The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-26

interest of the party: and it was no
a question of what was to be done fC
success next fall. He believed tn
nomination of Harrison had mad
Indiana Republican. Now ther
was good chance to nam
a candidate for President, VIII
could with Harrison make New Yor
certain, Levi P. Morton could pole NOR
votes on the Pacific Coast than an
other living American, except tina
| great commander. James G. Blaine. II
heartily seconded the nomination O
Morton.
Governor Foster, of Ohio, also sec
onded the nomination. He said III
hopes of his state had been shattered
but Ohio would heartily support thu
ticket. He believed it good polite
to nominate L.. P. Morton foI
| Vice-President, as it would assure the
success of the ticket beyond doubt
He believed eight years ago the nomina
! ton of Arthur had made victory sure
because it had assured victory in New
York. Let the party now profit By
thai example and now do the same
wise thing and name Morton for the
second place.
Oliver. of South Carolina, also sec
OQuSu M OrlOn' s NOMINATION..
Hollowell. of Kansas, briefly but
earnestly seconded the nomination.
General Hastings, of Pennsylvania
forcibly seconded the nomination in a
short speech. Pennsylvania, he said
had instructed them to say it believed
the battlefield would be in New York
and the second State in the Union
should reach out Der hands to the En-
pire State OF the Union and give her
help. cloud applause.) AS God lived
Harrison and Morton would be victo-
tious.
Marsh, of Illinois, rose to second the
nomination of Morton, saying Illinois
proposed to do for the doubtful State
of New York what she had done for
the doubtful State Of Indiana. APP
plause.
General Chalmers, of Mississippi,
gave his political history and explained
how it was that he had lett the
Democratic party with It's hide bouud
notions, to Join the party of progress,
the Republican party. He was not in
eau for the second place on the ticket.
Balkalava. 1t might be grand, but it
and the best interests Of the suffering
people of the south demanded a man
from New York to stand with the man
from Indiana. (AppIanse). A cursory
remark which Mr.. Chalmers made to
the sffect that half of the Mississippi
delegation WAS composed of ex- Confeder-
ate soldiers was wildly appleuded.
Denny, of Kentucky, moved that
Morton's nomination Will be made
unanimous.
SSeEator eewell, of.ENew Jersey. see
onded the motion and promised the
full and hearty support of Phelps to
the ticket. The motion was agreed to,
and the chair declared Morton the
nominee of the convention for Vice
President.
On motion of Senator Farwell, the
committee OF notification, consisting of
one member from each State and Terri
tory was appointed aud the presi-
dent of the convention made him chair
man of the committee.
On motion of Hustled, of New York,
the national committee was directed to
provide in its call four years hence that
the Territory of Alaska shall have two
delegates TO the convention.
Boutelle, of Maine, then arose and
said in behalf of large number Of dele
gates he desired to move to suspend
the rules and adopt resolution to be
added to the Republican silent form
Oliver, of Pennsylvania, arose 20
point OF order, that it was not now in
order to offer resolution at this time.
The chairman stated that Boutelle's
motion was one to suspend tie rule,
which would require to be seconded by
two States, and could only be agreed to
By two-thirds vote.
Chairman-A sufficient number have
seconded the motion.
Senator Hiscock-I recognize all the
seconds.
The following states all seconded the
motion - Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Mississippi, Kansas,
Minnesota, illinois, Arkansas, Ala
bama, Nebraska, Delaware, Dakota,
New Hampshire and North Carolina.
Treat, of Delaware, said the little
State of Delaware felt proud it had
brought its few sheaves of wheat and
laid them at the feet of the destin-
guished statesman from Indiana.
How they had heard the cry from New
York. and it had better be needed; the
party wanted to win and it was best, now
that the convention had begun we'll,
that it should end we'll. He was afraid
that further continuation of Demo-
cratic rule might endanger the fish and
oysters of Delaware. He seconded the
of Morton. He wanted to
get Delaware out of the pawn shop of
Salisbury and Bayard. and the way TO
do it now, was to name men who are
sure to win in this fight.
McCelwee, of Tennessee, in brief
speech presented the name of William
z. Moore, of that State, as nominee
for the Vice Presidency.
Spears, of North Carolina. created the
sensation of the evening by humorous
speech which was highly appreciated by
the audience, and for which he was
warmly applauded. Mr.. Spears arose
in his chair and addressed the conVen-
ton as follows: "Mr. Chairman, in my
district of North Carolina, we are settled
largely by people from Scotland.
{ Laughter.) There is an old man there,
q member of the Presbyterian church,
by the name of McGTegor. iLaughter.)
He is an elder in our church. daughter.
Whenever Christmas holidays come and
they get some of our good brandy and
eggnog and the fiddle begins to play
(great laughter)-I am going to get to
paint. (Laughter.) Now, Mr.. Presi-
dent, l say that whenever holidays
come and when the fiddle starts up
McGregor is sure to dance. After being