THE,
1 1
MEMPHIS, TBNN, FRIDAY, JTHSTE 16, 1876.
VXL 36, TSTO 146
CLOSISfU RATES
Ytxlvrday of cotton ana gold:
Jjrt, ootton, VZls; Memphis, lie.
JVcw
1'orJfc, jjfti doiod at Memphis,
Hit
W KATUE it rnODADILITIE-S.
V'a.k I) err, Ornor Oil. Sto.OrriocB,
rt'AjjMmUTOJ", Jaue 16, 1 a-u.
77ere arc no important changes (o
ncle.
ARKANSAS.
Nrroud Dux of ' Ktnte Cotfreallou
.N'otalunttunit tar stale Officer.
Little Kook, Juuol5 The Danio-
critic Biate convention reasternoieu at
nine o'clock this mornlnK. The first
LtnluttH in order was balloting for secte
tary of stnte. The prominent candi
dates woie T. B Heave ra, the present
n-ambnt; Jacob Frcltcb, editor of the
n.iue Uuitniyiiecora: J. A. Uoululug,
t.f f'B Arka ieit.hla Standard, and It.
1 1 1 1 - V, j '
. juie, ui xenvuu cjuuiy. uu
Mie nrat ballot luere was no
choice Buavcra leading, Frolioh next.
hi the eecoud ballot the names of all the
candidates except Beavers and Frol'ch
wera put down. Beavers wts then
nominated by a email nisjority. The
interest manifested during tne balloting
v. ta great on the part of the friends of
tha diflerentwpiranta. General Churchill
treasurer, J. N. Hmithoa land commis-
inisaloner, and John R. Eikeu chancel
Iir, all pieent in euro taut?, were each
nominated ty acclamation for re-elec
tUn. Ou the lirst ballot for auditor. Jno.
f'rearnf ird, of Howard county, was norn-
ina.ed. The contest lor attoruey-Keuerai
was exciting; Messn?. D. W. Jones,
of Hempstead, and W. K. Henderson,
of lUnuoIpu, being the leading candi
dates. The selection was made on the
lirst ballot. Henderson was nominated
for chancellor cleik on the eecoud bal
lot. Tne convention then ad-
ijuriied until to-night, and It is
now in cession. The selection of a State
school superintendent, Presidential elec
tors, delegates to the National conven
tion, and other business, cornea up to
night.
BELKKAl.
rrosrliuime of the Defense lu Uie lui
iartiiueut Trial TUe Case to
Come tip July Otb.
"Washington, Jane 15 Genersl Bel
li aap's counsel, after full consultation,
have concluded to decline nutting in
any further plea to the articles of Im
peachment, agreeably to an order
made upon them at the last session of
t..e court. This, it is expected.wlll be fol
lowed by a written order, or, rather, by
un enforcement of the order already
made requiring them to proceed with
t'je trial upon the plea of "not guilty,"
vLIch the senate will put in for them.
Tjey will, however, file a paper to-mor-rt
w, in which their reasons for declining
to pleail further are tutetautially set
forth. They take the ground that Bel
knap is already substantially acquitted,
inasmuch as the senate has failed to as
iirt by a two-thirds vole that he is Ini-i.-achable.
The fact that he was or is
nu ollicer, within the meaning of the
constitution, being denied by more than
one-third of the body, aud that fact be
ing an essential element of legal convic
tion, he cannot be convicted, wha'.ever
may be the opinion of theeenate on the
n - of the cass. Nevertheless the
c." ,.t at extrcrne'Ohey will be ready for
Rfxth of Julv. and though
W9 slid to bo a irjs already teen acquitted,
they exjuct confidently that he will be
acquitted again. They think he ought
to ha spared the trouble of going through
the todiouj and exp3ns;vo forms of an
other tiial on another branch of the
FOREIGN TJSI.EGUAJIS.
Movilte June 15: The Btesmship
Italia, front New York, has arrived.
London, Jane 15: Dr. Newman Hall's
and .Lincoln tower will be dedicated
on the fourth of July with great oere
mDny. Pari, Jane 15: Tho statement that
tha ministry would resign if M. Buffet
was elected, is authoritatively contra
dicted. Paris, June 15: The dispatches from
Vienna say that Austria and Russia
have agreed to prevent any further as
siitance from reaching the insurgents.
They have also resolved to strongly
recommend the insurgent chiefs to ne
gatlate with Tuikey.
Versaille?, June 15: M. Waddinglon,
m'.nloter of public instruction, has in
formed the Budget that the government
l.a3 decided to accept the principle of
obligatory primary instruction. The
cnlnieler proposes to organize a great
university at each of the following cities:
Paris, Lyons, Bordeaux, and Nancy,
each university having an Independent
status.
London, June 15: At the Ascot meet
ing to-day, for tho 8t James palace
Ktikea, there were only two fctartera
Great Tom and Glacis. The race re
ai'teii In a dead heat, and the purse was
divided. The race, for the New stages
wax won bv itob Roy. Bt. Christopher
second. Don Carlos third. The gold cup
was won by Apology, Craig
ond, Forerunner tulru.
TEXAS.
Miller Beo-
FlnttrrlnK Crop J'rohpectii-Mnrket Ite
porttf llnllrontU, J'.lc.
l torn an Occasional CorresponJeuUl
Laxiar County, Texas, June 12.
Our crops still look very line. Walker
-wheat has been generally gcod, but late;
it was cut last week. Early wheat is
not to good; the rust has damaged it,
nud perhaps the chinch-bug. Oits are
rtne, and we will have a fine crop, but it
is hurt some by rust; a l&rga portion will
So cut this week. We have nad too much
Tain for two weeks; last night we had a
heavy rain. Corn is just beglnniqg to
hHU and tassel, cad cotton blooms will
.oa plentiful in a dav3' TnereIs
Home complaint of lice, but wops were
never in a better state of cultivation, be
Mg generally clean. Corn, hieon and
flour have a downward tendency, with
a good supply. Wheat eelia at ninety
conte. and corn forty to fifty cento. B
con has alien two cenU-, and now Eells
nt thirteen. Property if all kinds is
very low, and there is a large amount of
good lands on the market, cheaper per
haps than will ever be again, iorom
railroad prospects are good, The
officers of the road say the gap Utween
Paris and Texatkna will bs finished s
fast as men and money can do It, They
-j.ro st work with full force at both. ends.
Tho Rrling and bridging has been done
tor two tfesje, so repairing the grade and
laylrjrtne Uck is all to ba done. In
sixty or ninety day cars will run from
fncrmau to Memphis. St. Louis has
cit a large trade from this Gtcuty. I do
not Bee why Memphis should not g2$ her
tibare. E. jikay.
Killed Uy I.ishliitn.
tgCOHRSONViiJiE, Ind.i June lfi.
Micha'el Jlonrigan, aged fifty years and
a motion ?h?n a lhe JeflersonvUle,
M8Uoaudlv.'ian8P0iiflrBiiroa.w'''0
HUllug under atfb? or Jonesville, In
dlanaT eating hU c'nuer ta-day, was
ttruck by lightning ana .Instantly killed.
Low llnlrn of IilX4f.
