The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-07-10

! Hendricks.........-l2I
| The roll was called on the 2lst ballot
Kentucky and Massachusetts again
asked time and were passed Missouri
| again abandoned Blair and gave Han
cock, @, Hendricks, 4; North Carolina
| gave Hendricks, l; Pennsylvania, gave
| 20 for Hancock; Tennessee split again,
giving johnson, 5, Hancock, 21z, Nc.
Clellan, Il. [Cheers in the gallery.l
Mr.. Seymour ur.sresnmed the chair.
| Massachusetts gave 4 for Chase.
lGreat, prolonged and repeated cheer
| ing in the galleries, and hisses on the
floor The result WAS announced:
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The vote for Chase was again hisssed,
which was responded to by over
whelming cheers.
solid for Hendricks. Minnesota gave
Hendricks her entire4. Missouri gave
Hendricks her s. Nevada gave him 3.
| New York adhered to him. North
Carolina gave him her 9. lGreat
cheers.l When Ohio was callid,
| Mr., McCook said that by the unanl-
nous direction of his delegation and
with the assent and approval of every
| public man in that State, including
| Pendleton, he put in nomination,
against his inclinations but no longer
1 against his honor, the name OF Hon.
Horatio Seymour. Let us vote Ior a
! and who has not sought the PTestden-
cy. This, he believed. would drive
/ from power the Radical cnbal at
| Washington. he believed this nom
! ination would command the unaui-
nous approval of the Democrats and
1 81, nF al En0ftnn1
asked. on behalf OF the country, that
| Seymour should yield to this wish of
1 the Convention. lGreat excitement
/ and applause-delegate rising and
cheering.1 McCook cast q votes for
Horatio Seymour. Renewed chesrtng.I
Mr.. Seymour rose and said the mo-
| tfon inst made excited the most
mingled emotions. he had no language
| in which to thank the Convention a1d
| to express his regret that his name had
| been presented; but in question AFFECT:
ing his duty and honor he must stand
by his opinion against the world. He
| could not be nominated without put
! ting himself and the Democratic party
| in peril. When he declined the
| nomination he meant 1t. he paid elo.
quent tribute to Mr. Pendleton and bis
| magnanimity in closing, and said
date cannot be.
Mr., ValIandigham said: In times of
great exigency end calamity every per-
/ sonal consideration should be walV6u.
| He insisted that Horatio Seymour must
yield to the demonstration In his Ee.
half. Ohio's vote must and should
| stand for Horatio Seymour. He called
upon several delegates TO follow that
Mr.. Herman of New York, TO relieve
everybody in the New York delega-
ton, said, they have had no lot nor part
in this movement of Ohio. They had
heard something of 1t but declined 80
! take any part in it out of regard for the
4 proper sensitiveness of the President or
the Convention until other States
| should show by their action that Sey-
mour was demanded by the party IN
Convention. He urged the necessity OF
success in the campaign; expressed his
opinion that Seymour could now ao-
cept the judgment of the Convention
with honor, and that he should yield as
a matter Of duty to its wish, and with
him as candidate New York was good
for one hundred thousand majority.
The call of the roll was then proceed
ed with.
i When Wisconsin was called, Palmer
seconded the State OF Ohio and cast
4 S votes for a. ISeymaur, [great chee55-
4 ing.1 Kentucky gave Seymour her IL
votes, Cgreat cheering.l Massachusetts
ma changed her 9 votes from Hendricks
to Seymour, [cheers.1 PennsylTania
asked that her vote be not recorded for
the present. Mississippi changed frotn
Hancock to 81. Seymour, great cheer
ing and confusion ensued, the delegS-
tions standing upon the seats, and cries
of "sit down, !" "sit down." 3
Mr.. Price took the chair and insistei
that the gentleman must take thetr
their seats and would recognize no ons
until order was restored.
Mr.. Woodward, OF Pa, now rose and &
transferred her 20 votes to HoratiD
Seymour. [Great cheering and disor-
der; cries of delegates all over the hons's
to their respective chaifman-chnngs
our vote change our yotell
Half a dozen States at once wanted
to change their votes.
Missouri changed to Seymour. IL.
Illinois followed en- masse for Seymour.
Tremendous cheering-indescriba
confusion.l Indiana changed her solid
Is to Seymour. Iowa came next, for
Seymour. Texas cast her Tor Sey4
mour. ~ ~
Here the cannon began 10 fire Il
salute for the nominee, as State after
State came in, but the confusion anCs
. noise was so great that not word could
be distinguished of what anybody said,
Seymour was clearly nominated. The
confusion subsiding, Alabama, Maine.
/
urly with an unanimous vote for Sey-
mour.
Mr.. Dawson, of Pa, moved the nomi-
nation, but there was SO much confu-
sion that nothing was done with 1t.
a delegate from Mimi, frantical-
Ily waving one of the State
standards, attracted the attention OF
of the chairman and cast the vote OF
Minnesota for SEYMOUR; Georgia paid
the last tribute to Hancock, the most
knightly soldier of the war, who she
had supported earnestly, but she now
united in voting unanimously Tor Sey-
mour; Louisiana gave her to Seymour.
Mr.. Stuart of Michigan said that that
State came to the Convention with the
. single purpose to nominate candidate
who could certainly be elected; that
J position she occupied to-day. He pro-
ceeded to eulogize Mr.. Seymour as the
greatest statesmen now living, and
cast Michigan's vote for him.
A band on 14th Street struck up
THE Battle cry of Freedom, the can
non still saluting.
A delegate from South Carolina said
he was from State which felt most
of Radical rule. He said South
Carolina came here caring more
for men than measures. They were
satisfied with the platform adopted so
unanimous, and South Caroline with
Invocation of Gods blessing on the
party on which rests the last hope OF
the country, cast hersyote for SEYMOUR.
Maryland changed to Seymour.
Mr.. Tlden, of New York, rose There
was great interest to hear him mani
tested, and cries uttered of take the