Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-20
!. He Was unRilling,

ss he was presented. He was unwilling,
he said, to delay the business of the con-
veItion, and therefore he would consume
only few moments of time. H. wss
sensibly grateful for the welcome he nsd
received. He was hsppy snd proud to
receive here in this great national assem-
bly, welcome given by his friends and
compositions Of many years, BY his
2srtg friends, 5Y men and the sons Of
men with whom it has been his conspicu-
Gus honor TO have been associated in the
first opening campaign Of 1856. APP
plsuse
Fred Douglas was then presented amid
cheers and applause.
WHAT DOUGLASS SAID.
Douglass hoped, he said, that the con-
vention would mske such record in its
proceedings as to put It entirely out OF
! the power Of the leaders Of the Demo-
cratic party sCd the leaders OF the Mug
wump party to say thst there WAS no at
ference between the Republican party sad
the Democratic party in respect to IN
class which he represented. Applause !
The Democratic party had Always been
faithful to It's friendf-its friends mad
been the shareholders of the south. The
Republican party should be faithful to its
friends, snd the men with black faces had
ever been its friends. Let the blsck
men be remembered in the plat
form which the corVt ntion would
! adopt, and let it be remembered that this
| black man WAS now stripped Of his con-
stitutionsl right TO vote. Let the plst-
form speak out for equal rights fer oil.
Let not the psrty be driven from tts du'J
ug the the cry Of "blooty shirt" Let 1t
wave as long as blood Guild be found in
1t [sppIauscl The government that
could give liberty IN its constitution
ought to haye the power TO protect that
noerGy in is administration [,ppiSuse /.
Wqen Mr.. Douglass had Concluded,
| Mr.. Foraker rose and WAS cheereo. He
asked that the committee on rules, reso-
buttons, permanent organization end
order Of business. SO constituted By tAe
off rent states, be read.
TIE VIRGINIA FIGHT.
The secretary proceeded to read the
names Of the committees for permanent
| o.gsnZlLion. When the Virginia mem
bars name was reached, it wss stated
that two DSme9 had been sent 10 oy
cOntestirg delegation from that state.
| T1e chair said that ne would submit the
| Virgins question TO the convention when
full list II the committees lad been
fsad. While TIE secretary WAS reading
the Rsmts Of tie committees AID correc-
I tiUus were being made, General FIzgin-
| mons and Assistant Secretary Carson
! L&ke sent magnificent bisket CT GU
II wers up to Miss Rachael Sherman,
daughter OF General Shermsr,and to Mrs
| TGuTstOn, wife Of the temp e:sry chair
| mXn Of the convention who occupied seq =
IN the ladies balcony at the right CT the
platform.
WDeu the Tesd!ag Of the list OF com
| nittses mad been completed the chairman
| stated that the question before the con
venticn was SIS 10 Wbica Cfthe delegations
from the state Of Virginia should be
| permitted TO name the mem
bers Of the various committees
The national committee, he said, had
placed on the rolls Of delegates as prima
! fscie entitled to seats the delegation at
large headed by WillisEa Mchone. Ap-
plsuse. TnaIe were also four district
delegates from Virginia whose seats were
not contested. Unless the convention
should otherwise determine the chair
would hold that for the purpose q aatici
pating ia temporary organization the
four delegates at the head Il which wss
William Malone together wi b four whose
seats were unc0ntessetll would nave the
right to name the Committee member
ship. -
SoRNs WISH
Of Virgins rose snd in response to cries
from the 6oor and galleries took & stand
on the Platform. He wss here, he said,
claiming to be chairman of the lnWfRl
'Eirgiei6 delegation. The state was
entitled under the call to twenty
four delegates and out of those
twenty four twenty were contested
The delegates st large, headed by Ms
hone, claimed to have the prims facie
title and had been placed on the rolls to-
se,her with the four district delegates
whose seats were contested. These
eight were bat one-third of the Virgins
representation led by William Malone,
whose .rfing with the rights and Re-
publicaEism in Virginia was tho issue
here. These eight hsd associated them
selves together and placed William Ma
hens or the committee on credentials to
pass
UPON his OWN CASE.
That matter had been going on in Viz
ein,a for years. The decision was ST.
ways In favor Ct the pisintif william
M.hone's name was sent up BY William
Malone To Wlllism Nahons to decide
whether Willism Mahooe was delegate or
not. Laughter. He had learned in
his battles In Vrginis that q free
ballot and 5 fair count was The dearest
boon OF rational Republicanisn. ZAP,
plsuse He hsd learned thas DO mGp
ought 10 be Judge and suitor both, SD
he hoped thst the decision Ct the chsil
putting Mshone upon the committee on
credentials would be oyerruled. It would
be mAnliestl7 unfair that Malone should
go on that committee end pass upon his
own case. 1t might be tina: within TWEEN
-four hours the eight men who selected
him might be leaving the hall with their
hats
UNDER THEIR Arms
with the decision of the convention
sgaisat->them. TApplruse Until it is
settled neither side shall be judge and jury
in his own case. Il an willing to trust
the fairness aud honesty Of the Republican
party from other states OF the
Uaior outside Of Virgins. But
do not want " liam Malone 10 |
remain on the committee on credeatials |