New-York tribune., 1876-06-16
MAKING THE NOMINATIONS.
GREAT ovArIOSs To BLAINE AND BRIsTow-AN
AFTERNOON oR sPEECHEs-DRAMATIC SCENES
IN IHE CONVENTION.
Icy IELEGKAln TO ImE rRlBuNE.l

IN IHE CONVENTION.
lBr TELEGEhru TO TIE TRIBUNE.l
CINCINNAII June I5.--1he platform once disposed
of, tie beginning of the work of nomination was
inevitable. The Blaine men felt it, and greeted
Eugene Hale of Maine with good Blaine cheer, as
he rose TO make the necessary motion. Mr. McPher
son aoGuiesccd, aud obiigingy remarked he was
ready to receive nominations if there were any can
didatcs Motions and cries for adjournment were
overborne by the enthusiasm Of the men who
wanted to get Mr. Blaine a nomination as soon
a. possible. III, Io-call of states began, and soon
struck n snag in a Presidential candidate IN the
State of Connecticut. EX-Cougressman stephen W.
Kellogg presented the namo of Marshall jewell as a
candidate reminding the Convention that Connect
cut though called a Democratic State, had stood
firm TO the Republican party in every Presidential
election since its formation.
Indiana was the next state with candidate,
and genuine IIoosier yell went up AZ her
name was called, aud renewed as
Richard w. Thompson with his silvery hair
and caver,ous black eyes fnceI the audience
Evidently -i,ns of those myriads of Morton workers
who were 20 nominate him by mere force Of lung
power had come on the ground and bad been dis
tribntcd around by system of judicious accidents.
Col Thompson said he was instructed by the entire
Republican party Of Indiana Ia present the name of
Oliver T. Morton Ioosicr yells againl, the faith
full and untirng representative OF the principles Of
the Iepublican party" "Our war Governor may
be no better than yours, he said, but he is equal to
the best of them" The statement that he not
equal 10 the physical labor Of the Presidency he
met with the statement that he could do more hard
work than 80 per cent of the men in this Conven-
tion. Mr. Morton has been afflicted IN his legs, he
said but il does not need legs to make President.
MI Pinchback the Louisiana claimant, appeared to
l.It tI,.. al. ..f
plcturesqueness to the long and sometimes weari-
some succession Of oratory. He wanted Mr.. Morton
because his nomination would strike terror into the
hearts Of the traitors who persecute and whip the
black Republicans of the South.
Ipto this time the speeches had been hopeless
and the enthusiasm forced, bat as the secretary
elibly disposed of Iowa aud Kansas all awaited the
moment when hc should speak the name of Ken
tuckv. In an instant he did, and Before Gen. lar-
Ian could rise from his seat all Cincinnati broke
loose IL was noticeable that there was much less
cheering among tho delegates, but the local seni-
ment that always surrounds Convention III the
vague hope Of taking it by storm must have made
itself heard across the Ohio. TINS and the
whirlwind that came with The announcement Of the
State of Maine were the two great oyations of the
dav. All other demonstrations were mere clap-trap
and enforced show Of feeling Bristow and Blaine
were the two men who divided the heart Of this
great Gathering All others were sutors who
sounded their own praises The cheering that rose
and fell and rose again drowned all attempts at
speaking for nearly five minutes Gen. Harlan
faced it quietly, but with air of satisfaction on
his face as if il something at least to have
won this tribute If not to have won success. Gen.
Harlan did not weary sympathetic audience with
a long preface. He spoke the name of Benjamin H.
4 . 49,, ,,I ha.l- au1v tel eI
the outbur,t of cheering that followed When at
last he could get hearing he spoke at considerable
length. BOTH IA he said of Col. Brstow and Secre-
tary Bristow, showing his early connection with the
Republican party, his services in the war, and his
record at the head of the Treasury Department.. He
said that he did not feel so sangune rs some of The
future of the country. The South felt that their
destiny is in the hands of this Convention Repub-
lican supremacy is by no means assured; IT is for
the Convention to see that nothing is done to pre-
vent it.
Luke =. Poand's antiquated figure was next seen
on the stage TO speak for Vermont in support OF Mr.
Bristow. Vermont, though one OF the smallest oil
the States, he said has larger proportion OF ITS
population in the Republican party than any other
State.
The Convention was more than generous to Mr..
Bristow II let him have double the regular number
of speakers and than double the regular allow
ance of time. George William Curtis, one OF the
Conventions favorites, took the platform. Speak
ing he said. for that vast body of Republicans in
New-York who see all the world see, that reform
is possible within the Republican party, he thought
Mr.. Bristow the best man with whom to accomplish
it. Mr.. Bristow he eulogized as the man who.
il was easy for most Republicans to be Republicans
took his life into his hand in obedience to his princi
pies, and who, as Dstrct-Attorney in q Southern
State, hunted and hunted the Ku-Klux until the
Ku-Klux disappeared. If the demands Of the time
were not satisfied he said, ex-Gov. Morgan, who
See Fourth Pace