The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1884-07-10

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mittee 70 await upon Er. Hubbard and
conduct him TO the chair.
Gentleman Of the coaVentzoa, / have
the distinguished hoaoT Of presenting TO
this conVe ntion Hon. Richard B. Hub
bard, Of Texas, elected absolutely i'm
partially temporary chairman OF this
convention"
HUBBARD TALKS.
Mr.. Hubbard, In taking the chair,
gave thanks tor the honor
done him and Which he
but 9 complimeot 20 the greas state from
which he came-e stete which was alb
soiasely cosmopolitan in every fibre, The
Democratic party IN AL its elements Wa
the same as it was when
founded by the trainers Of the constlfu-
ton nearly three quarters Of . ceGtury
ago. Men died as the leaves Of autumn
bat the PRINCIPLES underlying Liberty
and self government were eternal and
the principles that underlay the Dem
ocratic party could not perish from the
S @isRs aU Uesse 70 their be. a'i1 aP
plause The Democratic party was
to-day as much Of g party organized for
aggressive war g when victory perched
upon its banners. The Democratic
party had now the house Of representa-
tives and would hsYe the senate but for
treason in the senate chamber itself.
GCheers.l It would have had the presi-
dency, too, but for bands OF robbers
who struck down the expressed
will Of the people by means of perjury,
bribery and corruption. The preAiden-
| cY had been stolen from the DEMOCRATIC
party by utteFing fa1sehoods thr0ughshe
| pale lips and chatterlng teeth of some of
the men who had participated in the
| crime who had passed beyond the river
| there to give an account of their stew
| ardship. That stealing Of the preslden-
| cy was the greatest crime In the national
| history. The great leaders Of
the party, CTilden and Hendricks)
with the dignity which became heroic
statesmen and patriots, had submitted
with the courage of men who love their
county better than pelf and power
| lCheers. The Democratic party now
wanted reform, and should put forward
candidates whose names would be in
themselves platform. ECheers. Itwant-
| ed q platform, too, tnet would speak
| in no doubtful tones or as Oelphic Or
acle 1t should declare against corruption
/ in the government against the enOrmi-
| ties of the civil service, against the So
I called department of justice, against the
abuses of the postal service, against rob
| berry in high places; that the burdens of
| the government shall be based equally
and equitably on all classes OF the peo-
/ pie, and that the hundred millions of
| surplus revenue shall not be allowed to
accumulate.
In conclusion, he urged that whatever
candidates were nominated should be
supported Loyalty, declaring that he
| who would not so support them would
not be a good Democrat and hardly
q patriot [applause.l
The rest of the temporary organic
alton having then been announced,
smally, Of Vermont, e member of the
that the rules of the last Democratic
convention shall govern this body ex-
| cept that in voting for candidates no
state should be allowed to change its
vote until the roll of the states
had been called and until every state
b ad cast its vote.
| THE UNIT RULE.
Grady, Of New York. offered as an
amendment the following: And when
the vote of q state as announced by the
| chairman Of the delegation of such state
is challenged by any member OF the del
egation, then the secretary ehall call the
names Of the individual delegates from
the state and their individual preteren-
ces expressed shall be recorded as the
vote of such state. Applause
John r. Fellows, of New York, said
that the convention of his state had di-
rected that In compliance with the usage
IN that state the sentiment OF Its major
| ItY should be first ascertained and
that having been done, the v'te of
the New York delegation should there
after be cast As unit. The
convention of New York having placed
upon its delegates that trust, he chal
lenged the right Of this convention to
/ strip the New York delegates of the
rights thereby conferred. such action
| would not pass without protest from
some, at least, of the members of that
body. The speaker then read the insiruc-
tions, to act as 9 unit, passed by the
Democratic convention. He concluded
by saying that as far as the method by
which the vote should be taken was
concerned, he was in favor of obeyiug
the orders of his state.
Powers, OF Michigan, advocated the
amendment offered by Grady, Why, he
asked, should a man be presented as e
reform candidate and an attempt be
made to nominate him by machine
methodist [Applause.]
Harrison, of Illinois, argued that if
he state of N ew York had instructed It's
delegates to Vote as 9 unit and If they
l l044C0 81 AZ VOtS bAAOy ~pAAA 70 0A0OOCy
ing their state. but the convention had
nothing to do with that. Applause. He
would probably be found voting differ
antly from Mr.. Grady on the question OF
candidates but he wanted q free vote
now.
Jacobs, of New York, said that he was
one of the minority aud would exercise
his privilege of voting against the
choice of the majority, but as q Demo
Graf and IS q man loyal to his constiIn-
ents he would be Obedient To the orders
of the convention and bow to the will of
the majority. (Applause.]
Grady asked him If at
the Saratoga convention there
had been q word of dIssension as to the
unit rule.
Jacobs replied there had not been,
but it was because every body had
agreed to it in advance.
John Kelly, of New York, advocated
Grady's amendment. There were, he
New York, of which but
ten or twelve were Democratic.
According to the argument of Mr.. Eel
lows the great Democratic counties of
New York, which would elect a Demo
cratic president if an opportunity were
given to them, would be distrauchIsed.
That was the principle which was now
presented and he appealed to the sense
and hberality of the convention IN favor
of Mr.. Grady's proposition.
Fellows, of New York, again spoke
against the Grady amendment. There
had, he said, arisen an eXtraordina
~ misconception of the issue involved.
, II did not look to the sitting of the
voice or REFRESHING the sentiment Of any
delegate. The question was whether
the state of New York had Q right to
say how the will OF her majority should
be indicated She would not permit
> her seventy-tWo separate units to speak
> seventY-tWO separate desires on any ques
; ton before the convention. He recog.
nized the Democratic method of ascer.
tanning what her will was but when the
? will of the maiority was asceFtained she
had . right to prescribe the
: form in which that will shonld
be expressed. He asked Kelley how II
was that they two had obtained the Gre
deutials which permitted them to be
here at all.
Kelley replied that Mr.. Fellows rep
: resented one Democratic party in the
city OF New York and he (Kelley) an
other
Fellows suggested that they only rep
: resented different organizations IN the
! Democratic party.
l The Grady amendment was furthel
discussed until the adjournment tool
E place at 8 so p. m. A vote was reached
:, with the result stated in the following
1 bulletin:
THE MISREPRESENTATION NO 20
SIT p. m. On Grady's amendment
which seeks 60 abandon the "unit rule
: so that delegates may be allowed to vot'
as they prefer, the vote by states wae or
: dered. When New York was reached /,
request TO be paassed was granted. III,
vote then standing 222 ayes and %
i: nays. New York Afterwards cast her q
votes against the amendment and II va
defeated, 80 the unit ruls stands. Th,
question now il will TammAny Withdraw
. The vote then stood for amendmen,