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THE
WEEKLY HERALD.
S. S. FISK ...........................Editor.
THIRSDAÏ, JI >E2Ü, 181G.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
TICKET—1876.
FOR PRESIDENT.
RUTHERFORD B. HAYES,
of emo.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM A. WHEELER,
OF NEW YORK.
[from the herald extra, IStii, INST.]
THE GREAT
GOV. HAYES, OF OHIO,
THE NOMINEE.
WHEELER, OF NEW YOKE, FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT.
Cincinnati, June lGth.—The first ballot
V, as as follows : Total vote, 707; necessary
to a choice, 379. Blaine, 285 ; Bristow, 113 :
Conkling, 09; Ilartranft, 58; llayes, 61;
Jewell, 11 ; Morton, 124; Wheeler, 3.
The sixth ballot was as follows : Blaine,
308, Bristow, 111 ; Conkling, 91 ; Hartranft,
58; Hayes, 113; Morton, 85 ; Wasbburne,
4 ; Wheeler, 2.
Cincinnati, June 16.—Hayes was nomi
nated on the seventh ballot, which was as
follows: Blaine, 351; Bristow, 61 ; Hayes,
L84. Necessary to a choice, 379.
3 p. m.—Wheeler, N. Y., was nominated
for Vice-President on a formal ballot.
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THE FXKXOWX REVEALED.
The action of the Cincinnati Convention
became known iu this city early Sunday
morning, as soon as we auticipated, and very
shortly thereafter the result was generally an
nounced to our readers by an extra. Ruther
ford B. Hayes, the present Governor of Ohio,
on the 7th ballot, received five votes more
than was necessary to a choice, and no doubt
his nomination was thereafter made unani
mous. William A. Wheeler received the
nomination for Vice-President on the first
formal ballot.
formal ballot.
The agony of suspense is over, aud not
withstanding the partial disappointment of
many, the nominations are received by all
w4th hearty satisfaction. The spirited can
vass had unconsciously engendered much
feeling between the active supporters of the
leading candidates, and the convention chose
wisely for the interests they represented in
uniting upon one against whom no shadow
of hostility existed on the part of any. The
friends of Blaine cannot but be well satisfied
at the steadfastness of his supporters from
first to last. Beginning with 285 votes, he
seemed to have held every vote, gaining
steadily to the last, lacking only 28 votes of
being the winner on the decisive vote. Bris
tow, beginning with 113, leaves off where
llayes began, w ith 61 votes. It may be said,
though apparently paradoxical, that Blaine's
strength defeated him, because it compelled
Lis opponents to unite. It was the united
strength of Morton, Conkling, Hartranft and
part of Bristow's that secured the nomination
for llayes. So far as appears, if another
ballot had been had, Blaine would have won
iu all human probability. As it was, became
rear being President, and was handsomely
vindicated against the most merciless and un
scrupulous w arfare ever waged against any
public man on the most frivolous charges
The result is not more singular or surprising
than Seward's defeat at Chicago, and the
causes that lead to the success of Hayes pre
sent a striking parallel to those which result
ed in Lincoln's nomination. It was the sharp
close contest between Douglas and Lincoln
that brought him prominently before the na
tion. So it was the equally sharp and close
contest bet ween Hayes and Allen on the lead
ing issue before the country that brought him
prominently and favorably into public notice
beyond the borders of his own »täte.
In estimating the strength of the nomina
tion, it must strike every oue that there is a
combination of the elements of fitness and
harmony that ensures success from the start.
