St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-09-23


presidents. The report was adopted and
amid great applause Gen. Hustled took the
chair. He spoke briefly. Among other
things he said that ''hOneSt government and
honest ballot, an honest count and protec-
ton to every form of American industry
will be forever the cardinal principles of
the Republican party. Applause. We
stand to-day on hallowed ground; on yon-
der mountain in sight of that historic battle
hill where the Continental soldiers won
the victory that made the nation, died the
great captain, who, by his great prowess
and his skill saved for all time
what the Continental soldiers had
gained. Under the shadow of that grand
name we meet here to-day to renew our
fidelity TO the principles for which he fought
and to fight it out ourselves on that line
until the leaves fall in November" TAp-
plause. At the conclusionsof Mr. Husted's
speech motion was made and adopted
that the convention proceed with the nomi-
nation Of candidates for governor. After a
brief discussion, during which an attempt
was made to adopt motion for an informal
ballot, Mr.. Charles d. Baker OF Steuben
county placed in nomination Ira Davenport
OF Steuben county. Mr.. L. S. Van Allen
Of New York city followed with tribute
to Hon. Levi 2. Morton, whose name he
placed in nomination. James 4. Dennison
OF RENSSELAER, county nominated Hon.
Joseph 3. Carr. and at the mention of the
name of the candidate the convention was
thrown into uprOariOus applause, repeated
again and again. Mr.. Robert Sewell of
New York seconded Gen. Cars nomina-
tion. AT the close of Mr.. Sewell'S
BRIEF BUT EARNEST EULoGIUM
there was more applause, Mr. Edward
Hatch OF Erie next occupied the platform
i'll the interest of Hon. James D. Warren,
the state committee chairman, and at the
mention of this veterans name there was a
good deal of applause, but the demOnstra-
ton was not equal in volume to that ac-
corded the preceding nominee. During a
pause III Mr.. Hatch'S remarks, a crowd of
several hundred men outside the line of
delegates shouted loudly for Swinburne,
the laboring mems candidate. Another
incident OF this speech was the hearty
applause aroused by the casual mention of
eN-President Arthur's name Andrew S.
Draper of Albany urged the convention to
nominate DR.. John Swinburne of Albany
county. AT the mention of the name there
was frantic burst of applause from the
doctors friends outside the convention.
Eugene Burlingame of Albany seconded
Swmburne'S nomination. Senator ArkeIl
nominated Joseph w. DreXel of New Y York.
Corporal Tanner of Brooklyn seconded the
nomination OF Davenport. The manned
veteran answered the shouts of platform"
''Platformw by a pertinent reference to the
difficulty he would have
IN GETTING TO THE PLATFORM.
Mr.. Edward Mitchell of New York nomi-
mated Cornelius n. Bliss Of New York. S.
Payne presented the name of Gen. William
II. Seward of Cayuga. A motion to ad-
Journ till morning was at this point very
decidedly voted down viva voce. A motion
for ali hours recess was likewise defeated
Mr.. George Bliss Of the committee on reso-
lutionS stated that the committee hoped for
All early adjournment tonight in order to
hear the representatives of the labor interest
and the soldiers interests before formulat-
ing platform. Applause Mr. Forest
moved that one ballot be taken and an ad-
Journment then had until morning; lost by
strong dissenting viva voce vote A mo-
ton to proceed TO ballot for governor was
then adopted and the roll was called by
districts. The first ballot resulted as fol-
lows: Davenport 105, Carr 205, Morton AZ,
Seward 81, Swinburne 81, Lowe 16, War
rem 137, DreXel 81, Bliss So, Cornell IL,
Evarts 1, Starin 1, Charles Andrews 1.
The whole number of votes cast was 691;
necessary for choice SAT.
At the conclusion Of the first ballot the
convention at $50 p. m. apjourned until
tomorrow.