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man, Edmunds and Logan we're heartily
applauded, but when Blaine was alluded to
as man whose splendid abilities and per.
sonal qualities had ene.cared him to the
hearts of his friends, and whose brilliancv
challenged the admiration of mankind, a
storm Of applause broke oait, and ON the
stage, the floor and the galleries men stood
up and waving their hats and handkerchief
cheered again and again. The women also
took part in the demonstration and waved
their fans and handkerchiefs. After the
tlrst storm OF applause had worn itself out,
1t was again renewed and once again, and
then the enthusiasm was as marked and in
tense as that which characterized the con-
vention Of 1880, at the time Of Garfield's
nomination. 1t was fully five minutes
before the chairman was able to resume
and finish his speech.
Awaiting the report Of the committee on
credentials, the convention at IL go ad.
Jour"ed to 7p'n.
EVENING SESSION.
Chairman Henderson called the conven.
tion to order at 1888 p. m., and made the
following announcements:
GENTLEMEN: There is coinmunica.
ton in the LANDS Of the secretary from. the
committee on credentials, which will b.
read to the convention.
The secretary read the communication,
as follows:
To the Chairman Of the Republican Ma.
tional Conventions:
SrR: The committee on credentials have
the honor to notify the convention that as
important business is occupying the time oi
the committee, the committee will not be
able IL report to the con yeution this even.
ing.
After short session, during which moth.
ing important ,ranspired, the convention
adjourned until ~ o'clock Thursday morn.
ing.
THIRD DAY-THCRSDAY.
Thursdays proceedings in the conven.
ton did not amount to much, and they are
omitted in the TRIBUNE.
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THE BALLOTINGS,
FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY.

FOURTH DAY-FRIDAY.
First ballot:-Arthur, c7l; Blaine, 33c-
balance was wired in mixed up condition
Second ballot:-Arthur, e76: Blaine, $40
Edmunds, IS; Logan, 81; John Sherman
IS; Gen. Sherman, Il; Elawley, 16; Lin.
coin, 4.
Third ballot:-Arthur, ,7+; Blaine, 81:
Edmunds, 7S; Logan, 60; remainder scat.
tering.
Bulletin, 4:4S p. m.-Fourth Ballot
Blaine, s+4; Arthur, 2o7; Edmunds, Al
Hawley, IS; Logan, 7; Lincoln, ,. The
nomination OF Blaine was made unanimous
THE latest news before going to press
was that Logan would be nominated for
Vice President.
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STRAYED OK STOLEN,

STRAfED OR STOLEN about September. 1883,
a dark hay mare, aged four years, branded l / On
shoulder stripe in face. running down one side oi
nose: left hind and right fore feet white. When
las, seen was in the field Of j. u. Crow. IN Horse
Prairie, and had sucking colt bv her side. \ re-.
ward Of SIS will be given for the recovery Of the
W. TATE TANl OR.
Spring Mountain, Idaho, June :, 1851. laws
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Farm for sale.

Situated m Meadow creek, Madison county. NJ
r. consisting If 40 acres nj dt;ovcrnment title
good buildings and COrras: 20 acres p!o'vtd land
g,nd ditch cOvrrin, the whole. good location
tor horses or CATTLE
For terms, address. GEORGE MOSHER.
All Dillon, Montana.
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The following is list Of Bishop Brew.
er's appointments in Southern Montana:
Melrcse, Thursday. July 10th.
Glendale. Sunday, july 18th.
Argenta, Tuesday, July 18TH.
Bann;ck, Wednesday, July 10Th.
Dillon, Sunday, July 10th.
The appointments at Sheridan and Vir.
ginia City have not yet been announced.
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TAKEN UP nv the subscriber, Horse Prairie.
in October, I>S3 gray ilnrsc, very light in color,
branded + on right hip The owner is requested!
t,' prove property and take the horse away.
Il. u. HAMILTON.
Horse Prairie, Mont, June, 4, lSS}. avs
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BORN

HUGHES. AT Dillon Montana, on Sunday. june
Ist, 1854, 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Hughes, a son.
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VICkSBURG.
The Offer to Surrender.

