Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-06-29

coLuxBus, o., June 2s.-The notification
committee, appointed at the recent Ma
honal Democratic Convention, after com
pfeting the pleasant task of extending
to President Grover Cleveland their for
NAL letter and congratulations, arrived
here yesterday morning to 20 through
similar formalities with Judge Allen G.
Thurman, Democratic nominee for Vice
President. At the depot the COMMITTEES
was met by gentlemen appointed as com.
niittees from the local Democratic clubs OF
this city.
The members of the committee present
were as follows: Alabama. j. A. Caldwell
Arkansas, Wilson Hemingway; California,
w. ID. English; Colorado. c. Barels; Georg-
Ia, JohE Tripplett; Illinois, J. 5. Ewing;
Indiana A. ". Conduit; Iowa, w. w Bald
win; Kentucky, G. ID. Jacob; Louisiana,
John Fitzpatrick; Massachusetts, Charles
d. Lewis; Michigan, I, +. Garry; Mime
sofa. John Ludwig; Nevada, James s.
North Carolina, 7. W. Strange; Ohio, NJ.
v. Ram; Oregon, NJ. S. Heilman; South
Carolina, Leroy Springs; Tennessee, NJ. T.
Bryan; Texas, W. ii. Pope; Vermont, J..
ID. Hanrahan; West Virginia, b. F. Har-
low; Wisconsin, r. X. kirkland; District
Of Columbia, Charles Thompson, jr; Utah,
w. Nj. Ferry: Wyoming J. K. Dixon I;
Washington, J. J. Browner; Montana, A.
H. Mitchell; Idaho John NJ. Selcott
The states and Territories OF Connecticut,
Delaware, Florida, Kansas, Maine, Mary
land, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Virginia, Arizona and New
Mexico. were not represented. Besides the
gentlemen named above there were in the
party General Patrick A. Collins, of Boston,
Mass, permanent chairman of the late
Democratic convention; Hon. Stephen NJ.
White, Los Angeles, Gala, temporary chair
man of the convention; Hon. Beriah Viii
kins, of Uricheville, o.; Fred W. Carl,
Buffalo, n. Y, and s. z. Sheier, Indian.
apolis.
At l O'Clock the procession started from
the Neil House for Judge Thurman's resi-
dence, at which place they arrived at 40,
and were received in the north reception
room of Mr.. A. W. Thurman's residence
which had been bedecked with flowers and
plants. Judge Thurman made his appear
ance from i.ie drawing room on the south,
and was greeted with burst of app ause as
he entered. As sron rs he had taken his
place and bowed to the gentlemen standing
ready to receive him, General Collins adj
vaneed and, after shaking him by the hand,
spoke as follows:
Judge Thurman, we bear message
from the great council of your party Its
but formal notice of your nomination by
that body tor the high office of vice presi-
dent of the United States. Rich as our
language is in power and expression. it
contains no words to adequately convey
the sentiment of that convention as its
heart went out to you. l present my
friend, the Hon. Charles d. Jacobs mayor
Of Louisville
Mr.. Jacobs, who is a gentleman of ex-
ceedingiy handsome appearance, stepped
forward, and in an earnest voice read the
following formal letter of notification:
COLUMBUS, o., June %, 1885
TO the Hon Allen G. Thurman, Of Ohio.
Sir; 1t has become the highly agreeable
duty of this committee to inform you that
upon the first ballot of the National Demo-
cratic Convention, held recently in the
city of St Louis, and representing every
State and Territory of our union, for the
purpose of selecting candidates for the
presidency and vice presidency, you were
unanimously chosen as the nominee Of
that great party for the eminent and re-
eponsihle Office of Vice President of the
United States. In thus spontaneously
and emphatically demanding q return
to that political arena which you
graced with so much wisdom, dignity and
vigor, the Democracy of this country have
honored themselves by relieving their party
from the charge Of ingratitude, and we be
heve and trust in November next the peo-
pie will efiace such taint from the repu6-
lie by electing you to preside over the most
deliberative body in the world-the Senate
of the United States. Applause]. Should
% desirable q consummation be achieved,
then indeed could every lover of his coun-
try, eegardless of party or creed, rejoice
that in you is embraced the highest type
of the enlightened and American citizen,
and that no matter what the crisis |
might be, this government would be |
safe in your hands. [Applause1. An
engrossed copy of the platform of princi- |
Piles couched In language that admits of no |
doubt and adopted without dissenting |
vote Is herewith presented. In discharging |
their trust this committee desire TO convey |
to You assurances of the most profound |
esteem and admiration, and to express their |
sincerest good wishes for your happiness |
and prosperity. We have the honor, sir, to |
be your obedient servants, Patrick Collins, |
chairman, Massachusetts,; Basil ID. Gordon, |
secretary, Virginia; Thomas S. Petit, as
sistant secretary, Kentucky; John H. Cald- |
well, Alabama; Wilson Hemingway, Ar |
kansas; William ID. English, California; |
Casimiro Barele, Colorado; William H. |
Barnun., Connecticut; I. r. Cochran. Della
ware; J. B. Trout, Florida; John Triplett |
Georgia; James s. Ewing, Illinois; ]. W. |
Conduit Indiana; William w. Baldwin,
Iowa; s. F. Neeley, Kansas; Charles D.
Jacob, Kentucky; John Fitzpatrick, Louisi-
ana; C. ID. Lewis, Massachusetts; r W.
Black, Maine; William S. Wilson, Maryland: |
John d. Allen, Mississippi; Thomas F.
McGarry, Michigan; John Ludwig, Min
nesota; J. N. Burks. Missouri; John
McShane. Nebraska; James S. Mooney.
Nevada; G. B. Chandler, New Hamp-
shire; Moses Bigelow, New Jersey: Solo
mon Scheu, New York; Thomas w.
Strange, North Carolina; NJ. V. Ream,
son, Pennsylvania; Isaac Bell, jr., Rhode
Island; Leroy Springs South Carolina; NJ.
7. Bryan, Tennessee; W. II. Pope, Texas;
John B. Hanrahan, Vermont; B. F. Harpy,
West Virginia; K. B. Kirkland, Wisconsin;
Lawrence W. Gardner, District of Column
bia; VIM. N. Ferry. Utah Territory; J. R.
Dixon, Wyoming Territory; ID. ]. Berry,
Arizona Territory: ]. J. Brown, Washing
ton Territory; james Sullivan, Montana
Territory; John NJ. Silcott, Idaho Terri
tory.
Amid the profound silence Judge Thur
man spoke as follows:
Mr. Chairman aud Ge,rtle,nen of the Com
nittee:
I pray you to accept my very sincere
thanks for the kind and courteous manner
In which you have communicated to me the
official information of my nomination by
the St Louis convention. You know with
out my saying it that l am profoundly
grateful TO the convention and to the
Democratic party for the honor conferred
upon me, and the more so that it was
wholly unsought and undesired by me.
Not that underyalued distinction which
any man of our party, however eminent,
sss nsa Prbe be DuI ambtas smP Of anSc
life. But when / am told in so esr-
pest and imposing a manner that
I 0n still render service to the good
eause to which I have ever been
cause to which / am bound by
the ties of affection, by the dictates OF