Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1868-02-27

were presented The first ballot resulted:
Scott. -. jacobs. l35; Finch, 3; Ray,
leg; Llngion, 49,; Black. 953: Kennedy.
III; Pierce, -; Davis, So; Baldwin, |;
Phillips, D..
Before tn. ballot was announced, Major
Scott AMI Mr. Finch Withdrew in fAver OF.
Colonel Black. The name OF Colonel
PIerc. MAS MS, witliira~R. These fg-
ur,., ,lo not give ANYTHING like the exact
siren ,th ~ ewh -Cindid ie upon the fivsi
ell. en- account of the withdrawals men
sisac,l anI the consequent changes Is
P3..ially Is this the case with Mr.. Finch,
who withdrew in favor OF Colonel Black.
This IL the result rs announced by The
chair: Colonel Black having received
majority oi the entire vote, was declared
n ,ninste.I. The vote ecfag nude nnwni-
nsaus lie accepted the scrnin1ii,m In the
following wOrtls:
Gentlemen ef the Convention:
:htnS Won. the representatives Of the
great Republican party of Indiana, for this
honor, most sincerely. | hail from the
county OF Marion, who casts her six thon-
>sn.i votes ror The Republican party, and
at the next election we expect to cast fully
thu number. ar more We do not expect
Ia ahste ia fi,s least our uniform zeal for
the ca'.se of Republicanisn anil OF our
conn n csn,n,rs think this Is all that
it is ncccss nv for me to say IN this occas
ion.
ATTORNEY 6gSERNE-
For the candidacy OF Attorney General,
Walter March. Lconidas Sexton, Dclano
f.. Williamson, and lion. ID. ID. Pratt, were
presented.
Colonel Tomas III. Brinshurst said the
announcement of Mr. Pratt's name WAS ut
ierly without his consent, and he withdrew
il from the cJnsid sraiion of the Convention.
Before the ballot commenced. rule was
a loptel. that the lowest namo ssosld be
dropped at each successive vote.
The first ballot resulted a. follows:
March, sos; Sexton, Az; WTEarason, 6SS;
Frat. %
Under the rule adopted the name Of Mr..
Pratt should b. .fopped- The Chair
stated that he did not regard il within his
authority 20 say that gentlemen should not
vote for Mr.. Pratt or anybody else, not
withstanding the rule. Hence the Con-
dropping any one.
There being no choice, second ballot
was had, with the following result:
March
There still being no nomination. the
name OF Mr. Sexton WAS dropped, and the
vote on a third was taken, which resulted:
WILLIAMSON.
March ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Mr. Williamson. having received a ma
joriiy of the votes, was declared the noni-
nee, the choice being unanimously ratified.
Being called upon n respond, he arose in
the back part Of the hall, and said:
Gentlemen ofthe Convention:
Permit me 10 say that you have my
warm and heartfelt thanks f,r this renewal
Of your confidence. u is not proper on
this occasion, and under these circumstan-
ces. 10 address you at any length. will
only detsin yon long enough 10 promise
YOU, In connection with the declarations
that have already been made by other gen
tlemen from the stand. that Z, too, will be
found in the midst OF the fray when the
battle comes on.
SUPERINTENDENT or rrBLIc INSTRUCTION.
For this Office the names of j. NJ Ocrtt,
B c. Hobbs. IS. f. Rhoades, A. G. Short
ridge, Professor Knapp. Of Fort Wayne,
and Professor Carleton, were presented.
Mr.. Carleton withdrew his name inmedi-
a:cly after IL was announced. The Allen
county delegation withdrew Mr. Enapp's
name The first ballot resulted:
.-6'3
it0bos..............-.
Snoades- .-.-.-.-........-.--........ -
There being no choice. a second ballot
WAS ordered. The Marion county delega-
ton withdrew the name of Professor \. G.
shnrtridgc. The result was as follows:
ffooos-.-.--........-.-.-.
oicott.......-.. 196
On motion Of Professor Olcott, the
nomination Of Mr.. Hobbs was made unani
NOUS. That gentleman came forward, in
shswer IN repeated calls, and after laying
aside his overcoat with an air decidedly
suggestive of work, made the following re
marks:
Fellow Citizens of my Native State:
II affords me no little emotion to appear
before you under the circumstances in
which 7 am now placed. / have often
wondered why the name of the Superin-
icndcnt of Public Instruction should come
last on your ticket; but perhaps the inter
probation of the matter may be that you
want tie q ;sert at the last.
have watched the progress of the ac
fion of the Convention with deep interest
At ono end you have one IF the best Bo-
kcrs in the State. and at the other end you
have somebody TO take care Of all your
children; aud car not think OF = State
Placed under circumstances moro favora-
bic for complete happiness for ihe future.
There IS something peculiarly interest
ins io myself in the circumstances in
which am placed On the present occa-
sion. You Know. perhaps, the most of
YOU. something about the manner In which
the newspapers. some OF them, have sp0-
ken or me within the last few wceks-tbe
manner in which my name hiss been used
| rvrreseM class of people who constitute
an element in the great thinking material
of the Caion or Republican party OF Indi-
ANA, but that has never been before the
pcspic of Indiana, to- any great extent, in
connection with any civil Office. and
whose principles, political and religious,
have never been before the country for dis
cussion. Therefore. II j. not matter Of
srprise that many should have serious
doubts as to the policy of nominating a
man who never WAS q candidate for any
Office before.
In generation OF myself, in asking any
one to vote for me, / must say that / do
not como ne roiunteer. but that have
been drafted into the service. As I look
over the ticket form Il here today. SEQ
there all the Republican clements thai
blend themselves in the Constitutions of
the United States and the State of Indiana
which make up all that class OF SEMI
ment that is bound together and dove tail
ed in our political. civil and religions insii-
tutions; that make Us one great, common
people. Some persons have been fearful
to see me nominated. because they thought
II might embarrass your ticket, because of
the past record OF my people. They have
feared lest might stand little In the wa,
of some of those eloquent speeches that
some OF you expect to make between now
and the election ! have only to say to
you, however. that yon have only 10 look
into The Constitution ef the United States
sn4 the Constitution of the Ssafc Of Indi-