The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1884-07-09

Burke, of Louisiana, spoke of the quarrels
and controversies and claims of the two
Democratic factions of New York, and took
the same view of the question as that pre-
sented by Bragg, of Wisconsin. He moved
to lay the Grady amendmenton the table.
After some parliamentary objections, the
motion to lay on the table was withdrawn,
and the previous question was moved and
seconded.
Z The amendment offered by Menzies, of
Indiana, was withdrawn, and the conven-
ton proceeded to vote on the amendment
offered by Grady, of New York, requiring
the individual preferences of the delegates to
be recorded as the vote of their state
There was great interest manifested
during the taking of the vote
The vote of the state of
New York was withheld temporarily,
and when all the other states were called the
aggregate without New York; stood; Yeas,
$50; nays, 373 The vote of New York was
then called for, and Manning, the chairman
of the delegation, announced 70 votes in the
negative That vote was challenged by Coch-
rane, but the temporary chairman had the
vote recorded as announced
The general result was then announced as
yeas, $50; nays, AS.
Following was the vote of the states;
Alabama voted aye; Arkansas voted nay;
California nay; Colorado 4 ayes, and nays;
Connecticut 2ayes, 10 nays; Delaware 6ayes;
Florida ayes, 6 nays; Georgia, % ayes, IL
nays Illinois, % ayes and " nays [cheeIsl;
Indiana, 80 ayes teheersl; Iowa,
8 ayes, 20 nays; Kansas, 8 ayes, 10
nays; Kentucky, 20 ayes, 6 nays; Louisiana,
Is nays; Maine, 2 ayes, 10
nays; Maryland, 16 nays; Massa-
chusetts, 81 ayes, nays; Michigan,
l2 ayes IL nays; Minnesota, IA nays; Missis-
sippi, IS ayes; Missouri, "a nays, ayes;
Nebraska, 5 ayes, nays; Nevada, 6 ayes;
New Hampshire, nays;i New Jersey, IA
ayes, 4nays; New York, p ayes; North Caro-
lima, 10 ayes, IL nays; Ohio, 25 ayes, q nays
Oregon, nays; Pennsylvania, II ayes, 80
nays: Rhode Island, s nays; South Carolina,
3 ayes, Is nays; Tennessee, II ayes, nays;
Texas, 10 ayes, 10 nays; Vermont, s nays;
Virginia, ayes, IS nays; West
Virginia 9ayes, 3 nays; Wisconsin, ayes
II nays.
The vote was then taken on the original
| motion offered by Smalley, of Vermont, and
it was adopted
A resolution was then offered and adopted
for the appointment of committee on Gre
dentials and one on permanent organization.
A committee on platform was also ordered,
| and it was ordered that all resolutions in re-
| gard to the platform be referred to that com
mittee without discussion.
| The convention then adjourned until IL a.
| m Wednesday
The situation.
CLEVELAND HAS THE LEAD.
| The presidential situation on Tuesday had
not materially changed. The pros
pect was that Grover Cleveland, Of New
| York, would be the presidential nominee,
and that ex-senator Joseph f. Mcdonald, of
Indiana, or some other western man, be
nominated for vice president.
The votes given to the various candidates
were: Cleveland, 400; Bayard, 1875; Melon
| aid, IS; Thurman, Il; Randall, 60; Butler
- and Hoadly 26. AS then stood
| Cleveland lacked $50 of having two-thirls of
the convention,
A SIGNIFICANT FACT,
| 1t is significant that Gen. Butler did not
| appear in the convention as a delegate, and it
is limited that, believing Cleveland's nomina-
| ton to he inevitable, he will remain out So as
not to be in any way committed to his sup
port
| WATTERS0N ON THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Watterson, in his Chicago edition, says of
the tariff question, after declaring that
revenue tariff and free trade has been the
Democratic idea for many years, and quoting
the platforms of the party on the subject:
1T will not do to trifie with this question
now. We must indorse this idea boldly,
bravely, clearly, or we must repudiate it
openly. The battle for the next -four
months will turn on this issue; ii
must be clearly stated. From this con,
vention must go out no uncertain orders.
Confusion now means overwhelming disaster
in November The country knows what the
Republican party stands for; it stands fol
protection-incSsental, pernicious, injudici-
Gus, external, eternal, infernal-protection in
every form and of every grade, and if the
voter does not SEQ what he wants he has only
to ask for it.
We have already frittered away three OPP
portunties. First, in 1872, when the country
was ripe for a change; then in 1880, when
Gen. Hancock made his uncertain utterances
and last winter in Washington
The article goes on to say that the meI
who kept the party from taking q revenue
reform position at Washington are working
to the same end now, and says the party car
not afford to endorse them even for hsrEsiny
We owe something to those who have
fought the good fight; we owe something t.
/ our past record, something to party organ
, cation. We want platform that will figh
for itself, one which our opponents canno
t confuse and Democrats in congress will no
2 dare to disregard"
THE TERRITORIES WANT A VOTE
The executive committee of territorial dele
gates appointed Sunday night, met at tn
} Palmer and organized by the election 0
Samuel Wood, of Montana, chairman, am
q John Dickson, of the District of Columbia
, secretary Reports showed that over twcnt
d state delegation will support the proFositio
Q to give the territories vote i'll convention
n Senator VOORHEES, vii present the resolution
a THE FAVoRITE COMBINATION.
1t is conceded on ali hands that the Bayard
. | Mcdonald ticket is the most favorable com
/ binati0n that could be made, except perhaps
: Randall and Mcdonald, and it is claime
u that if the New York delegation find tina
Cleveland cannot rally strength enough
secure the nomination it will support eithe
Randall or Bayard-
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