The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-05-07
Cincinnati Convention.
B. Gratz Brown for Vice President

The Cincinnati Convention assembled
on Wednesday, organized with Carl
Schurz as permanent president, with vice
presidents from each State. During
Wednesday and Thursday nothing was
accomplished, except the preliminaries OF
the convention work and informal canvas.
sing The friends of the several cand-
dates worked vigorously and hopes rose
and fell as the chances seemed to improve
or the reverse. On Friday morning they
went to work on the legitimate business
Of the Convention with results as fol-
lows
The Convention was called to order at
ten minutes after 10 o'clock.
The reading of the journal was dis
pensed with at the suggestion of an Iowa
delegate.
The chair stated that statement in a
morning paper, pretended to give a dis
patch from him (Schurz) to candidate,
was utterly untrue.
Mr.. Gilmore, of Missouri, offered re-.
solution that, when the Convention reach.
es the point of balloting for candidates,
there should be no formal presentation of
candidates, but the Convention will pro-
coed to vote.
Mr.. Dexter, Of Illinois, sustained the
proposition. He wanted to proceed to
business, and avoid mere personal eulo.
gies.
The resolution was carried.
Horace White from the committee on
platform, reported the resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted by the com.
mittee. The resolutions reported declare
in favor of the equality of all men before
the law the Union of the States, and no
re-opening Of questions settled by the
thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteen amend.
ments the removal of disabilities incurred
In the rebellion; general amnesty local
self-government supremacy of the civil
over the military authority respect for
the writ of habeas corpus; a return to
methods Of peace; the maintenance of
constitutional limitations civil service
reform single term for the Presidency !;
a system of federal taxation which shall
not unnecessarily interfere with the in
dustry of the people. and as there are
honest irreconciliable differences of opin-
ion as to merits, respectively, of the sys-
TENS of protection and free trade, that
these questions are admitted to people in
the Congressional districts, wild cheer
ing and the decision Of Congress there
on, wholly free of Executive interference
or dictation the maintenance Of public
credit; against reputation in every
form; speedy return to specie pay
ments recognition of the services and
sacrifices Of soldiers and sailors against
further grants of land to railroad or 9th
er corporations. In its foreign relations,
it is the duty Of the government to cul-
tivate friendship, demanding nothing not
right, and submitting to nothing wrong
A voice-"Three cheers for the second
declaration Of independence" Great
cries Of "question" overwhelming few
who had tried to get to the floor to speak
the Chair put the question, and the re-
port was adopted with loud and continued
cheering. The chair announced the vote
as unanimous.
The next order of business was stated
by the chair to be the nomination Of can
didates for the Presidency without form
al presentation of candidates. The re
suit of the first ballot was as follows
Adams, 203; Trumbull, lO2; Davis
92i; Greeley, LAT Brown. 9s; Curtin
81; Chase, 2lt; Sumner, l. On thu
first ballot New York gave Greeley 66
Adams, 2; Massachusetts, gave Adam
%; Trumbull, 2; Ohio, Adams, Al
Illinois, Trumbull, 81 Davis, 81, Be
fore the vote was announced b. Graf,