The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-20

! obc gave WcTo COnoiOcIcu cAiucHLiy
fair ones, and the committee selected
Hon. M. NJ. Estee, of California, as the
permanent chairman. Temporary
secretary reading clerks. and all other
temporary appointments, with the ad-
dition of Lynch, of Pennsylvania, as
additional secretary, were made per-
:naDent officers of the convention
California fought hard for the TEN
porarv craftsmanship, and the selection
of Der candidate for chairman causes
great rejoicing among her delegates.
THE COMBAT.
Who, I ask you, are those contest
antsP They come from eighty -one
members of that State convention. who
chose to decide and form an orgauiza-
ton of their own. and here you have
four delegates pretending to contest the
seats of four delegates with whom l am
associat ed and who came here by 1,600
votes of 700 delegates that assembled
in our State Convention. (Cheers,)
Such are the people who come
here to contest our right in this
convention. Age, fellow Republicans,
when you 90 down to look at those dis
trict delegates; when 1 tell you that
from the great white district of
Virginia, giving you your Republican
members of Congress by 4 900 majority
-(cheers),-when l tell you that all
the delegates selected by that great dis
rrict in our State--great in its resources
great in its Republicanism-(cries OF
time, time). When I tell you
that three persons, just three persons,
C lied convention in that district. just
three, two of them delegates and one
alternate, loud laughter. and they
constituted a convention. Mr.. Lincoln
was called to the chair, Mr.. Franklin
Pepper was made secretary and Mr..
Pendleton took the floor. On motion
of Franklin Pepper, seconded by Lin
coin, PeDd'eton was unanimously
elected to this convention as
delegate, loud laughter but gen
tlemen, I do not intend to detain
you with these details l give
you that as an illustration of these
contestants and what they represent.
Time, time,) why you have two other
delegates here from another Republi-
can district who did not even pretend
to hold convention. They have certi-
fed by some manner of means, them
selves as delegates here and this in face
of the regularly constituted conven-
ton, fully attended and unani-
mously acting. Now, then. as to
my position in respect OF this
cOmmi tee on credentials, as l
have teen a(V.sed by member OF the
national commi tee, that it had agreed
to place upon the rolls two delegates
from the first district and two from the
fourth. These seats sre not contested
Thank God we have no kickers in those
= str'o's. (ADplau and laughter)
No Mus wumps and no Republicans
HEo w'u'd prefer 10 see democrats
>Hc eed than Manun shouting Vir-
gin ans. Now. then. here we have four
itlrgaes admitted On this j, and
four delegates with whom / am
""'l, and now am advised
passed resolution that these delegates
on his door of naming committeeman
upon me four com mittees you are about
to constitute. -
+ Rtevensen-No. 1t dess net.
Omar ID -es The gentle 4 IN from Mn
nesO.a accept the amendmt MT offered
BY the gentleman from Maryland? sly.
g evehsoH-I dent. i insist upon
ths original motion.
Chair--It's been moved aud seconded
that the rules be suspende q.
Boutelle. of Maine Amended2
Chair-That rules be amended IN
such manner that no member shall
be appointed upon any of the standing
committees from the State whose dele
CATION is contested. tCries of mo, no,
MOI from all over the halN.
The Chair, not needing the interrEp-
tons, proceeded SIS follows: The gentle
man FROM Maryland moves to amend
the original motion TO the effect that
from the State of Virginia there shall
be permitted no member upon lhe
committee on credentials. The Chsir
will first put the amendment to the
original motion.
Roots, Arkansas-T arise for the
purpose OF inquiry. think before We
vIts uren the metion-on the original
motion-we ought to know about how
inaDy States .asc uohbesCs. We might
lad ourselves reducing that eommiFtss
below what We we1ld be- willing TO
nave it.
Hoar, of Massachusetts, Il des're to
call the attention OF the convention to
the infinite miashisf which will result
now and hereafter from an adoption
of this motion. Ii will enable,
IN apv natioasl convention. any
man who chooses to get up a contest
aud dIsirancnIss the ensure 6,ate of
New York and the entire State of Penn
aylys i'll Arp'snsel Mr. CHAIRMAN,
We can oontribste to the justice, q
sense If dignity ana sense of honor
of the committee on credentials
whom we have just appointed.
Ws can trust beyond that final
justice and intelligence of the conven-
ton it elf. If, in the proceedings of that
eommjtlee, any such indelicacy as my
honorable friend from Virginia fears,
shall be committed 1t will prejudice
more than anything else the cause of
the person who commits it. / move,
Mr. President, that the resolution be
laid upon the table.
The motion was seconded BY many
delegates.
Stevenson, OF Minnesota, attempted to
gain the floor.
Chair--The melton to lay upon the
table is not dehatR BILE.
Stsvenson-I desire TO answer the
gentleman fron Arkansas.
Ohair-Fhe chair cannot recognize the
while this molten is pending.
The melton tolsy upon the table was
then put and carried with applause.
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