To THE EDITOR: Reading Comrade Fry's
account of the Vicksburg campaign brings to
mind an incident of the siege which, with your
permission, will relate. 1t was the morning
of July 8. The pickets of the 96th Ohio were
in the advance trenches. fronting the second
Texas fort, sharpshooting, covering our sap
pers, who were within six feet of the ditch
outside of the fort. Capt. Leonard, of Co. B.
familiarity known as Old Gray Eagle-was in
command. Suddenly a white handkerchief
appeared above the rebel parapet, followed i'm
mediately by two stalwart forms in neat gray
uniforms one of whom, in a loud voice, COM
manded, cease firing" as score of rifles
were leveled at them. In reply to Capt. Leon
ards question, "What is wanted? ?" they stated
they were empowered to negotiate terms Of
surrender, and asked to be conducted to our
commander. They came within our lines,
gave their names as Gen. Bowen and Col. Mont
gomery, were blindfolded and, in charge of
Serg't Lowry and a squad of the boys, were
conducted to our division commander (Gen. A.
J. Smith), who took them around to Gen.
GRANT,. H. CRAVEN, Goth Ohio. Crsventon,
Kan
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The Charge at Jackson.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue of the 9th
inst, in the very interesting story of the siege
Of Vicksburg the writer says one of Ord's Di-
visions Laumsn'sl came too near the rebel
lines at jackson and was roughly handled.
He also says, 1--WE came from the North on the
Path of May" The writer is mistaken both in
regard TO our coming from the North and in
regard TO the division coming too close to the
enemy's lines at Jackson. The regiments COM
posing our division were all veteran regiments
with the exception of the 33d Wis, which
Joined our division in the Fall of 1862 Ours
was the Fourth Division, Seventeenth Corps,
but at the siege of Vicksburg we were tempo
rarily attached 10 the Thirteenth-Ord's. The
division commander was Gen. J. G. Lauman.
We were in the rilie-pits before Vicksburg from
May "A to July a. On July we received
marching orders, when we started after Joe
Johnston towards Jackson, in front of which
place we arrived on the 18th. On the following
morning July l2) the First Brigade was or
dered to advance and take position in strip OF
woods. When we got to that position Gen.
Lauman ordered us TO charge the rebel works,
behind which were between five aud six thou
sand infantry, with Is pieces of artillery With a
cheer we started at quick time. Then, as we came
closer TO the rebel works, we went at a double.
quick. The rebels opened on US with grape
and canister at short range. Our ranks were
thinned out terribly. We did not fire a single
shot until within 40 yards of the rebel works,
when we were ordered TO lie down and fire,
but the rebel fire was so terrible that orders
were given to retreat, which we did under a
whitening fire from the enemy's infantry and
artillery. The brigade was composed of the
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CHICK M AUGA.
Who Did the Best Fighting In That Bait

To THE EDITOR: In your issue dated Oct
Comrade ii. II. Wickham, Of Co. A, 92d Ohio
in his denial that the 21st Ohio did the best
fighting at the battle of Chickamauga Sept. 10
and 20, 1863 shows Turchin's Brigade as the
First Brigade Third Division, Fourteenth
Corps, in which he is incorrect. Gen. Tur-
chin's Brigade at the battle mentioned was
composed of the 18th, Seth, seth and 92d Ohio
and 18th KY, and the 21st Ind. battery, and
was the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Four
teeBth Corps and was so known up to Novem-
Der, 1863, when the brigade was broken up,
anu the infantry went to the First Brigade,
Third Division. also under command of Gen.
Turchin, the battery being then attached to
the artillery reserve. The Army of the Cum
berland went back to Nashville Tenn, and
were stationed at Columbia, Tenn, until No.
vember, 1864; then going to Nashville to &C
commodate Gen. Hood. After the battle of
Nashville, December, 1864, we went back to
Columbia, and were there until muster out,
June 1865. AS for the claim that the 21st
Ohio did the best fighting at Chickamauga, 1
think, as Comrade Wickham does, that our
brigade was stationed on the hottest part Of the
ridge on the Goth Of September, 1863 and 30
acknowledged by Gen. Thomas and others
while on the battlefield. Our position was the
first brigade to the left of the center Of the line
! must say, though, that / do not approve of
this thing of any one organization claiming to
in the Army Of the Cumberland, as we all gen.
orally stood up to the rack when called upon
to do so. / should like TO hear from some of
the old brigade again through the columns of
THE tribune and especially from John C..
Rigg. late private of Co. A, 36th Ohio, who was
captured at Chickamsuga and saw the inside
of Andersonville, Ga.-JoHN A. VAN DoREN,
Private, 2lst Ind. Battery, Washington, d. G.
THE THIRD BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION, FOUR
TENTH CORPS.
To THE EDITOR: Allow me to correct mis-
take made by II. FL. Van Camp, Co. c, 2lst
Ohio. The Third Brigade, Third Division,
Fourteenth Corps, was composed at the battle
of Chickamauga of the 9th and 35th Ohio, I'd
Minnesota and S7th Ind.-the latter being the
regiment to which belonged. / have been a
subscriber of THE TRIBUNE for two years, and
have heard nothing from any of the S7th boys.
j was wounded there Sunday, the Goth, and was
sent back to Nashville, where my arm was am
putated; and have never heard how the regi-
ment came out of the battle. Can any of the
survivors inform me through these columns of
the fate of the regiment.-W. w. TIBBETTs, Co.
B. S7th Ind, Stanbcrry, Cent? Co., Mo.
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YELLOW TAVERN.
Who Took the Guns In the Great Cavalry Battle
Thercl

