The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-21
THE CONVENTION.
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proceeding to argue against the seating
of men elected in conventions not as
sembled at the call of any constituted
authority, when he was interrupted by
FIlley, of Ohio. with a question as To
whether there was a congressional
committee in the ninth district.
Russell replied, if there was, it was
under party organization and constltu-
ton. No Congressional district con-
vention could be held except by order
of State convention.
FinIey-Was that the usual plan?
Russell-Usual, universal. (Laugh-
ter.)
Tilley-Was there any other Congress
sional call in the Slater
Russell-In most districts there never
! were until the convention had assem-
bled az Petersburg under regular
State call.
Filley-How are Congressional dis
trlct conventions heldP
Russell-By district conventions, as
ssmbled where they please.
Filley-Called by whom?
Russell-By Sta tie committees.
Filley-Always
Russell-Generally. Lauehter.)
General Bingham, of Pennsylvania,
addressed the convention upon the
ninth district cases. He declared that
| if majority of the committee on Gre
dentias conceded the election of Wood
and his colleague, and gave up all its
claim that the other Malone delegates
were not properly elected, their
opponents were entitled to seats. He
claimed that the election of the contes-
tants of Wood and his colleague was so
palpable fraud that majority OF the
committee did not dare to recommend
that they should be entitled, even IN
der claim of technical irregularlty OF
the Wood convention, and if the con-
vention voted to seat Mr.. Wood, it will
vote down majority report.
Rector, of Texas, spoke in favor of the
majority report, and Spauldlng, of
Michigan. favored the admission of the
Wood delegates.
Stevenson, of Minnesota, thought
there had been only one convention of
the Third District, and that was one
held at Petersburg, outside the Ninth
District. A convention of three was a
fraud, and to throw out the Wood dele
gates on the mere technical plea that
the district convention WAS not held
without the bounds of the district, was
neither just nor right.
John S. Wise then took the floor,
and was greeted with applause.
He said: When the gentleman
from North Carolina (RusseID spoke
of the gentleman who made the
contest as one who probably
went to a grog shop, he did not confne
himself to the facts of the case. Pendle-
ton, who was rivalin the contest, was
peer of the gentleman from North
Carolina, or any other gentleman here,
and his meeting was not held at grog
shop, but in a reputable place, where
every convention has been held for
years. He did not come here to be
called trickster and habitue of grog
shops. He (Wise) had seconded
| the motion to admit both dele
gallons because, as true Repub-
loans from Virginia, recognizing
tie Ninth district as the banner district
of Virginia Republicanism, loving its
people, whether they came here under
the banner OF Malone or Wise, it
grieved him to see her unreprssented in
the convention. (Applause.)
Hess, of Missouri, arose to mOvo the
previous question, but the chair de-
clined to recognize him. and Moore. OF
v
ton upon the Ninth district dispute.
He thought the convention was in
danger, if it admitted any of the Ninth
district delegates, of setting danger
GUS precedent.
Alien, Of Virginia, followed in favor
of the minority com mittee's report. He
declared that if the majority report was
adopted, his place as a delegate-at-
large from Virginia, would be value
less to him.
The first night session OF the Repub-
lican National convention, ending
shortly before midnight tonight,
brought at the last moment
the first approximate test of the
strength of any Presidential candidate
on the roll call, it showed that John
Sherman could muster at least 26s
votes. The roll call WAS on the Virginia
contest, and the vote for Mohone was
taken to mean vote for Sen
ator Sherman. Ohio tried to
disguise the fact that test
vote was being taken and split her
vote even. Counting Ohio solid for
Sherman, however, his aggregate on the
roll cell would be as stated-260 votes.
another sensation of the might session
was the speech Of Governor Foraker
IN response 10 noisy calls Dy
his adInirers. He undertook to give
President Cleveland a number Of
savage raps, and in describing the mex,
President of the United States, neatly
avoided committing himself by simply
asserting that the new chief N agistratG
would undoubtedly be gentleman.
AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF TNB VOTE.
was received with applause. The ma
ljority report was then adoted as whole
and applicable tosall Virginia districts
and then the convention, at 11.25, adj
journed until tomorrow at 10 O'Clock.
CoEGRATULAToRY.
Chairman Estee, this evening, re-
ceived the following dispatch from bis