The New York herald., 1875-09-30
An Unequivocal Hard Money
- Platform Adopted.
OPPOSITION TO A THIRD TERN
Self-LaudatiOn Over the War Mingled with
Fair Words to the South
THE PROSPECTS OF THE ELECTION.


patience There about 200 delegates present
and among them many Of the tme-honored lead
whose presence would only have been secured but
for the extremites to which the party pushed
Among the notable absentees General Butler and
inasmuch as he failed to serve after being chosen
delegate is fair that he intends to adhere
his expressed determination of last fall and let poll
tics entirely alone. There nothing like harmony
in the Convention although towards the close there
shallow pretensons that everything in the party
hereafter would be and lovely. II is unmis-
taxable fact that the republicans have lost
their foothold In Massachusetts, through the
obsnacy of the administration in encouraging
perpetuatng the Simmondses and the Burts in the
federal Offices and is due this and kindred of
the administration that the party experiencing
the puri1caton which naturally from rebuke and
defeat The nomination of Mr. Rice to day victory
for the administration, far as nomination can be
counted victory, and il was also momenary triumph
for the blue booded element of the party in Boston Dr.
Loring's chances for the nomination meagro at
the outset and when became apparent that there was
strong undertow favor of Charles Francis Adams it
was agreed between the Loring and Rice that the
Quincy statesman be slaughtered at all hazards
accomplish this they arranged in advance that
the weaker should unite with the stronger and thus it
that the third ballot the hopeless Lorlngites
turned the scale in favor of Mr.. Rice.
Either his modesty or anticipation OF defeat intiu
enced Dr. Lorng TO be absent from the Convention
and this in spite of the fact that Chairman of the
State Committee it properly belonged to him to call the
body order. This duty gracefully performed by
Colonel Clapp, of Boston, of the vice presidents
who very chartaby omitted the infction of the
tomary spread eagle speech When he announced that
Vice President Wilson preside there a round
cheering which have been highly gratifying
that disting guished statesman
THE VICE PRESIDENTS SPEECH
His speech too well chosen and moderate
effort just tempered to the Of the delegates HIS
complimentary illusions the records Of such warriors
as Grant, Thomas, Sherman and Sheridan, and such
statesmen Lincoln, Seward and Sumner struck
the popular chord of the Convention; but when
he spoke and said that the republican party
could its past achievements alone the effort
at applause faint and scky. His declaration of
the watchfulness of the administration for national
abuses and its determination punish and correct
them was of course the right kind OF party rhetoric
and afforded the delegates their only opportunity of
cheering President Grant; but question very much IL
many of them did not little sarcasm in their
hurrahs The sound financial passages the Vice
Presidents address found response that showed most
emphatcally that the party Massachusetts is not
much given to imitation. The speech originally pre-
pared concluded with appeal for reinvgoration of
the grand prehistoric party but during the morning
the friends of Mr. Wilson urged him to declare
phatically whether not he candidate for the
Presidency.
How skilfuly and equivocaly he announced his posi-
ton in this manner will be noticed in the appended
port and it is fair to observe this connection that
the members of the convention regard his language
less adroit than that employed by President Grant in
his remarkable third term letter to the President OF the
last Republican Convention in Pennsylvania
MUTUAL CANDIDATES.
1t clear the that the followers and sup
porters Of the three leading candidates. Rice Loring
and Adams fearful of their respective strength
against each other This manifested by the fill
clustering whether the ballot should be formal
or informal The question put half dozen times
by Vice President Wilson before he could determine
which way to decide, and it in the midst
OF wild excitement that he declared in ia
vor of an informal ballot. The result of
This did differ materially from the general antici
patons for there had been pretty thorough canvassng
beforehand, and IL generally conceded that Rice
would be ahead that Loring's full strength would be
shown, and that Adams would show up handsomely
THE BALLoTISG.
recess of half an hour before the formal ballot
occupied chiefly by caucusing and the result gains
for both Rice and Adams the expense Of DR. Lorng
the latter losing 26 and Rice and Adams gaining SO
and II respectively BY this Mr. Rice lacked 81
of nomination, and it was clear that it oil up with
DR. Lorng His friends however, did not
WnONy desert MIN, even on Lne second
ballot but IO7 OF them broke leaving
him with only 225 OF these followers of the
past went for Adams, 40 for Rice and quite
number for Congressman Pierce, who loomed)
up with 81 votes. Mr. Rice yet lacked u
ballots to the nomination. II getting
late when the third ballot was ordered and many Oh
Mr. Lorngs supporters had gone home. Besides THIS
it had been given out that Mr. Adams to be beat9n
anyway, and the Lorng followers followed the Lorlng
leaders, and MI kicos nomination was secured by "A
vote Of $40 against SO for the Salem canqi-
date The Adams phalanx was firm, however, and at
the very last ballot they showed 249 OF the 9DS
votes cast the balance being gwen for Rice, Lorihg
JUBILEE OVER THE RESULT
When the result was announced there was tHe wild
kind Of enthusiasm, and every except the
Adamsites seemed participate in It Colonel Taylor
OF Boston, TO whom Dr. Lor1ng Is indebted more than
almost the very last got upon Of the benches
and, In speech Of laundering eoquence, seconded the
so fercely opposed In his remarks he took occasion
20 insnuae In sarcastic way that those who had voted
for Mr Rice and Dr. Lorng appreciated that they were
in republican convention but he did not say that the
supporters Of Mr. Adams inspired by that appre
cation. The nomination was further seconded by Mr.
Goodrich, OF stockbrdge and finally made unanimous
so far as it could be without the voice Of the Adams
party
which was adopted by the Convention carried the body
by storm. Senator Dawes the author read the rcso
lutions IN most dramatic manner and each and every
heartily cheered. Those favoring hard money
and denounclng the third elected repeated rounds
OF applause
A sERIO-coMIC SCENE
There was one melancholy and entertaining scene
during the forenoon proceedings, resulting from tho
reading Of series of resolutions by Judge Putnam one
OF the Blackstone delegates, in a manner which was
hard to discriminate, whether II serious or IN lest
The resolutions will be found the report OF the pro
ceedings There was seemingly too much Of sentiment
truth in these resolves aud tho Convention disposed
Of them by reference TO the Committee on resolutions
Although they never heard from again they
were much commented upon by the delegates
woMAN's sUPFRAGE
The husband of Lucy Stone, DR.. Blackwell, who was
delegate from Brookheld, more fortunate with
one Of his woman suffrage resolutions thus referred
for tho committee recognized the claims Of the weaker
tex in the platform subsequently reported Heretoiorcl
Ihe republican conventions have cantemptuousy w