Hautfobd, June 15. The lower
i rnnnoi(rit leKBators,
yesterday, by a vote of one hundred and
duclug the legal rate ofintereat to el?
er cent, from soven.
Four Slen Drowned.
Qi euec, Juno 15. Four men drawiri
logs In ftchemin river were drowned
yesterday by the upsetting of a boat.
CINCINNATI.
Second Daj's Proceedings of the Na
tional Radical Convention Another
. Field Day forsthe Gasbags.
Speech of Mm. Spencer, and Snsan B,
AuthonyTn jremorlal In Uclialfor a
Toinan'fi SufTnge Plank."
The Majority Report or Hie Committee
on Credentials, Excluding' the Spen
cer Delegates from Alabama,
Adopted.
Seven Names Pnt In Nomination Jewell,
Morton, Iiristoiv, Illulne, Conkllng,
Hayes and Harlrunft-Ko
Ballot Yet.
Cincinnati. June 1C Tho Republi
can convention met at eleven o'clock,
President M'Pherson in the chair. Pre
vious to the rappluK of the president's
gavel the band keot up an incessant
volley of music. The convention was
slow in geltine to business, and the dele-
gales were alow in coming in; some or
them were eerving on committees which
were in session during the morning, and
others nad been np latFlsst night. The
crowd of spectators was about the same
as yesterday. Prayer was made by
Kev. George Beecher, pastor of the First
Presbyterian church.
Mr. Geo. Jj. Hoar Muss. Mr. Chair
man, 1 am requested to present to this
convention a memorial of a large mass
of our citizens who are excluded from
any representation here and from any
share in the government. I desire to
preeent the memorial of the National
Women's suffrage association. Ap
plause Under ihe order adopted yes
terday ibis memorial goes to the com
mltttft on resolutions at once, but I de
sire to move that Mre. Sarah J. Spen
cer, who has been deputed by tho asso
ciation to represent them here, ba heard
by tne convention lor ten minutes.
The Chair is the motion seconded?
It was seconded by several delegates
and objected to by others. The ques
tion of allowing Mr?. Spencer to address
the house was put and carried by a
small majority. Mrs. Spencer came for
ward on tho platform, being received
with some applause, and pcke as fol
lows:
.MBS. SPENCER'S SPEECH.
Mr. Chairman In 1872 tha Repub
lican party declared that it had emanci
pated fcur millions of human beings and
established universal suffrage. Whore
were the ten millions of women citizens
of this republic? When will you make
this high-sounding declaration true?
The second plank says, "Wo have se
cured liberty and equality to all."
Acaln, where were the TTomsn of the
United States? A little further on, in
plank 14, you eay: "The Itopublican
party is mindful or its obligations to tne
loyal women of America for their noble
devotion to the cause of freedom. Their
admission to wider fields of usefulness is
viewed with satisfaction, and the honest
demands of any clas3 of citizens for ad
ditional rights should bo treated with
respectful consideration." The Republi
can party cannot afford Jp r9codo front
lis grounu lat en iour years ago. xi can
not afford to stand still. To be "still is to
die. Nothing that lives is still. Motion
a law of life. To ba the party that
leads you must move forward. We now
ask you for a plank that will place that
mighty emblem or power, the ballot, in
the hands ot ten millions of American
citizens, tho wives and daughters of this
fair repuuue. we aeKeo uenerai Xiosan,
of I linois,.,who was one of the nine
teen senators who voted for woman
suffrage In the United States senate in
1874, how he could speas half an hour
yesterday before thi3 convention of men
for men, where no woman's voice could
be heard, without once naming the dis
franchised, unrepresented women of this
land. He said he entirely forgot it. Ihea,
we say, how will it b9 with Uenerai Lo
gan if the ten million women citizens of
the United Btates, with the ballot in
their hands, forget him? We asked
Fred Douglass how he, so lately mada a
citizen, invested with all the rights of a
citizen, could speak yesterday on the
continued disabilities cf his race, and
not say one word for the women of this
land. To a woman to Harriet Beecher
8 to we he and his race owe more for
the emancipation of his race than to
auv man or any ooay oi men, or any
political patty in the land. He said: "I
would nave spoken rjr you ii i nau
thought of It." So you see how men
represent us. Unless we represent our
selves, we havn no redress fcr any wrong,
no voice even to aai tor any rignts. we
ask you to open this new century with a
declaration that will place the Republi
can party higher In tho scroll of fame
than all Its deeds of the past; that will
give new force and meaning to all your
former pledees: that will win to your
side as peers and coworkers the wivei,
mothers and daughters or mis iair re
public,
The following ia the memorial of
woman suffrage, as presented by Hon,
Geo. F. Hoar, of Massachusetts:
To the President and Members of the National
JU'puDUCan uonvenuon :
Oehtt,kmen The National Woman
suffrage asiofljatlon asks you to place in
your platform too fojlowlng plank:
Mesoivea, xuai me iigui mj iub use ui
the ballot inheres in the citiE6ac of the
United States. .
We ask the insertion oi tnis pianir.
We propose no change of the funda
mental principles. Our question is as
old s the nation. Oar government was
framed ou the political basis of the con
tent of the governed, and from Jnly ,
1776, nnul the present year oi rofo, me
nation has constantly advanced toward
fuller nractice of our fundamental
theory that the governed are Uie source
of all power. Your nominating conven
tion OGCutmg in ims ucuieuuwi jrcoi
of the republic, this 3 a most opportune
moment for the reaffirmation and
complete recognition of these greit
principles. uut government. una
not yet answered tha end for which it
was framed while one-half of the neople
of the United 8tates are deprived of tho
rieht of eetf-governmeni. xei(.re iuu
revolution Great Britain clalnied the
right to legislate for tne colonies in an
cases whatsoever. The men of tills na
tion now as nnlustly claim tne right to
legislate for women in all cases whateo
ever, me can ior your uomiuauuB
convention Invited the co-operation of
all voters who desire to Inaugurate and
enforce the rights of eyery citizen, in
cluding tha full anil free ej erc!a9 of the
right of suffrage. Women are citizens,
declared to be bo by tha highest legisla
tive aud political authorities. They are
citizens deprived of the full and fre ez
ercie of the rlcht of suffrage. Your
platform of 1872 declared theRepublic3n
nartv was wlndful of ils obligations
to the loyal women of pip nation for
their noble devotion to the cause of free
dom". Deyotion to freedom Is no new
thing for the wouicn of the nation; from
the earliist history or ox;t country
woman h&s shown herself as devoted
man to the causa of freedom at every
vital time in the nutlon'o life; from the
revolution to the present hour, woman
has stood by the side of father, husband,
son and brother in defense of liberty.
