Show two sessions and I 1 still N enot eJ OE E FOR CHA 1111 I 1 I 1 important changed mia ill 1 jhb mies fl 11 1 N I 1 OT REID 1 r 1 1 the long debate over the virginia contest a 6 T 4 I 1 a claymond will have blaine the If ardson bolln midnight ja I 1 review I 1 aad P s to tits proceedings of the morning session in a nutshell cado ano june 20 the conven tion was called to order at 1229 p in roche of illinois called for the report of the committee on organization governor boater of ohio read tho report of the committee on permanent organization wit left was on motion of I 1 nickee of kentucky adopted tile Co mention voted to effect it organization chairman estee was introduced to abe convention bespoke ferring to the oregon election of two va ecks ago roche of illinois took the platform and presented a silver and gold gavel to the convention Work illinois presented to the chairman tavel ad of wood from the deskin the tannery at galena belonging to grant it was received amid great althause lause bayne of alT there 0 rt of the committee on rules and ya oar moved its adoption with titer ex of that one relating td the election of alternates altern atea the committee on rules reported dakota entitled to ten and washington territory to six votes the in fotion of johnson of vew york to recommit rule 10 to the committee was withdrawn floars motion to amend the phraseology of rule io was defeated and jhb original re rt adopted I 1 ander the rules adopted there the re is of t 0 commit sea on credentials and platform and of era of the nati I 1 committed must be actea upon before the presentation and balloting for candidates begins Butterwort iI of ohio moved to limit e nominating speeches tp fifteen minutes and the hes to ten minutes the motion was do feared tito ch a ardian of the committee on credentials that tile bom cittee would be ready to report gt 8 ll 11 im horr of michigan moved a recess s p in and at the conven lion took recess un tai that time EVENING sEs sros some expectation was indulged in by many of those who came to the ahli evening that a ballot might betoken betaken before adjoua amen but no one ho understood the situation had any idea that the proceedings would go so far under the iules adopted this that the credentials committee must report and its work be and the platform I 1 daal y further business even the nomination nonI nation of candidates can be pro aeed ed ith agolig the gentlemen on the platform this everil ng was harry amith late journal clerk of the houat of sho had been e ajl ted kv chairman to assist m in constructing the rather comb pile Atef coio co io ad r ules govern the lower branch of the national legislature at the convention was called to order the auditorium wea un crawdad craw ded and ther atmOs phere alq hall way the of thousands thou sandi i of jaus did not have the effect of ca I 1 ng a breath of grauf from the republican state central committee of california intending greetings to th a convention COnvent ton their grateful thanks for the honor bestowed on the pacific I 1 vast by the election of era as per chairman i cittee t A the limit at time for ig as live minutes sm I 1 that all the PC 2 ken would be called jo order on ti me eXcepting lit candidates tes forthe 00 would the convention also hereafter be called on tinia wellington it resolution tendering to the german nation on behalf of the republican party of tile united states its ani in this hour of he r bereavement deep sorrow caused by tile death of ter rul e em er r friderick of gerc vain out Keart fett icse sym r to patio th y G ittia nn Is they haver recently sustained in the decease of the man under whose reign germany bag become a united nation and that other great man ilia liberal minded lit loving and no ble son jt was adopted by a raw wellington said fix suppo rt of life that the german is m at nation the Gern ians have dt va w ed to the first place in cl miliza li on and culture as war were steadfast friends ip I 1 the union it has furnished america with come of its best citizens and statesmen dixon colored of marciand Mar vIand offered reunions reut ions of respect to the memory of gr act hopu ex president arthur and the 11 ate Senator Conkling which were map by a rising botao the chair then asked for the report of the committee on cr henderson iowa announced 1 s I 1 chairman of that com t tee kasnot present and kal of tile convention proceeded to time bv telegrams re calved for delegates dele vates after which the band in the gallery proceeded to put in the time until the credential own cittee would bd ready to report while the band was playing col fred grant and his wife accod pan ed I 1 by ralmer entered I 1 the el I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 convention and one of the delegation aisles steppe upon the in and took seats in the r 0 the I 1 land assigned to tham co riven lion cheered tl 10 visitors tito chairman again called it ft the cammi ties on credentials at ain received no response Us tile n allied pon the committee on resola but harris N 0 stated that the was W report and would not be morrow I 1 then suggested that a roll of states should be called for the purpose of members of the national committee but its adoption was do feared then tile convention hav ing nothing else to do commenced to call upon bradley and