Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-05-28
GRESHAM AND DEPEW.
This is the Ticket No1nina-
ted by Yankton's Nation
al Convention.
A Stirring time ct Turner Hall Satur.
day Evening---The Candidates
E!sgueniIy Presented.

Too much credit cannot be given Prof.
Swain, cs yanAtcn college, for planning
and successfully executing the mock
republican convention which closed at
Turner hall on Saturday evening. Con-
nected with the preliminaries of the
convention there was a great deal OF
hard work, and Prof.sSwain may accept
the SUCCESS OF it as q compliment to
himself. An event OF a more entertain
ing nature WAS never held in this city,
while as an instructive arrangement it
was great value to the young men who
attended.
On Saturday evening at 7:S0, to which
hour the convention adjourned, Chair
man Campbell called the convention to
order and the regular order OF business
was resumed.
In accordance With instructions from
the convention on Friday night, the
committee on platform made q second
report, reporting the platform as pre-
sented on Friday night with two adj
ditional planks, n being the clause
pledging she republican party TO the
support OF the move to bring about the
admission OF south Dakota and the other
a clause pledging the party to the pro.
hibition movement.
After the platform had been %announc-
ed the convention proceeded to act
upon the report OF the committee.
A motion to adopt it as q whole was
lost and then the convention proceeded
to discuss tho platform by seetions. The
plank bearing upon civil service reform
excited a spirited debate between Col,
Hughes East, who argued for the out
ting ont of that plank, aHd ReY. d. F.
Bradley, who argued to retain it in the
platform.
The prohibition plank also excited
considerable discussion, but q motion to
adopt the report of the committee ex-
cept that plank was lost by q large ma
iority.
The platform was finally adopted as
reported and the chairman announced
that the next order of business was the
presentation OF candidates for NOM
~ination for the presidency. The method
of nominating was as follows: A call
Of the states was made and as.each state
was named tho chairman of the dele
CATION therefrom arose and nominated
the choice of his delegation
-L .AfLHr # .
The call OF the states proceeded and
the responses were as follows:
Alabama-John L. Pennington. jr.,
nominated Walter @. Gresham.
Uonnecticut-F. A. Burdick nomina-
ted ]. r Hawley.
Illinois-L. B. French seconded non.-
nation Of Gresham.
Indiana-W. b, 81, Beadle nominated
Benjamin Harrison.
Observation-Disclosures Ward sec
onded nomination OF J. r. Hawley.
Mlchigan-G. q. CLARK endorsed
nomination Of Gresham.
Ohio-R. j. Gamble nominated John
Sherman.
Oregon-W. j. Bruce offered an in
ducement to nominate James Ct. Blaine,
Pennsylvania. K. Faulk nominated
James G.. Blaine,
South Dakota-F. B. Riggs seconded
the nomination OF Sherman.
Texas-E. M. O,Brien endorsed the
nomination of Blaine.
Virginia-H. q. CLARK endorsed Blaine
West Virginia-E. A. Maglone nomi-
mated Robt. T. Lincoln.
wisconsin,. A. Bruce endorsed
Gresham. Minority report by D. p
Wilcox nominated Miss Frances e.
Willard.
Utah-B. P. Gray seconded the nomi'
nation of Miss Willard.
This concluded the nominations.
Many oi the nominating speeches wer'
full Of eioquencs and power, and exotic
ment ran high during their delivery
The addresses OF Rev. F. a. Burdiek
R. J. Gamble, q. A. MaRlone. General
Beadle, DIR. Ward, Phil K. Faux, u. B
French and others were very interesting
and loud applause inside listening to the
speeches q difficult matter.
Upon the first ballot, the result wal
as follows:
Gresham, 176 votes; Blaine, 1879; Sher
man; 1854; Harrison. 38; Hawley, 56
Lincoln, IS; Miss Willard, s; Allison, 80
Depew, "a; Geo. +. Edmunds, 8; (Chsun
cey N. Depew and Sen. Edmunds wer,
placed in nomination after the ballotinl
had begun.)
No candidate having received the re
quired majority, the call Of states wa
again ordered and the second ballot re
suited as follows:
4 Gresham received 5Ss votes. Blain
received $40 votes, Allison received a
votes.
Mi. Gresham having receiveda major
ty Of the votes was declared the nominet
The convention then proceeded t
nominate o candidate for vice president
Chauncey M. Depew, Joseph r. Haw
ley, Geo. F.. Edmunds and James 7
Witherspoon were nominated. Dope,
received 565 votes. Rswley 1874 yotel
= Eamands 90 votes, Withsrspooa
! votes, Butler 4 votes.
> Nh. Depsw having received . maiorit
was declared the nominee of the CONVEX
tion for the vice president.