To THE EDITOR; In THE TRIBUNE Of July
81, Serg't L. E. Trip, 9Th Mich. Cav, in de-
scribing the cavalry fight at Yellow Tavern,
gives the credit of taking the battery to the LIST
vt. Cav. The Sergeant is mistaken. The boys
who charged and took those guns were the LIST
Mich, led by Gen, Custer in person. quote
from Clusters report of the fight. He says:
The enemy was strongly posted on a bluff in rear
of thin skirt of woods-his battery being
cealed by the woods The edge of the woods
est my front was held by tile enenly's dismounted
men, who poured a heavy fire into my line. The
5th and 9th Mich ordered to dismount and
drive the enemy from the position, which they did
In the most gallant manner. On reaching the
woods ordered Col. Alser to establish the 9Th and
9th upon line near the skirt of the woods. and
sonal examination of the grounds discovered that
a successful charge might be made upon the bat
terry of the enemy by Keeping we'll to the right.
With this intention formed the LIST Mich In COL
umn of squadrons under cover of the woods. ut the
same time directed Col. Alger and Mai. Kidd,to
move the 5th and 9th Mich. forward to occupy the
attention OF the enemy on the left; HeatOn's bat
terry to engage him in front, while the LIST Mich.
charged the battery In flank. As soon as the LIST
Mich moved from the cover Of the woods, the
enemy OWNED our intention and opened q brisk
fire from his artillery. Before the battery could be
reached there were five fences to be opened and
bridge to cross over which 1t was impossible to
pass more than three at time. Yet. notwth-
standing the obstacles, the LIST Mich. advanced
boldly to the CHARGE and when within 200 yards of
the battery. charged with yell, which spread ter
ror before them. Two pieces OF cannon. two lin
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CAPTURED IN TEXAS.
How Gen. Tuiggs Turned Traitor.

To THE EDITOR: 1 have been waiting q
long time to hear from some of the boys of the
old Sth u. s. Inf. who were prisoners of war in
Texas from the 9th day of May, 1861, to the
25th day of February, 1863. have got tired
of waiting so / will advance the picket-line.
We will go back to the year 1860. At
that time our regiment was scattered over an
immense tract of territOry-CO. b at Fort
Buchanan, Arizona; Co. K at Stanton, N.
NJ; Co. E, Fort Fillmore, N. M; Co. F,
Fort Quitman, Texas; Co. /, Fort Bliss,
Texas; Co. III, Fort Davis, Texas; Co. C, Fort
Stockton, Texas; Co. ID, Camp Hudson Texas
all guarding the overland mail rOute,-Co
A at San Antonio; so you see what an extent
of country we were guarding from the Apache
Indians The Winter of 1861 was trying
time for US, with dis!oyal officers and rebel
citizens trying to get US to desert and join
them. In March, 1861, all of the companies
were ordered to Fort Davis, Texas, and
obeyed the order, with the exception of
Cos. A, G and ID, who were further down
the country, and got away from Texas.
1t was understood by the men that We
were to turn over all Government property to
the State of Texas; in return they We're to
furnish US ratiOns and transportation to the
coast. We fulfilled our part of the contract.
Now let US see how they did theirs. We left
Fort Davis with about 800 men, under COM
mand of Col. i. V. ID. Reeves, for long, weary
march of about 400 miles to the coast, which
we reached by different road in two years
from the time we left Fort Davis. We came
down the country to Fort Clark. At that
place there are two roads, one leading up the
hill to the fort the other to the left to the
bottom lands. On the hill were six pieces of
artillery loaded with canister. If we had gone
toward the fort they would have fired into US !;
but we took the other road. That was the latter
part of April. At that time we did not know
that they had fired on Fort Sumter; nor did we
hear OF it till we were captured, about two weeks
after, rs they had stopped all mail or traffic
on the road that we were marching over. We
came on within about nine miles of San Anto-
mia, Texas, where the rebel General Van Dorm
demanded our surrender. We were $50 miles
from the coast, so we were caught like rat in
a trap We surrendered on the 9th day of
May, 1861, through the treason of one whom
we thought an honorable soldier, as some of
the men served under him in Mexico We
could not believe that Gen. David E. Twigg
could become the traitor he did, butw realized
it before the next two years were over. Will
some of the comrades write their experience at
San Antonio and other Texas prisons in the
Winter of 1862 ?-WM. Rowland, Co. E, 9Th
U. s. Inf, Auburn, N. Y.
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The l2Ist Pa. at Fredericksburg.

