The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-06
THE BIG CONVENTION.
Continued from tirst Page.

Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts
Michigan. Minnesota, Mississippi. New
Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island. South
Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin
New Mexico and Utab-22.
Gorman-Arkansas California, Con
necticut. Louisiana, Maine. Missouri
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York
North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia. a ri
IONA, District of Columbia, Nevada
Wyoming, Idaho-20.
Committeeman from Florida. Nevada
Montana and Washington Territory
were not present OR rsfrained from Yot-
ing.
| On motion of German a sub commit
tee OF nine was appointed to draft reso
lutlons and report to the full committee
tomorrow morning, the following
States to be represented on this sub
committee: Connecticut, New York,
New Jersey, Indiana. Kentucky, Ore
gon, Maryland and Massachusetts,. At
Watterson's suggestion this committee
was enlarged to eleven, by the add
ton of delegates from Colorado and
Louisiana. The session was brief and
humorous throughout. Without trans
acting further business or discussing
any matter of general interest. the COM
mittee adjourned to O'Clock to-ho1-
row morning.
THE ORGANIZATION.
At meeting Of the committee on
organization tonight, General Patrick
a. Collins, of Boston, was nominated
for permanent chairman by DR.. Han
roh rs r>f
Kentucky, seconded the nomination,
and Collins was selected unanimously
for recommendation to the convention
e. II. Ingersall was selected without
Opposition as the committees choice
fer the convention g permanent secre-
tary, Mr.. Prince, temporary secretary,
and all his assistants, were retained
for the permanent organization. Then
came before the committee the matter
of the adoption of rules to govern the
assembly. After some discussion the
suggestion made to-day in the couveu-
ton by Governor Green, of New Jersey,
was acquiesed in. This was to adopt
the rules of the last national demo
cratic convention with the significant
addition that during roll-call no State,
having once voted, shall be allowed to
change its vote, until other States have
voted. The committee will hold
another meeting Tomorrow morning
early to put its action into
formal shape to the convention
CREDENTIALS.
1t took nearly four hours this eve
ming, for the committee on credentials
to settle the faction fight in Dakota
between the followers of Governor
Church and those of the Dakota mem-
Der of the national committee, M. II.
Day. Church won. 1t was purely
personal contest. Col. w. s. Steele
presented the case for Church, il
manner that seemed to take with it the
committee. A. W. Bangs and T. J.
Walsh were spokesman for Day a
motion to divide the delegation between
the contestants being voted down,
Day appealed for time to talk
iH-behah-of himself. He was given
five. minutes. Then the committee
went into executive session, and voted
by a large majority to sustain the
Church delegates. This action, it is
means the disposal of Day
as the Dakota member of the national
committee. and the appointment of
Church as his successor.
J. G. Webb was made chairman of
the committee on organization, and o.
J. Chapman, of Missouri, secretary.
There was ne other contest to decide,
except that from Dakota,