The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-06-07


| exercise OF an undoubted moral courage; he will
dare to defy the baser political elements and
anu ana i aolest men OF the nation. He will call
INTO the councils of his administration the
| tired, known and honest men of his party. He
will assert to the fullest extent the powers and
prerogatives of the Presidential office to secure
the hnmblest citizen the protecton,of the law. He
will in the performance of his executive duties
shlrk no responsibility nor seek to avoid any duty
| required OF him by the constitution and law. His
nomination will violate none of the time-honored
ratlons OF the country traditions that, in their
iong.eontinued existence and force have become as
binding as the written law of the land traditions
that ought to be more inviolable than formulated
CODES and as sacred as the written constitution Of
our fathers. His nomination is demanded BY ma
Jority OF delegates from solid Republican North.
and 1t ought to be conceded by 'solid South that
has everything to receive and nothing to give; that
III the coming contest has everything to gain and
nothing except honor that it has not already lost
| Give us this gentleman for candidate and we of
the ultimate West pledge the gallant services of a
| gallant band of Republican soldiers that has now
Tor these twenty years held and guarded the 'front.'
| Ter citadel of your Republican army. We have
never been surprised or found off dutywe have nev-
er nlnched In tight nor lost presidential battle;
we nave never allowed Democratic vote to be de-
posted in the electoral since we have been well
coined to the sisterhood Of States Give us this
| gentleman for our candidate. and our pine-clad
Sierras shall nod their tassels in graceful courtesy
to the bending pines of Maine and we will give -
electoral votes to make James G. Blaine the next
President OF the United states.
| Mi. Frye of Maine asked and obtained two
minutes and spoke as follows:
once saw storm at sea in the night time an old
snip battling for its life with the fury of the
| tempest; darkness everywhere, winds raging and
howling huge waves beating on the sides Of the
ship and making her SILVER from stem to stern
Lightning was flashing, thuuders rolling, there was
| danger everywhere saw at the helm calm bold
| courageous, immovable commander; in tempest
calm, in commotion quiet, in dismay hopeful |
saw him take that old ship and bring her into the
hafpor, INTO stiil water, into safety That man
ahero, Applause) 1 saw the good old ship off
tate the State of Maine, within the last year light
| same darkness, against the same danger. she was
freighted with all that Is precious, with the princi
PIES OF our Kpeublc with the rights of American
citizenshp with all that is guaranteed to Ameri
| can citizen by our constitution. The eyes of the
whole nation were on her and intense anxiety filled
| every American heart lest the grand old ship, the
| State of Maine might go down beneath the waves
forever and carry her precious freight with her But
there was man at the helm, Cheers calm, de-
| hberate, commanding sagacious He made even
| foolish man wise and courageous he inspired the
| timid with courage; hopeful he gave heart to the
| into harbor, into safety and she floats to-day
greater purer stronger for her baptism of danger.
| G. Blaine cloud cheers.) Maine sent us to this
| magnificent convention with the memory of her
own salvation from impending peril fresh upon her
to join the representatives of 10000 900 of Ameri
| can people who have met here to counsel how the
| Republic shall be saved. She says Representa-
| tves of the people take the man. the true man. the
staunch man for your leader who has lust saved me
| and he will bring you to safety and to certain
victory (Renewed vociferations Of applausc.)
MR.. WINDOWS NAME PRESENTED.
Minnesota being called, E. f. Drake pre-
| sented the name of VIM. Window of that state
| which was received with great but speedily
| subsiding applause. He pledged the vote of
| Minnesota for whoever should be the nominee
| of the convention. There was no seconding
| speech for Window.