While Hayes may not have the striking and
brilliant qualities of some of his competitors,
lie represents pre-eminently the strong com
in
it
so
mon sense, the personal integrity and moder
ation of views that will challenge and com
mand the attachment and confidence of the
great mass of the people. It may be said that
he was not the first choice of any State but
his owu,that his strength came only from the
we
far
weakness of others, but the real question for
the convention was, not what candidate would
be strongest in this or that section, or this or
that wing of the party, but what one would
be strong in all sections of the country and
with every portion of the Republican party;
and who will dare say that the convention I
has not answered the most important ques-1 era
tion wisely and well. We believe that we we
do not trespass beyond the bounds of strict I in
truth wheu we say that Hayes will receive the 1
hearty support of every Republican in the I
whole nation. We fully believe that he is as I
certain of being elected President against any I for
candidate that the Democracy can name, as I
that November will come. Against any Dem- 1
ocratic candidate but Tilden, we believe he and
:
wili carry every Northern State, and some of
the Southern States. With a personal charac
ter above reproach or suspicion, with no en
tangling alliances with any clique or faction,
with no enemies to punish aud uo friends that
can plead superior claims upon his favor, he
stands in that fortunate position that will
command the respect and support of
all good men. Not ouly will Hayes com
mand the entire Republican strength, but
we believe he will be acceptable to the great
mass of the Independents. If Carl Schurz
could consistently take part in the State can
vass which made him Governor, with equal
propriety and ease can he gfve him support
in the wider arena where the same questions
will be at issue. His character and public
career will be sufficient assurance to the
friends of Civil Service Reform that compe
tency and honesty will be the chief recom
mendations to his favor. His modest and
unassuming ways will insure him to be ap
proachable to all W'ho have any proper re
quests or any just complaints.
We rejoice in the fact that we are to have
a candidate for this Centennial year whose
character and career will not provoke sec
tional jealousies or reawaken those sharp ani
mosities that w'ould have been sure to follow
the candidacy of Conkling or Morton. We
predict that the popular enthusiasm with
which this nomination will be greeted will
prove strong and deep, and without breaking
out into excesses of any sort, will swell stead
ily from this time till in November next it
will bear all before it to as complete and
satisfactory a v : ctory as ever rested upon the
Republican banner.
THE CANMUATEV RATIFICATION.
The account contained in the dispatches of
to-day of the grand ratification meeting held
in Washington city on Monday eveuing last,
is invested with special interest by the pres
ence and participation of so many of the can
dates. Blaine, Bristow, Morton, Conkling,
and Jewell, vied with each other in expres
sions of such full approbation and hearty
acquiesence, that one can hardty realize that
these same persons only a few hours before
were iu the fever of a contest for the highest
elective position in the world. Especially
noticeable are the remarks of Blaine, who, in
response to the call of the multitude at his
own house, addressed them with words that
showed no abatement of vigor and no tinge of
disappointment or dissatisfaction at the re
sult. In view of the unrelenting, unscrupu
lous and merciless persecution of his enemies
in the House, it will seem a superhuman
of
all
in
of
stretch of eharity to be able to assert that he
bore no trace of ill-will towards a political
rival or opponent ; but the touch of disease
that had so recently been laid upon him, un
doubtedly wrought the change and enabled
him to say with sincerity what very few in
his circumstances and after his recent exper
ience, could have found heart or voice to
utter. Surely no one yet has uttered so com
pactly aud forcibly so high an euconium and
eudorsement, as he, of the nominees of the
convention, wheu he says, ' ; They are tried
and true, honest and competent, strong and
popular." These will be the rallying words
of the campaign. They express the feeling
and conviction of the people, aud anticipate
the verdict iu November. It is comparatively
easy to be maguauimous in the hour of vic
tory, but the test of a great heart aud gener
ous nature is best seen in the hour of defeat
aud disappointment. We much mistake the
sentiment of the American people if his ene
mies do not straightway make haste to ac
knowledge their error, and the tide of favor
and confidence rise higher than ever before
From Blame's house the multitude moved on
to the Presidential Mansion, as if to complete
in one grand love-feast the hearing from all
those who had been most prominently named
in connection with the great office. General
Grant, the conquerer of the rebellion, tw ice
designated by large majorities of the nation
as its first choice for its highest honors, was
equally hearty and emphatic in his endorse
ment of the Convention's action. The re
proaches of those who have accused him of
designs for an indefinite extension of his
power, of the unscrupulous ambition of a
Caesar or a Napoleon, have at last been ans
wered.
