Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-06-23


ernor of Ohio, was the next candidate
named. lie was presented by e1-Gov. Noyes
in q speech which called forth great deal
of spontaneous and heartfelt enthusiasm.
Senator Ben. Wade followed in support OF
Mr.. Hayes, as did also Mr.. j. P. Jones, OF
Missouri Pennsylvania presented, by l..
Bartholomew, the name OF Gov. Hartranft.
1t was nearly o'clock when Mr.. Bartholo-
new concluded his speech, and the dele
gates. having been in continuous session for
nearly seven hours, resisted all the efforts
which were made by the Blaine men to
force them to a ballot before adjourning.
The Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock
Friday morning.
THE LAST BALLOT.
The roll-call was begun on the seventh
ballot with the whole Convention and the
vast audience in tremor OF excitement. Tor
everybody except q few dilettanti in politics
knew that the supreme moment was at
hand. Connecticut was the first anti Blaine
State on the list, and efforts were made to
have it stop its voting for Bristow-whlch
at such time was suicida,-and go solid
for Hayes But Hawley and Kellogg
thought there was yet u chance Tor Bris-
tow, although it was known to many that
Kentucky had already determined to with
draw his name when the State was called.
Expostulations were in vain. and after
keeping the Convention waiting several
minutes, Connecticut cast Its stereotyped
| vote apparently without the slightest sus-
| picion that it had done something gro
| tesquely absurd under the circumstances.
There was nothing further of significance
| until Indiana was reached. There was the
| hush of suspense, the lnll of expectation.
ba oh cd ha
platform everybody knew he was there TO
withdraw Morton, ana none knew how In
diana would 60 afterward. In few we'll
| chosen. earnest words Mr.. Cumback thank
ed the friends of Morton for their support.
| paid weli-merited tribute to that eminent
statesman, and cast the vote of Indiana, %
| for Hayes and 5 for Bristow. Although
| this by no means ended struggle which
was now keeping nearly ten thousand peo-
| pie on the utmost tension OF excitement,
| the whole Convention and two-thirds of the
| audience rose and cheered so Justify and so
| long that it was some minutes before BUSH
ness could proceed. In the uproar New
| York went out to consult, leaving great
gap in the Convention. Iowa and Kansas
voted as before. but there was presently an
other grander scene when Kentucky was
called and that splendid specimen Of Ameri-
publican, John NJ Harlan. mounted the
| platform. Ii was some moments before be
could be heard in the wild cheering which
greeted him. but at last he got hearing,
and never did man facing such an
audience say 50 much IN 50 Few
words. lie thanked the friends OF Mr.. Bris-
tow for the cordial support they had given,
and especially Massachusetts, Vermont and
Connecticut. because this support, coming
from New England. was sufficient reiuta-
| ton of the SANDER that Bistow cannot be
trusted as Republican because he lives in
Kentucky. lie withdrew the name OF Bris-
tow and cast q votes for Hayes. Then there
was another outburst and new step toward
that salvation which was not yet reached,
| for the great States OF New York and Penn
sylyania vet held the situation in their
hands Massachusetts, was the next 10 adj
vance reform by voting all but one for
Hayes, and Mississippi next had the honor
of keeping on the good work by casting Is
votes the same way. New Jersey also added
her delegation.
Then came New York. For the FIR. time,
there was absolute silence in the hall a.
| Hon. Theodore VI. Pomeroy assembled the
platform. II anyone expected anything
dramatic from New York that one was dis
appointed. for New York, through Nr.
Pomeroy, simply announced the conclusion
il had reached, which was ,6l for Hayes
ard for Blaine The effect cannot be de-
scribed Thousands of people were on their
| feet shouting like COmanches, hats were
swung and thrown in air and hsndkerehleis
waved The end was almost reached. the
long agony almost over, and that the wei
come fact confronted the Republican party
was largely due to the large majority Ct
the New York delegation.
After New York there was a d.sapp0int-
ment and fear. for North Carolina did not
answer expectations. Ohio and Oregon
voted as usual. and then came the last mo-
ment When Pennsylvania was called there
was great confusion, and the voice Of Don
Cameron not beng Of the strongest, hardly
anyone twenty feet away heard the vote
when he stated il. After moment or two
of great suspense the vote was shouted from
the stages for HAYES, 30 for Blaine. The
battle was over. Everyone knew il. and
everyone except the immediate personal
followers rej0iced at It. Haye, at
this point, TO be sure, was not yet
nominated bat tne example was
contagious, and from here 10 the end |
he picked up sufficient votes u make II /
sure. among them being those OF Montana,
which. following the lead It's neighbor /
solid to Hayes. When the rol-call was ended I
there was scene hardly eyer witnessed be- /
fore in any political body. Mental tension /
and excitement had been so great during |
the call that hardly any two TALES kept |
among the correspondents or on the floor /
agreed but in three or four minutes and /
long before the result was officially an |
nounced it was certain that HAYES had more /
than majority of all the votes cast, and |
the telegraph Office was deluged with de-
spstches sending the news all over the
world At last the clerks were ready, and
Mr.. Mcpherson, after pounding several min
u,es with his gayel. succeeded in getting
such quiet that the result was heard as
Hayes. 1874; Blaine. SSH Bristow, 81.
Then the chairman proceeded to officially
declare Rutherford Birchard Hayes the can
didate of the Republican party for President
of the United States. but hardy score OF
people heard him for before he commenced
the whole Convention, the whole audience
Blaine men and a!l-were on their feet wei
coming the nomination in q way which
proved how hearty was the enthusiasm it
evoked. Again hats were tossed, throats
were cracked. men danced in glee upon
their chairs and up and down the aisss. and
embraced each other in wild dellrium of
Joy. All this time the band IN the gallery, !
which had been mute for three days so long
as the Convention was IN session, was sup
posed to be playing Hail TO the Chief"
but nobody knew, for its notes were lost in
the roaring, surging sea of human voices,
and only nov and then a struggling note
floating on the surface reached any ear. Ii
Is hard to say how long all this lasted. 1t
seemed an hour, 50 thoroughly was every
one exhausted when it was over. But it
was probably not more than quarter Of
that time. 1t may be that there have been
scenes OF greater enthusiasm, more evident
thankfulness for result achieved, more
plainly a consciousness of safety IN the fu-
ture than was seen here day, but they
have been very rare.
THE NOMINATION OF yICE-PREsIDEST.
The Convention was left in utter and
confusion by the enthusiasm and
attending the announcement
of the nomination of Hayes, so that it was
only after long and wearisome efforts that
the Chairman could make the delegates
hear the announcement that the nomiua-
ton of candidates for Vice-President was in
order. The New York delegation withdrew
to consult, and while they were out, in the
midst of such wild disorder that it was I'M
possible to hear single connected sentence,
several speeches of nomination were made
Mr.. Wheeler was named from several sour
ces, Judge Poland being the first. the num-
Der of delegates who desired TO bring him
forward having quite a rivalry. There
seemed to be no ques ton whether it would
be acceptable to the New York delegation.
w hen that delegation came in from consul
tation it was learned that New York. by
majority of the delegates supported Mr..
W heeler's nomination. Gen. WOodford
was nominated by several delegates and a
negro from Mississippi seconded him in a
neat speech. Gov. Jewell, Senator Freiing- |
huyseD, and Gen. Hawley were put in
and the balloting began. 1t
slowly at first. owing to the con-
fusion and difficulty of announcing the
votes As the call proceeded down the list
Of States it became apparent that the voting
was mere iormality, and that Wheeler '
would receive large majority. While the I
New York delegation were making tally /