The daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1873-1877, 1876-06-14
He Makes an Out-and- Out Hard Money
Specie Resumption Speech.

He Makes an Out-and- Out Hard Money,
Specie Resumption Speech.
And Takes rather a Gloomy View in Sc
/ gard TO a Candidate.
CINCINNATI June l4.-The Sixth Ma
tional Convention of the Republican party
building. The attendance was greater
than at any previous gathering Of the
party, and embraced the most noted men
in its ranks, who either sat upon the floor
as delegates, or as guests of honor upon
the raised platform in the rear of the pre-.
siding officer To these who had not at
tended the convention four years ago in
Philadelphia, the number Of colored dele
gates present caused some surprise.
Among them we're congressman or ex-
congressman from South Carolina, Ala
bama and other southern states.
The delegates were admirably grouped
upon the floor facing the stage The
solid mass Of New York men occupied the
left centre. On their right were the New
England states. formed in single file,
Maine at the head, and Rhode Island at
the rear, with Iowa Immediately behind
her. To the left of New York, and from
ting the stage, was Indiana, and behind
her the Morton men of Tennessee, Mis-
sissipi, fexas and Georgia. To the left
again came Kentucky and the Carolinas,
with Virginia bringing up the rear. The
; extreme left flank was allotted to the
E fight for Hartranft The right flank fell
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placed in order Of merit, Illinois, Michigan,
and Wisconsin. The territorial delegates
! and those from some petty states were
: tucked away in the rear wherever they
: could be used to utilize some waste plat o
: ground.
; The hall in which the convention
/ assembled is an immense frame structure
e with seating capacity for an audience of a
l. least 1000. The building was erected
in the spring of 1870, for the saengerfes
:. held in this city during the following
summer. This hall, the same year, wit
!, messed the Inauguration of the Cincinnati
Exposition, which has been, since, yearl,
formally dedicated to political purposes b.
the Greeley Convention and has since bee
3 used for various political demonstrations
among which was the Democratic stat
convention of Ohio 3 or weeks ago
The interior arrangements have appar
entity been made with view to the capac
tiles of the human voice. The platforr
#. is located near the centre of the hall an
raised about 6 feet above the level of tn
: floor. The chairman's desk is decorate
with wrapper and is ornamented on th
eastern face with glory in red. white an
% blue muslin. and the rear of the platforl
ed rising by easy stages to the level of til
;st balconies where are seats for some 700 {
r 800 invited guests, among whom al
Of number of ladies. A spac
nd of Is feet in width, extending along Il
ID face of the platform has been set apart fl
es the use of the press. In front of this, tt
10 delegations are placed in an enclosur
separated by a rail from the body
nj the hall. The position of each deleg
. ton is indicated by a card fixed on a po
aud bearing the name of its state. To II
east of the enclosure, the remainder of Il
hall is given up to the alternate delegate
and to the general crowd, who have pc
sessed sufficient influence or assurance
procure tickets of admission. The pre-
sure for tickets has been fearful, and d
\ satisfaction general especially among new
steadily ignored by the local committe
thrice over if all the applicants for G
- trance had been gratifed.
! At the hour for beginning proceedin
the rush grew more and more inten
49, and at few minutes to II the aisles we
- jammed and the rush and hustle of c
=. crowd could be heard above the clangi
l 10 holo
20 either side and at the rear OF the hall a
So occupied by miscellaneous crowd.
~ ~ A few minutes after IL the convent
he of New York. chairman Of the Republic
,nt National Committee, who introduced t
Rev. DR.. Muller, of CovingtOn, KY, W
he made prayer, after which Gov. Morga
~ after thanking the convention for
a.s honor, and saying that he accepted, I
.e through inclination, or because he "
ao o. practically out of politics, but because
=. ~ custom lie said:
Vi oI Events have chased each other
~ rapidly since the inauguration of Abrah;
Lincoln to the closing year of the admin
the tration OF Gen. Grant, fraught with su
fundamental charges in the whole thee
or and practice of government that a CT
all. sideration of them in the brefest maDi
es is precluded upon an occasion such as tt
he Brief as may be considered the existel
ted of the Republican party NONE other in
md history of the nation has for so lons
o;n consecutive period controlled its COVE
ment without encountering popular
feat, and still Notwithstanding the popu
jealousy of political aseendency long C
,or tinued by any party. 1t is in the power
nI- 'e this convention to designate the com
oIA , president of the United States. LIZ
w aud continued applause.
'o- Mr.. Morgan then, by request of
national committee, nominated the te
ler r,n[ porary presiding officer, Hon. Theo.
iy' Pomeroy, of New York, The nominal
.,a,,, .,I, was agreed to, and Governor Baldwin,
uus Michigan, and Governor arseands;
Rhode Island, conducted him to the Oh
Mr.. Pomeroy then delivered an addI
ling which was received with long and con
an ued applause. He first asked the cons
ned ton to maintain order, and alluded to
ond fact that iu 1856, at Philadelphia, in L
will at Chicago, in 1864 at Baltimore, ne
lbeen privileged to call the Repuhli