The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-21
STILL T'HE G. D. ?.
Second Day Of the
Convention.
4 LIVELY SESSION.
Chairman EStee's Address to
the Delegates.
4 LIVELY SESSION.
Committee ON CREDENTIALS
Gases General Review of the
Proceedings.

CHICAGO, June 2O.-The credentials
committee met in secret session at 8
O'Clock, and at once resumed considera-
ton of the Virginia contest. After
hearing briefly, and without decision,
the claims of the egates-st-large, the
committee took up, numerically, the
eight contested election districts. The
first and fourth not being contested,
the second, third and fifth districts had
at noon presented their respective
claims, no vote being taken. Malone
men are not hopeful of the committee
deciding in their favor, but will carry
the fight into the convention.
AMONG BLAINE MEN.
tits reported among, Blaine men that
California agreed TO Seote for Stanford
on preliminary ballots in order to save
their effectiveness for the Blaine move
ment at the time agreed upon. DE
Young, Of California, says it is not true
that while the delegates of IT,, Pacific
Coast are all for Blaine, they don't ex-
actly agree upon W at % do st.
THE CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE.
The credentials committee has sent a
subcommittee to the convention to
notify Its full committee that it will
report on the contested cases at 8 pm.
The committee expects to be in secret
session until that hour. It is now gen.
orally reported that the committee has
decided TO favor Malone. Much specu-
1atlon IS INDUCED in as to whether tie
fight VIII be carried to the floor of the
convention.
AGAIN CALLED TO ORDER.
The convention was called 10 order at
1880 pm, by Chairman Thurston. Rev.
Stephen a. Northrop, OF Fort Wayne,
Indiana, offered prayer.
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
A motion was made that The commit
tee on permanent organization be called
upon to make a report, but a protest
came from Harris, Of North Carolina, |
that the committee On permanent or |
ganiZatiOn should not report until the |
committee on credentials had been |
heard from. He moved that the motion
be laid upon the table, and stated that
at the last two Republican conventions
the committee On permanent organiza- d
ton reported before the committee on
credentials.
Henderson, of Iowa, moved to take a
recess until o'clock tonight.
BaYne, OF Pennsylvania, opposed this.
Hendersonswithd his motion and
moved to proceed to a permanent Or
gaHization. Agreed to.
Governor Foster, of Ohio, chairman
of the committee on permanent organi-
cation, then read the unanimous report
of the committee. He was given an
enthusiastic reception by the audience,
aud as he stated that NJ. NJ. Estee, of
California. had been selected as perma-
nent chairman, cheers broke forth
atresh. The report was adopted with
out dissent.
The Chair appointed Governor Foster,
of Ohio, Senator Foley, of Nevada, and
George B. Sloan, of New York, a COM
mittee to escort Estee to the plat
form, When Estee appeared and
was introduced by the chairman to
the convention, he was applauded
enthusiastically. When quiet had been
restored, Mr.. Estee said:
MR.. EsTEE's SPEECH.
Gentlemen of the Conventional thank
you in the name of the States and Ter
ritories of the Pacific Coast, as well as /
from my own heart, for the distin-
guisned honor you have seen fit to con-
fer upon me. l appreciate, to the full |
est extent, the grave responsibilities
devoiving on me, and it being Repub- r
lican convention, shall AS in all things, !
ask its charitable judgment and its can
did aud earnest support. Gentlemen +,
OF the convention, following so Illus t
trlous gentleman as your temporary S
chairman, | shall not attempt to detain f
you by any heightened speech. l only (
want to say that we live SO far from the t
centre OF the republic over on the Pa
CHG, shore, that l CanEot ever guess who e
your nominee is going to be. C
(Laughter.) Of course, you all know.
l say farmer to you, gentlemen of +
the convention, ] am not able to saw y
exactly what your nlatform
will be, but the people of the country
have re-echoed its sentiment and the IT
rattle of the skirmish line, heard onIv :
two weeks ago from Oregon Here the u
speaker was interrupted by round of 81
applause and at the suggestion of some G,
enthusiastic individual in the gallery :,
three hearty cheers were given for Ore +,
gon-l-God willing, resumed Estee d
next November you will hear from
CleVeland's Appomattox ali over a
this great republic. Applause. D
Friends and gentlemen of the conven- e.
uons again thanking you for the high d