The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1880-07-01
The Dauntless Patriot and
the Astute Statesman.
No Credit-M obilier or Custom
House Snags in this
Combination.
But Victory and Plenty Of it When
the I5es. Of November Come.
The Cincinnati Love Feast ar5 rs Halle
iEizh chcruses-
Special % the Ceurier-JourraI.

was wound up TO the highest pitch Of
1 excitement in anticipation of a nominal
ton upon an early ballot. Seats had
been reserved on the stage for 600 ladies,
/ but to-day they oyer-ran all calcula-
| tons, flooding the reporters platform
and the galleries, many of them stand
| ing on chairs during the five hours of
| the session. Every foot of space was
| crowded and the shorthand reporters
were compelled 70 stand while taking
their notes. After prayer by Rev. DR..
| Taylor, Hon. r. w. Peckham, of the
| New York delegation, obtained the
floor, and upon demands of the crowd
| assembled the platform. He is a hand
some, slender man OF thirty five, with
premature gray hair contrasting strong
ly with a curling, raven black mus
tache. He has the mein of an aristOcrat,
| with a fine dark eye. The audience
was wrought up TO the highest pitch in
! anticipation OF superb strategy from
New York, without which it was felt
that there would be a stampede to Han
cock. Mr.. Peckham secured close at
| tentiO1, and began deliberately, but
nervOusly. When lie said that the del
egates from New York had heard with
deep emotion the record of the votes
cast for that hOnored statesman of New
I L VI ~ IdLluEl d 1AlIGlls llltEt came q
sudden and startling Outburst of cheer
| ing and applause, which was twice re-
| ceived with the widest Yigor. AS the
| cheers died away Kisses began from the
Tammany territory, when the chairman
raped vigorously with his gavel, and
| announced that the sergeant-at-arms
would be ordered to clear the hall in
case the convention was treated so dis
respectfully another time. AIR. Peck
ham proceeded after the cOmmotion had
subsided, and with impressive manner
said that the New York delegation had
received a letter from Mr.. Tilden re-
nOuncing entirely all candidacy before
the convention. This was received in
silence. He therefore insisted that Mr..
Ilden's name was not before the con-
ventiOn. The New York delegation
had decided upon a candidate after ma
ture deliberatiOn, and that candidates
name he would announce without -four
ish-it was that of the hOnored Speaker
OF the House of Representatives, Hon.
Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania.
This announcement was broken upon
by loud cheers and applause, during
which the speaker left the stage.
The chairman quickly directed a call
of the states Tor the second ballot, and |
threw the crowd into feverish excite |
ment. Alabama led off with a divided |
delegation, but cast her first eleven
votes for Hancock. which evoked per-
feet sensation of cheers, indicating
plainly enough what the night before
had prepared the way for, that Hancock
was the darling of the crowd if not OF
the delegates. As state after state was
called. every announcement for Han
cock repeated the scene at the first.
Votes for Randall were cheered in the
same way, but were mingled with Misses
from Tammany, who spotted him as
the Iilden legatee.
The New York delegation was con-
sulting excitedly when the chairman of
the Wisconsin delegation rose and asked
permission of the chair to change the
vote OF his state The scene went at
once into chaos. a score of objections
were shouted, offset by cries OF "of
course" 'change it." An uproar was
imminent, but the chair, letting the
gavel fall heavily, said he would let the
convention decide by vote. An ave re-
sponded that split the ceiling almost,
for the convention recognized that the
crisis had come, and every delegate
was reckless, desperate to hear which
way the flood tended.
The ballot as recorded without change
was as follows: Hancock, 80; Bayard,
1l3; Randall, I27 =; Field, 3615, Hem
bricks, 81; Thurman, 80; English, %;
Tildcn, 6; Parker, ,; Jewett,l l.
Wisconsin," said the chairman of
the delegation, ''casts her twenty votes
solid for Winfield ). Hancockr'
His slender voice walked an echo in
every throat, and for a moment pan
MUM ragged.
''All hell - Kissed the chairman of
the New York delegation, ''could not
stop that torrent nowln
In the midst of the roar OF applause,
New Jersey claimed 4 hearing, and fol-
lowed suit in the rush which Wisconsin
led of. The expected stampede had
come. The whole crowd was upon its
feet cheering, waving hats and perfectly
wild with enthusiasm. The chairmen
of the different delegations, hoping to
be first in receiving recognition, leaped
into chairs and appealed to the presi-
dent. The chair declined to recognize
any body until order was restored, and
used his gavel vaiRly until the Uproar
died away of utter WEAKNESS.
Mr.. Hale, of Pennsylvania, was then
recognized, and he stood up in his chair.
He said Pennsylvania was proud of her
sons; she had given votes to both OF
them, to the soldier and the statesman.
IL was with qualification that now upon
behalf of a solid delegation he desired
to east the fifty eight votes of Pennsyl-
vauia for Hancock.
The uJterance was the progress of
climax, and it convulsed the audience.
The cheering and sw nging of hats was
resumed with bewilderIng strength.
The blue silk banner of the Vermont
delegation was lifted and waved on
| high, and instantly the other banners
n fln nfalnrra ions 81 lffrnff and hnrna
about it, while from the unwearied
threats Of the crowd the thunder OF
| cheering went on, and the faces of the
audience disappeared behind a white
cloud Of hats, handkerchiefs and fans
waving and fluttering in the air. The
scene was magnificent. In the midst
of it the chairmen flocked about the
presidents desk appealing for recOgni-
ton, in vain. The noise drowned even
the brass band which mingled its feeble
harmony with the overwhelming roar
of enthusiasm. At last, after waiting
minute after minute for relief, the pres
ident called on the sergeant-at-arms,
and a detachment OF police went into
the audience and commanded them to
be seated. This produced quiet after
some time, only 10 be broken again
when the changes came rapidly, led by
Ohio with forty-four votes for the
Pennsylvania.
Fully ten minutes had been spent in |
this whirl OF excitement, during which !
the vote was unknown. The president /
obtained order, and announced that an
other call of states would be made in /
order that those desiring TO change |
could do so. He requested that there be |
no applause until the result was reached. |
Nearied out With its enthusiasm, this l
request was Obeyed, and the call was /
made This tally was quickly counted. |
aud the result announced by the clerk in /
this order; For Tilden, /; Bayard, 2 &;
Hendricks, 80; Hancock. 705.
The words had scarcely left his lips /