Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-06-24

Prom the Chicago Times.
There were twelve nominations. -
Mr.. Seward was nominated by Evarts
ofNew York, Norman 3. j udd named
Mr.Lincoln. Simon Cameron, Messrs.
Bates, Dayton, Fremont, Mclean,
Wade, Reed, Sumner, Charles, and
Collamer were also named. 1t would
have been evident to any one where
the pinch was coming. The yelling
was all upon the names of Seward
and Lincoln. Lineoln's nomination
was seconded by Caleb Smith OF
Indiana, and by Columbus Delano Of
Ohio. The Seward and Lincoln men
Wed with each other in wells as the
nominations were made and the sec.
onds affirmed, until the whole con-
yention was black in tho face, and
ears had to be stopped in very pain.
Upon the final return of Lincoln's
name by Delano, the anti-Seward
men gave a roar SO deep, so long, so
loud, that it poured upon the ear in
volume Of voice SO steady as to
shut ont the sense Of sound and seem
no noise at all. The stamping shook
every board in the building. Lane
of Indiana jumped upon a table and
performed like an acrobat" and hats
and handkerchiefs fluttered and
swung in the air with a hurry and
fury like that the eddying wind of
autumn makes in leaffilled hollow
of a wood. The New York, Michi.
gan aud Wisconsin delegations sat
together, and were in this tempest
very quiet. Many of their faces
whitened as the Lincoln yawp swelled
into a wild hosanna of victory. In
that yawp Thursday nights caucus
ing announced itself.
At the very beginning Of the first
ballot the weakening of Stewards
claim was indicated Maine (among
the first States caled) gave half her
votes to Lincoln New Hampshire
gave him seven OF her ten Rhode
Island and Connecticut gave Seward
nothing Vermont paid her compli-
ment TO Senator Collamer. Virginia,
which had been counted upon as
wholly Stewards, gave Lincoln four
teen out of her twenty-five Indiana
pumped her twenty-six tor Lincoln.
The Seward men were suddenly
stricken aghast.
They felt that a concentration had
been effected, and that if it grew as
the other and lesser candidates weak
ened and dropped out, their man was
irretrievably lost. On the roll call
being footed it was found that Sew
ard had only l734, while Lincoln had
the remainder scattering out
among the lesser lights down to
Sumner, Fremont and Reed, who
got but one vote each. On the next
ballot Lincoln made gain at the
outset-New Hampshire, where he
got the Chase and Fremont votes. -
Then the whole of Vermont was
given him-lO votes. The Seward
men were stunned. Pennsylvania
came next with - votes for Lincoln,
gain Of a votes in one lump. Lin
coins total gain on that ballot was
20 votes. 1t brought him up to with
in three votes as many as Seward. -
Each was about 80 votes short of
enough TO nominate. The race was
to be decided between them by the
division Of the votes yet remaining
to Bates, Cameron, Mclean, Chase
and Dayton, Cameron dropped cut
of the next ballot.
The scene, one Of the most dra-
matte the political stage of the coun-
try has ever known, is thus described
by Mr.. lIalsted
"While this ballot was taken
amid excitement that tested The
nerves, the fatal detection from
Seward in New England still furth.
er appropriations votes going over
from Seward to Lincoln in MassA.
chusetts. The latter received four
additional votes fcom Ponnsylrania
and fifteen from Ohio. 1t was WIS
pered about: "Lincoln is the com. ng
man will be nominated this ballot"
When the roll of States and Terri
tories had been called had ceased
to give attention to any votes but
those Of Lincoln, and lad his vote
added up as it was given. The num-
Der OF votes necessary 70 "a choice
was 233, and l saw under my PEN
Gil, as the Lincoln column was COM
pleted, tho figures 23l lone vote
and half to give him the nomiaa-
tier. In a moment the tact was
whispered about. A hundred pen
ellis had told tho same story. The
news went over the house wonder
fully, and there was q pause. There
are always men anxious TO distin.
tinguish themselves on such ocea-
slons. There is nothing that pol-
tioians like bott9r than a crisis.
looked up TO see who would be the
man TO give tho decisive vote. The
man for the crisis in the Cincinnati
conventional will remember
was Col. Preston of Kentucky. He
broke the Douglas line and precip-
ated the nomination of Buchanan,
and was rewarded with a foreign
mission. In about ten ticks Of O
watch Carter of Ohio was up. | had
imagined Ohio would be slippery
enough for the crisis, and sure
enough Every eye was on Carter
and everybody who understood the
matter at all know what mo was
about TO do. He is large man with
rather striking Gestures, shock If
bristling black hair, large aud shin.
ing eyes, and is terribly marked
with small pox. Ho has also az i'm.
podimenL ia mis- speech, which
amounts 80 stutter and his Sc
lection as chairman of the Ohio del
ogalion was, considering its c3udi
ton, altogether appropriate. He had
been quite noisy during the sessions
Of tbs convention, but had never
commanded, when mounting his
chair, such attention as now. He
said: Il rise (eh) Mr.. Chairman teh),
20 announces th9 change Of four
votes Of Ohio from Mr.. Chase to Mr.
Lincoln.'
"The deed was done. There wss
moments silence. The nerves of
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