Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1884-06-13
EvENxMG. SESSION .

The convention then took recess until z p. IN
EvENxMG. SESSION.
Chairman Henderson called the convention
and the vast audience to order at 1880 p. III.
| After littlo unnpoltanG motions, the Pres
| ident said: The secretary will low call the
| roll of states, and when the name t,i state
ty selected to make the presentation will come
! forward and speak. The secretary then pro-
ceeded to call the roll of states, calling Alaba-
! ma, arkansas, California, Colorado, and Con-
necticut, and, when the latte. state was called,
| Nj, Brandagao Of Connecticut arose, and took
| the stand.
! MI Brandagee personally is a reduced and
handsonlor edition of ex- Gov. john s Pills
bury When midway in his speech he named
Gen. Joseph b. Hawley, the applause was a
! exulant, continued and renewed more than
once Applause also followed fast Oh the heels
! of the announcement eff you will not sup
| port our man, wen support yoncs,"
| A solid nonpareil biography was injected to
the loaded rninion by his sulogy, and even {,
| OF applause, especially when. as was natural,
! he referred to the soldic,y record of his candi-
! date. After he had spoken eighteen minutes he
! partly lost his grip on his hearers and Savel
ripping was necessary, but fe" harry SEN
| t4nces and the mention Of Gen. Grant gave him
/ new sway, which was not lost again MI, Brand
! aEee commenced at nineteen minutes CT s, and
| the sun went down on bls peloratio Ii OF four
! minutes sitter 9, tic speech having consumed
| twenty three minutes.
| The decent cheers which babe farewell to
| the portIy figure OF Dranta2,ee had hardly Died
away when tho secretary, running rapidly
down the list us States met an obstruction at
, Illinois, which developed in the shape Of 9,
/ ramrod Ike, black~rohed form: snr1nolnred
; 10y an eagle bcak and raspinS voice, sur
! rounded by a plesly toriag elder solT of face,
| all bearing the name of Shelby H. Cul0m,
! United States senator.
! He made himself heard 1nagniticently, and
made better Impression on the convention
/ which the speech was skillfully framed to
! evoke inst at the II ht time was jlticinuslv
distributed a1nolg the names Of Lincoln, Grant
and LOgar--tna latter, OK course, receiving
! double measure.
| The frame work Of the speech was not 50 dis
tinctly biographical as Bran,las gees, ana as
! there were more frequent catch phrases for ap-
, plause MI Culom may be said tr have Gore
| himself proud. When Geu 3 N. prentjss Of
bethany Mo-, assembled the platform I'm,
nomination of John A Logan,
His audience was chary Of applause at lirst,
! except when Logans name was mcntiOned and
81 one occasion, evidently as a sort of relief
the applause was prolonged until the chair had
! to cali order After that the audeuce-sanlv
!
! he got mixed in his historical selections, lron-
! ical cheers drowned him out He stopped
! down, and no one was saddcned
| Expectation waited for tho name Of the state
/ of Maine, was generously rewarded by such a
| clarnorOns burst of sound as had not been
! heard from human threats since the rafters Of
| this same building trembled obedient to the
name of Grant four years ago. There was no
! crescendo Of applause, but a. thunlerous crash
that brought delegates, a}tarnates: and report
tn f1ntr in
! were SO distributed ON the floor that the silent
! spaces were concealed when they ROSE and the
| whole audience seemed to be on its feet; every
! handkerchief, fan and other object OF portable
| property in the hall seemed to fly into the air,
and every voice in the building seenad to join
in the screaming diapason of mad applause.
| After the chairman had succeeded in produc-
| ing comparatiy g quiet, Judge West Of Ohio was
| introduced The sensation wa intense and the
! interestin Mr.. West on account Of his command
! ing presence, and sympathy for his inhrlnity,
brought all to silence in the vast half Tie
| fine quality of Judge Vests eloGuence was not
! narred by injudicious and indiscernible cheer
| ing as it progressed.
! Many, correspondent, saw bis paper dimiy
Judge William West of Bellefortaine lifted his
! sightless eye toward the sky and pointed with
! his long, scholarly finger toward 'fthoso portals
of light" whence Abraham Lincoln looked upon
| the scene
LIS ail atttHuAteu ubuiS, tSUutHClu IL s,Elltihl
aspect and dress, was seated after the first few
sentences, but still lowered above any in its
Sheighborhood. The eyes, which can only look
inward, had nothing CHASTITY; their steadfast-
moss, and the marble lips and typical!y A~'neri-
can face, and it's Brother Jonathan beard Of
grayish tint told thrillingly of the emotions
! seething in the heart below, and transmitted to
the thouHands in front by a high, resonant, at
| tention compelling voice and iucisive accent
| His presentation was as follows:
| Gentlemen, the Republican party demands Of
this convention a nominee whose inspiration
| and glorious prestige shall carry TIE
! presidency with or without the state
Of New Yors; one THAT will cary
the legislatures Of the several states and avert
the sacrifice Of the United States senate; that
shall sweep into the tide the congressional dis
| tricts to recover the house Of representatives
and restore it to the Republican party Three
millions Of Republicans believe that that
man who, from the baptism of blood Gu The
plains Of Kansas to the toll Of the immortal Gar
! progress wherever humanity desires succor,
where love for freedom called for protection,
| wherever the country called for defender,
wherever blows fall thickest and fastest, there in
| the fore front Of the battle to wave the white
plume OF James 6. Blaine our
HENRY OF Navarro.
| Nominate him. and the shouts of September
victory in Maine will be- re-echoed by the thun-
! der Of the October victory in Ohio, Nominate
! him, and the camp fires and beacon lights viii
| illuminate the continent from the Golden Gate
| to CIeopatra's Needle: nominate him, and the
| millions who are now in waiting will rally TO
swell the column OF victory that liz sweeping on
! in the name Of the majority Of the delegates
| frorn the Republican states, and Of our glorious
! constituencies who must fight this battle
nominate James G. Blaine OF Maine.
Gov. Davis Appearance.
| The cheering at the close of Vests speech
was not long enough to embarrass Coy. Davis,
whose portly form, attired in rather too full
skirted frock coat, appeared on the platform
| just at the right time. His manner was easy
and assured. The speech was barely four
minutes long, but the close left no sense of
| Incompetence. Perhaps the highest compli-
nent paid it was the buzz of inquiry as to''who
this man Davis is" that succeeded the first
| pause of ina attention. y: ...-,'tf .@
The Chairman introduced Gov. Davis: @e
| Cushman f. Davis OF Mirinesota-Mr. Presi-
dent and gentlemen Of the convention: In face
/ Of the demonstration which we have seen
and heard it would seem scarcely necessary
| to second nomination which appears already TO
be a feregdne conclusion. fCheerS and aprlause.l
| In the name of the people OF Minnesota
| it gives me the greatest pleasure
| to second the nomination Of James
| q. Blaine Of Maine Vigorous cheeringi,,
who has never been defeated by the people.
fCries throughout the house: mo. no; never has
been defeated He has horns his great faculties
so nobly that year after year in success
and adversely. he has grown SO completely into
the Affections Of the neonle tx this country that