in response res ponso athe ca 11 the presented W 0 bradley of after thanking the coave antion for tile honor conferred upon him by the that lie address the convention lie said the republicans more here to accept the cb a dilenge fr louis They were net here to make any ly of but to teal man fully with th e questions that shall come before them with the tariff what we do with the surplus aich is inches a ing irr the treasury rv ahn shall be our leader cries of blaine blaine matters not who it Is tile lilt par will win this fIght A pan il hall 11 of kansas amid the most enthusiastic outburst of enghu a that has yet been aben in the C n v e sn lion that gov of ohio be 7 asked to address the n bention ven tion tito motion was d to and governor foraker was I 1 antz hicel and received with a volley d I 1 cheers willie he thanked tile con V lion fo r the lionar conferred upon bl he said he would have if lie ad not been cal ed tito question amid been asked IN hat are me here for laughters tile here to formulate Ite publican principles they acm hereto nominate the next president of the united states applause tho first WAS e todo E M school boy know what tal alim t lons of the convention would be ever y demo crat as well as republican knew hat the atti tildo of the republics in was with respect to the quy n which concerned the american poo ale republicanism Is sincere and sin cerit never equivocates we belaev in a tree ballot and fair count and will 0 not hesitate to say so ih all the thim der we can put in the platform plat forn we believe I 1 n a protective tariffs and that tile present democratic adminis tra lion is a fraud and prete deb we want a change and we are determined to have one we believe Clev elands free trade message is fraught with danger anve want to tal e care of american labar american homes and american industries and we will do so then we will nominate our candidate I 1 know who he will be A voice in the gallery gresh am and cheers governor foraker continued I 1 dont know what his name Is a voice foraker and cheers but I 1 can say he will be a gentleman continued cheers that was saying a great deal in view of rece mt experiences here broke in anderson 0 f IOWA mi th tile declaration that the nominee would not go fishing on decoration da continuing foraker said the nominee would be a man of good moral character and would have somo special standing inthe community 11 mould not only bo a man to cherish patriotic recollections but would have a record as it republican that would be without spot or blemish 1145 would dalre the s jandard in his hand and carry it to victory in the name of republicanism without explanation or apol to anybody atut ahen once clecil at would be his highest business to give the country a republican administration ap its would not do it by false pretense he would go si raight at tile mark in he said we can catch up the glorious refrain that comes from oregon and carry it over the whole country sith a magnificent eDt triumph aich will knock grover cleveland and the old bandana into innocuous des tie loud and long continued applause and cheers beller north carolina moved tha t colonel robert G ingersoll be asked to make an ad iress but tee on credentials jing ready to ro port the re AU lai order was kith ME IN VIRGINI A tito chairman of titer ere lenti als committee then advanced to the platform and anade his report there r t among other ns ors the admi Kalon of the wise dis ariit d legates fraai virginia and the four 11 abone delegates at large russell N C from the creden committee minority report which dissents from thema bority report in fa vor of the admi aion delegates from the bd ath ath jtb atti and dieu is who it is claimed were cleato by tended never called ere ie stat ID committee the report IT r f 0 the addiss ion of tho ma botio d e 1 c from the and 2nd ath oth ath st biales 1 slid districts the majority report wai adopted 0 ca t so much themon aa re tea to 1 virgini Vik gini contests se r rid ale borger of Virgin tat then k the to present as lie said the truth of the u estion lie came bare he said t vote being east against hlin L het I 1 it ath congressional district had been contested there yet he was aked to sit bawn quietly and listen to the gentleman from north carolina make a min arity report that he was not entitled to a seat on the floor if lie was not entitled to a sopt who was laughters Laughter at th 1 a pot I 1 it vall of nebraska broke in with the point of order that Riddle borger was out of order as u lion now pending re to it thea is legates at large tile chair gustal ned the of and left the plat fOr an as there would be ahou he could protest against the partisan methods which allowed men 0 walk people in here to for th air 5 decla pecla I 1 candi that of it to credentials commit tees rep art apoll the admission of virginia delegates at large was adopt ed that question then being 0 of that ito artion of the of the cc mite port salm too relating ye lating to the admi on of thi district delegated from virginia iyoob of virginia spoke in favor OL the with special refer once to the oth I 1 strict ile said ha and big coiles gues were legally elec the convention which was called by tile state compili COMPI lt bend mhd contestants wore gle tad by three men who had it P re tended convention in ahe private