their fans and hand.
kerchiefs. After the first storm of ap-
plause had worn itself out it was again
renewed, and once again, and the enthu-
siasm was as marked and intense as that
which characterized the convention Of
1880 at the time of Gar6eld's nomination.
It was fully five minutes before the
chairman was able to resume and finish
his speech.
Adjourned at 1920 tilt.
EVENING SESSION.
Chairman Henderson called the con-
vention to order at 7:S5 p. M. and made
the following announcement: "Gentle-
men, there is communication in the
hands of the secretary from the commit
tee on credentials which will be read to
the convention" The secretary read the
communication, as follows: "To the
chairman of the republican national con-
vention: Sir-The committee on oreden.
tials have the honor to notify the conven.
tion that, as important business is occu-
pying the time of the committee, they
will not be able to report to the conven.
ton this evening"
: The evening session was largely. .occn-
pied with unimportant resolutions, chief
among which was one to give five hundred
tickets of admission to the convention to
veteran soldiers, which was lost, it being
shown that the seats had all been dis
posed of.
The convention adjourned to ten
o'clock tomorrow morning.
Chicago, June 4-The committee on
credentials has been in session almost
continuously for twenty-four hours, and
up to four O'Clock this afternoon had
only disposed of the seventh Alabama.
first Georgia, fifth Kentucky, second
Illinois and district of Columbia cases,
leaving two for New York, two for
Pennsylvania and the remaining Ken.
tucky cases undetermined, aud also the
Virginia contest. In the seventh Ala.
bama, R. A. Mosely and Arthur Bingham,
the regulars, were seated over Warner
and Hamlin, contestants. The
seated delegates are Arthur men.
A. M. Wilson and James Blue
we're seated in the first Georgia district
over johnson and Green. The men
admitted are Arthur delegates. In the
second Illinois district there was sharp
contest, but Henry Rugher and Charles
Piper. adherents of Logan, were admitted.
Two hours were expended before the
decision was reached in the fifth Ken.
tucky case, and the contest resulted in
seating E. o. Wilson and Michael
Winton, Blaine men, as against John
Mason Brown and Silas F. Miller. The
vote stood twenty six to twenty.one. It
is believed that the fight in the cases
will be renewed in the convention to-
night.
- The decision of the committee on
credentials in the contested 9th Ken.
tucky district case has created good
deal of excitement and ill-feelinR, and
it is said tonight the committee will re-
consider it's action. II it does not some
of the members Of the Kentucky delega-
zion threaten to take the matter before
the convention. 1t is stated on good
authority that the Malone delegation Of
Virginia will be admitted without
contest.
To-Day's Proceedings.
CALLED TO ORDER.
Chicago, June 5-The conven-
tion was called to order at
1854 and was opened With prayer by
Bishop Fallows Of the. Reformed Epis.
sopal church. He prayed that those
who might be selected by this conven.
tion for the loftiest political position to
which mortal man can aspire shall
possess every qualification Of body. mind
and heart for their high and holy trusts