there are only four citizens of that State present to represent the people thereof; and, being desirous that California shall be as fully represented as practicable, she applied to one or two of the members present at this convention from that State for recognition as a delegate with themselves; and, finding them indifferent to her claim, or doubtful of the convention accepting the female citizens as members, she therefore appeals directly to the honorable officers and members of the National Republican Convention, and respectfully asks to be admitted as a member and delegate to the convention from the State of California, and entitled, under the rules thereof, to all rights and privileges as such, With assurances of the most earnest sympathy in the purposes of the convention, I am most respectfully yours, LAURA DE FORCE GORDON, of California. Amid applause and acclamation, the delicate document was referred, to the Committee on Credentials. THE COMMITTEES. The Committees on Credentials and Permanent Organization, which were then announced, contained no men known outside of their states, unless it were R. P. Spaulding, of Ohio. The gentlemen whose names follow constituted the Committee on Platform: Alabama, Samuel F. Rice; Arkansas, Edwin Bancroft; California, Wm. H. Russell; Connecticut, D. A. Wells; Florida, James B. C. Drew; Georgia, James Johnson; Illinois, Horace White; Indiana, Thomas C. Whitesides; Iowa, J. B. Grinnell; Kansas, E. G. Ross; Kentucky, John Mason Brown; Louisiana, J. M. Dirheimer; Maine, J. S. Lyford; Maryland, A. W. Bradford; Massachusetts, F. W. Bird; Michigan, J. P. Thompson; Minnesota, Theodore Halscher; Mississippi, W. I. Yesbitt; Missouri, Wm. J. Grosvenor; Nebraska, W. P. Roberts; Nevada, George D. Lyon; New Hampshire, Ed. D. Baker; New Jersey, James M. Scoville; New York, Theodore Tilton; North Carolina, Louis Haines; Ohio, George Hoadley; Oregon, J. W. Johnson; Pennsylvania, Hon. Wm. M. Ball; Rhode Island, Ed. Harris ; South Carolina, S. A. Pearce, Jr.; Tennessee, G. P. Thruston; Texas, A. J. Hamilton; Vermont, Chas. Clemens; Virginia, W. W. Wood; West Virginia, W. P. Hubbard; Wisconsin, G. M. Woodward; District of Columbia, John D. Defrees; Colorado, S. E. Brown; Dakota, George A. Pryor; Montana, F. C. Evarts; Utah, A. W. Galvia. THE NEW YORK ROW. Judge Selden, of New York, obtained the floor, and presented a paper which he said was a protest of his friends of the minority of the delegation from his State against the action of the majority, and which he desired to be presented to the Committee on Credentials. The paper recited the facts already herein given, and stated besides, that "In the First Congressional District, Edward H. Seaman was nominated by the delegation present from that district as one of the representative delegates, and after it was ascertained that Mr. Seaman was opposed to the nomination of Horace Greeley, another person, known as 'Rocky" Moore, was substituted for him by the committee." Also that the delegates present from the Eighth Congressional District met, as directed by the Chair, and nominated, by a vote of eight out of thirteen delegates, then and there present, James L. Bishop and Thomas Duffy as their representative delegates, and that this choice was duly reported to and disregarded by said com. mittee, and by the whole number of members in its election, and that the representative delegates reported by the committee and elected by the whole body from this district were never nominated at any meeting of the resident delegates thereof, as required by the instructions of the convention and by a resolution of our members." It was further stated "that in the Twenty-seventh Congressional District, the one delegate present recommended himself and Theodore Bacon as representative delegates; that upon ascertaining that Mr. Bacon was opposed to the nomination of Mr. Greeley, the committee substituted, without consultation with any resident of the Twenty-seventh Congressional District, the name of a person known to concur in the views of the majority; and still further, that no persons were present as members of the convention from several congressional districts, and that, in the election of representative delegates to fill these vacancies, all persons understood to be opposed to the nomination of Mr. Greeley were studiously ignored." The inconvenient document was duly referred as requested by the inexperienced politician who presented it. It was found to have been signed by twenty-six gentlemen, including nearly all the respectable New Yorkers present. * THE CONVENTION TURBULENT. A scene of disorder ensued, which exceeded the limited abilities of the chairman. The committees, having been appointed, needed time to prepare their reports, and there was really no business before the convention. Various trivial motions were made, but few of which were entertained; and finally, on motion of McClure, of Pennsylvania, a recess was finally taken until three o'clock, there being no other way of disposing of the tumultuous assemblage. AFTERNOON SESSION- -SECOND DAY. The convention reassembled at three P. M., and was called to order by Judge Matthews. The report of the Committee of Permanent Organization was read by Judge Spaulding, of Cleveland. It announced that the committee, with entire unanimity, had fixed upon Carl Schurz as permanent chairman. The announcement was received with loud and continuous cheering. Mr. Schurz was escorted to *There is no doubt whatever that the New York delegation was secured for Greeley, and his nomination thus brought about, by simply packing the delegation, or rather, making up the mob which came to Cincinnati from New York, of the disreputable Fenton Republicans, chiefly from New York city, who had fought with Greeley (and with Tammany) in previous campaigns. These swamped with their numbers the Revenue Reformers and other progressive men who were drawn to Cincinnati by principle, rather than spoils. |