office of one of the tes ehly hom Is wood was then elected by a conven tion composed of delegates from every legislative district in the con 9 r al 11 1 ai district and it wits unjust 0 t him anahis colleague out of the I 1 dional I 1 9 I 1 I 1 I 1 cen of ohio expressed himself as one f those wiio insisted that tile magnall leant republican of the ath dietrict should be represented in tile convention its then moved that gvoth pet of delaga lions from it ath district be ad each delegate to have halt a rote wise of Virgin lap cherno lion I 1 of town protested tile motion as being dangerous against n its effect enerson of moved that the minority report so far as it referred to the admission of wood and colleague be adopted tito chair explained that the minority report did not ask for the admission of any delegates from tile ath district but merely dissented from the ma bority report E then sat he would move that wood and his colleague be admitted into the convention as the properly elected delegates from the oth district webber now york objected to this lie said it this adopted to be consistent tile Con veart lion must admit all of the delegates who are declared by tile majority report not to be entitled to peats R 11 of morth Carolina opposed aerl gibbons gibsons Gib sons motion and call d attention to the fact that the maj rity report did not recommend the settling 0 it e anti mahone delegates for the ath district as has li en done in th e case of tile other district dist riat delegates this was because tile two hono delegates from that district re presented a constituency of three men one besides vest assembled in some highly respect ahlo grogshop I 1 virginia was tile convention going to allow a they callad thern selves to ride rough shod over the regular organization orga of tile a great state fie wa I 1 against the seat ing of men elected in conventions not authority ant hority when lie was in by Filley of the vii whether abero was a con grOsa lonal committee la triet russell replied if there was etwas under para organization and const i aution no con local district convention could C held except by order of jhb convention rilley was that tile usual plan russell usually universal laugh ter filley was there any other congressional call in the russell in most of the districts there never was until the convention had assembled at petersburg under tile state call filled are the congressional congressi district conventions held russela the district conventions acsell they please F illey cal ed by whom I 1 by the state committee fi aley all algava R 1 aughter general bingham penn addressed the convention upon the ninth district cases ile declared little ins bority of the committee on credentials conceded the election of wood and his colleague it give up all its claim thattie other mahone district delee gates were not prop rl elected and ti 0 opponents entitle 1 I to seats ile claimed that the election of the contestants te of woo wooi I and his collea a was so palpable a fraud LEM the majority of the committee di ld not dare they should be entitled even under the claim of the t clinical the byod con bention ven tion to the seats a n d 11 t is on bention voted to sent air I 1 wood it will vote down the majority report rector of texas spoke in favor of th e majority report and aing of the 0 f th awood delegat eer of minnesota thought there had been only one convention of the ninth district and that was the one held at outside the ninth district the convention of three was a fraud and to th ow out the wood delegates on the more technical plea that the district convention was not hold with the bounds 0 I 1 ills district was neither just nor rig t john S wise theft took the floor and v 8 gr e led with applause he hen t h es from north carolina brussell lR the gentleman who made the contest as one who proba bly went to a grog shop lie did dot confine to the facts of the attoe lendh ton sho was the rival contestant cun wm tile peer of the gentleman from north Caro linsor any other goubleman gout leman here and his geeting weeting was not held at a grog shop but in a reputable place were every convention had been beld for years ile did no come here to be called a trickster and a of the grog shop ile wise had seconded tile motion to admit both delegations because as it true republican from virginia recognizing the ninth districts as the banner district of virginia republicanism loving its people whether thy cl a in 0 here under the banner of 31 a one pr wise it grieved him to see her un enton in the convention ap hess of arose to move the ion aut the chair do to recognize hini and afore of west virginia addressed the convert lion n the ninth district dispute the danger I 1 if it admitted any of the lintl I 1 district delegates of setting a danger ous alven virginia following in favor of the minority committees deport ile declared if the majority voto was adopted ilia place as delegate at a ro from virginia would be t him would declai that there was a taint of irregularity about hia own convention ile wert into the detail 4 of the entire virginia contest and lid there could be no possible doubt of the regular election of all the mahone delegates iless call for the drevlo us question was ti ten recognized and under the call the convention adopted the motion |