Democratic Sentinel, Volume 4, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1880 — Pennsylvania Republican Convention. [ARTICLE]

Pennsylvania Republican Convention.

The Pennsylvania Republican State Convention met at Harrisburg on Wednesday, Feb. 4. Russell Errett, a pronounced Grant man, was elected temporary Chairman over George Y. Lawrence, by a vote of 158 to 93. John Cessna offered a resolution that a committee of nine be appointed to report, subject to the approval of the convention, a list of delegatee, with their alternates, to the Chicago Convention, and a list of electors, after consulting with the delegations from the various districts. Mr. Stewart, of Franklin, offered an amendment as follows: Resolved , That a committee of one from each Congressional district be appointed, whose duty it will be to report to the convention the names of four delegates-at-large to the National Convention and two electors-at - large; that it will be the duty of the committee to report also a list of district delegates to the National Convention, who are to be chosen by the delegates from their respective districts, including in their report the names of those persons who have already been chosen as delegates from their respective districts by the action of the people thereof. The amendment was lost—loo to 150—and then the resolution, as originally offered, was adopted. The following was then introduced by Mr. Kerr: Resolved , That the delegates elected to the Republican National Convention from this State are hereby instructed to support for Ihe Presidential nomination Gen. U. S. Grant, and to vote as a unit on all questions that may come before the convention. Mr. Stone, of Crawford, offered the following amendment: Resolved, That while we pledge ourselves to support the Republicau party, we see no good reason for abandoning the position taken by the party in our own and other States in 1876, of opposition to a third Presidential term, and we hereby indorse and reaffirm the resolution passed by our State Convention, held in this city in 1876, upon this question. Senator Kerr argued in favor of his resolution, and traced the course of the Democratic party as it appeared to the Republicans. He thonght Gen. Grant was the proper and only man who should get the nomination, and concluded his remarks with, an appeal to all to support him. Gen. Albright replied to Senator Kerr’s remarks. He believed that Gen. Grant was sincere in his undertakings, had done great service, both civil and military, but hadid npt think he was the only man who could lead the Republican party to victory. He did not believe there was any danger to the country in a third term, but he believed that Washhnme, Sherman or Blaine could carry the suffrages of the people. He did not believe iq instructing delegatee to Chicago for any man. The resolution was further opposed by Gen. Koontz; Darlington, of Chester; Harvey, of Clinton; and Wolfe, of Union; while Messrs. Moreland, of Allegheny; and Bingham, of Philadelphia; favored it The speeches of the anti-Grant people were all from the Blaine point of view, and no other names besides Grant and Blaine were mentioned at all, except in the remarks of Gen. Albright Mr. Stone, after arguing strongly in favor of hi* amendment to the resolution of instruction,

name of U. 8. Grant and insert that of James G. Blaine. On a vote by yeas and nays Strang’s amendment was lost—9s to 154—several of the Blaine people voting against it on the ground that it was not proper to instruct the delegation for anyone. The question then recuffed on the original resolution, or rather that part of it which instructed the Chicago delegatee to vote for Grant Again the yeas and nays were ordered, and showed a vote of 133 iu favor of and 118 against that portion of the resolution. The second portion of the resolution, instructing the delegation to vote as a unit, was then adopted by a viva-voce vote. State officers were then nominated, a platform adopted, a State Committee appointed, and delegates-at-large to the Chicago Convention chosen. ~ John A Lemon was nominated for State Auditor, and Henry Greene for Supreme Judge. The following are the delegates-at-large: Matthew S. Quay, James McManes, Linn Bartholomew, I- m^s ool Ghm. i>. 8. Elliott, J. Hay Brown, Henry Buck, Samuel M. Jackson.