The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1876-06-18


ton C1'thc nrir6fitY report wn5 lost by
| T. vote e! 3Il to 375. The question then
occurring upon the adoption Of the
minority report. il 0Sas carried in the
| affirmative; with Few dissenting.
The ChrSr nnnounceR the business OF
nominating c:.H6idHtes. [Great APP
SlausG1.
| MotionS'to adjourn were rocilc-uusly
objected To; the question PIT to adjourn
until 10 o'clock to-Iii0rrow Was lost.
Kellogg, Of Connecticut, instructed
by his delegation, presented the name
| Of Marshall Jewell for President, brief
~ stntiug his record.
Thompson, Of Indiana, said ho was
instructed Ivy the entire Republican
party Of lndii:ila to. iut before the Con-
vcntiun the 'nnmc of Olive L. MOTION as
II suitable honiucc for President Of the
J United Stntcs. They lnbw him 10 bu
II worthy representative of Tho princi-
| pes of Witch Tho Republic has ever.
md 7nust always, stand, 'und referred
J to him III II great war Governor, be-
cause he win il lii the field for duty
I well discharged. Ilu was equal to
every Gilsls during tho darkest hour of
the rebellisn, equal to every crisis
4 since. In the Senate. he stands the
peer Of The best. lilo continued to
euloSizc Morton mt some length, urg-
4 ing thHt'IE,li-fsh Had never had q Presi-
dent. Nominate Morton and there
shall 80 UP great shout Of victory III
November. Ilc dtllied that Morton is
! physically Unfit for the position Of
PRESIDENT True, 'he has been afflicted
II IN his legs, but it don't need legs to
make President. Ills head and heart
are sound and his ability and patriot
ism tire unqucstibren. II the rights Of
all people, regardless d! color, arc to
y lie sustained und preserved no Iuau is
better calculated to tlo it than Morton.
j Tincllback, Of Louisiana, seconded
I Notions nomination i'll the name of
the truly royal peorlo Of'l:is State, and
REFERRED to him as II man Of spVtlcss i'll
:, tcErity, matchlcss courage. and broad
Catholic views. Ills election would
strike terror to tho monsters in the
Y South, HSho mo driving away capital;
! Iroseccting her royal people, and mur-
lcring them. He would DC complete
final settlement Of MI great questions
arising oHt'df Tho war.
Gen. Harlan, of Kentucky, came for
wnrtl, amid the greatest applause cxlib-
i tied. i'll the Convention, TO nominate
Benjamin III. Bristow, in obedience to
the instructions OF the entire Republic
Hican party Of his State. The announce
j ment of this name was tile signal for
! another tremendous round OF applause,
From lbs taigiest If:,nhood lie had been
true to the great principles dear To tho
heart of every Republicar. lie was
reared III the school which taught lin
that the United States did not c6asti-
tute league, hut nation. Instantly
when tho rebellion broke out he an
nounce'1 tho determination to stand by
The Union, come what might, and fol-
lowed his words by entering the mill.
ta:y service, and subsequently support
| ing the caHsc with equal zeal in the
! Legislators. HnrlT;l proceeded at some
length to state Bristow's public record,
being frequently interrupted by cheers.
| Judge Poland, of Vermont, secOiidca the
nomination, and referred to the large
proportion Of the people Of his State
who belong TO the Republican party.
Vermont had not : candidate of its own.
but had deep interest i'll the work of
| this Convention. The crisis is an i'm
portant one. The boast Of the Dcmuc-
rncy is that they so into the canvass
| With II united South ia its favor. This
| Is pihbabiy tIt:r; IS {: needs only conf
| paratitely euall frhgnchts OF the nuith-
1 ern vote to- remit the destinirs OF the
| country again to the hands of those who
| sought 10 break up the Union. Ncr-
mont and Kentucky came into the
Union together, and lie hoped they
would stand together now for victory
J with Bristov. Curtis, Of New York,
now took the platform, amid lon. and
To Il, az Il r. Il at
! the vast h>dy 81 EvpEhl;thHs of New
York WHO hrve seen ttet -cf-rtA IS pos.
siblc i'll tho Republican I,arty, because
they have seen the heavy arm Of the
Government draw upon the thieves, lie
rise to sttotd the nomination OF Hri--
I tcw, RID pointed cut the great occasion
for ret"rm offered Ivy Bristow, ms the
one man who, more than any other,
could nj this time cinbody the sentiment
Of the country in behalf of such rcfurin
In CONCLUSION, he said IL this is not to
DO the last successful convention 81 the
Republican party, il must go into the
canvass with ii iian whom tho people
know to be worthy In every way. Ii.
IL: Dana, Of Massachusetts,, also seq
! undcd Bristow'S nominations lie knew
of no other Inau who. WAS sure 10 chrrD
J Massachusetts next November.
| When Mainc was chlhL upon a scene
Of The widest ciiti:rsiIsIn cI,sucd; dele
gates ana spectators rising TO their feet
and waving hnulkcrchicfs. hats amd
fms, cheering long and loudly, and
closing with three cheers for Blaine.
Ingers1ll, of Illinois. took the platform,
and he. too, wnJ satisfied with the 10y
atty OF DriStOw. bnt II Massachusetts
couldn't carry any nominee Of the Eur-
| Sontioii, lie was not satisfied With the log
| atty Of Massachusetts. IL II can't carry
by 7j,UDD they ought to. sell out Fam
cul lhll for Democratic Hail. Zap
/ plaGsc hhd vOicc--"and tho m0nu-
Tient from Bunker HILL lfo urged
| that the party demands now for Prcsi-
| dent 1t rcfornicr, after M well NJ before,
| the election; u statesman Of experience
and II man Of integrity; ono who Knows
enough to- know that tho r.at,diihl debt
| hust Ire lTit; TINT hjHcy must l'C made,
not by law, but by labor. Nothing
could 10 more effective and impressive
than the speakers statements Of the re-
| 1uircmuniH II tho people, tho Duties Of
the Republican larts, growing out OF
tho necessities Of the hour. Each SCH
tcnco wns f0rcil,iy cpi9ramntit, and
elected its round of applause. especially
%licn No said, t!io pariy dcnmrds II can.
dilatc 81 rI"t,csS purity, but docs
not demand that Inc shall present
u certificate Of character from Il Con.
tcd,raIo Congress. Ills announcement
ii tic fiIhc of JUS e.. lili:iIic was tho
| .Ii,nnI fnr ,,,,Ilar yn,nn al