Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-09


 l men to stay the Garfield boom. They hat all to gain by occasioning delay. During al l the excitement of the preceding half houl 1 the New York delegation had remained l like statues in their seats, seemingly indif ferent to the tumult around them: The cal I of Maryland was correct as first announced l Massachusetts gave Grant votes l but 21 Sherman and one Washburne mal went into line with Garfield. The Blain, votes in Michigan were all given to Garfield l Grants one vote being retained There had 1 been no break in the Grant column, ant wherever Grant had any votes they remained I to him. Minnesota announced Grant ?, Gar field 8. The correctness of the vote wa. l questioned in order to secure a roll call 1 Garfield up to this time received g votes 1 Mississippi was announced Grant 8, Garfield | &, leaving gain of from Blaine and 3 from l Sherman. During this time, and when it be came apparent that he was to be nominated l Garfield sat in his seat in the Ohio delegation reading dispatches which were handed te I him every instant. The Mississippi vote was l questioned and the roll call was ordered l The first to answer was Senator Bruce. who 1 in loud voice said fU. s. Grant" The l poll resulted in Grant and { l Garfield votes. During the calling of the 1 roll MT. Conkling went over to the Vermont delegation and consulted with some of the leaders Grants vote. ..of 29 in Missouri held
  | braska's swung into line, and Nevada's Blaine vote was divided, Garfield getting 3, Grant ? and Blaine 1. The correctness of the vote was questioned, but call of the roll yer flied the report of the chairman. New Hamp- shire and New Jersey went solid for Garfield. New York voted her 50 Grant, but the Is Blaine and Sherman men joined the multi | tude and went over to Garfield. North Caro- lima gave Garfield 15 and Grant ,. Grant on the previous ballot received 6. Ohio was called, and in an instant hush fell upon the multitude. MT. Butterworth answered: 'fWe vote 43 for Garfield" MT. Garfield himself declining to vote. This vote brought Gar fields total to 297 and his friends crowded around to congratulate him. The from Oregon previously given to Blaine went to Garfield. Pennsylvania gave him 21, Rhode Island 8, South Carolina G. Tennessee 8, Texas 3, Vermont 10 and Virginia 3. He had then received 362 votes. Wisconsin went solid 20 votes and he was nominated, 37s being neces- sary to choice, and he having received 3S2, and the tumult began fairly before the an- nouncement of the vote of Wisconsin was made. The roll-call had been ordered on West Virginia, but the Grant men saw that the opposition had combined beyond proba- bility of their stopping them and the demand for the roll-call was withdrawn. The West Virginia and Sherman votes, nine in number, were given to Garfield and one Grant vote continued firm. The nine Territories cast their votes for Garfield, which gave him alto gether 399 Grant received 3O6, Blaine 42, Sherman 3 and Washburne 5, the Sherman votes coming from Georgia.
 Immediately upon the announcement of the vote of West Virginia, when it was known that Garfield certain of Wiscon- sins twenty, the convention resolved itself into ratification meeting, and for twenty minutes the shouting was continued The scene an exciting one. Delegates crowd ,1,Ao Garfield The banners of several States were hoisted and procession formed, which marched over to Ohio's section, and congrat- ulated Garfield. The band played "See the Conquering Hero Comes" Men and women mounted the backs of benches, chairs, tables and railings and shouted for Garfield. Dur ing the call of the roll, as it began to appear that Garfield would receive large vote and probably enough to nominate him, crowd had begun to collect about him. Garfield remained calm during the entire ex citement, occasionally, as cheer went up on the announcement of some new addition to his vote, turning to Dennison or Butterworth and asking what State had voted. When the telegram from Secretary Sherman arrived MT. Dennison handed it to Garfield, and asshe held it between his fingers there was not single tremor perceptible. He handed it to Butterworth, who read it aloud to the delegates, and relapsed into his stolid cOmpOSure. Just as the vote or OnO was to be announced Garfield told Butterworth to cast one for Sherman. Butterworth cast 43 for Garfield, but was prevented iron casting the other by the cheering and excitement caused by the announcement of the change in Ohio From that point on the delegates began to crowd around Garfield, congratula- ting him. Garfield suggested to MT. Butter worth and several of the delegation the pro priety of his (Garfeld's) retiring, but Butter worth objected, saying that such course would seem prudish and Garfield assented and remained During all the tumult over the nomination Garfield rarely looked up, merely replying to the ex- cited congratulations by simple ''thank you.'' Only once did he express anything said, General, we congratulate you" Gar field said: T am very sorry that this has be, come necessary The excitement continued nearly half an hour. The band played ''Rally Round the Flag, Boys" and the entire audience-delegates and wis itors in the galleries--joined in singing the refrain. A salute was fired outside. Mir Everett, of Cleveland, stood on the backs of two chairs in the Ohio delegation, and raising the Ohio banner high in the air shout ed himself hoarse for the nominee. When at last the tumult subsided to a certain extent the call was continued. When it was conclu- ded the Chair ordered the roll of States called for verifcation, and at the conclusion the of fcial announcement was made by the clerk This was followed by the usual outburst of cheers and another period of confusion en- sued.
 The vote by States on the thirty sixth bal lot vuoG oc fo1loIUS.