Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-05


: that, and that it is, his duty to th,
party and country to serve, we here
, by nominate him. 1',
Brown of Tenn, seconded Hen
dricks, which would enable. them Il
carry his State by fifty thousand
! majority.
Delegates insisted on finishing tht
call of the roll, which proceeded
amid confusion. s.,.S5
Abbot, of N. j., said Hendrick.
) was not the property of Indiana, bul
Of the Democracy of the Nation. Nc
; Democrat in the land dare refuse the
nomination of this convention and
! Hendricks. wont. He renewed the
motion to suspend the rules and nom.
mate by acclamation..
| At the end of the roll call Indiana
was called, when Williams rose and
said he was not authorized to say Hen.
bricks will or wont accept. The In
diana delegation acquiesce in view
Of this unanimous call. [Applause.
Total vote, 73S; Hendricks, 73O;
blank, 8.
| Hendricks was declared nominated.
Kelley, Of New York, rose to
address the chair. Applause. Loud
calls for "Kelly,"' ''Kelly !" "kelly 7"
He proceeded to the platform amid
cheers. Kelley said there was no man
there who worked more strenuously
than him against the nomination of
ITilden, because it was his earnest be-
lief that we couldn't carry the election
with an eastern candidate. The con-
vention has decided otherwise, and he
bowed to its decision. None would
work harder than he for his election.
He expressed his great admiration
for Hendricks and confidence in his
high, pure character. He counselled
the burial of all personal opinions,
and the concentration of effort for a
common victory. He proceeded with
some comments OH the necessity for a
change of the National administers
ton. He was frequently greeted with
applause. ,s M
| Hanna, Of Indiana, thanked the
convention for its expressing kindly
feelings toward that State. Her con-
test had been hard and bitter, but
now the tomahawk was buried to rest
forever. Let the "Old guard" of
Democracy come to the front. (Ap-
plause. He continued to cxhort to a
united effort for success.
Miller, of Nebraska, offered reso-
lution recommending to all future
Democratic conventions not to adopt
the two-thirds rule. Cries of "no,v 2
and "yes."] The chair said it was
not in order now, as the next business
was to call the roll of States for a
National Committee
kansas, Jno. j. Sumpter; California,
Frank McCappin Colorado, Bella NJ.
Hughes; Connecticut, VIM. Ii. Bar
mum; Delaware, Robinson Hyck-
man Florida, Wilk Call; Illinois,
VIM. G.. Gougy; Indiana. Thos. To-
lin; Iowa, M. M. Ham f; Kansas, j. Il.
Yeateman; Kentucky, Henry ID. Nc
Henry; Maryland, 0. Coffee; Louis
lana, b. +. Jonas; Missouri, Jno. G..
Priest; Massachusetts,, +. O. Prince !;
Michigan, Edward Kanter; Minne-
sofa, VIM. Lachran; Oregon, Jno.
| Whitaker; Nevada, p. B. Heating !:
| Nebraska, Jno. l.. Miller New York,
Abram s. Hewitt; New Jersey, Miles
Ross; New Hampshire, A. w. Halli-
way; Rhode Island, Nicholas Van
Slyek; Tennessee, VIM. B. Bates !;
South Carolina, Jas. II. Ryan; Mis-
sissippi, Elliot Barksdale; Vermont,
NJ. Il. Smalley !; Ohio, Jno. G.. Thomp-
son; Pennsylvania, VIM. L. Sect /;
Wisconsin, VIM. +. Villas; West Vir-
ginia, Alex. Campbell; Texas, F. S.
Stockdale.
Brown, of Tenn, offered resolu-
ton appointing committee of the
President of the convention and one
delegate from each State to visit the
nominees and notify them of their
nominations. Adopted.
| The States named their members of
this committee. Among them were,
from California, Geo. Ii. Rogers ;
Colorado, Adair Wilson; Nebraska,
q. Il. Scoiield; Nevada, II. p. Keat-
ing; New York, Henry o. Murphy.
Webbcr, of Michigan, offered res
olution recommending to future Ma
tional Democratic conventions to
abolish the two-thirds vote as unwise
and unnecessary, and that States be
requested to instruct their future
delegates OH this question, and
that attention be called to this sug-
gestion in the call for the next con.
ventiOn.
Taylor, of Leavenworth, briefly op.
posed.
Tennessee moved to table. The vote
was taken by States ON this: Cali
fornia voted yes, Colorado no, Kansas
8 ayes l nay, Nebraska no, Nevada {
yes and i no, New York no, New
Jersey yes, Oregon yes 4 no, Penn.
sylyania aye. The vote resulted yea.
359, nays 379, SO it was not tabled.
i 1t adopted also a resolution recon-
mending further National Democratic
Conventions to allow delegates from
the District of Columbia and the Ter
ritories.
The chair stated the question OF
adopting the resolution relative to 8
two-thirds rule. ,..a ,,4 n ~.
Wallace asked a division of tht
question, emitting OH the first vote
the latter half, requesting States to
instruct their delegates on the subject
He was for this latter propositions
but not for instructions from this
convention to its successors.
The convention refused to divide
the question and the resolution was
adopted in whole.
| McMichael offered a resolution
pledging individual and united sup.
\ port to the nominees. Adopted.