New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-03-25

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lerly have hung up the sign on Saturday
June $. This is onr busy sday:'' Tn
rules and the platform were both adop
ted and then an evening session was hello
! for the nominating speeches. Blainewa
first nominated by James Joy, o
| Michigan, in a most busgling manner
He even made q mistake in giving tht
initials Of his candidate. The contrast
between Ingersoll in Cincinnati in 1877
and Joy IN Chicago in 1880 was SO great
that the Blame men were too mad t
/; swear, and some of them actually sheG
tears of rage. Frye, of Maine, helpei
out with his seconding speech. Mex
came Conkling with his presentation o.
EGrant in speech, which has never had
its superior, if its equal, on any similar
occasion. He took the platform and
mounted one of the tables set apart fol
the reporters. His commanding form
and pale face looked fairly majestic
Without uttering any of the convention
al formalities such as ..Mr. Chairman
and gentlemen of the convention as
soon as the applause which his appear
ance inspired, he said
When asked what state he halls from,
Our sole reply shall be;
"Hc comes from Appomattox
And its famous apple tree.''
His allusion to the third term was in
these cutting words:
There is no thin d term in the case, and
the pretense will die with the political
dog days which gendered it. Nobody is
really worried about a third term except
those hopelessly longing for first term
and the dupes they have made.
Garfield followed Conkling in the pre-
sentatlon of Sherman and, while his can
didate did not evoke much enthusiasm,
the speaker did. There was one passage
in Gartield's speech that l would like to
commend TO the delegates to the coming
national conventions. It was as follows !:
Not here, in this brilliant circle, where
$4,000 men and women are assembled, is
the destiny of the Republican party to
be decreed. Not here, where I see the
enthusiastic faces of 1855 delegates walt
ing 20 cast their votes into the urn ana
determine the choice of the republic, but
by 100000 Republican friends, where
the thoughtful voters, with wives and
children about them, with the calm
thoughts inspired by love of country and
love OF home; with the history Of the
past, the hopes of the future, and know
ledge of the great men who have adorned
and blessed our nation in days gone by,
there God prepares the verdict that shall
determine the wisdom of our work to-
night. Not in Chicago, in the heat of
June, but in the sober quiet that comes
to them between now and November, in
the silence Of deliberate judgment, will
this great question be settled. ......
Both Conkling's and Garfeld's utter
ances were rapturously applauded. +. F.
Drake, of Minnesota, present Window,
Frederick Billings, of Vermont, named
Edmunds, and J. B. Cassidy, of .Wiscon.
sin, nominated E. B. Washburne. Not
until this was done, and the Sababth was
already ushered in, was the convention
ready to adjourn. s
Monday, June Z, was devoted to ballot
ing pure and simpl.. On the first bal
lot 755 votes we're cast, making 378 ne
cessary to choice. Grant received 3O4,
Blaine 2S4, Sherman 80, Edmunds "a,
Washburne 80, Window 10. Nineteen
ballots were taken in quick succession,
it being 4 p. N. before a recess was Sc
cured until evening. when nine more
were had, making a record Of 20 for the
day. Grants vote ran as high as 500
that day and us low as 3O2, but most OF
the time stood at 306. Blaine never
gained but one vote, starting at 284 and
getting 2S5, and running as low as 275.
Sherman began at 90, but ranged from
SO to 81. Ittook eight ballots on Thurs
day, June 8, to finish the work. Five
ballots showed no material change save
Wisconsin's vote for Garfield on the SD
ballot, and the Garfield boom was car.
ried through in three ballots, the nomi-
nation occurring on the 36th ballot.
That ballot stood Garfield 800, Grant BOG
Blaine AZ, Washburne 5, Sherman 8
s'The feld'' had defeated Grant without
securing any of the other prominent can.
didates.
History repeats itself" has become sc
common an expression as to be used with.
out appreciation of its full force Never.
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