Until the people gather at the polls in No
vember to deposit their ballots there will not,
in all probability, be another occasion when
the great party—which for sixteen years past
has ruled the destinies of the Republic, made
it a free nation instead of a confederacy of
oligarchies, extinguished the flames of seces
sion and strife, and washed out the crime and
reproach of slavery—will be heard through
so many representative men as at this Wash
ington ratification meeting. It gives the cam
paign an opening that is decisive of its close.
With some little curiosity, but no anxiety,
we shall watch to hear what the so-called In
dependents propose to do. There has not, so
far as we have yet learned, been a sound
heard from that camp. Perhaps they will
succeed in maintaining silence till after the
convention at St. Louis announces its pro
gramme, but we do not believe it in the list of
possibilities for them to preserve a separate
organization in the face of the nominations
I and platform already presented. Our read
era will be able to judge of the platform, as
we publish it in full to-day, and will find it
I in accord with the best sentiments of the
1 country and in character with the candidates,
I The present Democratic House of Represen
I tatives have rendered it absolutely impossible
I for that party to succeed till after the final
I burial which will occur next November, and
1 some future resurrection under a new name
and with a new body of principles. The
or
be
great Republican party has declared as the
foremost principle of the present canvass,
universal education without any sectarian
control or interference. With the growth of
intelligence will disappear the heresies out of
which the present Democratic party draw
its entire life and support. Honesty, efficien
cy, economy and reform are embodied in the
character of the candidates selected, and all
those who seek these objects in reality rather
than in name, will ratify the nomination of
Hayes and Wheeler.
THE CONVENTION.
Cincinnati, June 14.—The National Con
vention of the Republican party met at noon
to-day in the Exposition building. The at
tendance is greater than at any previous gath
ering of the party, embracing the most noted
men in its ranks. The number of colored
delegates present caused some surprise,
Among them w T ere Congressmen, or ex-Con
gressmen from South Carolina, Alabama and
other Southern States. The delegations were
admirably grouped upon the floor, facing the
stage. The New York men occupied the left
ceuter ; on their right were the New England
seats, formed in single file, Maine at the head
Rhode Island at the rear, with Iowa immedi
ately behind her. To the left of New York
aud fronting the stage, was Indiana, and be
bind her the Morion men of Tennessee, Mis
sissippi, Texas aud Georgia. To the left
agaiu came Kentucky aud the Carolinas, with
Virginia bringing up iu the rear. The ex
treme left flank was allotted to Pennsylvania.
The right flank fell to the lot of Ohio, be
hind which were placed in order of merit,
Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin. The Ter
ritorial delegates aud those from some of the
petty States, were tucked away m the rear.
CALLED TO ORDER.
As the hour for begiuuiug proceedings ar
rived, the rush grew more aud more intense,
aud at a few minutes totvveve the aisles were
jammed.
The Convention w'as called to order by
Governor E. D. Morgan, Chairman of the
Republican National Committee, w ho intro
duced the Rev. Dr. Muller, of Covingtou,
Ivy., who made a prayer, after which Gov.
Morgan said :
in
of
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in
to
Morgan :
Gentlemen: —I thank you most heartily
for the compliment conferred by calling rue
to preside over the temporary organization of
this Convention. I had been so long with
drawn from practical participation iu political
affairs that it is in obedience to custom rather
than my own inclination, that I occupy even
a moment of your time in a consideration of
the political situation and of the principles so
long successfully entrusted to the keeping of
the Republican party. Events have chased
each other so rapidly from the inauguration
of Abraham Lincoln to the closing year of
the administration of General Grant, fraught
with such fundamental changes iu the whole
theory and practice of the Government, that
the briefest consideration of them in the
briefest manner is precluded upon an occa
sion such as this. Brief as may be consid
ered the existence of the Republican party,
none other in the history of the nation has so
long in consecutive period controlled its gov
ernment without encountering popular de
feat, and still, notwithstanding the popular
jealousy of political ascendancy long con
tinued by any party, it is in the power of this
convention to designate the coming President
of the United States. [Loud aud coutinued
applause.] I am further requested by the
national committee to make a nomination for
a temporary presiding officer of this conveu
ventiou. Therefore, I nominate Theo. M.