To THE EDITOR: Carleton" in his splendid
article, Saving the Nation" No. XII, in your
issue of Sept IL. 1884, in describing Gen.
Meade's attack. names the Pennsylvania Re-
serves as the troops that made the attack. Now,
/ have to take the liberty to criticize him q
little. My regiment (the l21st Pa was bril-
gaded Wi n the noble Pennsylvania Reserves.
and partic. pated in that terrible and bloody
attack and shared with them the glory, if
there was any glory in it, and met with the
terrible defeat, as Carleton informs US. AS
an old soldier like to see fair play, and think
that Carleton" when he names any particular
body of troops in so celebrated a case as the at
tack on the left, should name all. feel
that my regiment has been sighted in the
above case, and would like to have you correct
this error of ''Carleton's." regiment that
fought as ours did tas any of the Pennsylvania
Reserve regiments will testify, should not be
overlooked III making up history. AS none of
the officers of my regiment seem to take enough
interest in the matter, l, as q private, will
ALFRED KOCH, Co. F, 121st Pa, East Sandy,
Venanso Co., Pa.
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bers Of ammunition. and q number of prisoners
were the fruits of this charge.
AS remember the affair after more than 20
than taking them, until some dismounted men
came up on our left and opened hot fire from
their Spencers on the enemy. These men
understood at the time to be the 18th Mich.
Should the above be deemed insufficient to
substantiate my version of who took the guns
at Yellow Tavern, l will ask the survivors of
the old LIST to bear me out in my statement,
and Comrade Trip will find the boys as 10th
to let go their laurels as they were determined
in hanging on to the guns.-R. MILLER, Serg't
LIST Mich. Cav, Waseca, Mimi.
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The Man Who Opened the Atlanta Campaign.

To THE EDITOR: suppose it is not gener-
ally known that there lives in this town the man
who opened and closed the Atlanta campaign.
So far as the artillery was concerned, he fred
the first three shots, to commence with, at
Buzzards Roost and the last shot at JonesbOro,
Ga, and during the time he fired the first three
shots into the city of Atlanta, one of which
struck the courthouse, doing an immense
amount of damage to the building. Soon after
that he was taken prisoner and started for
Andersonville on the cars with some Indiana
soldiers, who were taken prisoners at the same
time and as they were singing "Where There's
Will There's Way" he jumped out of the
car and was shot at several times, but escaped
being hit, and got back to his battery in time
to close the campaign. His name is L. O. Craig,
and he belonged to Battery d, LIST Ohio Light
Art, First Brigade, Third Division Twenty
third Corps, and he now belongs to George
Harlend Post, No. 339, Of Alliance. O.--J. c.
LINDSEY, Co. G, 18th Ohio, Atwater, o.
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A Widows Anpeal,

To THE EDITOR: am a widow trying to
get pension, as my husband never returned
and his fate We have not been able to learn.
am needy, and in my old age as my husband
fight for the Union. / would ask you kindly
to put little notice in your paper, as some oil
his comrades that may live and have been
with him at AndersOnville Prison may know
something about his death and would greatly
aid me by letting me know. My husbands
name was John C. Hairless, and be enlisted at
Ironton, Lawrence Co., Ohio. in Co. F, 9th
Ohio. February Z, 1864. Last heard from in
Andersonville Prison.-ELIzA HAIRLESS, Dob
son, Lawrence Co., Ohio.
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Soldiers Graves,

To THE EDITOR: wish to inquire through
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE the names, CON-
panies and regiments of the soldiers buried at
Old Fort Morgan, Col. We old soldiers who
live here intend to start a GAR. Post, and
want a record of those graves that we may dec
crate them on Memorial Day. The fort was
established 1865. and any information regard
ing the occupants of these lonely graves will be
thankfully received. l would also like some
one to write a history of the First Brigade,
First Division of Cavalry, composed of the sth
Iowa, 4th KY, LIST Tenn. 9th KY, and I'd Mich.
Cav.-W. A. MARVIN, Co. F, I'd Mich. Cav,
Fort Morgan, Col.
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If Tour Cough is Growing More Troublesome,

