The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-07-07
THE CONVENTION.
IMMENSE CROWD.
Permanent Organization.
Speech Of HOratio Seymour.


the surping crowd which so blocked up
the passage to Tammany Hall that the
delegates and reporters had much diff
culty entering. Owing to this cause, 1t
was half past ten before the delegates
were generally in their seats.
The Convention was called to order
BY the Temporary Chairman at quar-
ter before eleven. 100000
Prayer was offered by Rev. William
Quinn, of New York.
The reading of the journal OF Satur-
day was dispensed with. g,
Mr.. Richardson, of Illinois, presented
q series of resolutions, which were re-
ferred without reading.
General Morgan, of Ohio, moved that
tho delegation from the Workingmen $
Convention be invited to seats on the
floor. Agreed to.
Mr.. Clymer, of Pennsylvania, from
the committee on Permanent Organlza-
ton, reported as follows
For President, Hon. Horatio Sey-
mour, of New York, great cheering
Vice Presidents and Secretarles-(I The
first names given are Vice Presidents,
and the second Secretaries.) Alabama,
Reuben Chapman, VIM. A. Lowe; Ar
kansas. B. Turner, John w. Wright;
California, Hon. A. II. Rose, NJ. j. Gill
lett; Connecticut, ii. A. Mitchell, Geo.
d. Hastings; Delaware, G. w. Cum
Minis, c. W. Wright; Florida, Thomas
Randall, C.. II. Smith; Georgia, Hon.
A. &. Wright, VIM. A. Reid; Illinois
ID. NJ. Woodson, w. +. Dowdell; In
diana, James A. Craven, w. X. Bowles;
Iowa, w. McClintook, +. IL. BOwsquet;
Kansas, Andrew J. Meade, Isaac e..
Sharp; Kentucky, Lucius Deshn, Hart
Gibson; Louisiana, Louis st. Martin,
J. II. Kennard; Maiue, Isaac Reid, j.
A. Truscott: Maryland, George X. Dem
mis-, T. .. Oaterbridge; Massachusetts,
Peter Harvey, Charles G. Clark; Mlchi-
gan, A. U. Hart, F. V. Smith; Minneso-
Ia, Winthrop Young, Isaac Staples; Mis-
souri,, Thomas Y. Price, a. j. Reed; Mis-
sissippi, f. c. Waltham, Felix Labons;
Nebraska, G. n. Crawford, Peter Smith;
Nevada, ID. G. Buell., G. II. Willard; New
Hampshire, G. III. Pierce, Gilbert y.
Hatch; New Jersey, Francis G. Lathrop,
Charles f. Hendrickson; New York,
VIM. NJ. Tweed, Henry a. Richmond;
Nsrth Carolina, Bedford Brown, DR.. X.
B. Haywood; Ohio, Edison b. Odds, j.
Hamilton; Oregon, +. l.. Preston, A. ID.
Fitch; Pennsylvania, John l.. Dawson,
G. NJ. Reilly; Rhode Island, Amasa
Sprague, G. b. Bronson; South Carroll
ma, b. +. Perry, w. S. Mullins; Tennes-
see, A. o. p. Nicholson, Henry Z. Nc
Laughlin; Texas, Ashball Smith, Daniel
A. Veitch; Vermont, Hervey Keys, Geo.
II Ntrn,;nin Rnharf / fnn-
rad, William ID. Coleman; West Virgin,
ia, Joseph w. Gallagher, Carlos A.
SperrJ; Wisconsin, ex-senator Nelson,
Dewey Z. Thorn.
For Reading Secretaries-E. o. Per
rine, OF New York; Moses A. Strong, of
Wisconsin; -, of Virginia; Mr.. Gus
kin, of Georgia; F. NJ. Hutchinson, of
Pennsylvania; Robert p. Tanney, OF
Illinois.
For Sergeant -at-Arms-Edward a.
Moore, of New York.
The committee recommend that the
rules of the National Democratic Con-
vention of 1864 be adopted by this Con-
vention for the government of its pro-
ceedings.
[Signed,] HESTER CLYMEE, Chm.
WM. X. MORRISON, Secretary.
Mr.. Maxim, of Ohio, moved the
adoption of the report and the discharge
of the Committee.
A delegate from Maine inquired
whether, on the adoption of the report
the two-thirds rule on ballOting for
Presidential candidates would require
for 4 nomination two-thirds of the en-
tire Convention or two-thirds OF the
vote to be cast in the Electoral Col
lege.
The Chair put the question on the
acceptance Of the report and the dis
charge of the committee, which was de-
cided in the affirmative and the coz
mittee discharged.
Mr.. Murphy, of New York, from COM
nittee on Resolutions, asked permits
sion for said committee to sit during
the sessions of the Convention. Agreed
to.
The Chair appointed Mr.. Bigler, of
PENNSYLVANIA, aud Mr.. Hammond, of
South Carolina, committee 20 conduct
the permanent President to the chair.
Mr.. Seymour proceeded to the plat
form amid great cheering, and addressed
the Csnvestion as follows;
Gentlemen Of the Conventional thank
ysu for the homer you have done mo in
making me your presiding officer.
TCheers This Convention is made mp
of large number of delegates from all
parts of our land. 70 n great degree
we are strangers 10 each other and view
the subjects which agitatc our country
from different standpoints. We cannot
at once learn each others mode of
thought or group all the ideas which
bear upon the minds of others;
vet our session must be brief and
we are forced to act without
delay upon questions of deep import to
our country. To maintain order, to re-
strain all exhibitions Of passion, to
drive out of our minds all nnk;nd sus,
picions is, at this time, II great duty.
fCheers.1 / rely upon your sense OF
this duty and not upon my OWE ability
to sustain me in the position in which
am placed by your kind Partially. Men
never met under greater responsible
ties than those which now weigh upon
US. [Applause. 1t is not a mere par,
ty triumph wo seek. We are trying to
save our country from the dangers
which overhang it. We wish Ia
lift of the perplexities and
shsckles which, in the shape OF
bad laws and of crushing taxation,
now paralyze the business and labor of
our land. Loud cheers. We hope, too,
that We ON give order, prosperity and
happiness 10 those sections OF our coun-
try which suffer so deeply to-day in their
homes and in all the fields Of their in
dustry from the unhappy events of the
last eight years. Itrnst our actions will
show that we are governed by earnest
purposes to help all classes of our citi-
zens, avoiding harsh inyectiveS against
men. We should keep the public mind
fixed upon the questions which must
now be met and solved. (Cheers. Let
us leave the past to the calm Judgment
of the future, and confront the perilS al
the days. tCheers.
We are forced to meet the assertions
in the resolutions put forth BY the late
Republican Convention. | aver there
is not in this body one mau who has il
in his heart to excite so much of angry
feeling against the Republican party as
must be stirred up in the minds of those
who read these. declarations in the