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THE JOURNAL.
Suite Convention.
At 8 o'clock yesterday evening
the convention was called to order
by J. W. Dawes, Chairman of Stato
Central Committee, and, on molion
of J. C. Cowin of Omaha, seconded
by Slaughter of Nance and Bier
bower ot Cheyenne, G. TV. Collins
of Pawnee was elected temporary
chairman.
. Cropaey of Lancaster and Web
. iter of Omaha were appointed a
committee to wait upon Mr. Collins
and conduct him to the chair.
Upon being introduced, he said :
"Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of
the convention : I thank you from
the bottom of my heart for the hon
or conferred upon me. I hope that
iu our deliberations here the utmost
harmony will prevail and that it
. will be uuch a harmony aB to be an
example lor all other states in the
Uilin. I hop1, too, that whatever
the rotult of our deliberations shall
.bo that there in not a republican in
the . State of Nebraska but will
heartily endorse the action of the
Chicago convention."
J. D. Evans ot Clay, D. A. Braiu
. erd .of Boone and A. E. Cady of
Colfax were elected temporary sec
retaries. committee on credentials was
appointed, consisting of Webster of
Douglas, Stout of Saline, Marsh of
Clay, Palmer of Case, Majors of
' Nemaha, Ztschuck ot Sarpy, Cornish
of Polk, Thummel ot Hall, Hies of
'Lincoln, Eirheart of Stanton, and
Brunei of Cuming.
A committee of nve on resolutions
consisting of Cropsy of Lancaster,
Slaughter of Nance, Cowen of Doug
'las, Nye of Dodge and Laird of
'Adams.
" Tn'e committee on permanent or
ganization: Teftof Cass, Caldwell
o'f "Nnchols, Cawkins of Buffalo,
Brown of Douglas, Wilson of John
son. While the committees were out
several gentlemen were called upon
for speeches Laird, Cowen, Thurs
ton, VanWyk, Green, Chase, Rose
water, Nye, Brook9, Collins, Van
dq'rvoort, Ballou, Mitchell, Hawes
andCrabb responding iu neat "Short
speeches which we hare not the
pace to report at length.
Laird, in former days, had been
engaged in business in a small way,
with Gen. Grant at the head of the
partnership, and ho didn't feel dis
posed to turn his back on him now.
Cowen considered Blaine as great in
Other fields as Grant was in his.
Thurston said tho Republican
party.will stand by tho man chosen
M tho standard bearer whoever he
nay be, but his personal preference
was for such a man as could
and would be elected and seated, if
elected.
VanWyck, without Indicating his
preference, pronounced Grant the
, frit of American soldiers,and Blaine
the first of American statesmen.
Mr. Green declared for Grant, but
tillered that the parly would be
icctiiful, ao natter who leadi it.
Col. Chase knew by the intelligent
look of the convention, Hi.it it would
act wisely and well, tt became Re
publicans to do their beat thin Kail,
as tho Domocracv wen- terribly
hungry lor office. Let lie light till
wc agree, and then tight uutil we
win the day against the common foe.
The chairman introduced Mr.
Rosewater ot the ce as a little man
who could say the most in a little
time of any man in the stftte. He
made a personal explanation a? to
his position in the convention, and
as to his political record. He was
for Blaiuo in '70, and said if the sen
timent of the Republicans had been
fairly represented at Cincinnati, the
jealousies ot rival candidates would
not have prevailed over Blaine.
He aid tho Blaine force was over
whelmingly in the majority in this
convention, and he believed in bo or
ganizing it as to select Blaine men
and no other for Chicago.
Fred. Nye, of the Omaha New,
said that for eix years he had been
in favor of J. G. Blaine for presi
dent, and he expected to have an
opportunity this tall to vote for him.
Brooks of the Omaha Republican
was in favor of that mode of pro
cedure which shall mean power and
prestige to the State. The conven
tion expressed a decided dislike to
this sentiment.
