The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-06-13

Inc lnllu DhLOU was proceeded WIN, ana
resulted as follows
Total Observation-Disclosures. 500
Necessary to choice. Ali
bahe' .'.....'..'..''....'.'' '''.'.......... $40
Atnur ..'...... 2I5
EuhUnus'. .............. ........ 6g
Logan. ............. %
John sherman. Observation-Disclosures. 20
Ilawley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. IL
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After the third ballot had been taken,
motion to adjourn was made by an anti
Blaine delegate. The motion was defeated
amid yells and cheers by 10 nays to 36I yeas.
Scarcely had the third ballot been an
nounced when a report shot through the
delegation TO the effect that Senator Logan
had telegraphed his supporters from Wash
ington requesting them to cast their votes for
Blaine. a moment later copy of the follow
ing telegram dated at Washington, addressed
to Senator Cullom an signed by John A.
Logan was produced:
1.-THE Republicans of the States that must
be relied upon to elect the Ir 1sident having
SO strongly shown preference for Mr.. Blaine,
deem it my duty not to stanl in the way of
the peoples choice and recommend my follow
ers TO assist in his nomination.
If the excitement had been intense before it
was now increased hundred fold in its inten-
sity, which was still added to 10y the quickly
following report that the Ohio del cation
would go the same way. Bingham, of Penn
frantically endeavored to get hearing, but
their voices We're drowned in the tumultuous
cheers and demands to call the roll.
Judge Foraker, of Ohio. here made prop
osition to nominate Blaine by reclamation, but
directly afterward withdrew his motion.
When Illinois was reached, both the audience
and the chair refused to allow the Logan dis
patch to I've read by Cullom. But when the
vote of the delegation was announced and
it was Seen that thirty-one Loganites had
gone over to Blaine, the audience once more
went into paruNysns. The final vote on the
fourth ballot was thus:
blane. 'oe
Arthur ~,
Edmunds. Observation-Disclosures. Al
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The scene in the convention, when the re-
suit of this ballot became assured in the mind
of every one present, will probably never be
forgotten by any one who witnessed it. Men
and women in the galleries sprang to their
feet, waving handkerchiefs, umbrellas, and
whatever other articles of wearing apparel
came handiest. On the floor the audience tore
down every piece of available bunting and dec
Grafton and waved it in the air in paroXysms
of enthusiasm. PROFESSIONS of delegates were
formed and paraded the aises, shouting and
yelling at the topmost pitch of their voices.
The noise was kept upfornearly half an hour,
rising and falling in volume like the mutter-
or the deafening howlings of Kansas cyclone
The motion to make the nomination of
Blaine unanimous was moved by Mr.. Burleigh
of New York. He promised for friends of
Arthur their hearty support, and to give
Blaine 10000 majority in New York State
Mr.. Mcpherson read a dispatch from the Pres
ident to Blaine, congratulating him and say
ing that he will have his earnest and cordial
support, A recess to s P. NJ. was then taken.
On reassembling in the evening about 200
delegates We're absent. Senator Plumb, of
Kansas, in speech, presented thu name of John
A. Logan, whereupon the audience roared
Justify The nomination was seconded by
Congressman Hauck, of Tennessee, and
favored in speeches by Judge Thurston, of
Nebraska, Senator Lee, of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr.. Horr, of Michigan, Mr. Clancy,
t,oloreCD of North Carolina
1t was then moved by Mr.. Robinson, of
Ohio, that Logan be nominated by acclama-
ton The motion was declared carried; but
upon call of States New York cast six votes
for Gresham and ten for Foraker, and a few
other votes were cast against Logan. A mo-
ton to make LOgans nomination unanimous
was carried and chairman Henderson then
declared the convention adjourned sine die.
Sketches of Blaine and Logan's Lives
James G, Blaine, Republican candidate for
President of the United States, was born
January 81, 1880, at the Indian Hill farm in
one of the heaviest land owners in Pennsyl-
vania, and the son spent several years of
his early youth at school in Lancas-
ter Ohio, where the subject Of our sketch
lived in the family of the Hon. Thomas Ewing,
who was at that time secretary of the treas
ury and an uncle of the future Senator.
Young Blaine entered Washington college at
W Washington, Penn, and graduated in 1S47 at
the age of seventeen years.
After his graduation Mr.. Blaine taught in
the schools of the neighborhood for
some years, at the same time making
quite a mark as a writer for magazines and
newspapers. In 1858 he went to Kennebec,
Me-, where he assumed the management of
the kennebec Journal. Shortly afterward he
TOOK control of the Portland Me- AdreTtiSer.
In 1913 Mr.. Blaine was elected to the Maine
legislature, serving four years At the be-
ginning of his last term of two years he was
elected Speaker of the House. In 1862, Mr..
Blame was sent to Congress from Maine At
once devoting himself to a study of the rules
and practices of the House. Mr.. Blaine be-
OF the ablest parlianentarians in
the lower body of Congress. He was repeat
edly elected to Congress from the same dis
ttrlct, and in 1869 was chosen Speaker of the
house His rulings while in that position are
sad 10 have been always prompt and general
~ accurate. One of his most noted speeches
In Congress was against what was known as
the " Ohio idea of paying the national debt
in greenbacks.
When the Republican national convention
was held in 1876, Mr. Blaine then still a mem
Der of Congress, was the most prominent can
didate for the nomination of President. but
Proctor Knots committee of investigation,
two days before the convention opened,
presented report charging Mr. Blaine
with certain improper transactions as
Speaker; and the PRONUNCIATION of these
charges by his opponents in the conven-
ton, at that critical moment, led to his de
feat Mr. Blaine denied these charges in a
speech made in the House, and read from the
"Mulligan" letters to show that the charges
against him were unfounded. In the final
vote. at the national convention Mr. Blaine
received 3j1 ballots TO 81 for Hayes. Not
outstanding his defeat, Mr. Blaine went into
the canvass and made many speeches for
Hayes
Mr. Blaine was sent TO the United States
Senate by the Maine legislature and entered
upon his duties in 1877. He voted against the
bill forming the electoral commission to settle
the presidential difficulty ON the ground that
1t was unconstitutional
In 1850 Mr. Blaine was again a candidate
for President before the Republican national