Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1868-05-23
SCENES AT The CHICAGO CONvEN.
....r TION.
The Nomination Of Coifax.

Inc Neminatton ef toifaN.
The Chicago CORES pondent of the Cincinnati
Gase;te gives the following graphic description
of the see mes upon the nomination of a candi-
date for Vice President
The nomination of the long roll OF candids ties
grew fsarfully tedious. Henry =. lane pre-
ssnted Colfax handsomely, and Hassanrek
made a capital little speech in bringing for ward
Wade, " bile Carl Schurz produced an excellent
effect by the few warm sentences iu which. on
behalf of Missouri, be seconded the nomina
uop. Nothing could have been happier than
this little speech, in which Senator Cres well
announced that though his delegation insisted
on voting for him, he was not a candidate,
and should vote, not a matter of compli-
ment, but under a sense of duty, for Ben Wade
MT. 1remaine made good impression IN
speaking for Fenton, and in general each can
didafe was well presented, though the long
drawn out praises grew very wearlsome. As
for, shadowed from the beginning, Wade led on
the FIRST ballot, coming within one of the num-
ber which predicted for him three days ago
As predicted iasa night, Fenton came next, be-
ing only seventeen votes behind Wade. The
third was Wilson. Coltax stood fourth, and
there was manIfestly no show for any of the
rest. The Hamlin people knew their man 10
be second of a larger number than any other
candidate could enumerate, and their hope
was in prolonged contest, which might end
by a compromise upon him. Practically. how
ever. the contest WAS between the four first
named, with only the possibility of Hamlin's
beceminG formidable candidate. All hands
regarded the first ballot as more or less a COM
pllmentary affair. On the second came the
real tug of war There Were n few moments of
sad confusion on the floor delegates running
hlther and thither to propose changes or urge
combinations.
When at last the call Of the States began. n
soon became evident that the tendency of the
wavering vote was manly to Wade. Wilson's
column in Alabama broke and gave Wade two.
his column In Georgia broke and gave Wade
seven; Kentucky came in with thirteen more:
Maryland wheeled into line with ten; but " hen
Ohio herself was called, the Chairman an
nOuncpd tllrtY-plglf UaYp far
Wade and four tor Colfax. The break came SO
soon. IN such dangerous direction, a. 10 pro-
duce decided sensation. Some of the ex cited
delegates back of the Ohio crowd could not re-
strain their displsasure, and vented II i'm Kisses
These were soon nieted however. The call went
on, showing gains tor Wade in other quarters.
which far more than made up in numbers the
little loss from Ohio, but could not restore the
moral effect of the unbroken State front The
sensation was all the greater since Judge
Spalding, III speech on the nomination of
W ade, had taken pains 10 say, before the first
ballot was taken that he had never known
Ohio unanimous in 4 National Convention,
and he felt this unanimity 10 be a token Of GER
tam success. The four men who, on this sec
ohd ballot, turned from W ade to Colfsx w.r.
Mcfarland, of Butler; Nettleton. of Sandusky:
Coleman. of Troy and Hunt, of kenton. They
had evidently calculated the effect of their de-
monstrations at this time, and seemed conf
dent of being sustained
Somebody now wanted to ad youru, but the
Convention was as excited party of gam
H.
sands, and the hands have been dealt out and
no suggestions of dinner could be tolerated
The third ballot showed few changes save that
Colfax gained here and there few votes
Wilson lost and Curtin ran down to the sol-
tary vote OF his own State. The crisis was now
known by every body TO be at hand, when Col
Alexander Mcclure. OF Pennsylvania, one of
the shrewdest wire -pullers of thai Stale of
wire -pullers, took the platform TO read a
letter OF withdrawal from Governor Curtin.
pennsylvania had hfty-two votes Where
would they got Wade had reason to expect
tlen and II was pretty certain that wherever
their weight was thrown victory would
perch. Evidently Pennsylyanians themselves
saw their power and fully appreciated the
situation. The tendency still appeared TO b.
toward Wade as the call progressed W,lsou
lost on all hands, till like Curtin, he seemed
passing out OF the list of candidates. but when
Ohio was called her own vote for Wade wa
one weaker. The same four had voted again
Tor CoifaN with Humpbill, Of Ripley, who had
Joined them on the third ballot and they Were
now further reinforced by John Campbell. OF
ironton. pennsylvania coming mkt, cast II
votes for Wade, and rousIng cheers went up AZ
ihls significant addition, but the rest OF her
strength went for Colfax. Wad- had in all 20,
ing his own. The next ballot told the tale.
McLane now swung his Pennsylvania
balance the other way He had first tried TO
produce a break for Wade; he now tried il
tor Colfax. The vote of Wade came down
from 3, To ~. and ~ We're cast for Colfax
The sensation WAS decided, and Iowa, eager
at any rate for Colfax, jumped AT the chance
to begin the break. The chairman shouted
that Iowa withdrew the votes from Fenton-
and cast its full vote solid for Colfax An in.
stant before the cheers had fairly begun
McLane was up:-"PeRnsylvania asks TO
change her vote. She casts her 62 votes solid
for Schuyler Colfax.' The work was done.
what followed was a mere scramble for prece-
dence in the race for changing of to Colfax
The lndianians cheered till their throats gave
out The galleries, which seemed to sympa-
thize strongly with Colfax from the start pro-
ionged and intensified the uproar; and with a
struggle between New York and Ohio as TO
VINO should have the honor of moving that the
nomination be made unanimous, the name of
Schuyler Colfax, the printer boy of South
Bend, was placed beside that of Grant the
tanner OF Ripley, on the Presidential ticket