Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-25
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC
CONVENTION.
Gen. Hancock fer President
ENGLISH OF INDIANA
Fo... Vice President!


Fo.. Vice President!
At the National Democratic Convention
It st. Louis, in 1876, there were only two
ballots. On the first, Tilden had 4l73
votes; Hendricks. 140a; Hancock, Is; VIM.
Allen, Sc; Bayard. SO. and Joel Parker, 38.
On the second, Tilden received 534; Hen
bricks. go; Hancock SO; Allen 81; Bayard,
II; Parker IS, and Thurman, 2 At the
National Democratic Convention yester-
day, there were but two ballots. The Con-
vention opened on Wednesday with Judge
Hoadly, of Cincinnati, Tilden man, tenn
porary chairman, and the permanent chair
man elected, was ex-Gov. Stevenson, Of
KY.
THE NOMINATION OF HANCOCK.
In the matter of contesting delegations
the Massachusetts delegation settled it
among themselves, but New York came
before the convention. The cause Of the
Kelly men was eloquentIy pleaded by del
egates from the Noxth and South, but
they were rejected and the regular dele
cation admitted. The first ballot took
place on "Wednesday evening and resulted
as follows: Field of California, IS; Bly,
ard of DEL, 1851; Hendricks of lid, 49,
Morrison Of I'll go; Thurman of Ohio. es4
Hancock. Of Pa, 49,; Payne OF Ohio, 81;
Mcdonald of Indiana, 3; LveIand
of Colorado, s.: Seymour of New y. ork. s
McClelland, of N j., 9; .sB.sett, of N. Y.
l. English, of Ind, /; Rfs1rlan, of Pa, 8
Lathrop, l; Parker, /; Thaea, So; J S
Black, 1: and Ewing of OhIc., TO- The
Convention then adjourned Until yester
day morning.
When yesterday morning scame the flee
was changed. a New York delegate read
MI. Illden's lester of withd rawal and said
the New YORK. delegation ould vote fol-
Randall. Taa following W. as the way the
"a ballot in this Conventier commenced
Field, eJa; Bayard. u.s. Hendricks, 81
Thurman, so: Hancock, 316; Jewett, 1.
Tildes, .67a; Randall. 129; Parker, 2; En-
glisa, 10.
At this point, Wfscnnsin changed it,
vote and gave 90 to Hanc ock- amidst grea,
cheering. Then New Je rsey changed and
gave Is to Hancock. E verything Was wild
then, and the chairman of different dele.
cations vainly tried TIC, make themselves
heard.
Here Pennsylvania changed her vote to
Hancock, which ma de him 800. Then
State after State Oh anged to him amid
wild cheering, and tb alphabetical roll of
States, down to Georgia was solid for Han.
ccck.. Then more States changed amid
great cheering. 1t was Impossible for the
Chairman to restore order. at last the
Chairman announced the nomination OF
Hancock by the following vose:
denuricKS, -.-....'. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ~
Bayard, ......................... ..... 3
4iiocH.".--...- $1,000.
The excitement was tremendous. The
bands struck up; the banners of the
different States gathered around the Han.
cock banner.
UNITED NEW YoRE DEMOCRACY,
John Kelley. of Men. York, said the
nomination of Hanc k,hlted the Democ-
ra a:ya and an past aissssssesA would be for;
Fellows. of N z (a-rilden delee:ate)
after Shaking hanils vita Kelley, said the
nomination to-day secured united De
mocracy in New York and the U MON.
An Indiana delegate moved that, ths
nomination at HANCOCK. be made unani
nous. Raaaah, of Pa, Wade Hampton
and othesssseeonded it tand it was adopted
The haadaplayed "Dix ie'' and then chang
ed the air os'Star ST. ,anged Banher,'' il
which the great org an of the hall joined
with telling effect Then the scene was
Understandable and tsche cheering continued
for many minutes
! Here is the SPEECH of John W. Daniel, Of
Virginia. scoop ding the nomination O.
Hancock
Mr.. John W. Daniel. of Virginia, fol
lowed. The Convention was embarrass
ed by the variety and brilliancy of the
names from which to choose their nomi
neee. 'plimenting all whose names had
been presented, he still believed that the
strongest nomination that could. be made
here would be that of Hancock [applausel
cock of the whole Un7bed States. TAP.
plause.] He was first. after the war to sa-
lutte with his stainless sword the majesty OF
the civil laws. He combated the argu-
ment that thes country was tired of the
rule of camp and opposed to'soldier candi-
dates, cltingl the fact that. Washington
was the typical general and yet civil mag
lstrate OF this country without a PEER
4[Applause.l Hancock s nomination would
mean Instantaneous and constant .aEgres-
sion. 1t would say to all the land, ~
WE MOVE ON OUR ENEMIES TOMORROW
[Applausel Nominate Hancock, and they
would hear the music IF the cheers of the
boys who wore the blues miiiglifg with
those who wosathe gray. s[Apblaase.]
NOMINATION OLA ExaxIsH
Ex-Goy. E0glish, of Andiana-was then
nomipate6 fpxi Hce. President almost by
acclaAatia01sa i. i.si e. -
On the. first Sansta Virginia. vote was
Fields, 9; Bayard, 10; Hancock, 8.
We copy below, from ~ exchanges.
stelegrams giving the .pr5eeedings Of the
+ CONVENTION preliminary 30 the nomina-
ton:
THE CONVENTION HALF -. =
'''trheI convention assembled today IN
r the spacious Mnsie1 dali, whose sbea rsies
have been too ofteA described ITO eeuire
any further nnfsas now. In. general ap-
peafance it is a rounded 0blong, being but
little larger in. length than breadth. The
the opposite, end and on the: northern and
southern sides are galleries, for spectators.
these galleries being largely occupied by
ladies. The main body of the hall is as
signed to the delegates and their alter
mates, whose positions are Indicated by
the neat banners Of blue. silk edged with
gold, bearing the names of the respective
States. The upper galleries are dseked
with American flags. while. at the wind