Show TELEGRAPHIC LOW COACHES The Chicago Convcntiou Slowly Slow-ly Gettiuz Down to Basiacss Some Pretty SIHrrJu illume Continues on Top Chicago iThe committee OB credentials cre-dentials early this morning dicidtd all cates not heretofore adjudicated The Thirteenth Illinois District WAS decided in favor of the contestants Blaine tho LTUh caso in favor of the fitting dele gatee mine and the West Virginia in favor of the siting members Blame excitement in the convention Las materially moderated though the inter e5t is still intenee but it is more calm and less demonstrafve > While it is just OcSible that balloting may begin lo licht the prevailing impre sion is that no nomination is possible before tomorrow tomor-row while many think the convention will extend the nroceedincs into next I week Delay is clearly the purppse of Grants supporters whilo the lllaino men are anxious to force the fighting and bring matters to an isauo as soon as it can be fairly and courtoouly elfecled The Grant Itadera and journals charge that Garfield is working entirely in Blames interest and inttmato that the latter are holding him in reserve for advancement ad-vancement should Blame fail of nomination nomi-nation The mere probable surmise it that Garheld is i only leading the Sherman Sher-man movement in cooperation with Blaincs friend but if maine should win the second place just now is bought by shrewd obervers to lay between Garficld and Washburne But all is uncertain and new combinations combina-tions may develop at any hour Blames friends however feel sure that ho will led Grant on the first ballot and far exceed his vote on tho second If they have any tpccial facts as the baa for their evidently earnest conviction that Blaine is sure of ultimate EucceF they aro too prudent to disclose it in such a manner that it can become public There is much indignation this mom ing in the Pacific Coast delegation on earning that Chairman Iierrcpont of ho committee on resolution has gone back cn his agreement to accept the plank on the Chinese question which they had prepared and accepted and substituted sub-stituted one of considerable less force The modified platform is said to contain a clause allowing the Chinese to vote and contains no restriction on unlimited Chinese immigration While the itteroit in the convcnton ana its bubiness continues intense thereto I there-to viiblt i abatement of the excitement This morning at 1015 there arc few delegate in their seas and tho galleries are LO yet filled Spectators however are sti 1 pouring ID i and as the weather Is cloudy nnd cool there is no doubt that mother hour will see the house crammed to its utm st capacity Among me spectators spec-tators in the front platform is Queen Victoria Vic-toria youngest Eon Prince Leopold accJmprnied by his friend H Collins Esq O ll Hon H York England Col Mcici1 Victoria Cross Equcry to the Queen Jho Princess is at tHo Grand Pacilic with her suito but too weariol to visit the convention this morning Conkling entering the hall was received re-ceived with a burst of applause which seemed to indicate that Grant men are in possession of the galleries today At 1040 the galleries are nearly full At this time Gaifield entering was receded with much appause Chairman Hoar called the convention to order at 1045 Key Arthur Little of tho New York Congregational Chuith invoked tho throne of grace Gonkling TOSO to offer a resolution and hoped there would be no objection to it If there should bo any objection he should ask the rol to be called Resolved As the sens of this convention conven-tion that every member of it is bound in honor to support its nominee whoever that nominee may be and that no mail should hold his seat hero who is not ready so to agree Cheers and applause Hale of Maine said they were unable to hfar tho resolut on in his neighborhood neighbor-hood and called for its reading again and it i was so read Halo aid ho supposed sup-posed that a republican convention did not need to be instructed that its first duty alter naming its candidato WES to proceed to elect him over the democratic candidate Applause They all had their preference and wera ardent with I the express m and urgency of their preferences but he had ye failed to hear in the buy and exciting contests in which they hd been engiged for the last week any expression on the part of any delegates to tho convention who over they might be for n dcssent as ID tho final determination of the convention When deliverance was had from all the labor of the convention ho hai no doubt that they should all ba found band in hand shoulder to shoulder marching onto on-to the election of their candidate Chesrs f the candidao of the gentleman gentle-man from New York were nommtsd he Hale and his friends would Turk iy night end by day to elect him aud m turn they should cspect if they nominated nomi-nated thtir candidate ho Conkling would work night and day to elect him Cheers I Brandige called for a vote by a call of states to emptiaize is purpose and to ascertain who arc for it and who agAinst it and who will try to ecape Ap plcuse The chair put Ihe qaeitim first viva voce and there were apparently halt a dozen npos Conklini also asked neal of the slate easing it was desirable to know who it was in a republican convention who voted no on uch a resolution A ppausc The call of states HI then ordered by an overwhelming vote Memo voted unanimously a > e applause New York 70 ayes Pecnsylvanii 58 ayes Only one delegate being present from South Ctrolina he cast his singly vote aye West Virginia cast 5 votes aye and 3 no hisses 3 absent Aye 17G noes 3 so the resolution was adopted Conkling said he wanted to offer another resolution resolu-tion which he would reduce to writing inn in-n moment as follows Kesolved That tbe delegates who had toted that they will net abide the action ot the convention da not deserve to havened have-ned have forfeited their votes in this convention Subdued nppla < se and I seme nis3ej Carolbell of Wet l Virginia sid U 00 were three delegates from his stte good and true republican who had cast these negative votes If it had coma to this R delegate ould not coma here to express his free opinion be for one was redy to withdraw lie had been a republican re-publican editor in Virginia twentyfive years who had imbibed lh political faith from the lips