St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-21

IOTk. LII was moved ana SECONDED Dy
Mr.. Wise that the delegates from the
Ninth district be given half vote each.
MIR. Hepburn, of Iowa, vehemently OBJ
jected. 1t was saying to the Republican
party that when men played
A TRICK AND A FRAUD,
and by convention of three men sent
delegation to national convention. it
would be willing to compromise. Was
1T prepared to cOuntenance such a
course? [CrieS of 'No.''l The Ninth dis
trict was not entitled to representation
under the rules of the national commit
tee and the convention. Mr.. Steiner
son, of Minnesota, moved that Mr.. Wood
and his colleague be seated. Mr.. Web
Der, Of New York, spoke in opposition,
and maintained that the report of the
majority of the committee should be
sustained. Meanwhile the hum of con-
verSati0n commenced, and there were
many evidences that the convention
was ready for
AN EARLY SETTLEMENT
OF the question at issue again. Mr.. Rus
sell, of North Carolina, secured the floor
and made vehement speech against
the seating of the Wise delegation in
the Ninth district, even with half a vote.
MI. Hall, of Kansas, rose to the point of
order that the speaker had already
spoken on the question, put the chair
ruled otherwise. Mr.. Russell said that
the Wise delegates in the Ninth district
had
ASSEMBLED IN GROG SHOPS
and elected themselves to the cOnven-
ton. However they might desire to
compromise, the question was whether
a party of revolutionists should override
the state organization. Mr.. Filiey
of Missouri asked several questions as
to the method of procedure in Virginia,
to which Mr.. Russell replied with en-
phaSlS, while the chair raped vigOr-
ously for order. 1t was a short but
pointed colloquy, and set the conven-
ton in a roar. After this Gen. Brig
ham, of Pennsylvania, spoke at length
i'll defense of the majority report of the
committee. and made a strong plea in
favor of its adoption. He said the rea-
son the majority did not follow the
consistent course and admit the Malone
delegates from the Ninth district was
that 1T appeared and was uncontradicted
that but three men composed the con-
ventlOn in that district, and the conven-
ton was not called in the regular man
ner by the state committee. To admit
the contestants from that district with
half vote each would be to
THROW AWAY THE VERY PRINCIPLE
which the majority had based its report
upon. He hoped the motion to admit
them witra divided vote would be de-
feated., George Spalding, of Michigan,
favored the admission of the Malone
delegation from the Ninth district. Mr..
STEVENSON, of Minnesota, also favored
the admission of the Ninth district Ma
hone delegation. Congressman Wise
then climbed up on the stage, land the APP
plauSe he received forced the chair to
give him recognition. He repudiated
MI RuSSelES assertion that the contest
ants coming from the Ninth district was
held III grog shop; explained that Mr..
PendletOn, the principal contestant, was
clerk OF the district court of appeals,
and Indignantly declared that he was
THE PEER OF MIR. RUSSELL,
or any other man in the convention.
lie thought that the question could be
settled without going off into collaterals.
He loved the banner Republican district
OF Virginia. and without regard to Ma
hone or Riddleberger.
IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE
ne had seconded the resolution to give
the rival delegation half vote each.
MIR. Hess, of Missouri, on behalf of
that delegation, moved the previous
question. Senator Hoar, on behalf of
Massachusetts, seconded it, and Ne
braska and Nevada supported it. On a
viva voce vote the amendment to admit
the MahOnites from the Ninth district
was carried. On rising vote being de-
manded 1t was again carried by over
tWo-thlrdS vote, and the result was re-
ceived with cheers. On motion for
the adoption of the remainder of
the report admitting the Wise delegates
in the other districts Mr.. Reed, of Penn
sylvanla, called for a separate vote upon
each district, and it was granted. But
just here Mr.. Fessenden, of Connecti-
cut, moved to reconsider the vote Just
taken, as several delegates had miSun-
derst0od what they were voting about.
MI. ButterWorth moved to lay this Oh
the table. The convention was
FAST GETTING INTO DISORDER
and drifting away from the control of
the chair; and after a long parliament
tary Wrangle, the motion was put and
Mr.. Butterworth'S motion prevailed
242-l14. The question then required
upon the admission of the delegates
from the Second district of Virginia,
which was adopted. nThe majority re-
port seats the Wise delegation, and the
minority report, which seats the Ma
hone delegates, was offered as substi-
tute, and call of states was had on the
substitute. A laugh went through the
assemblage when, on Ohio being called,
Gov. Foraker arose and stated that there
were only thirty-eight delegates present
and that nineteen of them voted ave and
nineteen nay. The minority report was
reJected-yeas $50, nays 512. The an
nouecement of the vote was received
with applause. The majority report
was then adopted as a whole and appli-
cable to all the Virginia districts, and
then the convention at 1:25 adjourned
until tomorrow at 10 o'clock.