tha heroic and eelf-BacrificIng deeds of
the wooaea pf fbo revolution most not
be forgotten; meu &cd women then
vrought together for liberty jether
men u4 women have made the country
37bat Jt l8,' aad day,ln this hundredth
onK.r nf our existence, tha women of the
, lourjtry &a members of ihg nttjon. as
IcIUzeZ? IWUBUed' Stales, ask na
tional recognition of. .. their right
or fuurago: tho great deolara
,uon oi independence struck, a
blow at every existing form of govern
ment, by declaring tne individual the
source of all power. Upon this one new
ly proclaimed tiuth one error arcse. If
the St tea may deny suffrage to any
cias?, as accordlne to the Minor vs. Hap
persott decision of the supreme court a
ueclsioa reudered under the auaplcsa of
the Kepuuilcau Darty.-azaiust gutlrage
as a constituent element of United States
citlisrmhip wo theu have nothing na
tional in tho character of this govern
meat. National bupramacy does not
chiefly mean tho power to levy war,
conclude alliances, and establish com
merce. It means national protection
and security in the ex6rcio of tho light
of self-govern meut, which comes alone
bv and through the me of the bal
lot. Even granting the premise of
tne supreme court decision, that "the
constitution of tho United states dors
not confor suffraee on any one." our
national life does not date from that iu
strument. The constitution is not tb.9
original declaration of rights. It was
not framed until eleven years afttr our
existence as a nation, nor fully ratified
until nearly, iourtoou venra after tho
commencement of our national life
Tnis Centennial celebration of our na
tlon's birth does not date from the con
Mitutim, but from the declaration of in
dependence. Tho declared purpose of
our ciyjl war was the settlement of the
question of supremacy between the
btates and the United States. The
documents sent out by the Republican
party iu this present campaign warn the
people that the Dsmocrats intend an
other battlo for State sovereignty, to be
fought this year at the ballot-box. Tne
National Women's suffrage association
call your attention to the fact
that the Republican party itself
has reopened this battle, aud now
holds the anomalous position of having
settled the question of State sovereignty
in the case of the black men, and again
opened it through the minors, not only
in the case cf women citizenp, but also
in the case of men citizens, for al other
causes save that specified in tho fifteenth
amendment You have yet one oppor
tunity to retrieve your party from this
false position. Tho political power of
this couutry has always shown itself su
perior to the judicial power, the latter
over shaping and basing its decisions on
the policy of the . dominant party. A
pledge, thereforo, by. your convention to
secure "natisnal protection In the enjoy
ment of perfect equality of rights, civil
and political, to ail citizens, will so de
fine the policy of the Republican party
as to open the way to a full and final ad
justment of this question on tho basis
of United States euDremacv. From
these higher motives of justice we
suggest your adoption of thla prin
ciple of equal rights to women as a
means ot securing your own future ex
istence. The party that ceaaes to repre
sent the vital principles cf troth and
Justice is the parly that dies. If you
would have the nartv of the future Re
publican ycu must how tako the broad
national ground of citlzon-suffraee. Bv
this stsp you will pay most honor to
your ancestors; by this act you' will do
most to promote the general welfare and
secure the blessings of liberty to your
selves and your posterity; by this act
you will reduce to practice the theory of
one hundred years, and establish a gen
uine republic that shall know no class
caste, race cr sex, where all tho paople
are citizens, and all the citizens are
equal before the law.
On behalf of the National Woman suf
frage association.
S. ANTUUM,
Correbpondlng BecreUry.
The Chair Tho first business in order
13 the report of the committee on iules
Acl-ordecof buiinees.
Mr. Cetsna, of Pennsylvania, chair
man of the committee, presented the
following report:
REPORT OP THE COMMITTEE ON ROLES.
To tlio Hocorable President and Members of
the Republican National Coaventlon :
Your committee, to whom was referred
the matter of rules and order oi bune39,
beg leave to submit the following rules,
including the order of business, for the
government of this convention, as fol
lows: Rule 1. Upon all subjects before the
convention, the States shall be called In
alphabetical order, and next the Terri
tories and District of Columbia.
Rule 2. Each State shall be entitled to
double the number of its senators and
representatives in congress, according to
the late apportionment, and each Terri
tory and the District of Columbia shall
ba entitled to two voles. The votes of
each delegation shall be reported by its
chairman.
Rale 3. The report of the committee
on credentials shall be disposed off be
fore the report of the committee on plat
form and resolutions is acted upon, and
the report of tho committee on platform
and resolutions shall be dit posed of be
fore the convention proceeds to the nom
ination of candidates for President and
Vice-President.
Rule 4 In making the nomination for
President and Vice-President, in no case
shall tbb calling of the roll be dispensed
with. When it shall appear that any
candidate has received- a majority of the
votes cast the president of the conven
tion shall announce the question to be,
" Shall the nomination Of tne candidate
be made unanimous?" But if no can
didate shall have received a majority of
the votes the chair shall direot the vote
to be again taken, which shall be re
peated until some candidate shall have
received a majority of tho votes cast,
and when any Stale has announced Ils
vote it shall so stand until the ballot is
announced, unless In case of numerical
error.
Rule 5. When a majority of the dele
gates of any two States shall demand
that a vote-fee recorded the same shall
be taken by States, Territories, and the
Qistrict of Columbia, the secretary call
ing tho roll of States and Territories in
the order heretofore stated, and the Dis
trict of Coluttibia.
Rule 6. In the record of tho votes by
States, the vote of each State, Territory
and the District of Columbia, shall be
announced by the chairman, and in case
Ihe votes of any State, Territory, or the
District cf Columbia shall bo divided,
the chairman shall, announce the num
ber of votes cast for any candidaxe or for
or against any proposition.
Rule 7. When tne previous emestion
shall be demanded by the majority of
the delegates from any Slate, and the
demand seconded by two or more S'atee,
s.DtI tbP call sustained by a majority of
the convention, the ouestion shall then
be proceeded with arid disposed of ac
cording to the rules of the bouse of rep
resentatives in similar cases.
Rule 8. No member shall speak more
than once upon the same question, nor
lontor than five minutes unless by leave
of tne committee, except ihat delegates
'presenting'the nainp of a candidate shall
he allowed ten minutes n presenting
tho name of such candidate. "
Rule 9 The rules of the house pf rep
resentatives shall be tho rules of this
convention, bo far as they are applicable
and not inconsistent with the foregoing
rul'fl-
Enlo 10. ARspubllcan National com
mittee shall lie appointed, to consist or
one member frcm-cach State, Territory
and District lepresactfid Jn tbip conven
tion. The roll shall be bailed, tnd
the delegation from each State, Terri
tory and District shall name through
ijjefr chairman a person to act as .
methber oi u-ch committee
JOHNUKaSWA, Cha'rmaD.
It. A. DA WEON, Secretary." r -
Tho, reading of the third and fourth
rules WW 'calved with applause by
fthnnt two-ftilfds of te convention, "
Mr. Hale Me J -I ask for tho reading
of mle three.
Thn HFwetarv read the rile as renueet-
fd. when Mr. Hale iumuaued: "I
move to etrlke out from :cle three that
nart of It which postpones the nomina
tion of candidates until after the plat
form is settled " Cries oi "jNo, no,"
and appiauee .
Mr. Cessna I rise to a point of order.
When the committee read this rep5rt, 1
moved to recommit, ior me very pur-
pnso of ascertaining whether there wero.
objections to any particular eeciion. ami
therefore the motion cf the gentleman
at this point is not in order, i Uiedg
myself to the gentleman, however, as
wall as others, that if it 13 desired
have diecusiion on any eubjiot I will
withdraw that motion to recommit, but
I'will move for a discussion oi tne re
port, io that ah opportunity will ba had
for n discussion oi every ruie.
