Evening star., 1896-06-16

nomination Of Gen. Grant for President.
All rules were for the time forgotten and
diana to nominate Grant by acclamation
was adopted by unanimous vote. This was
not recognized in a formal way and the
convention proceeded with Its business.
ritories and the District of Columbia were
allowed two votes each in the convention.
The unreconstructed states lately in re-
bellion were admitted with equal privi-
leges of the others.
On Thursday the platform was reported
Dy Richard w. Thompson of Indiana. John
A.. Logan presented the name of Grant in
brief speech. The roll of states was call
ed, and Chairman Hawley declared, Gen
tlemen of the convention, the roll call is
complete. You have $50 votes and you
have given $50 votes for Ulysses S. Grant"
A scene wholly indescribable ensued. In
dove. painted red, white and blue, was let
loose, and flew over the shouting thou
sands. while the band played 'The Battle
Sry store9 Of cae FoesaomI When quiet was re.
Out Here on the Old Union Line" while old
soldiers wept for JOY. and thousands of
eyes were moist.
Among the candidates for Vice President
brought forward were Henry Wilson of
Massachusetts, Schuyler Colfax of Indiana,
Ben f. Wade of Ohio. Reuben E. Fenton of
New York, Jares Speed of Kentucky. A.
s. Curtin of Pennsylvania, Hannibal Ham
lin of Maine James Harlan of Iowa S. c.
Pomeroy of Kansas, J. A. ]. Creswell of
Maryland and William D. Kelley of Penn
syivania On the first ballot Wilson receiv-
ed 119 votes, Colfax, 115; Wade, 14I: Fen
ton, 126. On the fifth ballot Colfax receiy-
ed 541 votes against 3S for Wade and 81
lor Fenton, and was given second place on
the ticket.
The democratic candidates were named
IN IN early July in New York, being Horatio
seymour Of New York and Francis p
Blair. jr:.. Of Missouri. In the electoral
eooleee 60 IA votes were cast for Grant and
~ for Seymour.
Party Splits in 1872.
ihere was a split in each party in 1872.
Inc republicans, who were dissatisfied
win General Grants administration, call
iHs themselves liberal republicans" met
IN Cincinnati May 1 and named Horace
greeley of New York and B. Gratz Brown
OF Missouri as a presidential ticket. This
ticket was ratified by the democrats in
convention at Baltimore July 0. Mean
Wnlie the regular republican convention
Wenesdsv es m .he Academy of Music Philadelphia
was called to order by William Claf1ln of
Massachusetts, who presented Morton Nc
Michael of Pennsylvania as temporary
CHAIRMAN. ,;na Thomas Settle of North Caro-
ma was made permanent president The
convention adjourned until Thursday The
rules were suspended, and Shelby M. Cul-
iom OF Illinois,, in the name of liberty.
S. Grant to be his own successor as Presi-
dent OF the United States The roll was
called and every one of the 752 votes was
cast Tor Grant. The greatest excitement
prevailed and Lucius B. Church sang ''The
Red, While and Blue as he sang it in 1860.
De1ore the nomination Of Lincoln. The au-
dience and band took part in the chorus
Henry Wilson of Massachusetts, was NOM
nrll
receiving 39O1a votes, to 3OS1a for SCHUYLER
Colfax. rs for Horace Maynard, and is for
Edmund ]. Davis
In September the bolting democrats, call
ing themselves "straight-outs" met in
Louisville and named Charles OConor of
New York and John Quincy Adams of
Massachusetts. both of whom declined.
me electoral college gave large majority
Tor Grant and Wilson. The popular vote
was divided between Grant and Greeley as
follows: Grant. 3,597 .07O: Greeley, 2s34 079
Greeley died November 70, Immediately af-
Ter the election: and the sixty-six electoral
votes secured for his ticket were divided
among other candidates. The vote in the
college for President was as follows: Grant.
2s6; Thos. A. Hendricks. ~; B. ,iratz
Brown, IS; Chas. j. jenkins, 2; David
Davis. l.
The Memorable Fight of '7G.
The delegates to the sixth national con-
vention met at Cincinnati Wednesday, June
d. Morgan, who nominated T. NJ. Pomeroy
or New York as temporary chairman. Ed
ward Mcpherson Of Pennsylvania was
made permanent president
The candidates for President before the
convention were Oliver p. Morton of In
diana, Benjamin H. Brstow Of Kentucky,
James G. Blaine of Maine. Roscoe Conkling
OF New York. Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio
and John r. Hartranft Of Pennsylvania
The three remarkable speeches were those
Of Col. Robert G. Irgersoll, Henry NJ I'ur-
ner and William P. Frye in nominal ting Mr.
Blaine. On the first ballot Blaine received
2s5 votes, Morton, 124; .Con:sl:na, 90: Eris-
tow, 113: Hayes, 81; Hartranft, aS; Wheel
er. 3. and Jewell H. 3S4 being necessary to
choice. On the sixth ballot Blai.e re-
cefved 30s votes. Morton. So; Conk!ing, 81;
Bristow. III; Hayes. 113; Hartranft. 80:
Washburne. 4. and Wheeler. 2. On the
seventh ballot Hayes was nominated, re-
ceiving 1884 votes, 10 3,1 Tor Blaine art! u
vention was for Blaine. His chief oppo-
nent was Bristow. The field would go to
neither. and finally went to Hayes.
William A Wheeler Of New York was
nominated for Vice President by scclama-
tion.
The democrats met at st. Louis June q
and named Samuel ]. Tilden of New York
and Thomas A. Hendricks of indiana. The
vote was close. There being a iispd;e over
the canvass Of the electoral college, a COM
mission was formed from the Senate,
House and Supreme. Court, which, two
days before the Inauguration, declared that
Hayes had received 1856 votes and Tllden
1874, thus making Hayes President.
A Long Convention in 1850.
The republican convention Of 1880 was
remarkable in that with but one exception
1t was the most protracted fight for first
place ever known in American politics.
Thirty-six ballots were taken before the
convention made a choice, this number be-
ing only exceeded by that at the demo-
cratic convention of 1860, held at Charles
ton, when, after f1fty-seven fruitless ballots
had been taken, an adjournment was had
to Baltimore.
The Chicago convention of 1880 was the
seventh in the history of the republican
party. George F. Hoar Of Massachusetts
was named as temporary chairman and
was elected permanent chairman. On the
first day committees were appointed. On
Friday Mr.. Conkling offered a resolution
declaring that every member of the con-
vention was bound in honor to support the
nominee. This was adopted by a vote o.
716 to 3. Mr.. Conkling offered another
resolution, declaring that the three dele
gates who voted no had forfeited their
votes in the convention. This precipitated
a hot debate. but finally. at the suggestion
Of James A. Garfield, the resolution was
withdrawn. The principal contest Of the
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