of William Henry Seward in New lork he would never consent in advance to agree to everything every-thing that a convention might do He always intended to carry his own sovereignty under his own tat Hale of West Virginia who vot d I eye defended the right of his colleague to vote as he saw fit applause to utter II I his own sentiments as an individual delegate Urandige of Cunn ticut said the question ques-tion was no one of free speech it was only a question as to what any man would do for the support of republican prieciplc McCoraJck of WeatVirginia avowed himself sue of the three dissents not because be-cause he did not expect to support the I uominnec of tbh convention for bo did I it tend to d > that no matter who he r I should be He wa < as good a republican as the gentleman from New York and where tile Utter made one speech for the nominee of the lad national republican convention be McCormick made 100 Great applause snd cheer Ho opposed tho resolution only because it declared that Tee are urfit to sit in the convention i 1 conven-tion if they differ from other members I of it I Y unr of Trnnesseo colored supported sup-ported the resolution and wanted to i know why if thoe who vUeno meant 1 to join the democratic party they should i be tore helping to ohooe the nominee of tlie republican party < Garfield of Ohio feared the convention conven-tion was about committing a great error and before they should an ho desired to state the case Rayman one of three dissenting votes declared their expectation tj support tho nominee but they voted no because they they thought this was not the time to adopt such a resolution Are they to be disfranchised for that reason Applausa and cries of No nuJ That is the quotion Wo are rciponsible for onr actions to our constituents end not this contention Great applause There never was and never will be a convention which did or can bind my vote in advance ad-vance of any question If this resolution was adopted the convention must purge itself at tbe close of every vote and determine deter-mine how many shall go rut At the close ho urged Conklins to withdraw his i 1 resolution Pixley of California moved to lay ho resolution on the table Appause Conkliog demanded a call of the roll utica long and furious A call Ot the roll was orderrd Conkling inquired of the chair whether th ° three gentlemen from Wet Virgnia did say they would vote for the nominee of this convention The Chair said it i was not his province j to answer the question Conkling said he would not press LH resolution and his question was answered in the affirmative and finally he withdrew with-drew the resolution as ho aid there seemed to be some doubts Applause and hisses Scroll of New JfirseS moved that committee on credentials now report Adopted The chair pointed out to tho occupants of the gallery the impropriety of interrupting inter-rupting the proceedings of the convention conven-tion If there should bo any more hissing his-sing there he should order the part of the gallery from which it came cleared Applause Ap-plause The chairman of the credentials committee com-mittee not being in the house on motion of Sewell the committee on rules was ordered report with the understanding that no action should be taken until after the report of the committee on credentials creden-tials had been received and acted upon The chair called Senator Bruce of Mississippi one of tho vicepresident temporarily to the chair who was received re-ceived with applause The rules were read by tho secretary Time ono which forbids any unit rule was read with applause Garfield said he did not understand that these rules were now up fur discussion discus-sion but only for information Too only changes from the rules of 70 wore verbal merely effected their arrangement arrange-ment in more convenient order except that the committee had added to what was now numbered as rule S a provision clearly and explicitly embodying tho uniform precedent of all previous republican repub-lican conventions as to the manner of taking the vote of states thataro divided Hoar resumed the chair Sharpe of New York presented the minority report of the committee on rule signed by Alabama Arkaueas Florida Kentucky Mississippi Missouri New York Tennessee Virginia Illinois and Colorado recommending the adop tion of rue 8 being rule 6 of time convention conven-tion of 187o in the same language as in 1870 as follows ln tho record of votes by state the vote of each state territory and the District ot Columbia shall be announced by the chairman and in case the votes of any state territory and the District of Coumbia shall be divided tho chairman shall announce the number of votes cast for any candidato or for or against any proposition Tho minority express the belief that the addition made by tho majority of the comuvtt is unwise that it tends to invite discussion which might not otherwise other-wise be forced on tbo conventionthat for the protection of the rights of individual indi-vidual members it is unnecessary and that it gratuitously and in advance casts an imputation on tho chairman of the respective delegations Action on the report of the committee on rules and the views of the minority was withheld for tho present A mesago was received from the committee com-mittee on credentials that it would be ready to report in thirty minute The convention accordingly is waiting idly for the committees appearance The committee on resolutions have not yet reported but have agreed upon their work 1 ho platform rehearses tho great benefits bene-fits of tho republican rulo to the country It has restored solidity to national finance finan-ce lifted the credit of tho country has ensured prosperity of tho future it ai vocatcs popular education adherence to the Constitution tbo prohibition of the uso of public funds for sectarian schools favors protection of American labor commerce and Industrie denounces polygamy renews the oblcationa of the country to Union soldier opposes unlimited un-limited Chinese immigration and suggests sug-gests congressional 1 modification of existing exist-ing treaties to remedy the eiI commends com-mends Hayes administration arraigns the democratic party and holds it to be tbe duty republicans to harmonize the whole country The change in the Chine plank since last night strikes out all of it after the words