Mr. Hale That will be perfectly satis
factory. I had no Indication of what wal
the intention of the gentleman, and only
suggested this motion because I believe
it to be uunsuai in dojics or in:s,innu to
postpoo- the balloting until the platform
is settled. But I do not propose now to
tako tip further time of the convention
on a suggestion of the gentleman" from
Pennsylvania, the chairman of the com
mittee, as to his course.
Mr. Cessna Then I understand from
my friend that he desires a division on
that question which I call for myselt at
the nrooor lime.. If there ba no objec
tion I ask that this report be divided
into two divisions, the first to embrace
the whole of It. except" julo three: the
second to embrace lule three. Is that
satisfactory to my friend?
JB. D. Siilimnn f"N. Y.l-I bos: leave,
before the question is put ou tho adop
tion pi tnerepdrt, to suggest an amend
ment in the shape of an additional rule,
in these words: "Alter eaoa ballot, and
nntil some candidate shall receive a ma
jority of the votes cast, thla convention
will take a recess for the space of half an
houri'' rCrieaof "No, no!"! This Is to
give the delegates an opportunity to con
fer with one another, and come to a de
cision regarding tfleir ballots.
The uuatrman I desire to state to the
convention that iu ny judgment the
, desirability, if not nece-:sity, of having
some ruies win very soon appear, ami x
now say to my friend from New York,
that if he will allow the vote to be taken
on the first division, I will not object.
The new rule would be embodied in the
report.
Mr. Hil'.iman Certainly.
Mr. Cessna I move the previous ques
tion on the second division. Cries of
"Question," "Question."
The readtnpr of the section was azain
called for, and the section was read by
the clerk.
The President Tho question upon the
adoption of the rule la received, and the
pending question Is the adoption of the
remaining rules. All in favor of the re
maining rules, as reported by the com
mittee, will please say aye. The ques
tion 'waa put, and tho remaining rules
agreed to.
Mr. Cessna I move to recommit and
lay on the table.
Tho President That will bo done by
unanimous consent.
Mr. Hale I move to strike out that
portion of the rule which postpones Uie
nanoting ior candidates until alter the
platform ia adopted. I do not obhc.
aud can conceive of no one objecting to
the first part of the rule which says that
ttie committee on credentials shall hrst
be settled, and, thereforo, I do not desire
to antagonize the entire i ute, but move to
strikeout the last portion of it.
ceit:on is was ucsin called for and
read.
The President The proposition is to
strike from the rule the wjrd "read," so
that the rule bliall read, "The re
port of the committee on credentials
shall be disposed of before tho report of
the committee oa platform and resolu
tions is-Aoted-upun,??
Mr. Cessna Does my friend from
Maine wish to discuss his, amendment?
Mr. Hale The. whoIb polht.jyir. Pres
ident, presented by my motion mu3t ba
so clear that I do not desire to take up
the time of this bndy of men. I will
only eay that so far as my knowledge
goes, either in Ideal,-Slate or national
conventions which-I'h'avejUondj3d be
fore, in no case hasthepiatrorm or. the
resolutions of 'thesparty been,. presented
before the nomination and selection of
candidates. I believe that the gentle
men present will see that unless that
motion of mine ba carried this conven
tion may remain here for hours, tossing
&4 a great body of man will, with norn
ing essential to do, while the committee
of resolutions may be waiting and de
bating to renort to the hous.
Mr. van zandt u. l. will the sen-
tloman allow a question: Was it not
done in 16G0 when Lincoln was nomi
nated? "
Mr. Hale I .am informed bv a gen
tleman above mojlfjat : itrv?3. . The gen
tleman is an older man, thalrXam, and
was present nerhaps.at-the convention.
Mr. van .auot une worumore. i
understand tho commutes on platform
will be ready to report In five minutes
Cheers.
Mr. Uaie I believe the reeling oi the
men I see before me is that when the
organization of this convention is com
pleted we Bhall proceed at once to the
ssleclion of candidates. Loud cheers.
Georeo W. Hotchkiss TN. Y.l-Mr.
Chairman, in 1860'we raaae a 'platform
before we placed our candidate on it.
Applause. Pactically it may make
no dilTerenco here to-day, but theoreti
cally it would be ah abSurditytb. place a
men on norssoacK beiore you get your
horse. Applause. If there ever was a
time in the history of the Republican
party when we needed deliberation in
our proceedings, it is to-day. On behalf
of New York I ask this convention that
they mako no forced marches, and let us
know what our platform demands of tho
candidate. You may make a platform
that will lessen the number of candidates
materially. In I860 the Republican par
ty waa compesed of elements that had
not yet come together and congealed,
and they must know what tho princi
ples of the party were, In order to get a
tit candidate. Mora new questions ex
ist to-day in the Republican patty than
existed in 1SG0. We had then an over
shadowing question. Now we are cir
cumstanced, uiuerenuy. me Epsaner
upon, .that stand has told us that we
were to meet new Issues and new
questions. Let us know what these new
questions aie, and if we agree upon
them we can put a candidate there re
flecting our views; and he must bo a
candidate who is known and assured to
be a fit exponent of those vlewc an
earnest one and not one who has got
to msks up his mind after the platform
is made.
Governor Noyes Ohij The gentle
man from Maine is decidedly mistaken
in his history. In 1660, sa tho gentleman
just stated,the platform was reported be
fore the candidate was nominated, .ttignt
years ago, l am informed uy lieuten
ant-Uovernor iiee, or my delegation,
who was then one of the committee on
resolu'Ions, that the convention waited
a long time for the committee on resolu
tions to repoit, As the gentleman save,
it is absurd to nominate a candidate ua-
... 1 1 , . " i 1
IU you Know wuai jib is io siauq upon.
Applause It may make all the differ
ence in the world when a platform is te
ported. It might turn out that one can
didate was pledged to It and another was
not ApplauBe.
Mr. Ceosna Mr. Chairman, I have no
feeling whatever on this subject. I con
sider it, however, but proper and fair
in behalf of my oommitteo, and I ehall
stand by what is its unanimous action
as to the report to the convention. The
resolution which is now pending for
adoption before this body has neither nn
....a. .1 ..... 1 .
"1" dotted or a "i" crosseu irota me res
olutions of order and the rule and its
number as thev were adopted bv the
IraY'national convention hed in 1S72
Applause. I beg to say to my friend
from Maine, or any other gentleman
who entertains different views, that this
rule is not introduced, and it is not now
advocate! by the present speaker at
least,ln the Interest of any candidate nor
in a spirit of opposition to any other
candidate. I believe a platform should
be made, and believe, as my friend has
oad, that if oyer tbore was a tlhje when
deliberation was nccp3s&ry mo uanas
of a national convention, the
hour has now come. . Cheeis.
aud applause I have been In conven
tions in former times, auu j. Know ana
feel the Bame thing hero to-day that if
we go to work and nominate our ticket
before we make out our platform, one
half ot the delegates will be on their
Way ilUUlo ue.u.c no gov lu uio planum-
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and thercr will be no deliberation or di
ensaidn df it.