Pomeroy, of New York, for that office.
The motion was agreed to, aud Mr. Pom
eroy, on being introduced, spoke as follows :
Gentlemen of the Convention :—The day
aud the hour have arrived for which the rep
resentatives of the Republican party were in
vited to assemble to nominate cmdidates for
President and Vice President of the United
States,and iu obedience to the authority of the
Republican National Committee, I now respet
fully ask that you will maintain order. Iu
1856 at Philadelphia, in 1860 at Chicago, and
1864 at Baltimore, acting under the same gen
eral authority, it has been my privilege to
call the Republican Conventions to order. If
I except the action of the convention of 1864,
the duties which this intelligent body bas to
perform iu comparison with former ones, are
the most important of all. There is no special
or parliamentary authority for any remarks
trom the chair. Iu June, 1864, we were iu
the midst of the war for the preservation of
the Union. We had great armies in the field,
but they had achieved only partial successes,
and wheu successful, always at a very great
cost of life. The bravest and the best of the
young men had fallen in battle by tens and
hundreds of thousands, or were in prison at
Andersonville and Libby. President Lincoln,
seventeen months prior to this, had by procla
mation, but only as a war measure, declared
the slave free, while their masters kept them
within their lines and held full dominion over
them. It was then modestly suggested by
your Chairman of the National Committee,
that the convention would not discharge its
whole duty unless among its other resolves it
should declare for such an amendment of the
National Constitution as would, when adop
ted by the requisite number of States, forever
prohibit African slavery on this continent.
The suggestion was received with unexam
pled enthusiasm by the convention. The
resolution to secure this national blessing was
written in your party platform on that day.
Both Houses of Congress very soon after
passed the required amendment, and twenty
nine sovereign States ratified it. The noble
Lincoln proclaimed the result to the people,
and from that hour to this, the sun has not
risen upon a bondman—not set upon a slave
in all this fair land. Not to the North, not
to the South, but to that Supreme Being
alone who controls the destiuies of nations as
well as the affairs of individuals, let us give
all the glory.
But all this is past, and the past we con
clude is secure. Pardon me, gentlemen, if
again, with like modesty, I make a sugges
tion or two bearing directly on the present.
This convention should emphatically demand
the prompt and efficient execution of those
solemn promises of both Houses of Congress
and the President to redeem in coin, the
legal tender obligations of the Government
on the 1st of January 1879, and signify its
opposition to any modification or repeal of
this law that does not guarantee a still earlier
or better method of returning to specie pay
ment. Let no doubtful word go out from
this conventioD upon the subject of honest
money. Prices are already at a specie point.
Stand firmly by your numerous resolutions
and platforms a little longer, and your cur
rency basis will be transferred into a coin
basis so easily and so naturally that you will
be yourselves surprised,regretting only as you
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of
of
of
will that it wa' not determined on at an earlier
day. Resumption accomplished, then iu all
human probability will follow ten or fifteen
years of prosperity, equal to that of any for
mer period, aud perhups greater than the
country has yet seeu.
If you will, in addition, put a plank in your
plattorm declaring for sucii an amendment
of the Constitution as will extend the Presi
dential office to six years, and make the iu
cumbent ineligible for re-election, you will
deserve the gratitude of the American people.
The last three National Conventions of our
party have had indicated to them in advance
the names of the candidates for the national
ticket, so they have been little else than rati
fication meetings of the decrees that have
been made by tue people—merely putting in
form that which has already been decided
upon. I allude to President Lincoln's second
nomination and the renomination of the
splendid soldier and patriot, General Grant.
Such a state of things no longer exists. There
appears to be at the present time no one to
whom the unerring finger points as the only
candidate. There seems to be no man rising
so far above all others as to cause exultant
voices to exclaim, "Thou art the man!"
