Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-08
THE 300 MEDALS DISTRIBUTED
A General Description of she Brazen
Kmblems of Fealty 10 Empire
st. Louis Republican.

The historical medals which have been
struck off in this city in c0mmemOration OF
the ballors cast by the 306 men for General
Grant for President at the Chicago Convep-
tion, which have been finished for some
time, have left the hands OF the en-
graver and are being distributed to the
m mbers of the o Guard entitled thereto.
The business has been involved in some
mystery; the lips of the engraVer and his
assistants have been sealed, as ii were,
and theV have been warned against giving
any information. But as to the
fact of the medals having "changed
hands" during the past week there is no
moral doubt, and each Of the 306, including
the colored delegates from the Southern
States, and one who is supposed to be in
the penitentiarY, will probably receive the
medal on which his name is inscribed before
the beginning of the leafy month of June
Among the distinguished characters who
are thus entitled to medals are Chester A
Arthur. Roscoe Conkling, Edwards Pierre
pont, G.. E Cornell, Rufus II King, j Don
aid Cameron, B. X. Brace. Cyrus BusseV,
John A. Logan, Emory Storrs, Green
Raum, 8. w. Dorsey, Powell Clayton, Henry
c. Robinson, P. B. Plnchback, W. Pi t
Kellogg, Tom MURPHY and the balance Cf
rhe 306. The origin OF the medals is too we'll
known to need much more OF q staten -nt
than was first given 70 the public by local
account In the Republican before the design
was absolutely setTled upon, the idea hav
ing originated with Mr.. Flley and DON
Cameron q few weeks after the Chic ago
Convention. 1t is said that the designers
had some trouble in getting good profile
of Gen. Grant, which was finally secured
through Col. Fred Grant, who got his father
to SIT for photograph, which is the one Gu
on the medals. The medals are composed
of dark rich bronze, and are one inch and
three fOurths IN diameter, with the edge
perfectly round, smooth and unmilled.
On one side is a profile of Grant, and
underneath and extending round the head
is a wreath of leaves, and around all this is
a raised circle, on which are engraved tn
thirty-six ballots for Grant, the record be-
ginning at the bottom, and, going round the
circle, meet again, the last ballo, 800
coming IN contact with the first ballot, 304
(votes) The second ballot is 305, which
continues to the eighth, going one better,
306 The ninth was 306, the tenth 305 the
next the same, and the twelfth, dropping
one, 304, which is regained, the thirteenth
and fourteenth being 3O5; the sixteenth, ,3O6;
the seventeenth, 303; eighteenth, 305; :"
the nineteenth, the tweLtistb, 306;
twenty-arst and twentv-second, 305;
twenty third 3O4; twenty fourth, 305;
twenty-ff b, 3O2; rweGty-siXth. 303; then
there is Jump to 800 In the twenty-seventh; {;
twenty eighth, 307; twenty ninth, 305;
thiruetb, 3O7; thirty-fr 3OS; thirty second, ,
3n9; thirty third, the same; thirty-fourtb,
312; the thirty-fitth jumped up to 313, and
on the thirty-stx5b, and last popped back
again to 306 Outside this record and along
he rim is .ttsatr de lis, which completes the
profile side of tie medal On the diverse
side the central portion is inscribed With
a circle, and within is the following inscrip-
tion:
COMMEMORATIVE
THE
THIRTY-SJX BALLOTS
THE OLD GUARD
ULYSSFS S = GRANT
F R PRESIDENT
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION,
CHICAGO, June, 1880.
The upper and lower lines are on TIE arc
of circle and the rest are straight. Under
the lower line Is the name of the NJ ember Of
the "Old Guard" who receives the one
awarded to him. On the outer border of
this side is wreath. On the margin of the
medal, at the top, IS a perforation for q
ribbon, so that the 306 medals contain ex-
actly 306 holes.