, 1880-06-24

Will take Ills seal" During LILO EEceultW
cheers somebody conchcet him, anll he trolsctl
back to mid: 81 should have said II Han
rock Is elected he will takc his scat" THIS
mas moro safe nntl less revolutionary, a''l
viii look hettcr Oh tho record. Tlc0pplnuso
which followed was only repetition Of that
which had gone before. 1t WAS evident THAT
tho Hancock boom was being carefully
nurscd.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
being called, Senator 1,otlcr, Of Hamburg
fame llobbled to the ptntform on lscrutches.
Tic was greeted with very great applause,
nearly tho entire Convention standing and
shouting during his progress. Ilc stated
that until a moment before lie had not cx-
pccted To address the Convention; "bnt," hc
proceeded, ms Massachusetts had seconded
the nomination Of Dayartl, he thought It 1T
that South Carolina should stretch forth Its
fnud to tito State from whici, 1t was most
widely separated III political opinion. pro-
posed arm-in-arm movement between Massa-
chusetta and South Carolina. lilo eald the
South llut 10 name to present, but would
support tho man selected by the North. 1lc
tien proceeded 10 ouloRtze several of the
candidates, but camo quickly 70 Bay
ard as his choice, saying that
he would attract more votes tllan any other
1nan OF America. Then he mndo CLASSICAL
nllasion 10 tie Greeks, and cl0scd with tho
presentation Of tic ,ame OF Thomas Francis
Dayard. All tho supporters OF l}ayard seem
TO cling lovingly to Ills entire name.
A portion OF tile delegation from Texas
seconded the nomination Of Hancock, and
Hubbard again tnok the stand to pusl, tito
soldier-statrsmnn bnom, 1lo proceeded to
DEN0gNcE THE WAR
for the preservation Of the Union, declaring
that tho military bastiies were filled with
sufrerJnr Democrats "IIancock,n said tic
speaker, "opcned these basttlcs, aud the
suffering Democrats came forth" 1Ie said:
ait Is easy Ia be n summer friond, ,-l1eaven
aud Hell arc full OF thoso; bnt Hancock was
a friend indeed" lie declared that the Iao-
nublican slogan would be tho b!n0ty South,
md he almost justified the slogan By tho Bit
terncss and yel,cnlenec Of Ills manner in de-
.nou,,clnp tho l{ep,bllcau marty OH account
of It's prosecution of tho late War. Mr. 1rull-
ba7d is the most powerfu! speaker Of thn
whole lot OF Democratic orators. III cot,-
clusion la said that Hancock would
.unItc tho soldiers NORTH nt,A South, and
tl,nt II elected ho would surely takO his
scat,
6t1luafel,nw. long and loud-voiccd son of
Yiretnio, seconded tho nomination of Field,
and lad the satisfaction Of knowing tint very
few people paid any intention to him. III
fact everybody was pretty tired and hungry
about this time, md figuring on recess.
When t],eytl,o,.uht he Ind tnlket, about long
cuonRh Tim lnDnttent deleautcS called time
on him, and succeeded In 9ettfng him nway
from the platform. ltc WINS followed by
another VirgEnin1,, however, III tho person. Ut
John W. Daniels, smootll-iaccd, dark
haired SOIL OF the Old Dominion, who
gave HANCOCK Rnother. second hardly
less eloquent than the oratoricnl efforts of the
Hancock men preceding him. III answer Ia
the objcctlou TINT the American people dtdn't
waHt q soldier-prcsident, he pointed Ia
Washing ton, jackson, TnylOr, and other
Presidents. and thought Hancock very III
mai to follow In their footsteps. Ills nomi
,nntion woult settle the Rebel yell business
and unite tho Democracy of tho country 70,
the preservation of the Nation.
7. II. Good. OF West Virginia, rnther i'm
Misunderstanding delegate, lnluleed in Q
. p,,rnod.anrlp sornrd fnr Thurman.