The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-07-14
'TOLDNORTON THE NEWS
Tine Notification Committee Waits
Upon Him This Afternoon.
,vroRMED OF HIS NOMINATION
chairman Estee Delivers the Address
detailing the Action of the National
Convention at Chicago-AIr. Nor
toms Reply-His Letter
OF Acceptance

Morton of his nomination for the
presidency, were astir early this
norninr. Judge NJ. M. Estee, of Cali
f7ruia, chairman Of the committee, was
EPeeiving visitors in parlor + of the
HUrrav Hill Hotel at 8 o'clock. Secre-
ury Dougherty worked most of the
n rht and looked wearied this
morning. He went to the Grand
Central depot at 8 O'Clock.
ana when he returned to the committee
parlor he found half dozen of the
delegates awaiting him. As they
sEalled in Capt. Dougherty had each at
tx his signature to the address which
will be presented to Mr.. Morton. The
document is very brief and general in
ts terlns, filling less than single page
0l parchment paper. Delegates Hem
dicks, Root and Carson, the col
Ured contingent, did not meet
the party at the hotel and were
not at the depot when the committee
entered the special drawing room car at
ha;f past 10 o'clock. Ex-Gov. Charles
Foster Of Ohio, did not accompany the
committee. The other gentlemen com
po-Ing the committee all ileft substi-
tutes in their place. The.delegates will
return on the O'Clock train this after
noon and many will remain IN town un-
iil thursday of next week. Chairman
tstec will spend next week at Long
BmnCh.
The parlOr car Marietta, occupied by
'he committee, was attached to the New
YORK Central express train that left the
Grand Central Depot at 1913 o clock this
morning. Soon after starting, Secretary
Dogghsrty convened the committee for
a nge ung on ways and means, and each
member of the committee then deposit-
td with the secretary his pro rata share
Of the expense of transportation. The
time OF the trip was consumed in dis
cHssing the political situation.
1t RhInebeck the committee was met
tya local committee and amid cheering
and booming of cannon escorted to
Huntington Place, where Mr.. Morton is
living.
Mr.. Morton arrayed in black clothes
and looking IN splendid health, stood
IN the center of his drawing room and
received the committee. Mrs. Morton.
handsome aad elegantly attired, stood
beside her husband during the
notification ceremony. Mrs. Nor
tons mother, Mrs. Street, and
her brother, w. L. Street, and a
number of friends of the family, were
grouped in the rear. The speeches were
short and to the point. Chairman Estee,
cad IN black frock coat, wearing a
Harrison and Morton badge, was ush-
cred INTO the drawing-room snd ad-
yauted to within few feet of Mr.. Nor
ton. Immediately behind came the
other members of the commit ae. Mr..
Estee then delivered the address as fol-
lows.
The national convention OF the Re-
publican party recently assembled in
Chicago, nominated as its candidate for
president Gen. Harrison, and with equal
unanimlty selected you as its nominee
for viCe-president. By order of that
convention we were appointed a COM
mlttee to notify its nominees of their
selection. This pleasant duty has
been in part performed in
giving Gen. Harrison, your associate up
onthe ticket, that notification. 1t only
remains for us to discharge the further
duty conferred upon us, by this official
notice TO YOU. The country has already
passed judgment upon your selection,
and It has met such universal approval
that It Is only left this committee to add
Its own expression of their high appre-
cation OF your own personal qualities,
as well as their confidence in your emi-
hent htness for the position TO yhich
the deliberate Judgment of the conven-
uon assigned YOU. In conclusion, we
oeileve that this notification to YOU will
mol De g meaningless formality, but that
youf Nomination will result il tri-
Qnphant election"
NJ. Morton replied as follows:
VI n
TIE COMMITTEE: | am profoundly sensi-
ble Of the high honor which has been
conferred upon me by the National
Republican Convention recently in ses-
sion at Chicago, and thank YOU, gentle
men, Tor the courteous and compliment
ary terms III which you have officially
announced my nomination as the can
~ aate ofthe Republican party for the
presidency. | am also deeply sen
slole Of the honor conferred upon me
state OF New York in the selection of
cllzen OF this state as one OF the stand
ara bearers in the approaching peace
!ul conflict OF the two great political
parties OF the country for supremacy in
governmental control. New York rep
Iesents 70 a large degree the business
interests OF all those ever-growing and
Wider spreading communities of varied
interests and industries which it is the
mission of the Republican party to fos-
ter and protect. The platform SO wisely
adopted at Chicago has this mission
boldly in view and by its enunciation of
these principles makes the issue clear
and distinct. | accept the position
rendered by the convention, of which
yoq are the honored representatives
ana viii in due time address to you,
Mf. Chairman, an official communica-
Ton to that effect"
After Mr.. Morton had finished speak
ing he invited his visitors TO luncheon,
winch was ready to be served on the
g,i gg,4iteony al the south side of the house.
ue view from the balcony is a beautiful
one. Rich wooded land extends as far as
lAg eye can see, and at the bottom of a
valley q brook bubbles along, In the
distance the Fiskhill Mountains stand in
prominence. Mr.. Estee gave a toast,
! ,lhe Next Vice President, y to which
Af. Morton gracefully replied. The
party then re-entered their carriages
ana were driven to Ellerslie, where
s,aey had delightful time inspecting
df. Morton's new park, and will return
y the city at o'clock this evening.