The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-04-01

473,S votes more than Mr.. Hayes.
And it was those Democratic States
that sent 222 of the 3S4 delegates
who voted in the Republican Conven-
ton for the nomination of Mr.. Hayes,
being So per cent. of his support
The ratio of per centage of Mr..
Blaine's support in Republican States
over that in the Territories and Dem
ocratic States was as 203 to 148; that
of Mr.. Hayes was as 1862 to 222-quite
perceptible difference on the wrong
side, for the latter. Wisconsin, which
gave Mr.. Blaine Is Of its 20 votes,
threw in the Presidential election 13O,-
668 votes for Mr.. Hayes, while North
Carolina, which gave its 20 votes SOL
idly against Mr.. Blaine, went for Til
den, and gave Hayes but 10S,417.
Tennessee had "a votes in the Con-
vention, and voted Is Of them against
Blaine, while its total vote for Hayes
was but 1856, more than 10000 less
than Wisconsin, which was limited to
20 delegates. The four States of Ken
lucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, and
Texas threw 73 Of their so delegate
votes for Mr.. Hayes, his total vote
being 384, just five more t an enough
to nominate him; and in the Presi-
Dental election these four States gave
Mr.. Tilden 225,657 plurality, the
other 81 States netting Mr.. Hayes a
plurality of 68,263. The reliable Re-
publican States Of Illinois, Iowa, Kan
sas, and Minnesota, which gave Mr..
Blaine 76 Of their 81 delegate votes,
rolled up the handsome plurality of
143, ,451 votes for Mr.. Hayes. The 73
anti-Blaine delegates from the four
first-named States of the South repre-
sented States whose Republicans mus
tered 284, 4,127 votes at the Presidential
election. The rs Blaine delegates
from the four last-named Western
States represented Commonwealths
that polled 600,S43s Republican votes.
And yet in the nominating Conven-
ton these Southern delegates, with
much less than one-half as many Re
publicans at their back as the dele
gates from the four Western
States named, had to endorse their
action, had nearly equal voice in the
selection of the candidate. These fig
ures, taken from official records, show
that Mr.. Blaine had the hearty sup
port of the masses of the. party, and
especially Of those who are and were
depended upon to secure the triumph
Of Republican principles.
1t is singular fact that during the
seven ballots Mr.. Blaine received an
actual majority of the votes Of the
delegates, who, had they voted thus
on any one ballot, would have nomi-
mated him by vote of 303, which
would have been four more than were
necessary. His highest vote on any
one ballot was 351, on the seventh.
In the 81. Republican States which
gave him 203 votes on that ballot, the
highest votes at any time for his COM
petitors were as follows:
For Hayes, 1852 on the seventh bal
lot.
For Hartranft, 60 on the third bal
lot.
For Bristow, SO on the third ballot.
For Morton, 81 on the first ballot.
For Conkling, 8 on the third and
fourth ballots.
For Washburne, 3 on the sixth
ballot.
For Wheeler, on the first and sec
ond ballots.
These figures show that Mr.. Blaine
was the most popular candidate before
the Convention in the States which
subsequently elected the candidate
nominated.
The seventh and last ballot for a
resulted as follows: