The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-07-19

Total vote cast $50. Necessary to
choice, 547. Cleveland, 6S3; Hendricks,
81 l-2; Thurman, AZ; Mcdonald 2; Ran
dali, 4.
On motion OF Menser, the nomination
of Cleveland was then made unanimous.
An anchor and picture were brought to
the front of the stage, while the Chair
made the official announcement that
Cleveland was the unanimous nominee of
the Democratic party. The picture was
hoisted on the chairman's desk, the band
played and the enthusiasm reached it's
height.
On motion of ex-senator Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, a recess was taken until
five O'Clock this evening.
EVENING SESSION.
The delegates returned to the scene
of their labors a little YEARLY as the
hour for reassembling approached, and
the thousands of lookers-on, who have
been in attendance during the exciting
struggle for supremacy returned to the
Convention Hall even more lelsurely
than the delegates. Many of them did
not return at all, and when at 5:95 p. m.
the Convention was
CALLED TO ORDER,
the number of persons present In the gal.
lerles was scarcely third Of those who
attended the afternoon proceedings.
HThe business of the evening session be-
gan by the adoption OF a resolution to
limit speeches to five minutes in present.
ing the names of candidates for Vice.
President. The call of States then pro.
ceeded
Miles Seaals, of California, nominated
General w. S. Ros ecrahs. Governor
Grant of Colorado nominated Mcdonald.
Hon. 4. 7. Fenlon, of Kansas, presented
the name of G. w. Click. Ex-senator
Wallace, of Pennsylvania, nominated
Thos. A. Hendricks and moved suspen-
sion OF the rules to nominate him by &C.
clamation.
At the conclusion of Governor Wal
ler's remarks California quickly with
drew the name of Rosecrans; Kansas
followed with the withdrawal of Chick;
Indiana speedily substituted Hendricks
for Mcdonald, and
GOVERNOR HUBBARD
of Texas, taking advantage of the tide
that had set in toward Hendricks, secured
the attention of the audience and spoke
iHdorsing the selection of Hendricks as
Vice-President.
BY unanimous consent ballot was
then taken, and with the exception OF
one vote by Mississippi for Mcdonald,
which was atterward withdrawn on the
ground that it had been enormously cast
The selection of Hendricks was unani-
nous from first to last, and it was OFF,
cially announced by the Chairman that
the
ENTIRE VOTE,
numbering SIG, was for Hendricks fol-
Vice. President.
Between the conclusion of the roll-eall
and the official announcement of the vote
there was scene probably unparalleled
in the history of political conventions (;
one impossible of imagination and indie
scribable by pen.
LIKE A FLASH OF LIGHTNING,
the representatives of every delegation
on the floor, bearing aloft the shields and
banners emblematic of their States,
moved to the center of the hall, and
surrounded the Indiana delegation.
For fifteen continuous minutes cheer
after cheer echoed throughout the hall
and was communicated to the thou
sands on the outside. Then taking ad-
clans struck up the familiar and soul
stirring strains of
AULD LANG sYNE.
The effect was electrical; the scene one
never TO be forgotten. The audience
took up the song and in moment it was
pealing forth from 900 threats. Dele
gates from Texas clasped the hands o.
those from New York. The men of Maine
fI,s.- F.N,,
the Territories, and strong men who, but
few hours before had beer
firing grape-shot invective into
one another, sat back in their chairs with
the tears pouring down their cheeks. Or
the platform the delegates stood clasping
one another hands, each voice trying to
outvie the others. AS the refrain SIN
the Name of Aud Lang Syne" was
reached there was a circle composed o.
President Was, Henry Watterson, Gen
eral Black, Colonel Clumle, of California
| Waller, of Connecticut, and Ex-Governor
Hubbard, of Texas. A yard away Ber
Butler was
wRINGING THE HAND
| OF delegate from Colorado. Even that
staunch old leader of the Republican par
! ty, Il. b. Washburne, of Minnesota, who
had been on the stage thrC ugl out the
Convention, joined in the ovation with
his tremuous voice, as he waved his
handkerchief over his head. Suddenly
THE BAND CHANGED THE AIR
from "Auld Lang Syne" to "America, y
and again the audience took up the pa
triotic refrain with, If possible, more
heartiness than before. After this came
"HoME SWEET HOME"
and now the gathering, exerting its voic'
with might and main, completely
drowned the music of the band. Thu
soprano notes of
SEVERAL HUNDRED LADIES,
who were scattered about the hall, rans
out high and clear above the deepe
tones of the men. AS the mingled voices
of the assemblage died away in the las
strains of "Home, Sweet Home" Gen