The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1888-07-04
A MOMENTOUS MESSAGE.
TIE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY TO
GROVER CLEVELAND.

TIE NATIONAL DEMOCRACY TO
GROVER CLEVELAND.
Presentation to the President at Washing
Ing Of the Official Notification of His
Renomination--Mr. Cleveland Receives
the Delegation and His Answer Is, as
Always, Fitted to the Occasion.
WASHINGTON, June 26.-The National
Democratic Committee and the ratifca-
ton committee appointed by the late
Democratic Convention to notify Cleve-
land and Thurman OF their nomin nation for
President and Vice-President met at the
Arlington Hotel to-day.
The notification committee met at 10
o'clock with the Hon. P. A. Collins, OF
Massachusetts,, in the chair and Thomas
S. Petit, of Kentucky, as secretary.
The proceedings were conducted in
secret session. The committee ad-
journed at - o'clock, and it was an
nounced that it had decided to notify
the President at 2 o'clock to-day, and
also to leave Washington tomorrow
evening for Columbus, Ohio, to notify
Thurman.
The letter of notification was sub
mitted to the committee by MIR. Jacob,
of Kentucky, and was accepted by the
committee. The letter was signed by
all those present. The committee also
accepted an invitation from Secretary
Whitney to visit his country home at
Grasslands tomorrow afternoon.
The following is the notification COM
mittee:
Alabama, J. b. Caldwell; Arkansas.
Wilson Hemingway; California, W. D..
English; Colorado, G. Barela; Connec-
ticut, W. b. Barnum; Delaware, E. B.
Cochran; Florida, j. B. Prout; Georgia,
John Triplett; Illinois, J. s. Ewing;
Indiana, A. W. Conduit; Iowa, W. W.
Baldwin; Kansas, S. F. Nicely; Ken
lucky, c. D. Jacobs; Louisiana, John
Fitzpatrick; Maine, r. W. Black; Mary
land, VIM. S. Wilson; Massachusetts,,
Charles D. Lewis; Michigan, s. F. Nc
Garry; Mississippi, John W. Allen;
Minnesota, John Lutewig; Missouri,
J. N. Burts; Nebraska, John McShane;
Nevada, James S. Mooney; New Hamp-
shire, G. B. Chandler; New Jersey,
Moses Bigelow; New York, Solomon
Schen; North Carolina, T. ". Strange;
Ohio, M. V. Ream; Oregon, j. l..
Cowan; Pennsylvania, r. S. Patterson;
Rhode Island, Isaac Bell, Jr.; South
Carolina, Leroy Springs; Tennessee, M.
T. Bryan; Texas, W. II. Pope; Yer
mont, J. D. Hanrahan; Virginia, B. B.
Gordon; West Virginia, B. F. Harlow;
Wisconsin, r. r. Kirkland; District of
Columbia, Lawrence Gardner; Utah,
W. M. Terry; Wyoming, j. B. Dixon;
Arizona, G. q. Berry; Washington
Territory, j. J. Browne; Montana,
James Sullivan; New Mexico, Rafael
Romero; Idaho, John John M. Selcott.
Honorary Members A. Collins,
Massachusetts,; Thomas s. Petit, Ken
tucky; Basil Gordon, Virginia.
All the members Of the committee
were present at the meeting this morn
ing excepting E. B. Cochran, J. B.
Proutt, John Fitzpatrick, Solomon Schen
and J. L. Cowan.
TIE MARCH TO THE WHITE HOUSE.
The notification committee, accom-
panied by members of the National
Democratic Committee and the Colum-
bia Democrctic Club of the District of
Columbis, met at the Arlington Hotel
at 1.30 o'clock this afternoon and, form
ing into pairs, marched to the White
House. They were ushered into the
East room and ranged themselves in a
circle in the south end of the room.
Palms filled all the windows and alcoves
in that portion of the room, and potted
plants decorated the mantels.
THE PRESIDENT APPEARS.
The President was notified of their
arrival and descended to the East room,
accompanied by the folloWing-named
persons:
Mrs. Cleveland, the Rev. VIM. N.
Cleveland, the Presidents brother, and
his wife, of Forestport, N. Y, Mrs. W.
E. Hoyt, the Presidents sister, of
Fayetteville, N. Y, Mr.. and Mrs. La
mont, Mr.. ". S. Bissel, of Buffalo, all
of whom were present at the ratification
of his first nomination; MIR. Bayard,
Mr.. and Mrs. Fairchild, Mr.. and Mrs.
Whitney, Mrs. Endicotf, Mr.. Villas, Mr..
and Mrs. Dickinson, Mr.. Benjamin
Folsom and Speaker Carlisle. Their
approach was the signal for general
clapping of hands on the part of the
visitors, and as soon as the party had
taken their places Gen. Collins stepped
forward anu addressed the President as
follows:
CHAIRMAN coL11Ns's SPEECH.
"Mr. Cleveland, we come as q COM
mittee authorized and instructed by the
National Democratic Convention re-
Gently held at St. Louis to convey for
NAL notice of its action in naming you
for the Office of President Of the United
States during the next four years.
cit would Ill become the occasion or
your presence to express at length the
full meaning and significance of that
great assembly. Its expression will be
found and heard elsewhere and other
wise, from now till that day in Novem-
ber when this free and intelligent people
will record their approval of your great
services as Chief Magistrate.
"We beg to congratulate you upon
this hearty and unanimous endorsement
of your course as President by the great
historic party to which in all the days
of your manhood you have belonged,
and to congratulate the country upon
tba oeeuro5 continuance of vonr uisa