Mr. Hale Let me ask the gentleman
a question,
jsdr. Cessna Certainly.
Mr, Hale My main point in makinc
the motjon was to have something for
the convention to ihv 1 wish to ask if
the chair has authoritative Information
that the committee on resolutions Is
ready to report?
Tne chair has not, bat the chairman
W tee committee la present. He sat up
all nightiVIth his committee,
Mr. Cjsana This Is a matter of very
immaieni uiuerence, because, under
tho iulcaSI would state to my friend
from Msjtii, that tho repoit of the com
mittee oriciedehtial3 must be considered
before 'the report of the oommlttae, on
resolutions'; and before any nomlnaifoua
are insua; anu from what l have heard
in lelatlou to that renort. I think mv
friend Ytdax Maine will find we have
enough Jo do when that report comes in
Air. Jtaaie 1 oniv asned the Question
to cet my friend from Rhode Island Ihn
information whether the committee was
ready to report
A delegate from Rhode Island I am
so informed by niy colleague on that
committee. -
Mr. Hale Then. Mr. President. I
withdraw the motion.
Mr. Cessna I demand the previous
question on division two.
ThB previous question-wa3 ordered.
and the motion waa agreed to.
The president The next business is
the motion of Mr. Silliman N. Y.l for
the addition of a new rule. The secre
lary "will read tho proposition made by
the gentleman iromJNew iorn whicu
is now pending as an addition
The .secretary then read
Resolved, That after each balloting,
and until some candidate shall receive a
majority of the votes cast, this oonven
tiou will take a recess for the space of
half an hour.
Cries of "No."l
t'he President Is the convention
ready for a vote? Cries of "Yes."
Mr. uililman Perhaps the necessity
of the resolution wf II appear when I state
that after each ballot is talteu.eacu dele
gation may wish to have time to con
sult and conier with other delegations
Ex-Governor Van Zandt Rhode
island j l trust before tne motion is put
n may be amended, l oiler as an amend'
meut,- "that before the thirty-miuutes
recess be taken, each delegation, or the
chairman of each delegation, be suitably
labelled for what they asE, and whether
they are cosh or country produce. Loud
laughter and applause.
A Voice Good lor itnode Island. I-Ke-
newed applausel.
A Delegate from Virginia X move to
lay it on the table.
Tne President All in favor of laying
the motion of the gentleman from Nw
York, which provides that after each
ballot there shall be a recess of thirty
mlnutos, will please say "aye."
There was a loud atnrmative response.
Tho President ah opposed to tabling
will please say "No."
The noes were not so strong.
The President Tho ayes appear to
ave it: the motion is tabled. Tne next
business in order is the report of tbe
committee on credentials. Mr. J ohn F.
Ensor, chairman of the committee on
credentials, will now read tho report.
Mr. Ensor, on coming forwaid, was
loudiy applauded, and read the follow
ing report:
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CRE
DENTIALS.
The majority of the committee re
ported in favor of the admission of the
delegation from Alabama headed by
Hatuleon fantl-Soencer), and alio that
from tha District of Columbia known as
tile Shepherd delegation. The remain
der of the. report consists of the names
ot delegates, which nave already been
published.
A MINORITY REPORT.
Mr. C. N. Hair;s Nevada then came
forward amid conai derable cheering to
nreEent a minority report. lrom the
limited opportunities afforded the com
mittee the minority wero led to tne con
clusion that the delegation headed by
Hon. Geo. E. Spencer was the only le
gitimate representative delegation from
that Btate. lUheers
A long discussion took place on the
subject of admitting the spencer dele
gation.
The President The majority of the
committee made a report in favor of
seating tbe delegation headed by Hon.
Jeremiah Harrison, and the minority of
tho committee made a report in favor of
seating the delegation headed by ueo.
E. Spencer. The pending question is
tbe motion to substitute the resolution of
the minority of the committee for the
resolution of the majority, and under
the rules, as each State is caded, tho
chairman of the delegation will an
nounce the vote of his delegation.
Tha vote was then called ,md had
proceeded as far as California wueu Es-
Governor Van Zandt R. I. arose and
asked the chair to put tne question
more definitely, us there appeared to be
some misunderstanding amoDg the del
egates. The President In order to get a clear
comprehension of the question, the chair
has been requested to state what it is for.
Those gentlemen who vote "aye," vote
in favor of seating tho Spencer delega
tion; thess who vote "no" upon this
question, vote in favor or seating the
Haralson delegation.
The vote was then taken by Stales.
After the vote had been called by
States it was announced by the chair,
who said upon tho proposition to sub
stitute the minorty for the majority r9
port,that the affirmative had three hun
dred and fifty-four votes and tho nega
tive' three hundred and seventy-five.
Loud cheers.
The question upon tho adoption of the
msjority report waa then put and car
ried. The Chair The next business In order
is the report of the committee on resolu
tions. Mr. Hawley Mr. President, you must
be aware that your committee on resolu
tions upon assembling found itself con
stituted of men of somewhat differing
sentiments and widely separated locali
ties, and mostly straogers to each other.
We have in general agreed upon the
statements we are about to present to
you, and respeotfully submit It for your
consideration and for your amendment,
If you choose. It is as follows:
When in the economy of Piovidence
this land-waste be purged of human
slavery, and when the strength of the
government of the people by the people,
for the people, was to bo demonstrated,
the Republican party came Into power;
its deeds have passed into history, and
we;lookb3cktothemwith pride, inci
te dby their memories and high alma for
the good of our cohntry and mankind,
and looking to the futuro with unfal
teijng courage, hope and purpose, we,
the representatives of the partly in con
vention assembled, make the following
declaration cf principles:
First The United States of America
las nation, riot a league, and by the
combined workings of tbe National and
State governments, under their respect
ive constitutions, the rights of every
citizen are ieceiveu at home and protect
ed abroad, and the common welfare pro
moted by the Republican party, has pre
served these governments to tho one
hundredth anniversary of the nation's
birth, &nd they a;:e not? the embodi
ments of the great truths spekenat its
cradle.
Second That all men aro created
equal; that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain inalienable rights,
aDfOng which are life, liberty and the
pursuit of happiness; that (or tha at
tainment of these' ends', governments
havo been nstitutpd;ambng the men, de
riving tholr Just" powe'ra from the gov
emed, and ' until these truths are
cheerfully obeyed, or, if needed, to be
vigorously enrorced, the work of ths
Republican party Is unfinished.
Third The permanent pacification of
the eouthern section oi the union
and complete protection of all its citi
zens in the free enjoyment of all their
rights are the duties to which the Re
publican paity stands sacredly pledged,
Applause. Tho power to provide for
tbe enforcement of tho principles em
bodied in the recent constitutional
amendments fa vested by those amend
ments iu tbf "Cdugres of tbe United
States, and ws declare it to be tbe
solemn obligation cf the legislative and
executive departments of the govern
ment to put into immediate and vigor
ous exercise au.-tiieir constitutional
powers lor removing any jU3t causes of
discontent on the part of any class, and
for securing to every American citizen
complete purltv and exact equality
in the exercise of all their civil, political
anu puouc ngnts. Applause. To this
end we Imperatively demand a congress
anu a chief executive whose courage
anu nueiity to their duties shall not fal
ter uutll these resnlts are p.acsd bevond
dispute or recall. I Applause. I
.fourth la the first act of congress
signed by President Grant, the national
government es turned to removo any
doubts of its purpose to discharge all
just obligations to the public creditors.
and solemnly pledged its faith to make
provision, at the earnest practical mo
ment, for redemption of the United
States notes in coin. Cheers. J Com
morcialDrosneritv. jnoruia and national
credit demandrihat"tliTs promise be fal-
uued by a continuous and steady pro
gress to specie payment.'
