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The Convention was called to order
bv August Belmont, Chairman of the
S.t;on,, comn,;tteo ond Thomas
-'".' :. ~. L
> eilefsoh n"hoolPn, oi firsaui'' CIV
sen temporary Chairman. The lion.
Jas. R. Doolittlo, Of Wisconsin, was
elected nermapont Chairman and pre-
o;ded with GREAT DIGNITY and ability.
' Tto ,o., -, ,1ont;n y tho n1oteorn
1ne vo'e on 'uop'tDs 'n0 't"'ioi'n
stood 67o to 62.
The ballot resulted as follows:
ITorooe Greolov 6s6
80 ~ ~ Ror,ord *
: T g Rln"L 21
=; w y; 9 Groo:hccL 2
R,onk nk'''8 s
Tho aG votos mot cast for Greeley
wore "a follows. Delaware 6 for Bay-
ard Nav Jersey g for Bavare Penn.
sylyania, 81 for Black; 2 blank Geor-
Cia d blank.
Aftcr the Chair had announced the
reoult of tho ballot Mr.. Wallace of
pannsylvan;a took The nlatform He
was rec.ived with cheers. He said in
ohed;ence tn the decision of nublic
sentiment in his State their deleea-
tion had cast mart of their vote
= onainst the gentleman who bv the
,,sa oes and cnstoms Of the Democratic
nariv. ia now its nominee for Ohe
P1.c;j b.. =; ono,. 10 r0 Thov would v;od to
~ 'u J"n;s;nn anj ocoent tho result
'nl: Io.lslon, tn a"u go ~ oopu+ @ ~ onneoI
~n.tn tIa sne rGa. Ia dsoresd eoI In ~ cdncIn
el sion ,H bv Pn ;nstrnetion nett of his delegation,
he moyed that the nomination be
,o.do rno,;mouo rW;ld cbeers and
music, "The Battle Cry of Freedom
followed by "Hall to the Chie1. J
" nen she music ceaseu' = soen0 ua "a'
son+;nr y;aw NJ the White Honse.
TApplause1
Order being restored, the motion of
MIR. Wallace, that the nomination be
made unanimous, was put and car
ried, with ono or two dissenting votes
only.
The roll was called on the nomina-
tion for Vice President, with the tol-
lowinr result:
B. Gratz Brown, of Missouri. ..713
J. W. Stevenson, of Kentucky..... .... 6
Blank 13
The 6 votes for Ste, enson wero cast
by Kentucky. The 13 blank votes
were made up rs follows: Florida, g:
New Jersey, 9; West Virginia, 2.
On motion of Mr.. Chalmers, of
Mississippi the nomination Of Mr..
Brown was made unanimous.
,ron noo, rrr,r,s sprpcu
0ANaio' D0o1 80, - , 80
Ihe 1olioWins IS tno aole Speeon VI
President Doolittle on taking the
Chair:
Gentlemen of the Conveution-I thank
vou for this proat bonor-words can
Isrdlv tell how much: but YOU will
allow me to mass at once from what is
Harsorol 10 sneak Of the GREAT occa-
s;on tha Jntr and tbo nnrnoso which
I' hr;n,s % ns bere togetber. Nearly five
Years after the bioody poriod OF the
civil war had closed. the Liberal Re-
nubl;cans Of Nissouri-rapplause7- =
f.tl;ng kecnlv all the evil Of the pro
scriniive test oath, the hates and the
ct r;fas ond the passions of the war
bad left mon them lone after tho war
itself had ceased and feeling kcenly
the Executive Federal power r in their
Iocal elections determined to organize
q government to restore equal rights
10 oll orr citizens white as we'll as
bI,cl-rannlause7-- to restore local
seIf covernment and to arrest the
ti,rtHer Capitalization of Federal
,,owor rAnnIanse1 Tbev tben said
f flL;a th;r- hos rone f,r onouoh if not
oI.0 oIrs,dv tnn fac. the time has come
wben 1 al no honest and patriotic Republi-
ems mnst sav Halt and reasscrt the
vital doctrine of Republican govern
ment-that under the Constitution the
mowers of the Federal Government
ara dofined and Imited-Tapplause
ond cries Of aCood rood ln7-and that
tho neonlc Of the States have the right
w. opverr, themselves in their own Do
messtic w affairs unon tho basis of the
annnl;tv NJ oll tho States before the
Iinher law before tho Constitution,
and tho aoualitv Of all men before the
~ wNronnIause7-of universal amnes-
~ ,oIaItr snffra "a and neace taking