New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-07-12

ringing tones Intended 60 thrill his audience neh
atot Voorhees, anid that hN tho uhnhl"uH loP"wu,' ~
of the Indiana dclegaton' ol Nh'n ~ '"r ,n"T limo
lcndrcka IN member, hc would ~ ihr pl"U'i ,l.'V
withdraw the name Of Joseph "a Mcp"hn."' nn'
cnN lndinna's thirty votes for lhomhH ~ t'"n ~,
dricks Then there was another oulhulN w w,
nlausc with cries of " Hendricks ana Slocuin' hnu
Give us the old ticket good many 1i inc urlo,
gates were under the impression mat lll4oi' 1ho th
enst her solid vote for Hendricks. ana Mhcl, ,he
clerk rcportcd for Hendricks, for Mcl'onall' y
for Bavard and 37 for Cleveland, men l'oH1u % az, AZ
each other wondering why so great hlc h"" o'"i'
kuudcd by such q small mattct'
WHERE CLEVELAND GAINED VOTES.
Il was now tbc turn of the Cleveland men to
cheer which they did with intense zeal and terrible
energy. They had gained nine votes in Illinois, as
compared with Yesterdays ballot They lost one IN
Iowa and Hendricks secured four in the same STATE
gaining one each from Cleveland Bayard. Thurman
and Mcdonald. Kentucky had withdrawn Carlisles
nssnc, and his votes went TO Cleveland r, 70 70
payard, | to Thurman and , to Hendricks ms
result assured the Cleveland managers thsV tue
Hendricks movement would turn out iaIcc, dS II
did He obtained 12l2 votes III assachhseltS. 10
in Michigan, in Mississippi IN M,sSPTri' in in
Ohio = in Oregon, in South Carolina, III iehHcs
see in Texas. in Virginia, IN Misc0hsIni : III
the District of Columbia, and In Utah All OK
cept three of these votes were taken from other
candidates than Cleveland, who at the same lihle
gained IL votes When Pennsylvania was reached
her delegates were permitted TO rerre Tor comsilla
ton" They returned as the last Territory was
being called, and reported as follows: "CIGNelanI
AZ Bayard . Thurman !, Randall !, iendrlcks Z.
The tail of the .Old ticket had been able TO rally
exactly 1912 votes.
Cleveland had received 497 votes. and needed
only 80 votes more, which came with mao rlsh.
Kansas first asked permission to correct her vote,
and gave Cleveland 13. In twinkllng North
Carolina changed her % votes from Bayard to
Cleveland; and tornado OF excitenent lIl H; sWeP'
through the hall. The chairmen OF the virginia,
West Virginia Georgia. Florida, Texas, and Mary,
land delegations grew red III the face as they started
in the wild scramble to see which should he frst on
the winning sIde Chairman Barbour, of Virginia,
was first recognized and he cast % yOtes for Cleve
land and one for Hendricks. Georgia gave Cleve-
land % votes and Bayard 2, and then everybody
who had been watching the tally knew that Grover
Cleveland had received the coveted two-thlrds and
was nominated.
MAKING THE NOMINATION UNANIMOUS.
Bnt the excitement rose still higher as delegations
tumbled over to the Cleveland side. and the artillery
on the lake shore had begun 20 thunder out the
news of Cevcland's triumph long before the clerks
had corrected the roll and Chairman Villas had
officially announced the result. Before he did So
Delegate Nenzies of Indiana mounted the platform,
and obtained n hearing. At the request of MT
Hendricks he changed lndianas vote to cleveland,
and gave notice of a motion to make the nomnatl0n
unanimous a motion which California made haste
TO second i'm behalf of Mr.. 1hurmans friends,
As soon as II was discovered that Cleveland had re-
celved the necessary twO-thirds largo nOTal
anchor was passed mp to the platform. Upon It was
perched stuffed bird with spread plnions and open
heak, from which depended lnbet bearing the
name Clevcland' The appearance Of the bird was
such as TO raise doubt whether II was an eagle or
vulture. Some time after It's appearance there was
more cheering, strong men bore to the platform
life size portrait in oil of the nominee John Kelly
had not waited to witness tins part of the perform