Jvifth Mhat under the constitution
the President aud heads of departments
are to inaKe ail nominations for oiuce;
the Ben ate is to advise and consent to
the appointments and the house of rep
resentatives is to eccu-o and prosecute
faithless officers. The best interests of
the public service demand that these
distinctions be respected; that the sena
tors and representatives who may be
the judges and accusers should not dic
tate the appointments to office. The
Invariable rules for appointments should
havo reference to the honesty and fideli
ty and capacity of the appointees, giv
ing to the party in power those places
where harmony and vigor of adminle
tration requiie its policy to be repre
sented, but permitting all others to ba
filled by persons selected with sole ref
erence to the efficiency of tbe public ser
vice, and tho right of all citizens to
share In tho honor o rendering faithful
service to their country.
Sixth We rejoice in the quickened
conscience of-tho people concerning po
litical affairs, and will hold all public
officers to a rigid reeponslbility, and en
goge that prosecution and punishment
of uli who betray official trusts shall be
speedy, thorough and unsparing.
rCbeersl i
tsavemh The puoue school system of
the several States is tbe bulwark of the
American republic, and, with a view to
its security and permanence, we recom
mend an amendmenttotbe constitution
of the United States, forbidding the ap
plication of any puonc iun03 or proper
ty for the benefit of any schools, or in
stitutions, or any sectarian control
Great cheering, which was continued
for several minutes. In response to re
peated calls, General Hawley read this
plank tho second time, and tbe delegates
and the auuienco repeated tneir cueers.j
Jiiigntn uie revenue necessary ior
current expenditures and the obligations
o the public debt must te largely de
rived from duties upon imports, which,
no far as possible, should be adjusted to
promote tho interest of American labor
and advance tns prosperity oi the whole
country. lUneer?.!
.Ninth we ieamrra our opposition to
further grants ot public lands to corpora
tions ana monopolies, and demand that
tho national domain be devoted to free
homes for the paople.
Tenth it la tho imperative duty of
the government so to modify the exist
ing treaties witn tne liiuropean govern
raeots-that the same protection shall be
a Horded to the adopted American cm
zen that is given to the native born, and
that all necefrtary laws should be passed
to protect emigrantinn the absence "o.
power in the States for that purpose.
liioventn it is the immediate duty
of congress to fully Investigate the effect
of the immigration and importation of
Mongolians upon the moral and mate
rial interests of tho country. Ap
plause
Tweitlh The icepuolican party re
cognizes with approval the advance re
cently made toward tho culublfshment
of equal lights for women hy the many
important amendments effected by the
itepubiican legislatures, in the laws
which coLcern the personal and prop
erty roiatlons of wives and mothers and
widows, and by tbe appointment and
election of women to ihe superintend
ence of education, chsrlties and other
public trusts; tho honest demands of
this class of citizens for additional rights
and privileges and immunities, should
be treated with ie?pectful consideration.
Applause
Thirteenth rno- constitution confers
upon coDgress sove'eign power over the
Territories of the United States for.their
government, and iu the exercise of this
power, it is the right and tbe duty of
congresato prohibit and extirpate in the
Vetrltorles that relic of barborism, polyg
amy, and we demand such legislation
as shall secure this end, aud the suprem
acy of American institutions in all the
Territories Apolaus .
Fourteenth Tho pledges which the
nation has given to our soldiers and sail
ors must bo fuifiileJ. Ihe grateful peo
ple wlU always hoid those who perlile J
their lives for the country's preservation
iu the Kindest roui'inorince.
Filtoeuth We sincerely deprecate all
sectional feelirg an l . tendencies. We
therefore note With deep, solicitude that
the Demccratic party counts, as its
chief hope of success, upon the electoral
vote of the united uth,stcared through
tbe ciii3rt3 of those who were recently
arrayed against tbe nation, and we in
voke the earnest attention of the coun
try to the grave truth that a success
thus achieved would reopen sectional
strife and imperil the national honor
and human rights.
Sixteenth We charge the Democrat
ic pirty as being the same in character
and spirit as when it sympathized with
treason; with making its control of the
house of representatives the triumph
and the opportunity of ths nation's re
cent foea; with reasserting and applaud
ing in tne national capuoi tne senti
ments of unrepentd rebellion: with
sending Union soldiers to the rear, and
promoting Confederate soldiers to the
front; with deliberately proposing to re
pudiate the plighted faith of the gov
ernment; with being equally false and
imbecile upon the overshadowing finan
cial question: with thwarting the ends
of justice by its partisan mtemanage
mentand oi struct ions of investigate ;
with proving itself, through the period
of its ascendancy in the' lower houso of
congress, utterly incompetent to admin
ister the government. We warn the
country against trusting a patty alike
unworthy, recreant aud incapable.
Cheers.
seventeenth The national adminis
tration merits commendation for its
honorable work in tho management of
our domestic and foreign sfialrsj and
PresuIentGrant deserves the continued
and hearty gratitude of the American
pecp'e for his patriotism and his im
mense services in war and Iu neace.
Cheeis.
Mr. Pierce I Mass. Mr. Peeident. I
desire to move an amendment to the
platform which has been offered, and to
make a few remarks in support of that
amendment. move to amend by
striking out what appears upon the
eleventh page in relation to Mongolian
immigration. Applause. The Repub
lican party in this centennial year is
twenty years old, and meets to-day for
tbe sizth time in national convention.
and this is the fisst tima in all that long
period ljat any attempt ha3 been male
to put in itb piauorm a discrimination of
race. Uheeis j in 1858, ou the prairies
of Illinois, Abraham Lincoln met his
great antagonist on this ground, that
no where in the Declaration of In
dependence had that doctrine been
conilced to the Caucasian to the exclu
sion of the African, Mongolian or other
races. uenounce, mereiore, mat reso
lution as a departure from the life and
memory of Abraham Lincoln; I de
nounced as a departure from eYery Re
publican platform adopted at every Rs
publican national convention; I de
nounce it ai a violation of tbe princi
ples of tbe Declaration of Independence;
l denounce it as contrary to tbe great
law of christian life, which strictly pro
claimB that there is no distinction be
tween Jew and Gentil9. I therefore
move this amendment. I will not ac
cept this resolution. It is not my doc
trine. It is not the doctrine of New
England. Not a member from New
England voted for it, and tbe only Af
rican on our committee recorded his vote
against it.
Governor Axteil Mr. President, I
desire the patience of ths convention for
but one or two words. The Republicans
oi the racinc mates in fact an i ar
sons, irrespective of party, desire that
congress shall investigate the question of
Mongolian or uninese immigration.
