Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-06-22

voice of thrilling power the speaker
began. His first sentence was ali allu-
sion to the blunder of Mr.. Dana, and
raised again the storm OF cheers. Then
as he went on cheers followed nearly
every sentence. 1t was the acknowl-
edged browning effort of the day.
The nomination of Mr.. Blaine was
seconded 10y Henry NJ. Turner, "A color
ed man of Georgia, and Hon. VIM. p.
Frye of Maine. Then came New York,
and the name of Roscoe Conkling was
presented in an elegant. judicious and
polised speech 10y Gen. Stewart l..
WOodford. which was received through
out with great favor by the audience.
Ex-Governor NOyes of Ohio, spoke now
for Governor Hayes, and presented ms
name in one of the greatest speeches of
the day, and the nomination was Sec
onded by the grand old veteran Benz
+. Wade, by delegate from Missouri,
and also by Mr.. J. \. Davis If West
Virginia The presentation of the
name of Gen. Hartranft by Linn Bar
tholomew of Pennsylvania closed the
nominations, and as it was now after
O'Clock, the convention adjourned un-
til tomorrow morning at 10 O'Clock. :
Tonight has been passed i'll specula-
tions on the probabilities of tomorrow,
with some efforts at combinations
which have proved futile, as no State
is quite ready yet to yield its favorite.
Indiana has determined to stand by
Morton until there is no longer any
chance for him, and her vote may be
made effectual in deciding the nomin-
alton of another candidate.
June 18th.
Hayes and Wheeler! That is the
ticket and a strong one it is. Seven
ballots were required TO determine the
choice for President. Blaine led, as
was supposed, receiving 2S5 votes on
the LIST ballot. then his vote rose to 300,
then it fell to 292. On the fifth ballot
Michigan changed to Hayes, which
stirred the Blaine men To renewed eff
ed 30S votes. 1t was evident he would
be nominated unless there was COM
bination on some one, and it was also
evident that Hayes was the only man
upon whom the combination could be
When Indiana was reached,
VIII Cumback arose, and in II few ap-
and regretful words withdrew
the name of o. p. Morton, and east the
vote of the delegation. 5 for Bristow
and % for Hayes. This was the signal
for break all along the line. Ken
lucky withdrew BristOw and cast her
entire vote for Hayes, Massachusetts,
went the same way. and Mississippi al
so; New York gave him 81 OF the 40
and Pennsylvania gave him -. BY
this time il was known that HAYES
was the victor, and the shouts and
cheers were such that it was difficult to
finish the call of the States and Terrific
ries. The story was soon told, Hayes
had 3S4 votes, more than IL majority,
and Mr.. Fry of Maine, in voice chok-
ed with emotion took the stand and NOV
I'd to make the nomination unanimoua.
1t was done. and then the convention
proceeded to select a candidate for Vice
President. A number of noble names
were presented, but all were withdrawn
except the name of VIM. \. Wheeler,
when he was nominated by acclama-
tion. The great convention was at an
end. 1t had fought good fight, and
presented its work to the people. The
ticket will grow stronger and stonger,
and will move right on to victory in No