The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-21

40 WpuiN 81 o. &lSut 90 Guo AdIA II
Conclusion, he said, I'VE can catch u
Oregon and carry it sweeping over all the
country with a magnificent triumph
which will knock Grover Cleveland anG
the old bandana into 'innocuou:
dssuetude.'" cloud and long-continue6
applause and cheers.)
heller, of North Carolina, moved thai
Colonel Robert Ingersoll be asked tc
make an address, but the committee
on credentials was ready to report, anC
the regular order was proceeded with
THE COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS REPORT.
The chairman of the credentials com.
mittee then advanced to the platform
and made his report. The report
among other recommendations, favors
the admission CT the Wise district
delegates from Virginia, and four of the
Malone delegates-at-large
| Russell, of North CacuIina, from the
credentials committee, presented the
minority report which dissents
from the majority report in favor Of
from the Second, Fifth. Sixth, Seventh,
| is claimed were elected by pretended
| convent ons never called By the State
committee. The report also favors the
admission of Maho n 8 delegates from
the Second, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh,
Eighth and Tenth districts
The majority report was adopted .e1-
eept so much thereof as relates the
Virginia contest.
Senator Riddleberger, Of Virginia,
then took the stand 10 present. IS ne
said, the truth of the question. He
came here, he said, without 3 vote be
ing cast against hin by Republicans in
the seventh Congressional dlstriGE. His
seat never had been contested there.
Yet he was asked 70 sit down quietly
and listen 10 the gentleman from North
Carolina make a minority report that
he vas entitled to a seat on the floor If
he was not entitled to @ seat, who was?
(Laughter.)
At this point Wall. of Nebraska,
broke in with a permit OF OrCer that
Riddleberger was out of order; that the
question now pending related TO dele
gates-at-large. The chair sustained
the point of order, and Riddlebergfr
left Inc platform with an inquiry as to
whether there woul obs time when be
could protest against the partisan
ship which allowed men TO walk
people in here TO vote for their special
Candidate, That part of the creden-
tails committee and report upon the
admission of the Virginia delegates-at-
large was adopted.
The question then b, ing on the adj p
ton O. that portion of the report of the
credentials committee relating to the
admission of the district deiegat s from
Virginia. Wood, OF Virginia, spoke in
favor of the minority report, with special
reference to the ninth district dee
gates. He said he and his colleague
were leg Ally el5cted by convention
which was Regularly cllied by aState
committee and the contestants were
elected by threesaeR, VINO bel pre-
tended convention IN private office o.
one of the delegates who was their !
choice. e(Wood) was then elected by
CONVEX ton composed of delegates |
from every legislative district in the |
Cong essionsl district, and 1t was un-
just to throw him and his colleagues |
out of the national convention.
General Gibson, Of Ohio, expressed |
himself as one of those who insisted |
that the magnificent Republican fifth |
district of Virginia. should be repre- |
scented in the convention. He then moved |
that both sets of delegations from the |
ninth distriot be admitted, each dele
cate to have half vote.
Wise, of Virginia, seconded the no
ton.
Hepburn, of Iowa. protested against
the motion, as being dangerous in its
effect.
Stevenson, CT Minnesota, moved that
the minority report, so far as it referred
to the admission of Wood and his col
Leagues, be adopted.
The chair explained that the minor
ty report did not ask for the admission
IF any delegates from the ninth dis
riot, but merely dissented from tbs
report.
hat Wood and his colleague be adj
nitted to the convention as properly
e3ted delegates from the niuih dis
riot.
Weber, of New York, objected to
his. He said if this resolution be
!dopted, to be consistent, the conven-
ion must admit all the delegates who
re declared by a majority report not to {
IL entitled to their seats. I
Russell, of North Carolina, opposed | {
General 0ibson's motion and called at
ention to the fact that the majority re- t
,ort did not recommend the seating of
nti- Malone delegations for the ninth
district, as bad been done in the case
f the other district delegates;
his was because two anti Malone '
elegates from that district were t
represented from a constituency of t
hree men, one besides themselves, /
ssembled III some highly respectable
rog shop in Virginia, and declared there
as faint of irregularity about his r
WI convention. He went into the I
etails of the entire Virginia contest, q
nd said there could be no possible S
oubt of regular election O.: all the v
Iahone delegates.
Dixon (colored), of Maryland, offers C
RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT s
} the memory of Grant, Logan, ex
resident Arthur and the late Senator !
which were also adopted by
sing vote. v
The chair then asked for report of
lie committee on credentials. Hen a
erson, of Iowa. announced to s
hartman Hepburn that the COM j
littee was not present and the secretary q
the convention proceeded tn kill r