Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-21

ity where be lives (applausel As some
/ gentleman has intimated here, he will be
| loyal son of the republic. l thought a
| few minutes ago when this convention was
| appiauding the son of our great heroic
leader when he went up the aisle Fred
Grant, how badly l would feel
| il / belonged to a party TO whose
convention he would not be
welcome. Then the man we nominate will
be man who will cherish patriotic recol-
1 lections and the names Grant, Sherman
| and Sheridan will be dear to him. APP
plause.l l might go on and indicate TO you
many other qualities that he will possess
/ might point out to you the character of
man he would be in other respects-touch-
| ing him as & man, as an individual, touch
| ing him as TO record and all those matters.
But let me simply say that he will not only
be man who will cherish patriotic recol-
lections but he will have recori as Re-
publican that will be without spot or
/ blemish He will be man who will take
our sceptre in his hand and carry il to VIC
tory in the name of Republicanism.
In conclusion Governor said: 'With
such man we can catch up the glorious re-
| frain that comes from Oregon, and carry it
sweeping the whole country with mag
| nificent triumph. We will knock Grover
Cleveland and the Old Roman in 'inocuous
desuctude" [Great applause.
Mr. Fuller Of North Carolina, moved that
| the convention be addressed by Col Robert
| G. Ingersoll. but the chairman announced
that the committee on credentials was
ready to report and although the cries for
| Ingersoll were renewed the chairman held
TO the the order of business.
Congressman Hepburn then reported as
follows: The report of the committee on
credentials reported in favor of seating the
1 1aIa<pa zoe ,,l.cal the roll nv tho No
Committee, except in cases of contest. In
the nineteen cases of contestants the COM
mittee recommends the seating of delegates
as follows: Third Georgia district, b. A.
Dudley, n. J. Taylor; Tenth Georgia dis
trict, r. R. Wright, Jesse Wimberly, p H.
Krebs, o. It. Gander with half vote each;
Fifth Louisians district, David Young,
George Gall; Third South Carolina district,
James R. Torrock, +. l.. Hicks; Seventh
Tennessee district, A. NJ. Hughes; Third
Maryland district, William f. Airey, Will
liam W. Johnson; Third Massachusetts, dis
triet, F. l. Stevens, John Borne; District
of Columbia, Andrew Gleason, D. H. Car
son. The committee begs leave TO submit
the following report in the contested case.
in the Virginia delegation. Then followed
long report, which is found in another
part OF the paper.
The announcement contained in the re-
port that the Perry Carson delegation from
the District of Columbia, had been seated
newed when the speaker stated that the
Malone delegation at large had been
seated, but the convention nearly went
wild when Mr.. Hepburn went on to say
that Wise also had been seated. Hardly
had the last words of the speaker died
away. when Russell, of North Carolina,
began to read the minority report 1t dis
sented from the opinion of the majority
report, which seated the Wise District dele
gates except from the Third District. Hav-
ing read the report without however, the
signatures attached. Mr. Russell moved its
adoption. A demand for the signatures
was made and they were read: Sharon,
Nevada; Wall, Nebraska; Freeman. South
Carolina; Leonard, North Carolina; G. H.
Sullivan, Dakota; the latter except
to so much of the report as ex-
cluded Senator Riddleberger from the con-
ventionos delegate.
Hill OF Mississippi. demonded permission
to put his name upon the minority report.
and he was allowed to do so.
All that part of the report that did not
refer to the Virginia contest was unani-
mously adopted on division of the the
question, and upon seating the delegates at
large from Virginia.
Senator Ridpleberger said that there was
no real contest against him in his district,
except on the part of the gentleman from
North Carolina
At this point Wall of Nevada, rose to the
point of order that the question before the
convention did not relate to Riddleberger's
district The point was held to be we'll
taken and the Malone delegates quickly
seated by a unanimous report
Upen the question of the adoption of the
report relating to the district delegates. NJ.
B. Wood, the disfranchised Malone dele
gate claimed recognition. He said mis- dis
trict was the Republican stronghold of the
State OF the 200,00 inhabitants the ma
jority were white Republicans. Large
amounts of capital were now being investi
ed in his district and it was q gSeat and
growing territory. The speaker proceeded
70 give history of the cir
cumstances under which the conventions
when elected himself and the contestants
were held, and appealed to the, spirit and
loyalty of the convention TO do him justice.
Republicanism was gaining in his region.
At this point the speaker was called TO
time by the chair and the chair continued
that the speaker had no standing, as his
district was thrown out by both the major
ity and minority reports.
Mr.. Russell, of North Carolina, rose in
his seat on the floor and declared that this
was incorrect and so did Mr.. Weber of
New York, both speaking with considers
BILE earnestness.
1t was moved and seconded by Mr.. Wise
that the delegates from the Ninth district
be given a half vote each.
Mr.. Hepburn, of Iowa, vehemently OBJ
jected. 1t was saying to the Republican
party that when men played trick and
fraud and by convention of three men,
sent delegation to National convention,
it would be willing to compromise. Was
il prepared to countenance such course?
(Cries of no. The Ninth district was not
entitled to representation under the rules
of the National Committee, if the conven-
tons held were invalid.
Mr.. Stevenson, of Minnesota, moved that
the Malone delegation in the Tenth dis
trict be seated.
Mr.. Webber, of New York, spoke in OPP
position and maintained that the report of
the majority of the committee should be
sustained.
Meanwhile the hum of the conversation
commenced and there were many evidences
that the convention was ready for an early
settlement of the question at issue.
Again Mr.. Russell, OF North Carolina,
secured the floor and made vehement
speech against the seating of the Wise dele
cation in the ninth district, even on half Q
vote. Mr.. Hsllowell, of Kansas, rose to the
point of order that the speaker had
already spoken on the question, but the
chair ruled otherwise, while Mr. Russell
shouted: THE chair presides over this
convention. Take this interruption out of
my time" He said that the Wise dele
gates in the ninth district had assembled in
a respectable grog shop and elected them
selves to the convention. However they
might desire to compromise the question was
n nf rapAlntinntSfs ShnnlA
override the state organization.
Mr.. Filley, of Missouri, asked several
questions as 10 the method of procedure in
Virginia. 20 which Mr.. Russell replied with
emphasis, while the chair raped vigor-
ously for order. 1t was short but pointed
colloquy. and set the convention in Q roar.
After this, General Bingham, of Penn
sylvania, spoke at length in defense of the
majority report of the committee, and
made strong plea in favor of its ado ption.
He said that the reason why the majority
did not follow their consistent course and