Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1880-06-11

his eyes cast OH the floor, perceptible
culver on his lips, and addressed no furth-
er remarks to any one. State aiter State
was called, and the Blaine battalion as
they came up in successive order marched
over ard ranged themselves under the
stand nd of Garfield. All the changes
from blaine to Garfield were received With
terrific appl.u and this delayed the bal
lot for quite awhile.
END OF THE PROCESSION.
Wisconsin was the last Stare on the roll.
and resp ,ndefi with solid vote for Garfield,
Vermont having Just before deserted Ell
munds, aft. sticking to him to the last,
and gone yer.
PANDEMONIUM.
Then the pandemonium of the nights of
last WI elk were repeated, aud the tickle ess
of the popular mind was strlklngly dis
played in the men and women who had tor
week been shouting over Grant and
Blaine, now all turning i'll together and
h apine their homage in the american.
fashlnD upon the new favOrltt. Inc Ohio
delegation stood up IN the benches ana We'd
VII the l",pulacein the most t-Atravagant
demonstrations Of qualification.
GARFIElD CRUSHED WITH KINDNESS.
Gen. e.. i-ld sat in his seat and was al
most crus I'd tn death in the overWhelm-
ing mass Ui delegates who thruuged around
bin in co, GRADUATION. 1t Was rot long
before almost the entire convention WAS
wedged UP together III AL undlstingulSha-
bic mass, 4. ID e cry man seemed determin-
ell to max. more Disc than the other.
MUSIC BY THE BAND.
The bal Il struck up Rally Round the
Flag The chorus was taken up by
thousands of voices. The banners OF all
the States we're brought up and held aloft
around the banner of Ohio. A processlO',
was FORMED and marched and counter
marched to the music of the band, and the
singing of the voices was all continued
for so long time that it looked as If it
would never end, and Mr.. Cary, OF Mary
land, who, with many others. was very
anxious to go home, suggested that the
convention proceed with business.
! The Territories were yet to- he called,
and they all came up with SOLID votes for
Garfield. sf ST
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN.
George Gorham said to-day, in the pres
ence Of twenty or thirty delegates and
others, that the boilers ia New York and
PENNSYLVANIA had been bought, and they
| were liars if they denied it. Don Cameron
stalked around, said little, and when asked
if the nomination was a strong one, smiled
CHASTITY smile. Privately, maHy Of the
Grant leaders say they have no doubt at
all of the defeat of the ticket.
Sherman's friends are rather down III
the mouth to-day, and regret that they
were in such hurry to go over TO Gar
field. 1t has just TRANSFERRED that combi-
nation had been formed whereby on the
fortieth ballot all the Blaine vote from
PENNSYLVANIA, with respectable additions
from elsewhere, was to be transferred TO
Sherman with the Massachusetts, vote.
This would have given him about ITO, and
in all probability the next ballot would
have nominated him. There is no ques-
ton that both Gov. Foster and Gen. Gar
field were recently working for themselves.
Foster had two prizes to strive for, first
the nomination for President, and if he
failed in that and Garfield won, as he has,
then Foster had the United States sena-
torsi,ip in view, which Garfield will give
up if he is elected Pr. sident.
GEN. GRANT IN CHICAGO.
General Grant and Mrs. Grant passed
through here to-day en- route to the SOL
diers' reunion at Milwaukee. They break
tasted at the Palmer House with Senators
Cameron and Logan and one or Two other
friends. Gen. Grant cOnversed entirely
upon the action Of the convention; said
he had no fault to find with it; that Gar
field was q good man, and he hoped he
would be elected, and that all his friends
would support him heartily. That he was
disappointed. however, was apparent un-
der all his phleematic demeanOr. Mrs.
Grant expressed her great disappointment,
as she had firmly believed from the begin
ming that the General would be nominated.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Several amusing incidents occurred to-
day. Mr.. Pjnchback, who by nine persons
out of ten would be taken for white
man, was standing in the lobby of the
Palmer House when an Illinois cattle
dealer engaged him in conversation on the
all-absorbing topic. The Illinois man was
for Blaine, but said, swell, il Grant is
hate the idea OF these Internal niggers fore
ing themselves on us.
In announcing the vote of the New ork
delegation Mr.. Conkling used a peculiar
style of phrase0logy, to the effect that
Seventeen delegates were sad to be for
Blaine and two for Sherman and fifty-one
are for Grant" He continued this style
Of announcement through several ballots,
and was applauded by some and jeered at
by others. Mr.. Campbell, of West Vir-
ginia, in imitation and ridicule of the New
vi n COIldIOA3 OA VuO oONOhuA OshOU1 Nh-
nounced the vote of that State in these
words: ''Mr. Chairman, one of this I'M
portant delegation is believed to be for
Grant, and eight of them are known to be
for Blaine" [Shouts Of laughter Mr..
Conkling finally assigned to Gen. Arthur
the duty of announcing the vote of New
York, and busted himself in moving
around electioneering among delegates for
Grant.
The tenth ballot was an exact repetition
of the ninth. except that Grant lost vote
(Virginia) which Was cast for Rutherford
b. Hayes. This announcement was re-
ceived kindly by the audience, and the
Presidents name won hearty applause
There was excited sensation on the elav-
enth ballot. A dispute arose as to Vir-
ginia vote, and all hands were on the
tiptoe of expectation. It was thought the
bulk OF the delegation was about to break
away from Giant to Blaine. 1t stood firm
however, including the one vote for r. b.
Hayes.
Among the dispatches received at Wash
ington during the balloting by General
Belknap from Hallet Kilbourne was one
which said: "The old man will be the
next President. Tell the boys to jump on
the train eally" These dispatches con-
vince thoughtful Republicans that If
Grant could be nominated and elected the
same old set that controlled him before
would again be in the ascendancy at the
White House.
Sales of New Wheat.
Included in the receipts of Southern
wheat at the Corn and Flour Exchange
yesterday was lot of $50 bushels new
Fultz from Mars Bluff. S. c., received by
Messrs. l. M. Parr & Son, and sold to