Ellsworth American., 1876-06-22
The Republican National Convention.

the north felt the heat severely. The com.
mittee on credentials had heated session
to consider the Alabama Florida snd Dis.
trict of Columbia cases, aud did not agree
upon their report till amer midnight The
committee on resolutions were all in sess-
ion till past midnight. discussing principles
aud ascertainlny the temper OF the majori.
ty. The financial plank caused the most
discussion. but 1t was noticeable that every
member OF the committee declared for re.
! sumption of specie payment. and that the
only difference was g. To details. The dis
cus>iol ended, aud Gen IIawley of CT,
Gen. Speed of Nv. GOV. Chamberlain OF
So. Carolina. EX-Gov. Dingley OF Maine.
Mr.. Smith of y. Y, and Judge Howe Of
| Mich. we're appoiut.-d subcommittee to
| dram the platform. The committee worked
! all Iiisht. aud AZ nine O'Clock A ". on
/ Thursday, reported - the full committee.
who adopted their dram viii, two or three
notifications
On Thursday the excitement culminaie ed.
| For three days the contest hal gone oa Ia
| thc hotels, nn the street corner. aud in the
newspapers. Dele. .ations held meetings
| aud discussed the situation. and received
| proscytin. committees from other delega-
| tion.. The " line delegation. reinforced
| by hundred or more member. Of the
Maine Blaine club. had their headQuArt,r.
in the spaciOn, parlor> Of the Burnett
| House, where their room. were constantly
| thronSed. Her" they met representative.
| from every state; aud from here they sent
forth committees Il visit every other State
delegation. M honorable effort was omit
ted to secure the nomination Of Mr.. Blaine
Every evening meeting. were held at most
OF the hotels, aud addresses made bv his
friends, as well as hy the friends OF other
candidates As the co@te-t progressed 1t
became evident 70 the friend, of Cnnt iiug
Morton. lilrtrana aud Bri,tow that they
could NOT succeed Ani that Blaine wa- far
| ahead. Thi1 fact encouraged The friend.
oI Gen. Hayc- - cnieaynr To secure un-
ion Of the opposing uirnt, ou the Ohip
governor; and All night "Wednesday aud
all day Thursday the several delegations
were Piled vita arguments in favor Of
Hayes a compromise candidate"
When The convention met Thursday at
II \. NJ. there WAS 4 severe contest over
the report OF the committe on credentials
on the Alabama case, which finally ended
in the alml>sion OF the suti-Spcnccr dele
gates by majority OF abOnt 30. This va,
regarded a. Blaine triumph. The plat
form was adopted without modification,al al
though a sharp fight was made against the
resolution a,kin. Congress simply 10 in
y"-tisate the chinese question. \ faint
effort was made oy 4 Texan delegate 10
modify the language u the financial plank.
so A. 10 fix tinr'for resumption. but G Ell.
iliNiry pointed pn; iha. u xls simply for
the convention to declare principle. aud
not fix the details of legislation; whereup-
on the proposed amendment va. nearly
| unanimously rejected. The leading plauks
lnthe platform called forth great applause.
but the school resolution drew the widest
demonstrations
When AZ O'Clock President Mcpherson
| announced that the pte-enta,ion Of name.
| for the presidential nomination. wa, Ia or
| der. The vast audience gradually .tillcd
and awaited the opening OF tie ball. It
was 4 grand scene. The immense hall
! iraped with lAgs aul festoous OF red white
| and blue. WAS filled in every part with 4
sea Of human faces. As Colonel Thompson
| OF Indiana, moved 10 the platform to nom
nate Senator Morton, the friends OF that
| candidate cheered and shouted and waved
| their hats. As he ntucky was caliui. and
| General Harlan stepped upon the platform
| and nominated Bristow, the cheering and
| shouting was still greater, particularly in
/ the galleries which were occupied by many
! Cnclnnaiiens. When Curtis rose TO Sec
he was received with great applause.
| When Dana Of Mass. following. suggested
the idea that perhaps Mt,'ichuseIts would
not suppon any olher mll. there Was a
murnur of pointed dissent, which led the
| speaker to make a lame attempt 10 explain.
When the Secretary called out Blaine. 7
then there broke forth the loudest aud
widest and most general applause. Cheer
| upon cheer went forth from one end OF the
vast hall 10 the other, In the galleries as
well on the floor. aud delegations rose
10 their feet In body and waved their hats
| and handkerchefs. As General Ingersoll
! of illinois, in behalf OF the Republicans OF
/ that .f.,f.. f..tf no ,f
| Blaine, OF Maine. the excitement reached
its height, aud the ong-continuad applause
from all parts oi the hall made il clearly
manifest how much stronger Mr.. Blaine
was than any other single candidate. Mr..
lngersoll's address wa, ably eloquent. ap-
propriate and magnetic. and was conceded
| on all sides To be the finest of the day. His
voice reached every part OF the immense
hall, And hi, crisp ntterauccs called forth
round. OF applause. Mr.. Turner a Georgia
colOred man. seconded the nomination in
brief and pertinent words. and was follow
ed by Congressman Frye. who spoke in
behalf Of the Maine delegation. in most
eloquent and appropriate manner.
Aiter lngersol's great speech, all other.
seemed tame in comparison. yet Wood
ford's presentation OF Conkliny WAS An ex-
ceedinsn eloquent and ingenious address
and Nuye- presentation OF Hayes was ef.
fective IL was now, however, nearly six
O'Clock. and Oy common consent An I'd
jorrnment was had till morning.
During Thursday night and Friday morn.
ing the opponents OF Blaine worked assid-
uously 10 unite their forces on Hayes, and
Friday morning there were indications ol
such union. The Blaine men. however,
under the skillful direction Of tHon. ]. l..
Stevens OF Augusta and Congressman Frye
and Hale, kept their lines intact, aud con.
tinued hopeful of success. When the con.
vention met at 10 O'Clock, there WAS the
deepest interest. During the roll call vari
Gus delegations were heartily cheered a,
they cast their votes for the respective can
didates. When the first ballot showed that
Blaine had 2s5 votes-all that were ex-