The daily gazette., 1876-06-29


crimes and confessed misdsmeauors, the
demonstration is complete that the final
step in reform must be the paople,s
choice Of honest men from another party,
lest l the disease Of one Politiral otsa1iaass- as
ing no change Of men or party We cAn
get no change of measures and no re-
form. All these abuses, wrongs and
crimes, the product Of sixteen years. Is
cendancy Of the Republican parts, ,creabe
a necessity for reform, confessed by the
Republicans thems selves. but their re-
formers are voted down in convention
and displaced from the Cabinet. The
parties mass Of honest voters are power
leaders and guides to reform can only be
had by peaceful civic resolution.
We demand change OF system, a
change of administration, change of
party, so we may have a change of mem
bers and of men.
The reading was frequently interrupt
ed by applause. The donunciation of
the Resumption act and demand for its
repeal was received with especial favor.
tive votes were: Illinois 3, Iowa 4, Kan
sas 6, Michigan l, Missouri 8, Virginia 1
West Virginia 10, Indiana go Ohio 20.
The Chair announced the vote, yeas
65l, nays SO. So the report of the plat
form Committee was adopted.
MIR. McLane moved to nominate candi-
dates for President. Applause Adopt
ed
THE NOMINATIONS.
| The roll of States was called to present
their nomines for President. When Deis.
ware was called Mr.. Whiteley nominated
Thomas Fr rancis Bayard. whom he eulogized
in glowing terms as Democratic statesman
and gentleman. lApplause.
Mr.. Williams, of Indiana, presented the
name Of Governor Thomas A. Hendricks, of
Indiana. [Great applause There wss no
Indiana s By Mr. Falep FIJI ere Of HH IIinois Sa
cOnded Hendricks nomination clog uently
and forcibly.. Mr.. Campbell u. of Tennessee. by
instruction of its convention, also seconded
Hendricks, under whose lead Tennessee felt
more confident of success than any other,
Mr.. ALBEIT. of New Jersey. presented Joel
Parker's name in q ringing speech.
when New York was called there was great
excitement. cheers an .wavins of fans. Sen.
ator Herman expressed his sympathy with all
that had been said of the gentlemen aIready
nomination Of Mr. TiIdsn. Tiiden. be said.
assures a guarantee of success in the coming
contest; Tiden's name was reooivsd With
John Kelly. of New York. next tool the
platform. An attempt was made to hiss him
down. A deleeate-There seems to be some
Mr.. lFiournOy. of Va. seconded Tilden's
Mr.. Ewing. of Ohio, presented the name OF
the farmer statesmen. william Allen.
field S. Hancock in glowing terms. General
Brente. of La. seconded Hancock's nomina-
ton.
THE FIRST BALLOT.
The ballot being called for the clerk sud
denly commenced calling the roll, which re-
suited as follows:
Allen. n................,. So Hancock. 7s
4y31a Haydrcl: ,5a1I
sEcoND BALLOT
The whole vote on the second ballot vas
1873. Necessary TO CHOICE 494.,
Tildeu ............". 535 Hancock 50
Hsndricks"-...... 90 Bayard..,..,'..,..... i II
bllsn;;.'.' Allen; ''.',..~ = Thurnan-'''"'''""'"2
Missouri changed its vote to l6 for Tilden
delegates clai ned ther right to cast their in
dividual votes for Tilden. Tho vote was an
nounced as Is for Parker.
Before the vote was announced Iowa changeG
its vote to 20 for Tilden. 2 for Hancock. Hi
nois changed its vote to "a for Tilden. 18 for
Hendricks: North Carolina changed its vote
to 10 for Tilden and for Hancock.
Without waiting for the announcement
: from the Chair. the conv en- ton arose and gave
long. tumultuous cheers. For ten minutes
the noise and exc element almost dro owned the
music BY the band. Various other States an
pounced changes amid great CO Illusion. inclu-
ding Delaware. which went solid for !tiden-
| fenuSylVaula mOV6u 10 make IL u0dDluUubt
Indiana seconded Pennsylvania's motion to
make the n IN ma ion unanimous. and it was
adopted. motion to adjourn until to-mor-
row was carried at twenty minutes past eight
Mr.. Henry Watterson, in a short
speech to the St. Louis convention on
Tuesday, upon taking the ehair as its
temporary presiding officer, struck the
keynote of the campaign-re reform, the
restoration of the government to its
early purity, and of the industry of the
country to Its old-time prosperity. To
the causes which have led to the pre-
seat disastrous condition of affairs he
briefly adverted; the relief and the
remedy were pointed out in clear and
crisp sentences. The party in power
has shown it's inability during the last
eleven years to govern the country. II
has shown wonderful capacity for
destruction. Wars, panics, jobbery,
corruption sectional hate and animosi
ty have followed in its train, and the
outlook to day is as dark and gloomy
as it was three or ten years ago. The
Republican party has given us a
government of rings and monopolists.
1t has legislated for the rich man
against the poor man, and change of
policy is impossible. st. Louis has
the opportunity to bring the Demo-
cratic party back to power, and with it
the return of law and order and busi.
| ness prosDeritV