, 1880-06-06

| Towards the close Of his Grafton, Mr. Conkling
| began to reflect, sneertngly, upon other candi-
| dates, referring to teegraph-lines ending in
their houses. to Bureaus, and clcctioneering
tricks, insinuating that other candidates were
| guilty Of these improprieties. These illusions
were received with strong marks OF dis
| favor, and when he said, "Show me
| better mau." the name of Blaine
rang through and through the vast hall. Before
he concluded he demonstrated his weakness
! before popular audience, that want of know-
| edge OF human nature which protects popular
orator from fatal mistakes. The repeated in
| terruptions which attended the latter part Of
his speech cnragod him, and he indulged in
many snrcasms, which tended still further to
a1aenate his audience. In word, he injured
the cause OF his Client His peroratlon was fine,
but ponderous, and it was greeted by great ap-
plause Of purely mechanical character
| linen the scenes Of Friday evening were re-
| produced. There was carnival OF noise, utter
" without meaning, which shamed all sensible
| persons. whethor delegates or members OF the
audience. Such scenes never before occurred In
u National Convention Of either party, md it is
! to be sincerely hoped that similar scenes will
mover occur again. They Afford however, a
powerful argument against third term of the
| Presidency for any man. Forif xaen American
citizens, will descend to such expedicnts to Sc
| cure the nomination Of a favortcandidate for the
Presidency, 1t is presumable that under certain
| circumstances the same men would undertake to
| overthrow tho present form Of government in
the interest of the establishment Of IN olgarchy
or monarchy. During the noise and confusion
some one cried out sarcasttcal1y: AVE arc
| founding an Empfre!'
When order had, at last, been restored, Mr..
Bradley, of Kentucky took the door to second
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| grandeur of the great man from New York, his
ponderous and lofty periods, the speech Of the
gentleman from Kentucky sounded like the
| squeak Of penny whistle In the course Of his
| harangue he remarked that "Gen. Grnnt is en-
throncd in the hearts of 100000 of people,"
Hespokc Of "stars," tho "white caps Of the
sea- the 'folds Of the flag" the "roar of bat
tie, etc, etc The effort was very brilliant, but
| tride incohcrent. When tho gentleman from
| Kentucky closed, there were some persons in
| the audience who wished Kentucky had gone
| out Of the Union and never come back.
Ohio was called, and Gen. Garfield took the floor
| tho table on which Conkllng stood-to place
the namc Of Mr. Sherman before the Conven-
| ton. Ho referred to the noisy scenes lately
enacted in the hall, comparing them to the
| roar Of the sea. But he reminded the
| vast audience that the destinies Of the
| country were not to be settled by 15000
| excited, noisy persons, hero in Chicago but
| by tho whole people of the country in village,
town, and hamlet, after calm deliberahon under
| the dictates: Of an educated conscience and
| matured Judgment Then be reviewed the
| history of tho Republican party, gradually
| drawing towards the subject Of finance, In order
| to bring his audience by scarcely perccptible
steps toa consideration Of the claims upon the
! gratitude Of the country OF his anddatc John
| Sherman, of Ohio. His speech was garnished
| with numerous classical illusions, and abounded
| In beautiful Smiles. 1t was ndroit; 1t called
| for harmony and unity. He said: We
| want all the Grant votes and all the
nntl-Grant votes,-all the votes Of the friends Of
! every candidate" He realized the position Of
! his candidate and tried to draw all factions to
| him. Then he rupidly reviewed the public
| career Of DIr- Sherman. showing his Intimate
| connection with MI the great events of the last
! twenty-five years, concluding, of course, with q
| reference to his success and fame as finance
| minister of the Government Upon the conclu-
/ sion Of his speech" nominate John Sherman,
| of Ohio the audience made great
| noise, differing in no particular from the
| noises made In behalf Of Grant and
! Blaine, except that 1t was not quite SO loud q
| noise. Then Mr. Winklcr, of Wisconsin, took
| tho floor to second the nomination Of Mr.. Sher-
| man. But, although he stood facing tho audi
cnce, desiring to speak for the man in whose in
tercst they were bowling, they could not stop
| bowling until rs much time had been consumed
! In that interesting amusement as bad been ex-
| pended In the interest Of other candidates. So
| Mr.. Winklcr tucked his hands under his coat
tails and-watted. gentleman remarked:
"This is the last time a convention will be
/ held in . a hall Of this kind "a
very sensible observation. Finally Mr..
| Winklcr broke In on the noise, and
| the howling ceased in the course Of minute or
| two. Mr.. Winkler made au excellent speech;
| rather prosy, but including In its review Of his
career reference to all the strong points Of bis
| character.
By unanimous consent Of the Convention, Mr..
Elliott, Of South Carolina, took the floor in sup
port Of Mr.. Shermnn's nomination. Mr.. Elliott.
to speak by the card, is as black as the nce OF
| spades But he is an orator. He established his
reputation as q st-cIass speaker while in Con-
press as q representative Of his State. He speaks
! with great precision, his delivery is exceedingly
| graceful, and his choice Of language in the
| very best taste. His analysis Of Mr. Shermnns
character was perfect and, with rare ingenuity,
| he touched upon the most effective features OF
| his career In the Of his speech he paid
| u high tribute to Mr.. Blaine, showing very
| clearly his second choice. No speaker held bis
! audience better, indeed none so well, MS Mr.
| Elliott It would scarcely be out Of place to say
| TINT his speech Wa5 the most artistic effort Of
| the session.
| Vermont being called, Mr. Billings, Of that
| State, took the platform to place Mr.. Edmunds
| in uouinari ton. He said: "No State has bet
| ter right to name a man, and no
| State can name better man than
George F. Eduunds," "a very fine eplgram! Mr.
| Billings speech was exceedingly eptgrammatic
| throughout, eulogistio In the highest Degree
md breathing all over with points It was
| and frof we'll Mr. RiiitUHS