Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-06-26
THE LAsr THREE BALLOTS.


 Mckinley y............,.... H 10 sherman ................. Z4A ZoA Alo toraker. r.................... reO 6rant.. ..............
 f1aymonu ........r......
 CHICAGO, June 26.-The middle hand of the great clock in the convention hall pointed to exactly three minutes after Il o'clock this morning when Chairman Estee called for order. An imposing crowd thronged the hail. The convention was opened with prayer from Rev. Arthur Edwards of Chicago. and the band struck up Nearer My God to Thee."
 An attempt was made by General Houston of Virginia to stave off the " dark horse" can ddate by offering resolution instructing the convention that no vote for any candidate who was not regularly placed in nomination should be counted. ChairmanlEste ruled it out of order.
 Mir. Boutelle of Maine thcn arose for a Ques- tion of privilege, and MT. Raymond of Cali fornia made the point of order that nothing was in order except to ballot. MT. Boutelle was given the floor, and he threw Blaine Do nbshell into the convention by saying: "MR. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CoNvENTIoN-I find myself somewhat embar- rassed in being thrown even into semblance l of ~ntagonism to the representatives of that
 
 1 have come here manifesting such devotion l to chieftian whose banner have followed 1 wi b pride and affection, To, these many years. | (Applause.) would like, were the occasion ap ropriate and did feel it proper, in view of the courtesy to which am indebted for an appearance here at all, to preface the an- l nouncement am about to make by some ex- l planatory remarks. shall not attempt to do SO. No one in this convention, no one in this l l. I A. where tho affection, the devotion and the alle- glance of the Republicans of Maine has been and always will be. (Applause.) No delegate here will doubt the regret with which dis eh..rge the duty imposed upon mo, but Mr. l President and gentlemen of the Conven- l tion, am under a constraint whfSh do not | feol at Liberty to ignore, and without attemt- 1 ing to give constructions or interpretations of l my own to tho language of one greater than | myself by far, I discharge my humble duty as the representative of the Maine delegation by reading to you without preface or comment l the following dispatch which have received To Boutele and Manley at Chicago:
 Earnestly request all friends to respect my 1 Paris letter. JAMES G. BLAINE.
 "That dispatch was received last night. l This morning have received the following : l think 1 have tho right to ask my friends | to respect my wishes, and refrain from vot- ing for me- Please mako this and former dispatch public. JAMES G. BLAINE. l There was great uprour when MT. Bou- tclle finished his speech. Consternation reigned. There was no room left to doubt | Blaines withdrawal from the race.
 The balloting was then beeuP amid the | greatest excitement.
 The first two ballots had no result, but on the third one Harrison was nominated.
 After the Tennessee vote had been cast Har- r;son was nominated the vote of that State giving him 4S1 votes. Sherman got only ] vote in Pennsylvania, and after that States vote was boiled the Harrison movement fair
 y swept the convention.
 | When the result of the ballot was announced
 a mighty cheer arose from 90O0 throats and tn band played See the Conquering Hero
 Cones.' Portraits of Harrison and flags , were waved and the applause continued fol If, en minutes.
 ''he roll was called again to verify the vote
 an it was found correct.
 Governor Foraker of Ohio moved that tho
 nomination be mado unanimous and Senator , Iocr of Michigan seconded the motion. Governor Foraker said: "We Ohioans cam, hore all Sherman men, now we are all Harri son men. We can the more easily suppor
 General Harrison, because he had the gool sense to be born in Ohio. l, therefore, by tn re uest of Ohio move that General Harrison' name be made unanim ous." (Cheers.) Senator Horr of Michigan in seconding th
 motion of Governor Foraker to make. tn
 nomination unanimous, said :e" All knew h.
 cane here to nominate General Alger. Al : knew he failed. He belonged to q tribe, how
 rvc:, which didn't think it knew everything a Michigan wanted soldier at the head of tn ucSct, and she has got one ill General Harri a som. tChecrs.) Michigan will give him he . l e:c...tnr:l yOte." ((Ireat upplauSe)
 l There were cries for Chauncey M. Depew . and New York's favorite son said: "Ne, ,- York seconds the. motion to make the nomi Q nation unanimous. good thing about thi !. convention is that no candidate sincerely eS , pectcd to win, and hence nobody is disaI
 DO nted. come from q cosmopolitan State } where any man who grew too big for his ow
 State came to Now York. predict the elet
 tion of Harrison in November"
 Il General Hastings of Pennsylvania followe 'l Dercw in behalf of Pennsylvania. He sai 9- he congratulated the convention, because h.d lit on its feet, and that Pennsylvania q Il II rendy gave Harr,son 100 000 votes.
 n Senator Henderson of Iowa followed Ger
 eral Hastings, and said: "I am full of sorrow
 not because the man of my cloice has nt
 b,on nominated in this convention, but be 3, cause the assembled wisdom here has nomi1 t, atcd q man against whom the Democracy cal re not say one single word. My heart is full ly pity for the quill drivers of the Democrat ar ,nrty. No nomination could have been mad
 Y tho Republican party which would find
 .-nrlncr response in the hearts of the Amer
 .a. people. He stands before you citize "a ..lcnrrup.iblc lifo and of gigantic intell 70 ril e. and against whose character no wor "a ca!umny dare be uttered and my firs d hnught was what can the Democracy SC ;n gs;nst him?' A soldier, a statesman, simp
 anhood, unbeguiled, tender hearted as
 :.eihcr. That is the kind of |, leader for u
 .;ncrcap people; that is the kind of stan,
 ,r.' bearer to reach tbe votes on the mounta 0e ". ; and in the valleys, in New York and a' cabin of the black man of the South. IL .'iowa sends me here to say that as we witt
 .r:,w our candidate, so do we promptly r . ld 10 the wise choice of the conventio at 1 il.i Iowa this fall, need not tell you, wi he stand where she has always stood-holdir
 the Republican banner in the vanguard
 freedom and liberty"
 Mr. Boutelle of Maine followed SenatI ul Henderson, and made an eloquent speed
 ipdorslng Harrison and eulogizing Blain
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