If Tour Cough Is Growing More Troublesome,
If you are losing flesh and strength and are
beginning to have night-sweats or any of the
well-known and alarming symptoms that indi-
cate pulmonary trouble, write to Drs. Starkey
& Palen, 11O9 Girard ST., Philadelphia, stating
your case clearly, and ask their opinion as to
your condition, and whether they have treated
similar cases with their new Vitalizing Reme-
dy 1t gill cost yOH nothing, as they make no charge
for consultations They will, at the same time
that they reply to your inquiries, furnish you
with such documents and reports Of cases as
will enable you to determine whether in your
own case cure is possible.
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4Ist and SD H., Sd Iowa, sd Wis, with the
2Sth from the Third Brigsde-in all, ISL men,
commanded by Col Isaac C. Pugh, Of the 41st
Ill. Our loss was terrible. my own regiment
the 4lst) alone losing $50 men; the others
losing equally with use. II. ULMER, Co. Z,
AIsf Ill kcrlin ILL
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Ayers SarsqparM

Is the only remedy that can be relied upon,
In all eases, to eradicate the faint of hered-
of the blood. 1t is the only Alternative
that is sufficiently powerful TO thoroughly
cleanse the system of Scrofnlous and
Mercuria1 impurities and the pollution
of Contagious Diseases. 1t also neu-
traliZes the poisons left by Diphtheria
and Scarlet Fever, and enables rapid
recuperation from the enfeeblement and
debility caused by these diseases.
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HERRON'S DIVISIONS.
GEO. w. SLADE, MankatO, Mimi.

W.P. Cowrey, LIST Kan. Battery, Blue Mound,
Kan, writes as follows: Comrades Knapp, Nor
ton and Cane are mistaken in regard to the
time of day Blunt's command arrived On the
field at the battle of Prairie Grove. 1t arrived
at about o'clock p. m. l think the account
of the battle is correct except in that one par
ticuiar
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Are They ALI Dead .

To THE EDITOR: Will you please let me
know, through your paper, where was the 5th
Wis. at the taking of Marye's flights, and if it
was in that engagement at all? l cannot see a
word about it in my papers. The Wisconsin
boys must be all dead, / guess.-WILLIAM II.
DoLAN, Deming, Grant Co., New Mexico.
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ROBUST Health

Is not always enjoyed by those who seem
blood may be secretly undermining the
constitution. In time, the poison will GER
tainy showits effects, and with all the more
yirulencc the longer it has been allowed
to permeate the system. Each pinple, sty,
boil, skin disorder and sense of unnatural
iassitudc, or languor, is one of Natures
warnings Of the consequences Of neglect.
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Can't Keen House Without the Tribune,

To THE EDITOR: We can't keep house with
ont THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE--S. Z. GUTHRIE,
Co. E, SSH ILL.,, Grinnell, Iowa.
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MyriadS of Cures

Achieved by AYERS SARsAPARILLA, IN
the past forty years, are attested, and there's
Is no blood disease, at all possible Of cure,
that will not yield to it. Whatever the
ailments of this class, and wherever found,
from the scuryy of the Arctic circle to the
''veldt-sores" of South Africa, this REM
edy has afforded health to the sufferers
by whom It was employed. Druggists
everywhere can cite numerous eases, with
In their personal knowledge, of remark
able cures wrought by it, where all other
treatment had been unayailing. People
will do well to
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For GAR, Masonic, and sll other society
goods send for catalogue to E. A. Armstrong,
Detroit, Mich.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-04-10
TIE MISSOURI WOOL GROWERS.


fourth Annual Meeting of the Missouri
Wool-Growers Association Mt Kansas
City. II
KANSAS, CITY, Mo-, April 4.
The fourth annual meeting of the Missou-
riwool growers begun here yesterday with
public shearing at Rlverview Park.
Twenty-seven full-blooded merinos were
sheared, averaging eighteen pounds of
fleece, which is considered the best aver
age yet shown in the State. The highest
weight of fleece was thirty-one pounds
and six ounces. The attendance was
large and great interest was mani
tested. Last night the association
met at the St. James Hotel,
where they were welcomed by Mayor Glib
son and prominent citizens. The session
will last three days. The following Off
GERS were elected for the ensuing year:
H. V. Pragsley of Plattsburg, President;
G. III. Wallace of Lees Summit, Vice.
President; L. L. Seller of Osborn, Secre-
tary; N. H. Gentry of Sedalia, Treasurer.
The annual address was delivered by Prof.
Sandborn of the State Agricultural Col
lege at Columbia. Leading wool growers
from all parts of the State are here, and
the meeting is doubtless the most sue
cessful ever held.