TheYe is no other action called for by the
resolution than simply to investigate
that question. It is claimed by those
best informed upon this sublect that this
immigration is not in good fith that
it is, in fact, an importation of coolies
and slaves: that it is an importation of
labor hired in China at tha prices paid
there ( we will tupposo at four dollars a
month), with contracts running three or
four year?, under the coolia system; thaMnsUuoted mi"ra f.n- a ntll hjt States.
they come under tbe pretence of
immigration to this country, and by
their presence, by their custom?.
by their Pagan and flllhy habits de
grade American labor. Cheers. We
have asked congress to investigate the
subject; we ask that the great Re
publican party, that has always been op
posed to servile labor; that has always
been opposed to the slave trade, should
Investigate this subject; the time has
come zor this step to bo taaen, and we
trust that this simple request from our
brethren on the Pacino slope will be ao
ceded to, simply and only for an inves
ligation.
Senator Jonoi rev.l Gentlemen
cf the convention, after so long aud te
dlous a session, I do not propose to oc
cupy the attention of this convention
but a lew moments on this question
tbe question is one ot the greatest im
portance, not only to our own citizens.
bnt our own laborers, with record to the
reward that they shall get for that labor,
and with regard to the morals of the
community. The people of the Pacific
coast have found an invasion there worse
than the grasshopper plague; worse than
the plague of tho locust: they nnd
people who bring with them no respect
lor our government, no Knowledge of
our langnage; a brutalized peo
pir, a people who recognize neither
honesty among their men nor
virtue among their women, and they
have planted themselves like a lazar-
sore in onr midst, and 1 believe there is
scarcely an exception on the Pacific
coast with regard to the action which
should be taken by this convention on
the resolutions submitted by the com
mittee. Many of us there, a majority of
the law-abiding people upon mat coast,
are in favor of protecting the Chinese,
but wo find that public opinion is so
strong against them there that it is
almost impossible to do so. The very
language of the Chinaman has generated
into libidinous slang; they do nothing
to support tne schools of the country;
tboy do nothing to support the
churches of the country; they do noth
ing to support organized society in the
country. These UMnamen can worn
for ten cents a day perhaps, and success
fully compete with the American la
boter, who raises a family, and when
the country is in danger places himself
In the fire front of its defense. In these
resolutions already offered here and to
which no opposition has been made, I
nnd one with relation to tariff that du
tics on imports shall be so levied that
tbe rights of the American la
borer shall be proteoted, that
he shall receive as high wages
as it is possible lor mm to receive.
have no doubt that the gentleman who
addressed yon in favor of the resolution
opposing and traversing the resolutions
submitted by the committee, is in favor
of these imports or tariffs for the protec
tion oi me American laborer that is to
say, he is in favor of imposing a tar ill
upon the introduction of goods or man
ufactures from abroad, under the pre
tence that the American laborer will be
protected, but he shows himself to be in
favor of an unlimited and free importa
tion of coolie serai-slave laborer to com
pete with the honest American la
borer of the Pacific coast. Applause
This resolution asks for nothing but
this, that this convention shall call upon
congress to appoint a committee to in
form itself, so that it shall know as much
about this question as those who live on
that side of tho country and have been
subjected to all Its horrors. All It asks
is that congress shall investigate, and if
nothing shall be round necessary men,
of course, nothing will be done, and I
hope there will be no serious opposition
to the passage of the resolution as offered
by the committee.
Mr. Dutcher New Yorkl-Mr. Presi
dent, I will occupy your time but a mo
ment, il listened with pleasure, as l
have listened before, to the eloquence of
the representative from Massachusetts.
I always listened with pleasure to those
earnest, strong phrases in behalf of lib
erty, by whomsoever they may be of
fered. Applause. But, standing as
we do upon tbe tbteshhold of tbe second
century of the republic, wo must give
careful consideration to all questions
that come before this convention.
Cheers.1 We cannot afford to be un
just; we cannot afford to be unfair.
We will not be unjust, w will not bs
unfair to any, and while we recognize
the right of all men, of whatever color,
whatever their creed, or whatever their
condition, to come to 6ur shores, yet
our own American-born and freemen
who come from other sections of the
earth, have rights which we should
guarantee and protect. Applause.
They have rights which we should pro
tect against importation contracts, as Is
stated to us to-dav is the case with this
Mongolian race. Cheers. We cannot
be indifferent to this, and I hopo no
hurry and no desire to return to our
homes, to our wives and our chil
dren, will prevent us from giving
careful consideration to every question
that comes before this convention.
Cheers.
a delegate from Tennessee on nenau
of the Tennessee delegation I call for
the previous question.
uaiis were made ior ueorge William
Curtis.
General Hawley.on behalf of the com
mitteeI think 1 may say In behalf of
all of them, give them a little chance
for brief talks upon a great subject.
pheers.
The colls for Mr. Curtis were renewed
and as he ascended to the platform he
was greeted with a round of cheeis. Mr.
Curtis said:
Mr. President and gentlemen
One hundred years ego the colonies of
America declared themselves free and
Independent. In the great docu
ment which laid our fundamental
principles of human rights, under that
sign they conquered. With the Declara
tion of Independence in front they
secured their independence and thefree
dom of all who came after tbem for
nearly one century. Tbe Declaration of
Independence was trampled under foot
by a very essential part of the Ameri
can people represented in this conven
tion. You Republicans sprang from the
Declaration of Independence; ycu are
its children, and our first great
revered martyred leader, Abraham
Lincoln cheers, was the first
man to plainly declare that the
platform of the Republican patty was
the Declaration of Independence.
Now, then, as we begin the new cen
tury, as my friend and associate from
New Yoik says, isit for us Is it for the
Retublicans ot America, who are re
solving, as I believe they will purify and
elevate their government, are the men
to declare that the principles of the
Declaration ot Independence shall never
be virtually assailed? For what Is this
platform?- It Is simply a declaration of
the faith of their party, It la not the
means of asking that this or that shall
be done It la & declaration of all par
ties, It I a declaration of things that we
as a party men shall be aeeompMdbe-d,
acd.'Mr. President and gratteoieoi, if
ycu mean to draw a oordon along the
coasts of thin countiv. if vcu ruen to
say that any ma-: of any re fhll Ihj
excluded, then you bavs rvokd tbe
original principle of your parly. Ap
plause. Then," my fellow citizens aol
gentlemen, you have acctmd ycur iwi;
stateeraaosbip, fr under the Declara
tion of Independence we have freed tltt
colored men of the south, we bav made
tbem voters, and today tbe country to
stronger and tbe government rarer
than ever before. Applause. J I beff
you, therefore, geutiemen, to under
stand that if jou aro to make tbia decla
ration of principles at this time, at tbe
beginnieg of this year, you in my J'Jdg
meut declare tha; Uie )n-4amutl prin
ciple not only of tbe RepHbtie m party
bus of the American people demand a
revision at your hands. Applause, loud
and prolonged
The Coair The question pending be
fore the convention is tbe dp4ki of
the motion of thf gentleman trim Mas
sachusetts to striks out the eleventh res
olution, which u;." tten read in tbe
hearing ol tbe convention, le the uou-
ven'Ion ready for the question?