GEN. GRANTS NAME PRESENTED.
| When New York was called Mr.. Conkling
rose, mounted the reporters platform and
there took position on reporters table. He,
too, was received with long-continued and
vociferous, though not general or apparently
| spontaneous cheering. Mr. Conkling spoke
with great deliberation, in clear tone and in
| his usually impressive manner. His mention
| OF the name of Gen. Grant was received with
| renewed demonstrations, lasting two or three
| minutes. Mr. Conkling said that the calumny
against him had all been exploded The pow
| der had already been burned once and left his
| name untarnished When those who have
| tried to tarnish that name shall have moulder-
| ed in forgotten graves (applause] Gen. Grants
| fame will remain pure and bright in the hearts
of the people. Never elated by success he has
manifested the very. genius of success. Mr..
| Conkllng commented Oh Grant s civic policy in
| establishing international arbitration, in op-
posing imitation and paving the way for specie
| resumption To him, immeasurably more than
any other, is due the fact that ever paper dol
lar is as good as gold. With him as the leader
| we should have no defensive campaign Zap
plause) -nothing to explain away and no
| apologies to make. The shafts and arrows
| have been all aimed at him, and lie broken at
his feet. (Applause) He briefly reviewed
the third term objections to Grant, and urged
| that it was no objection to any man that he
had been weighed in the balance and not found
| wanting, or that he had obtained experience,
| which rendered him better fitted for the duties
| confided to his care. When Mr.. Conkling had
| from the galleries of ''time!" ''time!" but he
| paid no attention to them, and was coon per-
| mitted to proceed.
| MR.. sHERMAN's NAME PRESENTED
Mr.. Garfield nominated John Sherman in an
| eloquent speech,
Messrs. Winker, of Wisconsin, and Elliott,
| OF South Carolina (colored) seconded Mr.
| opportunity also to pay graceful compliment
| to Mr.. Blaine. He said if any candidate went
| into this canvass relying on the vote of any
| southern State for his election he would fail.
We may put votes in the ballot box but we
| are powerless to have them counted for the
nominee.
MR.. EDMUNDS' NAME PRESENTED.
Vermont being called, Frederick Billings
| rose to put in nomination of Mr.. Edmunds of
| that State as the most fitting name to be borne
upon the Republican banner No State can
have better right to name the Republican
candidate and none can name q better man.
Republicanism runs in her blood. The man
whom she names for the presidency is no
longer hers; he is the property and pride of
the nation. Vermont looked forward Through
the years and saw the danger of giving up the
government to revolutionary Democracy,
and he implored this convention to let nothing
put Republican victory in peril but to make
that victory secure by putting on the platform
candidate far better even than the platform,
candidate weak nowhere but strong every
where, the cincarnation of principles of the
said platform. Any other course foreboded
disaster and courted defeat Such a candidate
as was needed was that brave, keen, viglant
man on whom yrested no shadow of evil report
the leader of the Senate-George f. Edmunds
CHEERS and applause.) Vermant nominated
him for the presidency and asked the conven-
vention to accept him. (Applause.)
The nomination was seconded by Mr.. San
ford of Massachusetts.
MR. wAsHBURNE's: NAME PRESENTED.
Mr. Cassidy of Wisconsin presented the name
of Elihu B. Washburne of Illinois as one who
wo uld give unity to the party and who is at
once capable and worthy of theFpubic conf
dence which his merits command. Mr.. WASH
burne's name was received with marked ap-
prevail
Mr.. Brandagee of Connecticut seconded the
nomination of Mr.. Washburne as a faithful
sterling Republican, whose name was the only
name sure OF carrying every doubtful State
and securing victory for Republican principles.
He urged him also as friend of Gen. Grant,
whose pertnaclty in the dark hours of the war
brought the silent man from the southwest
and put him in command in Virginia to crush
the head OF the rebellion. He urged that Mr..
Washburnes name would rally the German
vote and thus secure New York and redeem
Connecticut and aid powerfully inlsecuringRe-
publican control TO the national senate. The
speech was one of the strongest of the night.
GEN. GRANTS NOMINATION SECONDED.
Mr.. Bradley of Kentucky then seconded
Gen. Grants nomination in a brief, eloquent
five minutes speech. Referring to Mr. Frye IS
allegory of tie storm he said We, too saw
lightning and heard the thunder and saw the
old ship of state struggling amid the waters,
but it was the grand old soldier who sat at the
helm. magnificent in his silence (Applause)
l second the nomination of that man who led
the grandest army that the world ever saw to
victory, who crushed the embattled hosts of
treason. We demand man whose name is
the synonym of power.
A scene of confusion followed, but finally
motion of Mr.. Morse of Massachusetts, the
convention at 11.50 o'clock adjourned until 10
o'clock Monday.
IN WASHINGTON.