New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-08

an end this morning, and the Convention
was ready to go quietly to work. When the Con
ventiOn assembled it was with the knowledge
that all the presentation speeches had Deen
mado and ballOting would at once beelh'
Immediately after prayer, Mr.. Hale OF Mai"c'
rose and moved that the Convention should now
proceed to q ballot for candidate for President MI
C0nking inquired Of the chairman WIN us
most ornate utterance whether that was hoC 'ho
order Of business already determined upol'
to which the Convention should proceed with
out motion. Senator Hoar replied that lie dld not
so understand it. "Then," said Mr. COnkling' with
significance. "I second the motion" and the return
of the challenge from Maine was loudly applauded'
Senator Hoar then demanded the attention oil the
great gathering, and spoke few well-chosen woroS
Oh the necessity of lence and decorum III the per-
folmance of so urgent and important duty as une
nomination of a candidate for the Presidency lhe
effect of his remarks was plainly seen in the bear
ing of the audience. They created pup
lie sentiment against Interruptions OF any
kind; and the same crowd that on frluHS
night gave itself up to a saturnalla OF cheering lor
nearly the space of an hour now huShed any
presumptuous man who applauded vote for Grant
or Blame. Probably no such orderly ballots were
ever taken at any Presidential Convention. Senator
Hoar who is an absolute martinez III the chalT'
would not even allow the chairmen oil delegations 10
throw into their announcements any OIL those SUIT
ring phrases that serve as saiety-VaVe lor thcIr
own enthusiasm, and at the same time fire the
hearts Of the galleries.
MI Pixley for the offence of saying that the twelve
votes of California were first last and all the time
for James G. Blaine, was suinmariy raped to oTd'r
by Senator Hoar. and put d3wn III his seat in DIS
grace. The audience was equally Jealous vi pre-
serving ORDER and when Colorados six votes were
cast for Grant and a spontaneous Grant man made a
cheer he was hushed and hisscl into silence. Every
subsequent symptom of applause was rcpTesSed Just
as sterny. The rolcall showed the forces OF all te
candidates standing firmly by their men,
The first announcement in which extra interest
was taken was that of the vote Of Indiana. There
had been many rumors concerning changes i'll the
delegation, circulated chiefly by the Grant men,
The ballot showed 20 men standing by Blame"
which was the whole number expected with only
one vote for Grant, while Sherman received = ana
Waslburnc /. Tho vote of Alabama showed Il
loss of four votes for Grant from the estimate made
by THE TRIBUNE some weeks ago. which gave the
fuu 20 The Is anti-Grant votes of Illinois were
divided between Blaine and Washburnc in the
propOrtiOn of 10 to s. The vote OF Kansas WAS oI
course divided after the admission OF the ionr Grant
deccatCs and stood for Blaine, for Grant. kcu-
tucky divided exactly in the lEHCN Nk'e estimate
before the Convention mct-Grant. 20. Blaine i
sherman 9. The same also true Of the
Louisiana vote, except that Blame gained and Shcr-
man lost one vote, making the total Grant 3
blaine . Sherman G. Maryland gave Blaine II,
Grant :, Sherman =. Massachusetts lowered its
Edmunds flag little, giving him only 20 votes and
bcstowing votes upon Grant > upon Sherman,
and one upon Wa~hlmWc Blaine had none. Min
nesota east its 10 votes for Window. Mississippi,
which is one of the divided southern delegations,
gave Grant q, l;lanr !, Sherman Il. Inc h"dity Oh
thc Missouri delegation WAS broken hy one vote Tor
WaShhunrr. Grant r,tung me Trniunlns ~.
Nebraska, Nevada and NcN-llaInpshIrc cast their
votes soidly for Blaine, Two votes from New
Jersey east for ashbuinc, Out inc lcllalHInS
IL were for Blaine.
THE EMPIRE STATE VOTES.
When Ncw-YOrli was called all eyes were turned
upon Mr. Conklng. He said that he would prefer.
for? reasons which lie would state ii necessary. that
the roll Of the Ncw-YOrk delegation he called and
| each delegate answer to his name. Senator ll"ar
replied that the rules provided for the calling of the
roll only when 4 delegate disputed the correct
| ness of the vote as reported by the chair
man. Senator Conliling then said that the chair
| man of the Ncw-Yorb delegation was instructed to
| cast the vote of the State but it was understood
| that there were members who preferred to cast
| their votes Themselves. Senator l0ar ruled that ho
wOuld treat the refusal of the chairman as coming
under the provision in the rIcs if there were no OIL
| lection that the roll he called. Judge Robertson
whose ouucarancc in spitc Of the martial law that
had been proclaimed against all demonstrations.
was greeted with ripple of applause, stated that
| two Ncw-Yorlx delegates were absent, and asked
| the chairman whether their altcrnatcs who were
nrescnt could vote. The Chairman ruled that
they could. Nr. COnkling who voted first, re-
spondcd Ulysses S. Grant in a clear voice. 1t
! happened that after the four dclcgates-atargo
| had voted for Grant, the first names on the list
| were those of Senator Birdsa and his colleague
| from the Ist District, who voted for Blaine. Their
votes were applaudcd in that faint and timorOus
| way to (which Senator HOar had reduced the gal
lcres Senator Schroeder voted for Grant; eX-Sh"if
| Daggelt and Wells S. Dickinson, Of the 81. Law
renee District, for Sherman and Henry R James oil
the St. Lawrence District,whO ii had been thought
,vould possibly vote for Sherman voted for Blame
Senator Wagner did the same. Lcandcr Fits
| Senator WOodins alternate appeared in his place
and voted for Blaine. The total showed 81 votes
| for Grant, II for Blaine, and for Sherman and
| the announcement was well cheercd Ill spite OF
N"rth Carolina gave Grant votes which one
| more than had been looked for and sherman IL.
Ohio was 10 votes short OF solid vote Tor Shcr-
| man. Edmunds received |, Blaine 8, and Sherman
| 81 votes.
THE KEYSTONE STATES VOTE.
The vote of Pennsylvania was encouraging to the
! Blaine men. There % votes for Blaine, 3 for
| Sherman. and 32 for Grant. General Beaver made
| the announcement as quietly as IL Unit Iulc hau
| never been known in Pennsylvania,
| THE SOUTHERN VOTE.
| 1t was evident that work of some sort had been
| done for Grant over Sunday in the Southern dele
cations The South Carolina delegation which had
| been considerably divided, voted 13 for Grant to
| for Sherman. Tennessee showed 1G for Grant,
| where no moro than II had been expected.
| Texas owing to the destruction Of the unit
rule, ga o Grant only II out OF 1G, Blaine and
| . nd l.
most marked change was seen i'll the Virginia
| doiooot;on the only Snufhrrn DELEGATION which