.Delegate rrom xi .vchu3tta 1 am
By TKrmtoeHM thi oovrtMou ikrteu-
tc Mr. Bifrd Col., Whotaiil: In com-
uion wna tne senator irosa .Pievwta, l
come her eto represent the Mteratte of
the Pacihts I hve alwav5'Den a
devoted, o-u-wten and nrniLiht fr.'etu!
or human ir edom, and beoaue I have
occupied that relation to all parties who
have bieu oppressed, I sm iu favor of
tho adop.iou of the resolution reported
to this convention by the o-jminlttee.
I bold, Mr. Chairmau, that the .chief
object cf this convention is to brisg cur
national Iwuot up to par, acd in bring
ing our national howr up to par, it ia
eqnady our duty to to protect the honor
and purity and virtue aud integrity cf
the pionttrj of this country, who boiit
an empire. Ov;r the R cky mountains,
in the State of CaJiforui t, exist a people
where me mer. are thieves attd tbe
women arj piOiUttt.'a, and tbty
are brought from China and
Asia. I say, that it is
impossible for I be laboring msH,whetbr
he be of Ameuc-ao, German, Irish, or
any other natiounu-y iu any dcgNo
connected with (tie Caucasian race, to
compete with this poupie in the prices
of lbor. The gentleman from Massa
chusetts hau sUteu that we Hbould ad
here to the principles of tbe BcoUruttou
of American Indef-eudeuee. I will
state to him ti-.at there is a class of
people who refuse to MSaimilate' with
our civilization. Here :s a class of peo
ple who ignore our school and church
system 3, and in no manner contribute
to the support o: the government, who
decline to become citizens of tbe R -public
by virtue of tbe natBralizjtkHi laws,
and who disl-ka our institutions so sauch
that they send word to their frieode to
ship them off to Chins afterdtath for
burial.
. A delegate from Tennessee moved tha
previous question, with a reservation
which was not audible at tbe rspatteHs'
tables.
The Chair Tho previous queetioa Is
called, and the question now is, Stall
the main question be put, reserving tbe
financial platform?
The previous question waa ordered.
The Chair Tne question occurs on the
motion of the gentleman from Massa
chusetts to take the vo.e by States. The
proposition is to sliike out the eleventh
section of the platform, which will now
be read, and then the States will be
called in alphabetical order and the vote
taken.
John M. Harlan I move to take a re
cess for twenty minutes, in ocder to give
further time for confereiiee on tbis mat
ter. I move to reconsider tbe last vote
ordering tne previous queetina.
On motion of a delegate from Vir
ginia, General Harlan's motion w&i
tabled.
The Chair The question rtcutsoetfae
motion to striko out the eleventh sea.
tion.
The secretary here announced that a
delegate hud lost his pocket book.
An eliort was made to move to divn!
tbe resolutions icto three set?, one rela
tive to the Chinese question, one oovei-
ing tbe finances, anu tbe other embrac
ing, the remaining resolution!', but it was
ruled out of order. The vole wa theu
tken, reeu' ting yeas 215, nays 532.
The resolution was declared adopted.
Tho Cnalr The question now reeuia
on the adoption of tne financial resolu
tion to which a minority of the commit
tee (Hon. Edwin James.of Texae), often
a substitute.
Governor Davis then aead the follow
ing:
To tho President of the National RepabUoan
The undersigned, of the committee on
resolutions, dissenia from the majority
in regard to the fourth resolution, that
bearing on the question of tne resump
tion of specie n-vmite. He cooeitiefa
said resolution improper in thie, among
other respects, that it is uncertain and
vague In its purposes, leaving
the time fcr resumption unsettled,
and being thereby calculated to further
distrust public confidence. The un
dersigned, therefore, submits the follow
ing, and recommends thai it be taken
as a sutstitu e for said resolution:
Hesolved, That it is the duty of con
gress to provide measures for cairviuir
out the provisions of what is termed the
CoutlnncMl on Fourlh I'njp.l
MARRIED.
HUGHES SEYXOUR In this dty, June
loth, at tbe residence of Mr John S. Teof, Ad
ams street, by Rev. Father Waist, Captain N".
E. Hughes and Mis. Lizzie W. bEYiiouR
(daughter of the late Dr. W. S. Gibson, both
of Bolivar conn'y. Jltra.
W, Z, MITCHELL' SCHODI
REMOVED TO
298 Second. St.
SIXTH AT.UiD OTIB.
1UE citizens of the Sixth Wird will meet at
th Waldian Blocktuis IF - IDAVmvw-
nsr, at 8 o'clock, to nominate candidate to ba
voted for lo-morrow, the l".b, for deltg-tK-H to
the Democratic and Corserva iva Convention.
Hy order U. DI Oil M President.
Julius A. Tayi.ok, Secretary.
THE BEST AND PUREST
TOILET SOAP.
CHEAP, CONVENIENT, CLEANLY.
DELICATELY PERFUMED.
ASK YOUR GROCER OR DRUGGIST FOR IT.
WM. GLENN & SONS, CINCINNATI.
FOURTH. WARU 31EE11NG.
HpIIK cltizoDB and voters ot the Fourth Ward
1 confeervaiive-ueraocrHtic party are r
Epectfully rfqnested to attend a H.e-ttB4? FRI
DAY EvENINU, Jane lbtii. at 359 ot-oed
street, opposite w. H. Eader A Co "S Planing
Mill. Every citizen of said ward is nrgeeUy
requested to b p reseat.
jnla JOHN A. ROtTSH. Ch'n pro I em.
CHANCERY SALE
OF BONDS.
No. 2253
Chancery Court ot Shelby eo-anty
iu wuuju lumny coiiQ&rn.
BY virtue or n Interlocutory decree for mle
pronounced by said coat t on the 8Mb day
or May, 1S7(5, 1 will sell, at pnblle aoeHon.Ui
the hlghe-t bidder, at the corner of Ma-n and
Madison streets, Memphis, Tenn., ub i ue
ly, Jnn37, 1876, witn In legal Hoars, cora
m;mclng at 12 m., tbe following described
Ronds, with Coupons attache.!, lo-wli:
Right Bonds of the town of Okoinnn, Mfc..
each for t OA-numbered 41, , , ,-, 17,
and 74. . . .
"onr Arkansas Levee Bond'.eaeh forSWS
numbered ffJ.M.ae and 2cS.
Seven Arkansas L,--e Bnds. eaen for JWi
numbered 21W. 23 7, 3S-, io. 2U, 2B9 as'l MS.
Fonr Fractional Arkansas Leve Bonds,
amcnntln all toe'tber to toe sum nt 35 8
nnmbere-l as foliovrs: No. 2 tor S82 : IN,
111 for 912J 05; INo. H6J Ior SJl 81; INo. 117 toe
'one Calhonn County (Miss.) Bond far
No. 66. Terms of sale cash.
This June 16, 1S76.
E. a. COnF, Clerk and Master.
By R. J. Blaat. Dpat C. and M.
Harris, McKlslck A Tnrley. Atfys- JuiS