Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-06-21
by the majority report not to be entitled

Russell, of North Carolina, opposed
General Gibson's motion and called at
tention to the fact that the majority re-
port did not recommend the seating of
the anti-Mahone delegates for the ninth
district, as had been done in the case of
the other district delegates. This was
because the two anti Malone delegates
from that district represented consIitu-
ency OF three men, one besides them
selves, assembled in some highly res
pectable grog- snop in Virginia. Was the
Convention going to allow parcel
OF revolutionists, as they called them-
selves, to ride rough-shod over the reg
ular organization Of the party in this
great State? He was proceeding to argue
against the seating of the men elected in
the conventions not assembled 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 that il there was, it
was under party organization and consti-
tuition. No Congressional district con-
yention could be held except by order of
the State Convention.
| Filley-Was that the usual plan?
Russell-Usual? Universal. [Laugh-
ter.
Filley-Was there any other Congress
sional call in the State?
Russel--In most districts there never
was until the Convention had assembled
at Petersburg under the regular State
call.
Filley-How are the Congressional Dis
trict Conventions held?
Russell-By District Conventions as
tembled where they please.
Filley-Called by whom?
| Rnssell-By the State Committee.
| Filley-Always?
Russell-Generally. Laughter
General Bingham, of PENNSYLVANIA, ad-
dressed the Convention upon the ninth
district cases. He claimed that the cleo
ton OF the contestants OF Wood and his
colleagues was so palpable fraud that
the majority of the Committee did not
dare recommend that they should be en-
titled even under the claim of the tech
nical regularity Of the Wood convention,
and II the Convention voted to seat Mr..
Wood it would vote down the majority
report.
Rector, of Texas, spoke in favor of the
majority report, and Spaulding, OF Mich
igan, favored the admission of the Wood
delegates.
Stevenson, of Minnesota, thought there
had been only one convention Of the
Ninth District, and that was the one
held at Petersburg, outside the Tenth
district. The convention of three was a
fraud, and to throw out the Wood dele
gates on the mere technical plea that the
District Convention was held without
the bounds of the district, was neither
just nor right.
WISE TO THE RESCUE.
John S. Wise then took the floor, and
was greeted with applause. He said,
when the gentleman from North Caro-
lima (Russell) spoke of the gentleman
| who made the contest as one who prob
ably went to grog-shop, he did not con-
fine himself to the facts of the case.
Pendleton, who was his rival in the con-
test, was the peer Of the gentleman FROM
North Carolina, or any other gentle
man here, and his meeting was
not held at grog-shop but in
a reputable place where every convention
had been held for years. He did not
come here to be called trickster and a
habitue Of grog shops. He (Wise) had
seconded the motion to admit both dele
cations, because as true Republican
| from Virginia, recognizing the 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
unrepresented in the Convention. [Ap-
plause.l
Hess, of Missouri, rose to move the
previous question, but the Chair declined
to recognize him and Moore. of West
Virginia, addressed the Convention upon
the Ninth district dispute. He thought
the Convention was in danger, if it adj
mitted any of the Ninth district delegates,
OF setting dangerous precedent.
Allen, of Virginia, followed in favor Of
the minority committees report. He
declared if the majority report was adopt
ed his place as a deegate-at-larg from
Virginia would be valueless to him be-
cause it would declare there was
A faint OF IRREoULARITY
Abous his own convention. He went
into the details of the entire Virginia
contest and said there could be no possi-
BILE doubt of the regular election OF all
the Malone delegates.
Hess call for the previous question,
was then recognized and under the cali
the Convention adopted the motion to
seat the Wood delegates by an over
whelming vote.
lHe uueSllOH Jneu DelDg upon the
adoption of the remainder of the Creden-
tials Committee report, Reader, of Penn
sylvania, demanded decision OF the aues-
tion and that each case in dispute should
be voted upon separately. This was
agreed:to.
Fessenden, Of Connecticut, moved to
consider the vote by which the Conven-
tion had admitted the Wood delegates
from the ninth district.
Butterworth (Ohio) moved to Law the
motion on the table, and after a long
parliamentary wrangle, the question was
put. Butterworth's motion prevailed.
242 to ia. Then the question recurred
upon the admission OF the delegates from
the Second District Of Virginia
The majority report seats the Wise
delegates, and the minority report which
seats the Malone delegates, was offered
as a substitute and the call OF States was
had upon the adoption of the substitute.
A laugh went through the assembly
when Ohio being called, Governor
Foraker arose and stated that there were
only thirty-eight delegates present, and
hat nineteen OF them voted yea and
nineteen nay.
The minority report was rejected.
Y eas 250, nays 512. The announcement
If the vote was received with applause.
The majority report was then adopted as
! whole as applicable to all the Virginia
listricte and then fha Conuont;