New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-03-25
rom West Virginia, voted aye, and in
he excitement Of the moment CoDkling

s | II
ground that it might be unjust. N
candidate ever had an ADLER or more gal
liant leader than Grant ha6 in Conklin.
and no mans personal following eve
, seemed stronger, but he was the large
Of the combined opposition, and wen
down as the result.
!; It was late Friday night, June 4, whe1
the committee on credentials reported
The report excluded the Grant delegates
from Cook county (Chicago) WHO hae
| been Endorsed by the state convention
and accepted the district delegates who
we're favorable to Blaine. This report
produced wild scene of excitement, an0
when California delegate yelled eve
are here to nominate Blaine" the enthu.
siasm seemed to be unbounded. For sc
minutes there was a continuous roar OF
applause, the spectators being largely
for Blaine, owing to the work of the To-
cal committee in their admissions. 1t
was during this period of applause that
a woman on the platform became tenn
porarily insane, and tearing down flag,
wrapped it about herself, HISTORICALLY
screaming for Blaine until friends kind
ly removed her. 1t was midnight when
Emory A. Storrs took the platform to
speak against the report. That speech
| was the greatest effort of his life, and
concluded with a glowing eulogium Of
Grant and pledge of loyalty to the par
ty, whatever the result. AS peroration
for Storrs the Grant forces yelled for
three quarters of an hour, during which
time Conkling sufficiently relaxed his
dignity to grasp the standard of New
York, and headed procession of yell
ing enthusiasts in marching through the
convention aisles. The chair made no
attempt to secure order, but when ply
steal exhaustion restored quiet, vote
was taken and the eloquent Storrs, Long
John Wentworth and other prominent
Grant men who were excluded. It was
not question of who vas right or wrong,
but 1.-The field" against Grant, and the
report was adopted by 1884 to 356. 1t
was in keeping with the previous exper-
fence of the Grant forces. The other
contests were similarly decided
On Saturday, June S, came the report
of the committee on rules, and this was
the anti-unit rule reported from the COM
mittee:
In the record of the votes by states the
vote of each state, territory and the Dis
trict of Columbia shall he announced by
the chairman and, in case the votes of
any state, territory or the District of
Columbia shall he divided, the chairman
shall announce the vote cast for any can
didate, or for or against any proposition;
but, if exception is taken by any dele
gate as to the correctness of such an
nouncement by the chairman of his dele
CATION, the president of the convention
shall direct the roll of members of such
delegation to be called, and the result
recorded in accordance with the votes in
d1vidually givens "
This rule was a1upted by substantially
the saliie vote as in the case of the con-
tested delegates. This rule gave Blaine
| II votes in New York. % in Pennsylva-
MIA and I 0 in Illinois, loss of so votes
for Grant-which might have saved him
the day.
The platform committee eport which
followed the rule was only noticeable for
the s.what are we here for" speech which
made FLAMING of Texas famous. And
that was not on the platform direct.
Some delegate moved an additional
plank, inaorsing President Hayes for his
enforcement of the civil service law,
whereupon Flanagan fired this shot:
"Texas, sir. has had quite enough Ct
the civil service. For the last four years
of the 1,400 officers appointed by the
president of the United States in Texas
40 represent the Republican party. We
are not here for the purpose of provid.
ing Offices for the Democracy. There is
oue plank in their platform that / have
ever admired, and that's 'toathe vlctors
belong the spoils' We have been ground
under foot by the present administration
eexpected this convention would nom
mate u stalWart, one who, after W.
have won the race, will give to Those
who are entitled to position, office
What are we here for? mean the mem
bers Of the Republican party are emit
tied to offices, and # we are victorious
we will have them. We came here fo
that. purp, sc. I move TO lay the amend