The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1884-07-12

~ the nominees of their selection a
candidates. A telegram was reat
from the president of the New Yorl
produce exchange, stating the bust
ness men of New York were solid fol
Cleveland.
A delegate from Louisiana offered
. resolution providing that in case O
vacancies on the ticket for the office
of President or Vice-President u ma
jority of the national coommittet
shall have power to fill the vacancy.
There was SO much opposition made
to the resolution that it was with
drawn.
A delegate from Texas offered q
resolution declaring that the Demo.
cratic party in convention assem-
bled endorse the Morrison bill for
reduction of wal taxes. There was s,
storm of opposition to the resolution
and the chairman ruled it must be
referred TO the committee on resolu-
lions.
The convention then proceeded to
the call of the roll for nomination of
candidates for Vice>President. Searles
OF California, came to the platform.
He said California was q loving
mother to her children and they in
turn were devoted to her on her be-
half, and as a representative of the
delegation from the Pacific coast he
presented for their suffrage a man
who was eminent among his fell
low men, who in the councils
of the nation had been
prominent, who had led their
soldiers to battle, who had achieved
victory, who had assisted in uphold
ing the banner of the country, he
presented the hOn0red name of Gen.
VIM. r. ROsecranz, the hero Of
Stone river, the faithful soldier, the
grand old commander who was inn
pressed on the hearts of all the men
who served under him. [Cheers.
Branch, of Colorado, nominated
JOS. E. Mcdonald. Bacon, of Geor-
gia, said he was commissioned by
his delegation to present the name OF
q man, eminent in war and peace, q
distinguished commander, a gallant
soldier. Gen. John G. Black, of Ill
inOis. [Cneers1.
Mr.. Black expressed his apprecla>
ton of the high and unmerited COM
pliment to him, but he had come
here as the spokesman and the repre-
sentative of another citizen of the re-
public. He had put his hand in tho
hand of Joseph Mcdonald and while
that gentleman was before the con-
vention he could not oppose him in
any sense.
A telegram was read from Council
Bluffs, Iowa, stating the nomination
of Cleveland bad been received with
the widest enthusiasm; that the
thousands of democrats and hun
dreds of republicans were equally
cal tivated with it, and that Council
Bluffs would do her part toward car
ryiug Iowa for the democracy. A
delegate from Missouri seconded the
nomination of Mcdonald.
Faulkner, Of Mississippi, seconded
the nomination of ROsecranz. No
other candidate, he said, could come
SO near bringing together all old
brave soldiers, who fought on either
side in the war.
An Oregon delegate expressed the
united voice of Oregon in favor OF
Senator Wallace, of
Pennsylvania, said he nominated as
y candidate for Vice-President a man
conveIsant with public Office and af-
throughout his whole life (; an
honest statesman, a pure and upright
citizen, a victim of the grossest
fraud ever perpetrated on the
people-Thomas A. Hen
(Cheers.) Walter, of Con-
Dectlcut, seconded the nomination of
and said the Democratic
patty would in defiance of fraud and
IA accordance with law place him in
The chair of the Vice President.
The presentation of Mr.. Hendricks
name was greeted with enthusiastic
The convention repeating
10 a less degree the scene which took
place at the morning session in hon.
)r of the same gentleman. MenZies,
Indiana, declared very emphatic
lily that Mr. Hendricks was not and
Gould not be a candidate for the
Vlce-Presidency. He therefore
warned the convention not to do
that which it would have to undo. He
MenZies whether he was au-
horned to say that Mr.. Hendricks
not accept the unanimous
of the national demo-
cratic convention for the Office of
Vice>P President. Menzies repeated
lis statement
Waller, of Connecticut, said his
tate had no desire to force OH Indi-
ma a candidate against her will, but
his wasn't an Indiana convention.
t was a national convention and the
of the country had a right
o take u fit man from any place in it.
Cheers. II any man said he knew
nat Mr.. Hendricks, at this time, was
lot patriotic enough to take a NOM
rendered under those clrcum~
tances, he would withdraw his name
,ut with humiliation. Wallace said
hat Mr.. Hendricks had been once
'hOsen Vice-Presldent and been de-
Of the office. The Demo-
'racy of the republic demanded of him
gain his name as a candidate and
hey would not take no for an n
YER. He moved to suspend the
ules and nominate Thos. A.
as a candidate for Vice
President by reclamation.
Davis, of Virginia, united the
'oice of Virginia with that of the
Keystone State. (Cheers.)
Searles, of California, withdrew
he nomination of Rosecrans.
The other nominees were all
withdrawn one by one, so that
Ir. Hendricks alone remained be-
ore the convention.