Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-07-23

thc re,t in command u.nt r tar!itid. ani
uryfd the matter ic! hi:.i.
Tie y4i,. Ter sherman hat gnn.' up from
80 To- Il; and it lopl,ts! Il, though he were Tia"
coming man The rcT-HI oi his Increase
was Ihs. some Of she Southern sherman
delegates seeing n iH;r,;,S. in their clndl-
dates vnitS. Monday evening, were getting
DISCOURAGED and il seemed a. though they
would vay..r and - over IL Grant. I'm ar
ran cement Naf thcrcup"n made that IN order
10 avert sch Il break. and keep the line
steady. the Massachusetts delegation should
~ fsr Sharman. together with some of Con
nrrlicui and Wisconsin. This was accom-
plisicd. and General Sh2rnan's vote Tues
day morning was very largely increased
No one out -idc knew why, but 1t served
the purpose of keeping the lines steady I'M
til ARRANGEMENTS cnuhl IT, completed lay
which a transfer cnIll lr made. and the
nomination gwen H. ctn!idlir VII" would
in our jul rmcnt secure th' victory in the
race.
ilavinr arran red TIA. it vas ;h'n ncc'S-
slry To ri Mr.. S!I,rihau'S rah;en, or that
of his friends To assist ia the movement on
foot. and enable The committee 10 assure
General Garfield that lac WAS free 10 acrcdr
to our suggestion Thus matters stood until
Inc Nv u lliliti. dl'i ~ IN ''''' 80 -
3ilh ballot the Vermont dclcsatinn decided
Ia br. al, and hing out General Garfield. Int
Just rs til. fnll WIS .bcjns cl!l" --ccriain III
form1iion cane to NJ that II wi7 not sale Ia
break the deadlock at tina; tir,".
When i, had passed N,rmoui, AMI Wis
consin wis called. they having irarnr'! OF the
proposed procrcdin.c, anl hr'ns anNi'us for
the lead and the prestige # The nomination
of Garfield, broke IN advance ana cast III
vote for Garfield II came near breaking up
the arrangements. and such scene as fol
lowed latlled description. The leaders of
the Grant and Blaine men, both supposing
the break had occurred, scattered through
the hall end avoring 10 mas" converts and
secure the nomination oI their representative
candidates. The New York delegation,
headed hy Conklin-, tn entire Pennsylvania
DELEGATION. headed hy Cameron. Jumped
from their seats over the backs OF other
chairs. ursing on every side that now the
brcal, had come they should turn 10 Grant
and give him the election. such confusion
existed that nil further Proceeding was for
the time suspended. Bat quiet was again
restored. and we succeeded in holding the
lint's steady !"r the neat ballet The result
Won know. Gcii Garfield went farther, and
finally he secured majority. the vote of
Ntrll"'h' '''''''''ii''- ''.' T."
When II WAS seen tia' '''fi''''n MAJ ne,
cclTcl a ihaJ"rllN the F'rh' 'hd' i"iioNe'
cannot he Described IN words; iiill"ina,ioh
cannot paint Ii. me result !i "atheii :
nomination was ihe irac' "H,i'iiI !" ,lc
counlry-thc solution ni a'l 'he I''lichl'y
Banners were torn down from the walls,
and waved, hats. hhi"rcii"|' canes, every
loose article was Hung m tir "'r' General
Garfield was surrounded ny 'ht n't"lp,'S "'
the convention win oH''n'i' "'i' H'','''''', Us
lie sat lh'rT' ih"iest an h'i'hh,'' almost ~,
tears, almost "v'rN h.ilhrd ny me pyramid
OF Hays y" choit "l 'h' ci'a''i''Hii ~ l"-
lice, OF seT=cn's alarms were aV'i'inS |" IT.
press Inc cn'ii'iS'aSh'
When the excitement ma Si'S'iei' mn
the calling ol the roll cpnrind'd' Nj 'oh>-
ling. with all the dignity ne c"iia dlspiaN,
arose AMI moved 10 make Inc nomination vi
Generii "iricld 'lii'ii'ii'"s' l'cu1.'S ,'I
sacred honor To support me calli'i;i'r' anu
10 carry the State "i New ORR .
our WnrA WIS "r'"'''i',9'''''' ,ii'' It -