Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1888-06-28
EIGHTH liAIIoT.

Anger SrGkef.
Gresham. ............ 81 Lincoln. ;...,........
Allison .............. 7alHaymond. ........... ]
No Choice.
EIGHTH BALLOT.
The convention entered upoa the eighth bal
LOT with little apprehension that It was TO be
the last on The question Of the Presidency.
The general stir was just subsiding when
General Henderson, Of Iowa, arose and said;
q arise to question OF privilege. l desire to
thank the friends OF this convention who
have shown their conhlence in the charac
ter and fitness Of William D. ALLISON for the
Presidency and here, With the authority OF
that gentleman, withdraw his name from the
further consideration Of this convention
The caii Of isc roll projected amid unusual
disorder, the determination of thrpngs Of the
delegates TO stand and move about being irre-
pressible.
BREAKING TO HARRISON
In this wise the call Of the roll went on with
cheers for every new acrstiOn TO Harrison's
weight Colorado and Connecticut swinging
into line, were appauded IS was Iowe's rally
from her discarded sen 10 the growing favorite
There had been 3{2 votes already cast for
cause OF the excitement IL the Keystone dele
cation VA revealed. Pennsylvania had re-
linquishcd her powerful allegiance 10 Sher-
man and had east so OF her votes for Har-
rison. This vote, establishing the choice OF
Harrison, drew out a wild cheer and the array
OF other hostz melted before It, AS Ia the route
Of battle the remaining delegations, with but
slight except ons, broke from their standards
10 the newly favored position, and HarTison's
great lead WAS presently an absolute majority
and the conventions choice.
When, with the vote OF Wyoming, the call of
the roll was finished, and il was known that
General Harrison was The nominee OF the con-
vcntion the grcnt asssIa5lage, without waiting
for the formal announcement, proceeded to
honor the event with betting demonstra-
ton.
CHEERING THE NOMINEE.
There was loud and prolonged cheering, the
waving Of flags ians and handkerehiefs. Lith-
ographs q Harrison were exhibited IN several
n ~ fnA
lion climbed up their chairs and wild
" waved Their fals, and the whole
vast audience followed suit. Hats were
thrown into the air ana bedlam vas out
be6lsmed. The scenes were exciting. People
IN the galleries tore down al the bunting With
IA reach and waved Ii frsnticaliy 4 portrait
OF the nominee WAS exhibited from the speak
cr's stand, and this caused another outburst.
After about ten minutes the cheering subsidized
somewhat
TIE DECISIVE FIGURES.
Chairman Estee finally secured attention and
stated that, as had teen the%i e-honored Prac-
tice OF the Republican convention, the ballot
should be read over for ver.f alton This was
done as follows:
Harrison.............. 544
sherman. =. llS
&chitiey ........... Observation-Disclosures.
iSthiNt-....-.. .-..-- D
Whole number Of votes cast, Sse; necessary
10 q choice, III.
MADE UNANIMOUS.
Governor Foraker then took the platform
GmId enthusiastic cheers snd said:
" GEETi-EMEE or THE CONVENTION. The
delegation from Ohio came here all Sherman
men; they are now all Harrison men. APP
plause.l IL is easier for us 10 be SO
when we remember that General Harri-
son had the good sense TO be born in Ohio.
lLnughter.l l am directed by the unanimous
vote OF the ohio delegation to move the con-
vention, on behalf of the State OF Ohio, that
the nomination Of General Benjamin Harrison,
be made unanimous" lApplausel
M. Horr, of Michigan, seconded Governor
FoFagers motion. He hoped that the conven-
ton would be unanimous. But" be said, tive
VIII stand by Harrison just as firmly as we
have stood by Alger. Some people did not
/ think that can sec the hand of Providence
il this nomination. We hoped to place sol.
has done it: now let us go home and ratify It,"
Senator Farwell on behalf of Illinois, also
seconded the motion of Governor Foraker
Charnccy N. Depew also seconded Forakers
motion. lie said that this convention would
adjourn in different temper from any other
convention in quarter of century. No can.
to succeed, and one was disap-
pointed. The candidates would go away
without heart-burnings, but as full Of en-
thusiGsm as they were when they came here.
New York was the cosmopOltan State OF the
Union Mon OF other States, whenever they
got too big for their own commonwealth,
went TO New York, and when New York
sound man too large for his own COM
monwealth, and he would not move, she
adopted him. New York had adopted Ben
1Atltn Harrison, ana voted for him Solidly.
