Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-05-28


has but six votes to give, but it proposes
soon to be able to have six more to give
1t gives all ii has for Grant.
New Hampshire-NewH Hampshire gives
ten votes for L. s. Grant
New Jersey-The delegates from New
Jersey, instructed by her Convention, and,
as they believe, expressing the voice OF
the Republican party within her borders,
now deliver their fourteen votes for IT, S.
Grant, the most glorious of our soldiers,
the man noted for calmness, a man of JUS
tice and patriotism
New York-The State of New York
casts sixty-six votes for Ulysses S. Grant.
Loud applause]
North Carolina-Mr. President, North
Carolina, commonly known as the land
OF the tar beavers, gives eighteen votes
for Z. s. Grant, and will give twice eight
cen, thirty-six thousand votes-all of
which we think will stick. Loud laughter
and cheers
Ohio-Mr. President, Ohio has the
honor of being the mother of our great
Captain. Ohio is in line, and ON that lire
Ohio proposes following this great Cap
tain, that never knew defeat, to fight it
out through the summer, and in the au-
tumm, at the great end of the contest, and
to be first in storming the intrenchments
until victory shall be secured and all the
stars that glitter in the armament of our
glorious constellation shall again be re-
stored into their proper order, and all the
sons of freedom throughout the whole
earth shall shout for joy. [Good! good J
Ohio gives forty-two votes for L. 5. Grant.
! lCheersl
Oregon-Mr. President, the State of
Oregon-the most Northwestern State of
this Union--the people of the State have
directed their delegates here to cast six
votes for L. S. Grant.
Pennsylyania-Mr Chairman, Penn
sylvania casts fifty-two votes for General
U. 5. Grant. Cheers.
Rhode Island-Mr. President, bright
eyed Little Rhody," your only sister,
small in stature and patriotic and noble,
gives her eight votes for General Z. s.
Grant and wishes she had more. Laugh
ter.
South Carolina-Mr. President, the
and the home of John c. Calhoun and the
herself from the Union, directs me,
through her representatives, sent here by
a majority of 1910 Applausel, returning
I
only to preserve the Union, arm in arm,
and heart to heart with Massachusetts,
[Cheers, and cries of "good m gives her
twelve votes to General U. s. Grant.
| lCheers.
Tennessee-Mr. President, Tennessee,
being one of the Southern States that
was thrust into the rebellion, and being
the first to reconstruct and be readmitted
to the Union, and to-day being in the en-
joyment of liberal Republican COVER
ment, casts twenty votes for Ulysses s.
Grant, and hopes never again to vote for
President or Vice President for such a
traitor as Andrew Johnson. [Cheers.l
Texas-Through her delegation here
assembled, has instructed me to cast
twelve votes for Ulysses s. Grant, from
the Empire State of the South, having a
territory of 275,000 square miles, and ca
pable of sustaining the whole of the
people. (Cheers and laughter
Vermont-The Republicans of Yer
mont, through their delegation, give ten
votes for Ulysses s. Grant. [Applause.l
Virginia-The State of new Virginia,
raised from the grave that General Grant
dug for her in the Appomatox, in 1865,
comes up here with her twenty votes and
enlists under his banner, and they pro-
pose, in next November, to move on the
enemy's works Loud cheers
West Virginia Virginia, in the
front of the rebellion, and which never
gave Democratic majority, gives freely
and willingly her ten vot es for Ulysses s.
Grant for President. [Applause.] Mr..
Chairman, West Virginia gives ten votes
for u. s. Grant.
Wisconsin-Mr. Chairman: Wisconsin,
the last on the roll of States, adds her
voice to that of her sister States, and gives
her sixteen votes for Ulysses s. Grant
The Chair then announced the calling
of the roll as completed, and that the Con-
yention had given six hundred and fifty
! votes for General Ulysses S. Grant. This
announcement that General Grant had
received the total vote of the Convention
was received with the widest applause.
A curtain was withdrawn at the back of
the stage, displaying magnificent paint
ing ofthe White House, with the Goddess
of Liberty reckoning General Grant
toward il. Words cannot describe the en-
thusiasm that this produced. The Con-
vention arose, the delegates swinging their
arms and shouting, while the galleries
futtered with handkerchief. Doves
colored red, white and blue, were launched
/ lIOul the SdilcIlcS, anu, ny Ing doOut TIT
hall, added a pleasing feature to the ami.
mated scene. A glee-club came forward
and sang song composed expressly fol
the occasion, the burden of which was
that they would flight it out on this line
if it takes all summer" while the Great
Western Light Guard Band played several
| patriotic airs, to the intense delight of al
| in the Convention.
A motion was adopted that the Conven
Vice President.
After the nominations were made, tho
roll of States was called, and the first bal
lot resulted as follows:
Whole number of votes cast. ga
! Necessary TO a choice Observation-Disclosures. ~.
| b. f. Wade Ohio received Observation-Disclosures IL!