The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-07-13
The Baltimore Convention.

The following is brief synopsis OF the
proceedings of the memorable convention
which met at Baltimore on Tuesday. and by
the unanimous nomination of Greeley and
Brown for the presidency and vice-presidency,
broke the back bone of the republican party.
The convention met at the Opera House,
and was called to order at IL NJ. by Augustus
Belmont, chairman of the national democrat
ic committee, who, after stirring speech,
foreshadowlng and endorsing the inevitable
nomination of Greeley and Brown, nominated
Mr.. Randolph, of Virginia, as temporary
chairman, who, on beng elected, also adj
dressed the convention. He remembered
wildly every presidential contest since the
first election of T homas Jefferson, but none
In which the issues involved were of graver
import than in the present. Frederick O..
Prince, of Massachusetts,, and f. o. Perrin. Of
New York, were appointed temporary secreta-
rles.
The delegations were called in order by
States to name for each State member of
committee on credentials organization, &c.
| A resolution OF thanks to Mr.. Belmont was
passed, when the convention took recess to
four o'clock.
| On re.assembling at four o'clock the COM
mittee on organization reported in favor of J..
II. Doolittle. of Wisconsin, as permanent
president, with vlce.president and secretary
from each State The report having been
adopted, Mr.. Doolittle was conducted to the
chair, and made very able speech, occupy
ing some thirty minutes. The speech elected
long and loud applause.
A committee of one from each State and
territory was appointed on resolutions, to
whom all resolutions offered in the convention
on the subject of platform were to be referred.
The principal resolutions so offered and re-
terred were several in favor of women's rights,
which the committee seem to have ignored.
The States were then called, and the dele
gates from each named one member of the
national committee. Cyrus H. Mccormick
was named t'r Illinois. Augustus Schell, OF
New York, was made chairman, Belmont
having declined a reelection. The conven-
ton then adjourned to ten o'clock Wednes-
day.
On Wednesday the convention was called
to order promptly at ten o'clock.
Mr.. Barr, of Connecticut, announced that
the committee on resolutions were ready to
report, and advanced to the desk where the
resolutions were read by Mr.. Perrin, one Of
the secretaries. The resolutions, with a brei
preamble, were simply a re-affirmaton of the
, resolutions adopted by the Liberal Republican
convention at Cincinnati, and as each was
read in ORDER was greeted with loud cheering.
Mr.. Barr moved the previous question on
their adoption. Mr.. Baya,d, of Delaware
protested against the motion as a gag, and 10
appease him he was allowed to make speech
against them. Judge Reagan, Of Texas, and
Mr.. O'Connor, of South Carolina, replied to
him, upon which the convention proceeded to
vote by States, the vote resulting in 662 in
, favor and 70 against the resolutions. Before
the vote was announced however, several
delegations that had voted against the rcsolu.
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ton was virtually unanimous.
The convention then, on motion, proceeded
to vote by States for a candidate for presi
dent. Snowbrool<, Of Illinois, presented the
f name Of Horace Greeley. Immense cheering
: The roll was then called, each State, as il
voted unanimously for Greeley, beng loudly
cheered. All the vOtes-6S6-were cast fol
G Greeley except Delaware, 6, and New Jersey
, 8, for Bayard; Florida, 2, and Georgia, 4, fol
2 Blank; Pennsylvania, 81, for Judge Black
b. and West Virginia for Groesbeck. On the
, announcement Of the result, the nomination
!, on notion was made unanimous. On casting
. the vote of Missouri for Horace Greeley the
t chairman Of the delegation said, in doing so
: that Missouri would give the largest majority
= for Horace Greeley OF any State in the Union
0 When New York was called, Gov. Hoffman
said he had great faith in Missouri, but hel
z boast was vain, for he promised that the ma
i iority for Greeley in New York should exceed
t the entire vote of Missouri.
!. The States were next called to vote for
s candidate for vlce.prcsident. when the vote
e stood 1l3 tor b. Gratz Brown, 6 for Steven
son, I" Kentucky, and Il blank. His nom
2 inaton also was thereupon made unanimous
4 A committee was then appointed to notify
4 the nominees; the matter of line and place
o ot holding the next convention was referred
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