Th« consequence is, many distinguished
names among our party friends have been
mentioned as candidates, and will be brought
before the convention, when the proper time
arrives for making nominations. Therefore
it is, that I have expressed myself as seeing
greater responsibilities resting upon any or
all that have preceeded it.
The history of the Republican party fur
nishes abundant evidence of its desire that
the government should be administered with
houesty and economy, aud as a means to that
eud that civil service should be elevated by
the introduction ot all honest, needtul
aud proper reforms. With such a history,
and at a time like the present, it cannot be
doubled that the choice of the couveutiou
will fall on some one, whoever he may be,
clearly committed ou this question, not only
by bis expressed opinions, but also by his
public life and conduct. 1 will not further
anticipate the action of this honorable body
except to say that the firm support on the part
of the nominees of all the receut amendments
to the national Constitution, and the support
aud maintenance of all other principles in
volved iu the war for the preservatiou of the
Union, must also be regarded as the pre
requisites for the high offices of President
and Vice-President of the United States.
With this accomplished it will be the highest
duty, aud should be the greatest pleasure for
all in authority to extend the warm hand of
fellowship to all good citizens of this Union,
and as rapidly as possible to forgive and for
get the recent past, and to do every act to
make us satisfied to be, and to remain, in fact,
as we are in name: "One people, one
country!"
We are met here notas contending factions
within the party to test under the various
eaderships our relative strength, but as rep
resentatives accepting the high responsibilties
to extract from ttie crucible of conflicting
unions that type of American statesmanship
which shall be accepted as the worthy em
bodiment of the principles ot the party. Men
as well as measures are to be weighed in the
balance during the coming months, and
neither must be found wanting to ensure suc
cess. The Republican party cannot continue
to live by reason of its splendid achievements
in the past, nor the Democratic party expect
to be returned to power upon its glittering pro
mises of reform in the future. The former
party has yet to present meiirepresentative of
its principles. Thelattermulfdiscover both its
principles and its men. In former days when
party ties were firmer, when the immediate
pressure of impending national calamities
hedged us about aud compelled party fidelity,
the platform carried on the man whoever he
might be. Party ties are looser now, and no
platform is buoyant enough to float ah un
worthy candidate.
Again thanking you, gentlemen, I enquire,
what is the pleasure of the convention ?
proceed to business.
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proceed to business.
By request of the Michigan delegation the
name of E. W. Hinckes was proposed as
sergeant-at arms of the convention, and be
was unanimously elected.
Dr. Loring, of Massachusetts, moved that
the roll of States and Territories be called
and that the chairman of each delegation an
nounce the name of the persons selected
ti
serve in the following committees : First
credentials ; second, permanent organization
third, rules and order of business, fourth
resolutions. The motion was carried.
Dutch, of New York—Does that include
the Territories ?
The Chair—No, sir, it does not.
Dutch—I move a reconsideration of that
ote.
A gentleman from Pennsylvania moved to
lay it on the table ; carried.
The Chair—The Secretary will call the roll
of States for the presentation for the com
mittees on credentials.
A delegate from Indiana moved that as the
roll was called the delegation should nomi
nate a member of all the committees; car
ried.
In order to simplify the process and to get
rid of ridiculous errors made in writing down
indistinctly the names, the chairman of the
different delegations were allowed to hand in
their committemen in writing, to be subse
quently read by the Secretary. It was nearly
1:30 before the tedious task of the collection
of statistical information was over. Then
the Secretary read the list of the various
committees. Upon the withdrawal of the
committees the delegates took the opportunity
to move around and discuss the situation
while the committees were absent.
A delegate from Maryland—As none of
the committees were ready to report, I move
the convention take a recess until 4 o'clock.
The question was put, but the motion was
not agreed to.
McPherson, of Philadelphia, a strong Blaine
man, is to be permanent Chairman.
