The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1872-05-10

annouced the vote unanimous The
next order of business was stated by
the chair to lie the nomination Of
candidate Tor the Presidency, The
roll OF States was called.
The result of the first ballot was
Adams 20S. Trumbull ITO, Davis 92I[,
Greeley Ia, Brown %, Curtin s.,
Chase 81 Sumner ] etessary to
Before the vote was announced, Gratz
Brown, bS unanimous consent, took
the stand and thanked his friends for
their support, but withdrew his name
and asked his friends to support Hor-
ace Greeley. Great cheers wifi many
persistent misses. No choice being
made, Missouri asked leave ior consul
tation. Casey, of the District of Col
umbia, offered resolution giving q
vote to the Territories tiilled. Mr..
Mcclure Withdrew Curtin's name aud
asked leave for the Pennsylvania del
egatlon 10 retire: granted. TIE pro-
ceedings were suspended until the re-
turn of tie absent delegations.
At the close of the second ballot the
vote STOOD Greeley 239, Adams PAS,
Trumbull 1zS, Davis 81, Brown 2,
Chase /. California changed her 6
from Davis to Greeley, which left
Greeley 245, Davis 20,
There being no choice the roll was
called third time, Great excitemens
during the call. The vote. footed:
Greeley 2oS, Trumbull 156. Adams,
264, Davis E4, BROWNE.
On the fourth ballot, Adams gained
IL. Greeley lost 10, Davis lost 2.
On the 9th ballot, Adams gained 43,
Greeley Il. South Caroliui" gave
Chase IA and VirgiHia 8 increased the
vote for Adams. 1t was received with
great cheer,
The sixth ballot was ordered. A
| scene of great confusion followed.
! Missouri asked leave to retire for con-
sultatiou. A motion was made for q
recess of twenty minutes. Cries OF,
s'no, no, sit down." The motion was
lost by an overwhelming vote. After
some delay, the vote was called.
Greeley gained in Georgia and In
/ diana, in Kansas, IL in Louisiana, 5
North Carolina, 8 in Tennessee,
in Vermont 3 In Virginia aad
in West Virginia. Adams made some
gains, includiDg6 in Missouri. Mas
sacausetts gave her Trumbuli votes
to Chase. The Illinois delegation haV-
ing retired, the convention awaited IFS
return. When they returned, the IL
LIMOS chairman announced q for
Adams cheers Il TOR Greeley, Trun'-
bull 1.
Result: Adams s24, Greeley So2
Trumbuil IS, Davis G, Chfse 81, Pal
mer
Il Before the vote was formally au.
nounc"d, Minnesota changed 0 from
Trumbull 70 Greeley. Varisus States
changed their votes, but q scene o.
such confusion and noise arose that Il
was impossible fer the reporters Il
hear. Apparently Greeley was mona
mated. Mcclure changed Penneyl.
vania to 90 for Greeley and 8 for Davis
great cheers.
Indiana changed % for Adams. A
} stampede of changes TO Greeley here
!, occurred, but the noise and confusion
rendered 1t impossible to hear tire de-
tails, Illinois changed soliG for Gree.
ley, except one delegate, who insistct
OH his vote for Trumbull. Tho chall
finally AMI sunced the whole vote 7l4
necessary 70 choice SIS; Adams hs
of Ohio, naoYed that the nomination
be made unanimous, but It was declar
cd lost.
Cochrane inquired If Greeley had /.
majority. The chair said: Yes, a1G
therefore he is nominated as candidate
for the Presidency by this Convention
On motion 1t was ordered to pr0eCeC
70 a nomination for Vice Presldent
The roll was called az follows; Ala
hama, brown Is, Arkansas, Brown IL
California, Brown IL, Delaware, AZ.
bert TOrbert, of Delaware, Il, Florida
Brown @. Here Illinois and New
York retired for consultation.
> On recalling the roll, Delaware VoteC
for Trumbull.
A delegate inquired whether TFun.
} bull was q candidate for Vice Prest
dent and IL he would accept it.
Gov. Koerner, on behalfof Trumbul
replied that the latter would accept I'm
der no circumstances. An Iowa dele
gate nominated J. d. Cox. GcorHii
gave Brown ~, Illinois offered CassIul
n. Clay 81, MF. Clay rose and declin'
cd to be considered candidate. Hi
urged his friends to vote for Brown
Illinois gave Brown q, Indianis, Geo
w. Julian 20, Kansas, Brown 8, JuliaI
2, Kentucky voted for Clay.
Total vote Of first ballot was Brown
49,, Trumbull 156, Julian 1915, Walk
er S41HS, Clay a., Cox %, Upton 8
&covllle 42i whole number of vote!
cast 702. Necessary fer choice 352..
Il Second baliot.-Brown AS, Julian
4 l15s walker 20, Upton ., talIEef 3
Result as announced received with
cheers.
On motion of Cochrane the PreSi
dent, LIST Vice President and Secretary
were appointed a. z committee to in
form tile successful candidates Of theiI
nomination.
A vote of thanks to the citizens o
Cincinnati for their hospitality tn tin
| Convention WAS OaSked aiaO a vote O
thanks to the President for the faith "a
manner in which he has performed hi
duties as President OF the Liberal Re
: publican Convention,
Adjourned Sins die.
Three cheers were given for success
full candidate, three cheers for Car
s .hurz and three for Cincinnati and
COMMITTEES on arrangements which
we given with earrestness and goO(
will.