Year: 1876

CIR. HOAR SECURES A HEARING FOR WoMAN-A


VOTE ADVERSE TO BLAINE AS TO RULEs-sPEN-


GER EXCLUDED.


icy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.l


CINCINEATI June 15.-The attendance at the
Convention during the early hours of its session to-
day was better than Yesterday Nearly every
seat on the platform behind the presiding
officer was occupied, and few of those In
the galleries were empty. The day has not been OPP
pressively hot anywhere in the city, and during the
more interesting portions of the session, although
more than 5000 people were In the Convention hall,
the suffering from heat was much less than it would
have been earlier in the week. The order of the
Convention has been wonderfully good. At times
the enthusiasm of the delegates and spectators was
wild. but the Convention always settled down again
TO its work after each outbreak, and business went
on as before in an orderly manner


There was a ripple of curiosity over the whole
body as George f. Hoar rose in the Massachusetts
delegation upon the close of the long lTayer-whch,
as before was received in reverent silence by half
of the assembly-and said he had something to sub
nit in behalf of class of citizens who had no repre-
sentative in the Convention. When he said that he
had memorial to present on behalf of the National
Wolnans Suffrage Association curiosity gave way 10
amusement; and when he added motion that MIS-.
Sarah ]. Spencer of Washington be allowed ten min
utes TO address the Convention upon the subject,
the novelty and boldness of the proposition ITS
own way Mr. Mcpherson, who, here as elsewhere
throughout the proceedings showed his absolute
fairness, put the question, and when there
seemed to be about equal vote for and
against the motion, gave to the lady the
benefit of the doubt, and decided 1T car
ned. Then for the first time. at least
within the memory of many old politicians, woman
addressed National Convention. She bore herself
ralI and kar.- nd iSfi rloc
more Of her audience than many of the speakers OF
the day. Her thrusts at the masculine enemy were
received with good-humOred applause, and when
she reminded Frederick Douglass that he owed more
TO one woman-Harriet Beecher Stowe-than to all
ihe men alive, and warned the sardOnic Logan that
the day might come when ten million women with
ballots in their hands might forget him IN return
for his forgefulness of them the Convention seemed
10 think them fair hits, and applauded vigorously
The favorable impression which Mrs. Spencer per-
sonaly made was not in the least diminished when
she showed the rare virtue in convention speaker
Of eurtailing her own time. Perhaps il was sympa-
thy, perhaps it was gratitude, but the Convention
rewarded her at the close with good generous
round Of applause, that was twice repeated.


TIE ANTI-BLAIyE RULES.


The first contest OF the day was the adoption
of the report of the Committee Rules and Order



the discontinue of the Blaine forces had they not
withdrawn gracefully from the fight. The Commit
tee on Rules, like all the Others, constructed in
the Blaine interest, but owing to the almost inces
SAINT work of all the Blaine during the past few
DAYS, many of them were not in a physical cond-
ton to attend the meetings Of the Committee. The
anti-Baine men of the Committee Rules there
fore were in majority in its meetings, and adopted
several rules, parts of rules the object of which
was to postpone the nomination of candidates for
the Presidency as long possible, and to prevent
Mr.. Blaine from carrying the Convention in whTl-
wind Of excitement. When this action of the Com
mittee made known about the hotels last even
ing, movement put on foot to call another
meeting of the Committee, but quorum OF 1t could
not be secured and the question came into the Con-
vention.


The Objectionable rules were those which provided
Tor the adoption of the platform of the party before
any nomination for the Presidency was made and
iorbiddng any delegate TO change his vote after 1t
was once cast before the result of the ballot was
announced. The Blaine men undertook to make the
Eight on the first provision, and Mr.. Hale OF Maine
move to strike il from rule three He made Mistake
in saying that it had not been customary for the
Platform 10 be adopted before the nomination was
made, for il was done not only in Chicago Ill 1850
but again eight years ago. when Gen. Grant was first
nominated After brief struggle. in the midst Of
which it reported that the Committee Resolu-
tons ready to report, the Blaine men found the
crIft of sentiment against them, and Withdrew
gracefully.


The only other attempt to amend the report Of the
toinmittee on Rules was made by Mr.. Silliman OF
New-fork, who moved that a recess OF hall an hour
De takon after each ballot for Presidential candi-
date. This proposition laughed out OF the Con-
sention by an amendment facetously offered by Mr.
Van Zant of Rhode Island, directing the Chairman
OF each delegation TO cause his men to be labeled
with what they asked for their votes, and whether
ue price was in cash country produce. As the
whole question was laid upon tho table. some one
st the left Of the chair replied to Mr. Van Zant,


ihsy may want to 20 to St Louis" This ended