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THE TICKET MADE.
The Proceedings of the Last Day
of the Bepublican Con
vention. HABRISON FOE PRESIDENT.
Hon. Levi P. Morten of New York Named
on the First Itallot as the Running
Mate of the Indiana Statesman An In
teresting Session, in Which There Is a
General Confession of Faith in the
Ticket, with the Reasons Thereof
Blaine's Last Words Sent by Cable and
Read in Convention Routelle Seeks the
Insertion of a Temperance Plank in the
Platform and a Lively Wrangle Knsues
Ending in Adoption of the Resolution
Ringraphical of the Nominees.
Chicago, June 26. The throng out
side the Auditorium was not as dense
as was the case at every session of the
convention last week. This is explained by
the fact that nearly all of the political
clnbs and legions, and the great mass of
general visitors, disappointed by the pro
tracted length of the convention, and
despairing of having an opportunity soon
to assist in the ratification jubilee of the
successful nominee, had turned
their faces homeward en masse
after adjournment last Saturday
afternoon. Still, what under other
circumstances would be regarded as an
impoing,crowd besieged the doors of the
building from an early hour, and from
the time the gatekeepers began their
duties at 9:30 there was a continuous in
pour to the upper parts of the hou.se. An
hour later a very few of the 9,000 seats
allotted to the outside public were emp
ty. Delegates too, on the whole, were
remarkably early in arriving. Thirty of
the New Yorkers, nearly all the Vir
ginians and many of thv southern, Mich
igan, Minnesota and Ohio contingents
were in their seats at 10:30 o'clock.
although the time for assembling was
half an hour later. Very little enthusi
asm was manifested, and the leading
light of the gathering strolled in one
after another without being accorded a
single demonstration. Inside, as well as
outside, the atmosphere was close and
sultry, and there were indications of a
thunder storm, a fact which caused an
enthusiastic Blaine man to suggest that
the elements were preparing to
give . the successful candidate
a baptism of thunder and lightning.
Mr. Manley of Maine remarked
to M United Press reporter this morn-
to jaUnin
seSfi
tliefei:
Blaine would accept only an
bus nomination, which at present
f impossible, and that he hoped
wteuld be no movinc for Blaine un-
lesrlWwas formally put m nomination.
Chairman Estee said as he passed tho
United Press stand, "Boys, we are going
to make a president for you to-day,
sure."
Congressman Bayne of Pittsburg
wagered $500 against $1,000, and the
money was said to be up,that John Sher
man would le nominated before night
fall.
Rev. Dr. Edmunds, editor of the North
western Christian Advocate, who was to
open the sixth day of the convention
with prayer, made his appearance. Not
a dozen delegates were absent when the
chair at 11:05 brought down his gavel
upon the desk, and announced the can
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vention -wouia come" to order. Alter
prayer the band struck up, "Nearer my
God, to Thee'
Mr. Hueston of Virginia offered a
resolution that no vote should be count
ed which was cast for any one who
hadn't been regulnrly placed in nomina
tion. The resolution was declared to be
out of order.
Mr. Boutelle of Maine then took the
platform and proceeded to talk about
Mr. Blaine's attitude toward the conven
tion. He said that without attempting
to give any construction to the language
employed, he would read some dis
patches from Mr. Blaine, as follows:
"Edinbukgh, June 25.
"To Boutelle and Manley:
"Earnestly request all friends to re
spect my Paris letter.
Signed. "BLAINE."
"Enixnur.GH, June 25.
"To Bonifclle and Manley, Maine Delega
tion, Chicago.
"1 think I have a right to ask my
friends to respect my wishes to refrain
from voting for me. Please make this
and former dispatch public promptly.
Signed "J. G. Blaine."
The convention then proceeded to call
the roll of the states for the sixth ballot,
which residted as given below.
SIXTH BALLOT.
Alger VtT Foraker 1
Allison 73 Blaine 40
Gresham 91
Fied (iraut..
McKiuley ...
1
Harrison
.211
12
Sherman .