Collins was particularly "strenu
ous" in his remarks. In speaking of
the nefarious treatment of the ne
groes of the south by the ex-slave-holders,
he said that if those fellows
had studied their bible as they had
studied hell and damnation down
there, there wasn't one of them but
would make a first-class missionary.
Without auy qualifying phrase
whatever, he said that James G.
Blaine was the ablest mas that
stands on God Almighty's earth, and
if ho was elected president and those
fellows down south didn't behave
themselves, U. S.Grant would knock
the devil out of them. It mattered
not whether Blaine or Graut or
Wasbburue was selected as the can
didate, the other great men would
not be found skulking in their tents,
but would stand at bis back.
Vaudervoort was introduced as
the best looking man in the State,
and a square toed republican. His
first choice wa9 Grant, and he had
no second choice.
Mitchell was not one who believ
ed that tho salvation of the country
depcuded upon one man. Ha tho't
Blaine was our best representative
of republican policy, aud tho people
of Nobraska are overwhelmingly in
favor of him for president.
The committee on credentials re
ported uncontested delegates as
follows, their report being accepted.
LIST Or DELEGATES.
Adams county Laird,Yasel, Tui
sey, Colling, Silvers, Badass, Hag
lett, Thorn, Jones, Dillon, Globe.
Autelope Coleman, Lawrence,'
Baybu.
Boone Wilkinson, Harris, Ken
nedy, Brainard.
BuffloBloe, Daris, Crowell, J
Calkins., Andrews Brown, Miller.
Burt Hopewell, Leuuing, proxy
by Krcolnud, Brookings, with prox
ies ot Hopewoll ami Parish:
Butler Roberts, Jotiaon, Steele,
Hill, White, Taylor.
CedarMartin, Parker, V'anvel
sor. Drake.
Cass lohnton, Polk, Wile3,
Hobbs, Palmer, Murfln, "McCralg,
Cramer, TelTr, Race.
Cheyenne Bierbower, Michael,
Snicker.
Clay Marsh, Barber, Howard,
Bemls, Smith, Lunboaker, Bett,
Hamilton, Noyes, Rhinehart, Arm
strong, Randall, Hopper, Draper,
Page, Nettleton, Elder, Williams,
Turner.
Colfax Cady, Sumner, Sprecher,
Duulap, Brown.
Cuming Tate, Graham, Bartlett,
McMillan, Bruuer.
Custer Hopkins, Young.
Dawson Krier, Baldwin, Smith.
Dixon Barnes, Poraeroy, Van
denfelt, Wood.
Dodge Keeue, Nye, May, Eaton,
Fuhrmau,Johnson,WoIcott,Cantlon.
Douglas Chase, HcCorniiok,Hiil,
Rosewater, Sternberg, Rosentield,
Ballou, Merrimao,Thierman,Cowen,
Webster, Brown, McClure, Thomas,
Baur, Ballou, Rociaky.
Fillmore Price, Murdock, Bar
nett, Place, Winterstern, Burr, Mc
Neeves, Shepard, Warner, Smith.
Franklin Swltzer, Light, Robin
son, Greenwood, Stafford.
Fnrnas Borner, Barker, Albee,
Ager, Reynolds.
Greeley Fish, Paddock.
Hall, Abbot, Koenig, Thummel,
Spencer, Cole, Walker, Glaaville.
Hamilton, Theiary, Streeter.Fos
ter, King, Morrell, Cox.
Harlan, Bumgarden, Wilcox,
Galbraith, Reed, Ginnis, Graves.
Howard, Paul, Cbadwici, Har
vey, Thompson.
Holt, Ewing, Brennon, Cleve.
land.
Jefferson, Harbine, Cross, Oreen,
Bower, Purdy, Baker, Ireland.
Johnson, Dew, Mann, Wilson,
Corbin, Youug, Sharrett, Wilsey.
Kearney, Carter, Gordon, Erick-
son, Hecox, Kent. '
Keith, G. W. Tanner. '
Knox, Brooks, Westerroan, Per
kins, Santea.
