St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1876-06-23

Is. scarcely more than One-half the
strength of the Kentucky candidate.
BristOw had votes from eighteen states;
Hayes from only fifteen. The sixth and
seventh ballots were as exciting as Il
battle every gain of the Hayes men
after Howard turned Michigan over to
him was greeted with immense demon
strations of JOY. The friends of Hayes
seemed to rise up from every part OF
the hall Until that time the most sig
niticant applause had greeted the con
slant accrction of the BristOw and Blaine
votes. Then when on the sixth ballot,
Blaine recovered many of the votes he
had lost on previous ballots, and every
state of the Union, except six. gave him
part or the whole of his support, the
enthusiasm of the Blaine men reached
its highest pitch. All of them believed
then that he WAS sure of the nomination
on the next ballot, and their faces We're
radiant with joy. But the continuation
against them was made soon enough to
he effective, and the battle which they
so nohly fought was lost.
THE VOTE MADE UNANIMOUS.
For fifteen minutes after the result
was known the excitement WIS so IN
tense and the tumult So great that moth
my could Toe done. At length the voice
of Mr.. Frye of Maine. who had taken
the PLATFORM, was heard. He profoundly
thanked the earnest supporters of the
candidate from Maine, and said: mo
words can express Names gratitude.
God bless You all forever, The convcn-
ton in its wisdom has selected Mr..
..tn,l.,,l Nain.,
accepts. indorses and will support him
in November. Our leader (Blaine) will
take the field in Maine and sweep it 10y
2O,OW. then go to Massachusetts aud
assist to make it Il republican state by
O.WW.' The point of this sarcastic al
fusion to Massachusetts was readily un-
Ierstood and loudly chcered. On mo
ton of Mr.. FRYE the nomination of
Hayes was made unanimous.
ONLY ONE BALLOT FOR VICE PRESIDENT.
When the excitement had measurablN
subsidized, the convention prepared for
Il ballot for Vice President The HAYES
managers proposed the name of Gen.
Stewart l.. Woodford who had render
cd them important service i'll securing
the vote of New York. Judge Poland
I
York Connecticut gave the name of
Postmaster General Jewell: Indiana
seconded the nomination of Gen. Wood
fond; Kentucky gave the name of Gen.
| lawlrN and New jersey the name of
Senator Frelinghuysen. When the
state of New York was called upon for
il nomination. her delegation refused tn
announce Gen. Woodford a. her favor
tie sou, and they took Il private vote.
the result of which Was William y.
Wheeler 20, en- GOV. Morgan 10, and
Woodtnrd l3. which gave none of the
three Il ma loiitN. but secured the pre-
Sentation of Mr.. WhtelcI's name. Tex
as seconded the nomination of Post
master General Jewell. and then the
ballotInn began. 1t WAS soon evident
! Nh. W hcelcr could have Il large major
itV. and after his oNn state had decided
to give him - of her 10 votes. Gen.
Woodtold Withdrew his name, as did
Gen. lIawlcN. When the voting had
reached South Carolina, it became 81
evident that Mr.. Wheeler would have Il
large ma jolity that Il motion to make
the nomination unanimous was carried
HAYES and Wheeler was announced
amid tumultuouS cheering and the mn-
sic of the band, us the national republi-
can ticket. and after the customary vote
of thanks, the convention. at halt-paSt
siA finally adjourned, with three rous
in" cheers for the candidates.