American people and tubiti tutes for the climenated matter tho following fol-lowing Wo welcome to the benefits and privileges ol our free institutions all those who seek their enjoyment and aro willing to assume the obligations while they participate in the benefits of American Ameri-can citizenship The influx to our shore of hordes of people who are unwilling to perform tho duties of the citizen or to recognize the binding force of our laws and custom is not to be encouraged and believing that respectful attention should bo pad to the evils complained of by our brethren on the Pacilic Coast we urge the renewed attention of Congr to this important question and suggest such change of our existing treaty obligations obli-gations as will remedy those evils After about en hours delay waiting for the commiltoa on credentials to report thc convention again came to order at 1 oclock pm Conger of Michigan presented the committees report apolo gising for tho length of time they had been compelled to detain tho convention and explaining its necessity In Louisiana tho committee recommended the admission admis-sion of tho Warraouth delegation and excluding the Bcattie delegation The committee reports that the Bcattie bolt was without adequate cause In Alabama they recommend the admision of Rapier believing the state convention had no right to override or ignore his soection by hh district OOC5USO of his failure to accept a condition that he should obey tho instructions that the state delegation should vote as a unit lor urant xu cue case of Smith and Warner in Alabama the facts were substantially the same as in the case of Rapier They were duly choEcn by their respective districts and the sate convention undertook to revoke thtir appointment because they failed to accept the unit rule Ibe committee com-mittee recomru nd their admission In Illinois tho committee recommend the admission of contestants to tho seats of sittinc members from tbo First Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Ninth Tenth Thirteenth and Seventeenth Congressional Congres-sional Districts The committee also reports re-ports against the contestants in the Second Sec-ond Illinois District and do not sustain tho objections to tho four delegates at large in the same state They further rpoit in favor of the titling men from the Ninth nnd Nineteenth Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third District of West Virginia The committee suggests sug-gests that the final decision of many of these contests depends upon the adoption adop-tion by tho convention of the principle of congressional di trict representation which the committee hold to be sound Applause The report cites J D Cam erons support of the right of individual district representation at the convention of 70 under precisely similar circumstances circum-stances and a similar call for a national conventi They cite the form of the call ot the convention in 58 ss evidence that it was the purpose of tbo republican party lo establish the principle of district representation This was sustained also by all precedents in the party down to dale In do case has the lair action of a district m seecting iU representatives been overruled or changed by any state or national convention Applause The committee decs not believe that this right congressional district representation representa-tion should now be invaded for the first t time by ha action of a iational convention conven-tion If at te convention can by a bare majority override the will ot the i epe fairly expressed in the selection of district delegates it might as well appoint at once M the delegates Great app nuseJ Non trons made through such mis ruprese tation were not Iikclyto be ratified rati-fied by the people It was the duty or the convention to disapprove emphatically emphatic-ally nil attempt to overrule tho high moral customs of the pwty Applamc The committee susaij the sitting delegates dele-gates from Utah as regularly and fairly chosen Clayton of Arkansas presented the minority reporty They differ with the majority as to the appl cation of the principle of diatric representation The recommendation of tho majority if adopted would work KS an ex pout facto rule rcversirg tho longeUablishei u age of the party in many states App < iue J They urge that there is a vacancy in the district claimed by Rapier snd that the sitting members arc entitled to seats which tho majority report award to Smith and Warner Th minor tv s v thai as Rapier refused to accept the pledge exacted by thu state convention he is hero without credential also that how ho-w not elected by his district that only nominated him and that except through tbd action of the stale convention ratify ing hit nomination ho had no authority whatever It did m t appear that there had been any distict conventions in Alabama at which the Alabama contestants con-testants t had been chosen Their authority au-thority here could rest only on the action in the state convention If the principle of district repreentathn is a found one then more than half the delegates sitting in this convention are here with < ut right and if the rule is rigidly applied tho body would find itself without a quorum Applause Ap-plause In the case of Illinois the minority elaborate n statement of alleged al-leged fct but presents nothing in addition to what the press has already fully given Ihe minority defended the right of a state convention to instruct its delegates to vote as a unit according to iu will nnd presented an argument in support of the same which was received with applause in which Conkling conspicuously jOined The minority report concludes on the Illinois caie with tho recommendation that the sitting members be retained in their scats as duly accredited rcprojentalivos They also nonconcur with the majority in the cases of Utah and West Virginia The report is signed by 15 P Tracey of New York Powell Clayton of Arkansas Arkan-sas and others Conger handed in a correctd list of members of the convention as reported by his committee Ho then moved that the convention proceed to consider tho Louisiana case Cessna moved to adopt all of the report on which tho committee had agreed and then proceed to the seperate consideration disputed issues involving the contests in Alabama Illinois West Virginia and Utah C Continued on second page |