Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1888-06-22

emDer WOulu ClHSp nanuS WlUn OnlO,
Indiana and Illinois. Applause.
Again the chairman called upon the
committee on credentials for their report;
this time Henderson of Iowa stated he
had just received information the com
mittee would be ready to report in 90
mitutes.
A speech by Gov. Foraker.
Hallowel of Kansas amid the most
enthusiastic outburst of enthusiasm
yet seen, moved Gov. Foraker of Ohio be
asked to address the convention, and the
motion was agreed to- and Gov. Foraker
was introduced and received with a vol
ley of cheers. He said he could not be in
sensible to the compliment pad him, and
he would not if be could. While
he thanked the convention for the hon
or conferred, he said he would
greatly have preferred not to have been
called upon The question has been asked.
"What are we mere fOr?" Laughter
The republicans were here to promulgate
republican principles, to nominate the
next president Applause The first
was easy, Every school boy knew what
the declarations of the convention would
be. Every democrat as well as republican
knew what the attitude of the republican
party was with respect to the question
which concerned the American people.
Republicanism is sincerity and sincerity
never equivocates. We believe in free
ballot and fair count and will not hesitate
to say 1t in all the thunder we can put in
the platform. We believe in a protective
tariff. The present democratic admins
tration is fraud and pretence We want
a change and are determined to
to have one. We believe Cleveland's free
trade message is frought with danger, and
we want to take care of American labor,
American homes and American industries,
and we will say so. Then we will nom
mate our candidate. don't know who he
Will be.
A voice in the gallery Gresham" and
cheers.
Gov; Foraker continued: "G don't know
what his name is.
A voice Foraker"
But can say he will be a gentleman
lcheersl that is saying great deal in
view OF recent experience Here broke
in Henderson of Iowa with the declaration
the nominee would not go fishing on Deco
ration day. Continuing Foraker said the
nominee would be a man of good moral
character and would have some social
standing III the community. He would
not only be man to cherish patriotic
recOllectlous, but would have record as
a republican without spot or blemish
He would take republican standard and
carry it to victory in the name of republi-
canism, without explanation or apology
TO any body, and when once elected it
would be his highest business to give the
country republican administration.
Applause He would not do it BY false
pretences but would % through at the
mark.
In conclusion ne said: We can catch up
the glorious refrain that comes from
Oregon and carry it sweeping over the
whole county with a magnificent triumph
which Will knock Grover Cleveland and
the bandauna into "innocuous desuteude. -
Loud and loud continued applause and
7 cheers
Fuller CT North Carolina moved Col.
Robert Cf. lngersoll be asked to make an
address. but the committee on credentials
being ready to report the regular order
was proceeded with. The chairman of the
credentials committee then took the plat
form and reported.
Majority Report in Favor of the Wise Dis.
trict and Mahone at Large Delegates.
/ The report among other recommendations
favor the admission Of the Wise district
delegates from Virginia and the four Ma,
hone delegates at large. Russell of North
| Carolina from the credentials committee
presented a minority report in favor OF
the admission of the Wise delegates
from the second, fifth, sixth
seventh, eighth and tenth districts
who it is claimed were elected by pretended
committee. The report also favors the
admission of the Malone delegates
from the second, fifth, sixth, seventh
eight and tenth districts. The majority
report was adopted except so much as re
late to the Virginia contests.
Gen. Bingham of PENNSYLVANIA moved
that the part of the report which refers to
the delegates at large from Virginia be
adopted.
Senator Riddleberger of Virginia took
the stand to present, as he said, the truth
of the question. he said that not a vote
was cast against him by the republicans
in the 9TH congressional district, yet he
was asked quietly to listen to a minority
report that he was not entitled to seat
The part OF the credentials committee s
report upon the admission of the Virginia
delegates at large was adopted The
question then being upon the adoption Of
that portion relating to the ad
mission of the district delegates
from Virginia. Wood OF Virginia spoke
in favor of the minority report
with special reference to the ninth dis
trict delegates, He claimed he and his
colleague were properly, elected by con
vention regularly called, while the con
restants We're elected by three men who
! held a pretended convention in private
office.
Hepburn of Iowa protested against the
motion 10 admit each delegation, each del
| e0dle 10 nave udil Il vote, as dangerous, dS
/ it would put it in the power of few
men to plan miserable farce of
| holding so called convention
/ called by no one, in authority
and by that kind of fraud a under pretense
of a compromise these men could heel
! their way into the deliberations of ma
tional conventions. Is the convention
prepared to offer that kind of premium
for this sort of trickery? applause and
cries of mo, non
Steenerson of Wisconsin moved Wood
and colleague he admitted
Webber of New York objected and said
if the resolution was adopted, TO be con,
sistent the convention must admit the
delegates who are declared by the majori
ty report not entitled TO their seats. Rus
sell of North Carolina opposed Gibsons
motion. He called attention to the fact
that the majority report didn't recon-
mend seating the anti-Mahone delegates
for the ninth district, as it had done in the
case of the other districts This was be-
cause the two anti Malone delegates from
that.dlstrct represented constituency of
three men, one besides themselves, as
sembled in some highly respectable grog