. .244
SEVENTH BALLOT
Sherman 231 Blaine 15
Harrison 278 McKiuley IS
Alger 120 Foraker 1
Allison T6 Lincoln 2
Gresham. . . 91 Haymoud 1
At the conclusion of the ueveuth bal
lot Mr. Henderson of Iowa arose and
aid:
"I rise to thank the friends in this con
rention who have shown their conti
nence in the character and fitness of
Wm. B. Allison for the presidency, and
here, with the authority, I withdraw his
name from the further consideration of
the convention." Applause
The eighth and decisive ballot was
then taken as follows:
LIOHTH BALLOT.
STATES. V u 5' S .H
6 B t s i ' a
Y. O W K 7
Alabama SO 10 3 .. I 5 2...
Arkansas 14 14 j ..I
California 16 ..... 15. ,i 1 ...
Colorado . 6 ..'... 6 .'. . .
Connecticut 12 . ... 18 .'... ...
Delaware 6 . ..I t
Florida , 8 4 '22
Georgia 24 3 1 10 9 ....
Illinois 44 .. 40 4
Indiana 30 . . 1 20
Iowa 26 1 3 31
Kansas 16 1 .. lti . . 1
Kentucky 2(5 1 2 15 7 1 ...
Louisiana 16 4 . 9 3 . ..
Maine 12... 15 3.. I
Maryland 10 1 11 4 1 ...
Massachusetts 2S 1 ... 25 2
Michigan 26 26 .,
Minnesota ,14 1 .' 13
Mississippi 18 . 3 4 11
Missouri 32 15 8 7 2
Nebraska ' 10 1 .. 9
Xeada 6 2 . ., 4
New Hampshire 8 8 ...j......
New Jersev 18....... 18
New York 72 .. . 72
North Carolina 22 8..., 7 11
Ohio 46 1 45 . ...
Oregon 6 6
Pennsylvania no 59 1
Khode Island 8 .... 8
South Carolina IS 10 . . 4 4 . ...
Tennessee 2"! 3 . . 20
Te.Ls 26 26
Vermont 8 8...'
Yirgmii ' 24 15 9 . ...
West Virginia ' 12 12
Wisconsin 22 22
Arizona I 2. .... 2...'
Dakota 10 ..'... 10
District of Columbia 2 .. . . 2
Idaho ' 2 ....I 2 .1
Montana ' 2 2
New Mexico ' 2 , 2 ..'
Utah ' 2 .... 2..!
Washington ' 6......J 6
Wjoming 2 .... 2 ...j
Total s 100 59514 118 5 4
The roll call for verification demon
strated the accuracy of the vote as al
ready given, and Governor Foraker moved
that the the convention make Harrison's
nomination unanimous. He said that
the delegation from Ohio, who were all
Sherman men, would go away from this
convention all Harrison men. They
would do so, he said, with perfect con
sistency, because they all know that
Harrison was born in Ohio. Great ap
plause. Mr. Horr of Michigan said that he
came here hoping that one of Michigan's
pons would be chosen as the standard
bearer of the Republican party. But
they had not succeeded in their desire,
and now if it were asked how the Michigan
delegation would stand by Harrison, he
would reply by pointing out the way in
which they had stood by Alger. He ac
cepted the result, and he hoped that all
the delegations would return to their
homes believing that the nomination
which had been made had been indi
cated by Providence from the start. They
had come here, he said, to place a soldier
at the head of the ticket, and in that
they had succeeded.
Senator Harwell promised that Illinois
would give her electoral vote to Harri
son, and he also seconded the motion of
Gov. Foraker to make Harrison's nom
ination unanimous.
Mr. Depew.jsoul tiatas the onlr presi
dential canmnate in the cftnvenTTon, he
also seconded the motion. He knew
when he came here that Indiana would
carry off the prize, because that state al
ways gained the day. The delegates
would go away without heart-burnings,
and full of enthusiasm.
Gen. Hastings said he had been in
structed by the Pennsylvania delegation
to congratulate the convention on the
selection it had made. Pennsylvania had
a hundred thousand majority for any
Bepublican candidate, and Harrison
would get it all.