Lancaster, Gere, Phillips, Crop- J
sey. Kenuard, Chnrcb, Marquette,
Burr, Fisher, Gould, McConnell,
Pray, Johnson, Cadoian, McNiei,
Henuance, Tilten, Trompeh, liuey,
Jeukins.
Lincolu, Barton, Roese, Thacker.
Madison, Clark, Wyatt, Brad
shaw, Bickley.
Merrick, Austin, Holden, fiweet,
Hostetter, Burlingamo, Miller.
Nemaha, Majors, Stull, Stewart,
Polman, Patrick, Skiilio, Culp,
Strain, Burrows.
Nuckolls, Caldwell, Hammond,
Coppock, Goarley.
Otoe, Mitchell, Cady, Wafeon,
Van Wyck, Abbott, Garrow, Wil
son, Quible, Cook, Lisk, Brown.
Pawnee, Norrli, Howe, Collins,
Ervin, Jordan, Jackson, Walker
Kennedy.
Phelps Uallgrcij, a Carpenter,
Wilton. '
Pierce, I. Shroat.
Polk, Morrill, Cornish, Kimball,
Dunning, Dodge, Swarettger.
Platte, Post, Gerrard proxy for
Hulst, Barnhart, Clotber, Hall, Mr
Candlish. Red Willow, Daley, Black.
Richardson, Turk, Stretch, May,
Wherry, Carpenter, Stover, Steven
son, Simmons, Gennann, Waller,
Rhoepfel.
Sarpy, Clark, Bebra, Zts'chucx,
Smith,
Saline, Smith, Wescott, WeUs,
Daugherty, Rogers, Reynolds, iof
fett, PaddocJc, Stout, Ingles, Jlndra,
Ireland.
Saunders, Mend, Scott, Adams,
Sturtevant, Ballou, Wilson, John
son, Anderson, Reese, Terrell.
Sherman, Wall, Edmundsou,
Brown.
Seward, Bolter, Polley, Noryal,
Burnett, Carnes, Redford, Hickman.
Stanton, Lamb, Earheart.
Thayer, Abbott, Thompson, Gal
braith, Tower, Coon, Thompson.
Valley, MorUmau, Babcock, G
pron. Wayne, Hunter, Brittaln.
Washington, Taylor,' Rouoey,
Adams, Bailey, Peck, Mathieiea,
Mathleseo.
Webster, Garber, Gilham, Ful
ton, Miller, Tulley, Smith, Hoover,
Ayen, Albright.
York, Crabb, Moore, Myricfc,
Woods, Chapman, Eberhardt. Can
dy, Keyea, Bennett.
A number of motions, counter
motions, etc., were made in regard
to the admission of certain dele
gates from Gage county, resulting
in the admission of what was knowu
as the Boggs delegation.
At 1 :15 a tnotioa io adjoarn ww
lost.
It was moved by M. B. Ueede that
the contestant iu Hitchcock rounty
be allowed 15 minuted each to pre
sent their case, aud that a vote then
be takeu without debate. The dele
gation represented by W.Z.Taylor
was admitted.
Nance county wax disposed of by
admitting as delegate tt. D. Slaugh
ter. Webster of Dnngla moved a re
cess of one hoar. On motion to lay
on the table, the counties were call
ed, and motion lou. At 2 :30 con
vention adjourned tor one hoar..
The Blaine men retired for con
sultation. The Grant force held a caucus Iu
the Hall.
At 20 minute to 4 a. m., tie con
vention ww called to order.
Irvlu of I'awnee moved the con
vention proceed to elect, viva voce,
by oountle, six delegates to Chicago.
An amendment was offered that
the vote be taken, by ballot, by judi
cial districts beginning with the first.
The amoudment was carried by a
vote of 1S3 to 178, and the Graat
men began to feel hopeful of some
result in their favor, but were doom
ed to disappointment.
Ob tat eriginal motfoa tJkerete
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