Applause In conclusion Mr.. Depew pre-
Gicted an old-time victory for Republicanism,
FOR Republican principles and for the salvation
Of the Industrial interests Of the country Jap
pause
General Hastings, Of Pennsylvania, said that
he was also authorized to second the motion to
make the nomination unanimous. Pennsyl-
vana, he sad, had 100000 majority for any Re
publican candidate, and it has that ana per-
haps more for Harrison.
MIR. Henderson. OF Iowa. also seconded the
motion.
Mr. Boutelle, OF Maine. gave assurance Of the
heartiness, cord ality aud enthusiasm with
which the people OF Mans would ratify Cen
cral Benjamin Harrison. lie promised that
the cid refrain would com do#n from Maine
as II did n days gone by, whca another Harri-
son was IN the field
= Oh Have you heard from Maine?
She went hcll-bent
For Governor Kent
And Tippecanoe ard Tyler tooi'
He promised his State to the Republican
party, and declared that in tho forefront OF
battle would be foand glcam n.y. as II had IN
every critical fight OF the Republican party, the
white plume Of our Henry Of Navarro.
Greed HaymoRd, OF California, and Senator
Davis, OF Minnssots, seconded the motion to
make the nomination unanimous. The clerk
DETROIT. Mich, juno 25-Hoa Morris II
EStee, Chairman NdfionU{ Contention. Please
supported my cand daey my heartfelt thanks.
no State or man VIII give the gentleman who
has won this fight htartier support than Michi-
gan. He's Gli rlght
(signcdj "RussRL a. ALGER.o
Senator Malone and John c. Wise, on behalf
OF the Old Dominion, spoke briefly, as did ex-
governor I'reetor 81 Nermqnt; iona X Lyneh,
brasla; ". Q. Bradley, OF Kentucky Harris,
OF North Carolina and Williams. Of Arkansas.
THE vICE-PREsIDEECY.
General Hastings then. on the invitation Of
Mr.. Estee, took the chair and She call OF the
roll OF States begin for the nomination OF can
dioates for the Nloc-PTeS dency. motion ~
take q recess until o'clock was dec red out
of order, and the cali was proceeded with.
George Kenny OF Kentucky, mounted the
Ipese6 nominated snd 9oRs yr@Sa7 o
Kentucky, for the VicePresicencv. After
several speeches sccouoinS the nomination
had bean made. o recess was taken until b
o'clock Z. IN.
EVENING SESSION
The evening session was called TO order OF
0 O'Clock, Chairman Estee presiding The cali
Of States FOR further nominations for the vice
Presidency was resumed. Mr.. Griggs, OF New
Jersey, nominated William Walter Phelps, OF
that State and the nomination was seconded
by Mr.. Gibson. OF Ohio; Patrick Egan, OF Ne
braska; Mr. Deliver, of Iowa; Mr.. ISosenthai,
OF Texas: Mr Fuller, Of North Carolina.
When the State OF New York was reached
Warner Miller advanced 10 the platform and
nominated Levi T.. Morton. Mr. Mortons
nomination was seconded by Mr. Sage, OF Cali
forna; Governor Foraker. OF Ohio; Mr.. Halo
wen, Of Kansas, General Hastings, OF Penn
y
Sims, OF Virginia; Mr.. Marsh. of Illinois, and
General Chalmers, OF Mississippi.
Mr. McAleree, of Tennessee, nominated w.
A. Moore. This nomination was seconded By
Mr.. Chandler, OF Mississippi
Mr. Bradley, Of Kentucky. had been placed
in nomination before the recess. Mr. Moore, OF
Tennessee, who was placed in nomination.
withdrew his nGEe so that when the ballot
was ordered INC candidates were Morton,
Phelps and Bradley. To ballet resulted upon
the call Of States as follows:
TRg BALLOE
Levi p. Morton. .59l Blanche x. Bruce. II
William w. Phelps 40 Waiter F. Thomas. !
w @. Bradley .-....-1 1913
Mr.. Morton having received majority OF the
delegates to the convent Oh, was declared The
nominee for Vice Pres dent, and at once mo-
ton was made to make the nomination unani-
nous. 1t was seconded BY a large number OF
States and was carried unanimously.
motion made ~ Senator FarweH was put
and carried that 4 committee, comprising dele
gates from each State, with Chairman EStee as
chairman; be appointed to ofically inform the
candidates Of their nominations. The person
mel OF this committee was left TO the judgment
Of the delegations.
Upon the motion cf Mr.. Houston, Of New
York. it was decided thru Alaska should four
years hence he represented in the convention
py two delegates