Gen. Henderson of Iowa said he was
full of sorrow, not because the man of
his choice had been beaten, but because
the convention had nominated a man
against whom the Democratic party
could not utter a truthful word. No
candidate could have been found who
could have claimed a warmer place in
the hearts of the American people. No
words of calumny could be uttered
against Gen. Harrison's character, and
wliat would the quid drivers of the Dem
ocratic party do As Iowa had promptly
withdrawn its candidate, so, with equal
promptness, it responded to the call of
the convention wheu the tide turned in
the direction of the candidate who had
been so enthusiastically named.
Me. Boutelle of Maine said that his
delegation had been placed in a delicate
and embarrassing position. They came
impressed with the feeling that there
might be attributed to the vote of Maine
a significance apart from its numerical
strength, and they had endeavored to
avoid this. How well they had done
thh, the convention was the best judge.
He pie iged the hearty support of the
East to the nominee one that would
call back the refrain when another Har
rison was in the field: "Have you heard
the news from Maine?" In the fore
front of battle the white plume of
Maine's Henry of Navarre would be
found gleaming, as it always had been.
Great applause.
Crewd Haymond of California, who
was called, said that his heart was over
llowing with happiness. The conven
tion had tolved the question as to
whether a soldier or a statesman should
lead the party, and it had solved the
problem by selecting one who combined
both the soldier and statesman. There
wouldn't be much use of talking in this
campaign. The people had already
started it, and they were loaded for
bear.
The next speaker was Mr. Davis of
Minnesota. He said that the Macedon
ian cry of the gentlemen from Indiana
had been answered. Miunesota second
ed the motion to make the nomination
unanimous.
There were calls for Wise and Inger
soll. A dispatch was read from Gen. Al
ger thanking the convention for its sup
port and pledging support in behalf of
Michigan.
Mr. Wise said it would be strange if
Virginia was silent when the name of
Hairison was in the field. Two hun
dred and fifty years ago that rich and
glorious blood was planted on Virginia
soil, and it had spread out richness wher
ever it hud gone. When they carried
that name back to old Virginia, not all
the narrowness, not all the bigotry of by
gone days.could keep them from electing
Harrison.
Mr. Mahone was called for "This is
a lovefeast," said the chair; "give all a
show."
Mr. Mahone said that he need nor
assure any Republican within the limits
of this country that he was always for
the nominee, and while he came hera
like many others, preferring some par
ticular candidate Sherman above all
others yet with a heart full of friend
ship for the field, he had not seen lit to
abandon his colors until the question
was settled. Now that it was settled by
a decisive majority vote, he joined
heartily in seconding the motion to make
the nomination unanimous. Whatever
he could do to promote the Republican
success in Virginia would be done. A
voice: "Shake hands with Wise". The
General stepped down and shook hands
with Foraker, Depew and others, but
overlnked his Virginia rival.
Delegate Proctor of Vermont said that
as the one eastern state that voted for
Harrison from the start, he returned
thanks to the states and territories
which came finally and followed the lead
of Vermont.
Mr. Lynch of Mississippi supported
the motion to make the nomination
unanimous. He said the south came
here not so much to promote the success
of any one man as to promote the success
of the Republican party.
Judge Thurston of Nebraska said that
the wisdom of the convention had found
a Douglass for its Bruce. Harrison
would be elected, because the American
people knew that under his administra
tion American interests and American
labor would be upheld and maintained,
and that every American citizen on land
or on sea, both north and south, would
be protected in his political rights by the
fullest power of the administration. Out
in the west the name of Harrison would
send out a spark and develop a llame
which would burn up the Democratic
crops.
Mr. Harris of North Carolina. said he
was one ortnose wnocaffle here thinking
that tho great services of Sherman to the
Republican party for the past thirty
years entitled him 'o the nomination.
The party in North Carolina would, how
ever, endeavor to break the solid South
with Harrison's name. It was a tower of
strength.
Mr. Williams of Arkansas said he came
here to bury the self-constituted Ca'sar
out of sight. They had started to do it
by the nomination of the Christian
soldier whom they had selected, and
they would accomplish it next Novem
ber. Woe to Cleveland that he had laid
his hands violently upon the ark of the
covenant of the people tit America pro
tection to American industries and fe-.lty
to the soldiers who saved the nation.
