The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-06-14
ntR. HARr I'M VIE CONVENTION.
Tho struggle over the Report OF the Com
InIttee on Credentials.
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Tho struggle over the Report OF the Com
TnIttee on Credentials.
* Paul Ptoaeel Fress Report
Mr.. Wolcott-I won't sit down. We
who are Republicans from Republican
states would like to have q little voice
in naming a candidate for the presi-
dency. Possibly the otficeholders may
name him. but don't believe it But
we from Republican states do ask the
otEiceholding contingent, who are bring.
ing a solid south against US to at least
conduct their side Of the case in common
decency and common honor, SO that We
won't be ashamed TO vote that ticket.
O. B. Hart, OF West Virginia-ln re-
snonse TO the terse, able and conclusive
manner in which the distinguished SEN
ator from Colorado has argued against
the adoption OF the report OF the MAJORS
ty Of the committee on credentials, l
wish to say with equal conclusiveness
that / come from southern state, and
am not an otticeholder. ditter further
from this distinguished gentleman. !
come from a southern state carried in
1SSs by Mr.. Cleveland by the meager
majority Of 800 votes, which state We
expect as confidently as We expect to do
anything, to turn overto the Republican
party in next November, and We expect
to do that, sir, with the nominee, par
none, who may be the choice OF this
I do not come from Republican
state. Unhappily neither do come
from state which threatens to go DEM
ocratic because one man may be nomi-
mated. When you get into my state.
sir. there you find The power Of the old
Puritan type of Republican, which
knows nothing but the following OF the
flag and the Republican party. Now, !
wish 10 say, sir, dropping this tempo
rary technical discussion of the subject,
introduced by my friend from Colorado,
/ wish to say in all soberness that your
committee for three days has endeay-
ored to do justice and to dispatch the
business OF the COMMITTEES, that 1t might
contribute to the decent and orderly
dispatch Of the business Of this conyen-
ton, It is true, in the nature OF things
It must be true, that in some cases, de-
string to be fair, such q mass OF testt-
mony from both sides and ex,
pert arguments brought forward
on both sides, it may be, IN
view Of all this, the committee may not
have done exact justice in every par
ticular case. The gentlemen will un-
derstand that these votes are frequent
" matter OF compromise, but l am
able to say this for that committee
that unit! the last moment, after three
DAYS Of patient labor, we did expect
BY a policy OF Cancellation, by the
fairly ascertained majority OF that
committee, using its power tempeTTI
ately, may say judiciously, We. did
expect, We were led to expect that We
might come into this convention with q
unanimous vote which might receive
the unanimous Endorsement Of this
convention. In conclusion call atten-
ton to one fact, and this Is an import
ant fact-in my mind it is a conclrs
i've fact, it is not reasonable. / submit
that five gentlemen who have signed
this minority report all have more wis
dom-I mean that FIVE gentlemen who
have signed this minority report shall
have more wisdom, more keenness of
perception, more common honesty than
the forty-four who approve the majority
renort