New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-09

VEN1ION.
10y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIRUNE.l
CutCAGO. June SIT was evident after the
tbirty-ffth ballot that Mr.. Blaine could
not be nominated. Beginning ut 2S4 his
vote had dropped to 257, and success was hope
less If at any time hls vote could have been raised
10 300 there would instantly have been acccsSlohS
from all sides which had been made contingent on
his vote reaching that figure but the sudden intro
duction Of the popular name of Garfield had drawn
away from Blaine a number of scmi-attached sup
rortcrs The Blame column was hOprlcssly broken,
and il ONLY remained now for the opponents of n
third term to do that thing winch would be most
certain to defeat Grant.
There is no reason to think that General GARFIELD
nomination was tho result of auv combination; {;
nor was the voting on the thirty-sxh balIut, which
all SAW would he critical, but few supposed
would be actually decisive, in accordance with any
arranged plan by which tho solid vote Of
Blaine or Of any other candidate was turned over
to Garfield. There that thrill in the air which
told that the keynote had been struck. The ballot
showed those who were moro anxious Tor the defeat
Of n third term than Tor the nomination Of
anv particular candidate casting their votes
| together for Garfield with lttlo consultation or
caucusng. Indeed tho impulse that decided the
battle was not given till the ballot had proceeded
| for a few moments. Alabama cast Its vote much as
usual 10 for Grant and for Blaine. Arkansas
gave her II votes. of course, TO Grant California
gave her II solidlv to Blaine as all the thiIy-
| five preceding ballots.
| THE gINAL STRUGGLE.
The first sign Of the impending revolution was IN
the vote Of Connecticut. On tho last ballot this
DELEGATION had stood 3 for Blaine and o
| for Washburuc Mr. Brandagcc. tho chair
man Of the Connecticut dccgation who
was known to be- ono of tho most
sincere and earnest opponents of the thrd-tcrm
| in the Convention. cast l Of the II votes Of his
| State for James A. Garfield, and for Blaine.
Then it was clear enough the great and final strug
! Gle was coming. FloIidas votes stood firmly by
Grant In Georgia Blaine actually rose vote to 10,
the remainder being cast about az before: for
| Grant 9 for Sherman; with the slight concession
| to Garfield OF vote.
From this time on there was q frvOr OF excite
mcnt in the hall, though the galleries and Convcn-
tion managed for their sakcs to preserve order
The next impulse TO the Garfield vote camo from
Illinois where he had 7 votes, Blaine holding g.,
and Washburnc ,, and Grants faithful o. with
Logan at the mead still firm.
SCENE OF WILD EXCITEMENT
When General Harrison mounted on his chair and
| called ont that Indiana ont of thirty votes, gave
twenty y-nine for Garfield, neither the Convention
nor the galleries could contain Themselves any
longer There was universal uproar; half the
Convention rose to it's feet. Leaders Of all factions
run htlrricdy hithcr and thithcr through the ~
vcnti0n; and, while the building was rcsOunding
with loud cheers for Garfield, there was cluster OF
excited delegates about the General himself,
| who sat quiet and cool in his ordinary
place mt the end Of of the Of seats in the
OHIO delegation. having his own seat on the middle
isle near the very rear of the Convention.
lie wore the white badge Of an Ohio delegate on
his coat, and held his massive head steadily I'M
movable. But for an appearance of extra rcsOne-
ness on his face, rs that Of man who was Tcprcss
ing internal excitement, lie might have been sup
posed to have as little interest in the
proceedings as any other delegate on the
floor of the Convention. IIo was in
fact going through one Of the most extraordinary
experiences ever given to an American citizen. He
was beng struck by Presidential lightning while
sitting In the body which was to nominate him
He was being nominated for President Mt half
past 1 o'clock in the afternoon, when he could
hardly have dreamed Of such a thing at O'Clock
in the morning.
A DRAMATIC INCIDENT.
| There has been no such dramatic incident II
politics, for q great many years at least ex
| ceDt possibly the nomination Of llOTatio Seymour
In 1868. Entirely apart from all political con
sideratloue. il was an extraordinary and i'm
presslVe lhcluchC 10 sco Vh'S qu'cO man Suu
denly wheeled by popular sentmen
into the position of standarl-bearer to tho grea
Republican party and in all probability into tn
Presidency itself, with its great power and world
wide fame. All this while the crowd had bee
= cheering. aud the elements of the Convention wer
} dlssolving and crystalizng in an instant of time
! Where the Sherman vote going, whethe
d simply by force of drifting or not, was apparen
4 enough when a North Carolina delegate seized tn
Il banner of his State and waved it toward the OH
C delegation, all of whom were on then feet Th
b dtuatiou was indeed peculiar. General GarGei