Mr. Bradley of Kentucky said he
went down in defeat under the banner
of that gallant soldier trom Michigan,
but he cordially seconded the nomina
tion of Gen Harrison, and said that he
promised them that Kentucky would
again go to the aid of Indiana. In the
name of Lincoln and Clay, whose names
Kentucky is proud to honor, he seconded
the motion.
, There were calls for McKiuley, but he
did not respond. The nomination was
then made unanimous, and Harrison
was formally declared the nominee of
the convention.
The call of- the roll of states was or
dered for the presentation of the names
of candidates for vice president. Hon.
W. T. Thomson of Indiana moved a re
cess until 5 p. m., but it was not regu
larly seconded, and after a brief delav
the roll call, with Mr. Hastings of Penn
sylvania in the chair, proceeded.
Mr. Denny of Kentucky placed W. O.
Bradley of that state in nomination. He
thought it was time that a southern Re
publican should be selected for the sec
ond place on the national ticket, one who
could break the "solid south." Such a se
lection would demonstrate that southern
Republicans were not always to be the
hewers of wood and drawers of water.
There was so much disorder that the
chair stopped the speaker aud in
sisted upon the nisle.s being cleared and
the delegates seated before he resumed.
Mr. Denny said that Bradley had re
duced the Democratic majority in Ken
tucky from 50,0'H) to 5,000. anil added
that now, in the present condition of af
fairs in Kentucky, with the Tate embez
zlement fresh in the minds of the people,
the state can be earned by the Republi
cans, whose votes at least are counted in
that part of the south.
The speaker wheu interrupted by cries
of "Time," retorted, "(Jive the south a
chance, gentlemen," and went on to talk
about protection anil the "star-eyed
goddess of reform." Mr. Denny con
cluded by saying that his candidate could
carry North Carolina, Tennessee- and
West Virginia and make Virginia still
more doubtful than it is already.
The nomination of Bradley was sec
onded by Kansas. Albert Griffin spoke
for that delegation and said that but for
suppression of the southern vote four
years ago Blaine would be in the White
House to-day, instead of in Scotland.
Warner of Alabama. Houk of Tennes
see, Locke of Georgia and Atkins of
Michigan also seconded Bradley's nomi
nation. Mr. Sewell of New Jersey presented
the name ot William Walter Phelps of
New Jersey. He moved a recess until
5 p. m., but the motion was declared to
be out of order.
Senator Hiscock said that just here the
proceedings ought to be taken with de
liberation, and urged a recess until 5 p.
m An amendment to make it 7 o'clock
was lost. Another amendment to make
it (5 o'clock, was carried.
Ilcnjaiuin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison, Republican candi
date for preside.it, was born on August
20, lfc:5:, in Hamilton county, Ohio. He
received his early education in the com
mon school", and graduated from the
Oxford (Ohio) University. He studied
law for two years in Cincinnati, and in
1854 he began the regular practice of his
profession, locating in the city of In
dianapolis, where he has always made
his residence, save when his otlicial
duties required his presence in Washing
ton. He at once took a prominent place
in the Indiana bar, and his natural ten
dency toward politics soon drew him
into public ollice. In IMid he was elected
a reporter of the supreme court of In
diana, but enlisted immediately after
President Lincoln's first call for volun
teers. He soon received a commission
as second lieutenant and then organized
Company A, of the Seventeenth Indiana
volunteer infantry. After the success
ful organization of the regiment lie was
commissioned colonel, and served live
years in the army. In June, lvf5, he
was mustered out, with the rank of
brigadier-general. Upon his return to
Indianapolis he resumed his duties as
supreme court reporter, and so continued
until ISO!), where he devoted himself ex
clusively to the practice of law. In lbTG
he was a candidate for governor of In
diana on the Republican ticket, bnt was
defeated. In 1879 lie was a member of
the celebrated Mississippi river commis
sion. On March 4, 1US1, he took his
sat in the United Stales Senate, suc-
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