Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1888-06-27
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| national call.
| But where as in the case from Virginia, a de-
mand has been made ana insisted upon by amy
! considerable number OF Republican voters tor
| the right of local self-goEernment and convesa-
tions have been held within the district and
/ dele gates have been duly chosen the committee
feels constrained to recognize such delegates az
were chosen in accordance with the letter and
| spirit of the national ealh and to reject the
assembled beyond the territorial limits of the
district. In our decision in these cases we have
/ been governed by this rule and we feel that
! the good accomplished by the emphatic rec
ognlt1on of the roll and Its enforcement is of
much more importance to the Republican party
than is the interest of any particular individual
ring, or faction and accordingly make the
following detailed report: That the following
named persons are the duly elected and lawfully
chosen delegates and alternate delegates of Vir
gln1a at large: The Hon. VIM. Malone, s. Brown
Allen, John e. Watts and A. w. Harris delegates
and w. W. Evans, s. B. Downing. Henry hud-
nall and P. G. Gorrigan, alternates. From the
First District, o. D. Foster T. d. Lee, delegates
| j. Trader, j. A. Bristow, alternates. From the
Fourth District, Charles Gee and John M Langs-
stOn, delegates; Ross Hamilton and W. 81. Ash
| alternates From the Second District, Harry LID
| by and Patrick OConnor, delegates; Robert Nor
ton and George L. Prior, alternates. From the
| Third District John s. Wise and Morgan Treat,
delegates; S. B. GARRISON and Gilbert
Boyd, alternates, From the. Fifth District.
Winfield Scott and J. Hardin, delegates; w.
E. Slmms, J. B. Wright, alternstes From the
| Sixth District, D. F. Houton, George W. Jackson,
| delegates; A. M Lawson, J. s.. Sampson, alter
mates; from the Eighth District, o. E. Hines w.
I. Brown, delegates; w. P. Graves, w. II. Egg
non alternates; from the Tenth District, j. A.
Frazier, II. w. Williams, delegates; F. w, Will
| Jams, ]. W. 9. Bryant, alternates. Your CONF
mittee are of the opinion that there was no con-
vention regularly or lawfully called to elect dele
! gates to the national convention for the Ninth
fore recommend that this district be left without
representation. All OF which is respectfully SUBJ
mitted and signed by he chairman and score
| tary of the committee.
Mr.. Russell, of North Carolina, from
| the credentials committee presented
minority report, which dissents from
! the majority report in favor of the add
mission of the Wise delegates from the
second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth
and Tenth Districts, who, it is claimed,
were elected by pretended conventions
never called by the state committee.
! The report also favors the admission of
the Malone delegates from these dis
| tricts.
The majority report was adopted ex-
| cept SO much thereof as relates to the
Virginia contests.
The question then being upon the
adoption of that portion of the reports
of the credentials committee relating. to
the admission of the district delegates
from Virginia. Mr.. Wood, of Virginia,
spoke in favor of the majority report,
with special reference to the Ninth Dis
trict delegates He said that he and
| his colleague were properly and legally
elected by convention, which was reg
ularly called by the state committee
and the contestants were elected by
three men who held a pretended con-
vention in private Office of one of the
delegates who was there chosen. He
| (Woods) had been elected by conven-
ton composed Of delegates from every
| O { al
district, and it was unjust to throw him
and his colleague out Of the national
convention.
Gen. Gibson, of Ohio, moved that
beth sets of delegates from the Ninth
District be admitted, each delegate to
have half vote Mr. Wise, of Nir-
ginia, seconded the motion.
Mr.. Stevenson moved that Mr.. Wood
and his colleague be admitted to the
convention as the properly elected
delegates from the Ninth District.
After a warm debate Mr.. Hess call
for the previous question was then
recognized and under the call the con-
vention adopted the motion to seat the
| Weed delegates by an overwhelming
vote.
The question being upon the adoption
of the remainder of the majority report
of the credentials committee, Mr..
Reeder, of Pennsylvania, demanded
that each separate case in dispute should
be voted upon by itself. This was
agreed to.
Mr.. Fessenden, of Connecticut, moved
TO reconsider the vote by which the
convention had admitted the Wood dele
CATION from the Ninth District. Mr.
ButterwortE, of Ohio, moved to lay the
motion on the table; and after a long
parliamentary wrangle, the question
was put and Mr.. Butterworths motion
prevailed.
The question then required upon the
admission of the delegates from the
Second District of Virginia. The ma
jority seats the Wise delegates, and the
minority report, which seats the Ma
hone delegates, was offered as substi-
tute, and call of states was had upon
he adoption Of the substitute.
The Chairman-The chair will now
announce the vote. For the adoption
Of the minority report the vote stands
250 ayes, to 5l2 noes. Loud cheers. I
The noes have it.
| The majority report was then adopted
as whole and applicable to all the Vir-
ginia districts, and then the convention
at 11:25, adjourned until tomorrow al
10 o'clock.
CONVENTION HALL, CHICAGO, ILL.,, June
21.-When the platform had been dis
posed of, the chairman stated that the
next order of business was the call OF
states for the presentation of the names
J OF nominees for the presidency
Alabama and Arkansas were called
without response. When California
was called Mr.. Raymond SAID that the
| California delegation. whose position
was well known here, asked the con-
vention to pass California on the roll
call for the present
Mr.. Warner, Of Connecticut, when
Connecticut was called, presented with
out further remarks the name Of Joseph
r. Hawley.
When Illinois was called, a buzz OF
expectancy broke out which grew into a
shout OF greeting when Leonard SWEET
stepped upon the platform to present
the name of Walter @. Gresham. He
spoke as follows:
Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN THE Con-
VENTIoN: This presence recalls scene enacted
IN this city twenty Gig ht years ago. That was
the second national Republican convention,
and the first nomination OF Abraham Lincoln.
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