Eugene Hale, on the floor ot the conven
tion, has just received the following:
Washington, June 14, 12:55 p. m.— I have
just left Blaine. He is fully recovered. Every
faculty is perfectly sound, and he is only a
little weak, as a result of his attack.
(Signed) GEO. M. ROBESON,
Secretary of the Navy.
COMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION.
Loring, of Massachusetts, then came for
ward and read the following report of the
C unumtee on Organization :
President, Edward McPherson, of Pennsyl
vania.
Vice-Presidents—Alabama, M. W. Gibbs;
California, Geo. S. Evans; Colorado, Henry
McAllister ; Connecticut, Martin J. Sheldon ;
Delaware, David W. Moore ; Florida, Geor
gia R. L. Mott; Illinois, John Trinaker;
Indiana, Jas. 8. Frazer; Iowa, W. T. Shaw;
Kansas, William Martindale; Kentucky, E.
R. Weir ; Louisiana, Geo. Y. Kelso ; Maine,
to.
of
ed
J. B. Brown; Maryland, Jas. A. Gary; Mas
sachusetts, P. A. Chadbourne; Michigan,
Henry H. Balwin ; Minnesota, C. Bogen ;
Mississippi, M. Shannessee; Missouri, G. A.
Finkelenbury ; Nebraska, H. S. Kaley ; Ne
vada, Thomas Wren; New Hampshire, E.
A. Straw ; New Jersey, Wm. A. Newell;
New York, Marshall O. B. Brooks; North
Carolina, Jas. H. Harris; Ohio, Benjamin
F. Wade; Oregon, J. H. Foster; Pennsyl
vania, J. S. Tutley ; Rhode Island, Henry
Howard ; South Carolina, R. H. Gleaves ;
Tennessee, Horace H. Harrison ; Texas, A.
B. Norton; Vermont, Geo. Howe; Virginia,
R. II. Carter; West Virginia, W. E. Steven
son; Wisconsin, Jas. Binkliff; Arizona, De
Forest Porter; Dakota, Alexander Hughs;
Idaho, Austin Savage ; Montana, Beujamin
H. Tatem ; New Mexico, Samuel B. Axtell ;
Utah, James B. McKean ; Washington, El
wood Evans; Wyoming, Wm. Hinton.
Principal Secretary, J. 31. Bean, of Wis
consin, and one assistant for each State.
The Committee further reported that they
had submitted no names of Vice President or
Secretaries from Alabama and other States
where there was a contest.
After the report of the Committee on cre
dentials, these vacancies could easily be
filled.
3IcClure, of Arkansas, insisted that the re
port should not be adopted until the report
of the Committee on report of credentials
had been received, and he moved to lay the
report temporarily on the table.
Loring, the Chairman of the Committee,
desired to state that this question was dis
cussed in the Committee, and on returning to
the report of the Convention at Philadelphia
in 1872 , it was found that the Committee on
credentials reported after the permanent
organization of the Convention, and it was
on that account that this report has been
made, feeling that the Convention had a per
fect rlight to accept it or not as they pleaseJ -
that provision had been made for the con;
testing delegations by the report of the com
mittee.
Mason, of New York, moved that the re
port be adopted, so far as it related to States
where there W'as no contest ; voted out of
order.
A delegate from Maryland moved to lay
McClure's motion on the table.
The motion was agreed to.
The delegate from Arkansas insisted that
this motion carried the subject matter along
with it, but the Chair overruled the point,
stating that the Convention had adopted no
rules, aud made them up as it went along ;
the report was adopted.
There were momentary calls for other
speakers, aud motions to adjourn.
The Chair—The first business now in order,
and the oniy business, is to surremler the
Chair to the permanent chairman named by
the committee on organization. The Chair
therefore names Messrs. Orton, of New York,
Downing, of Iowa, and McCormick, of Ari
zona, as a committee to conduct the perma
nent chairman to the platform.
McPherson came forward, accompanied
by the escort, and was greeted with cheers.
The retiring chairman said : "I take pleasure
iu introducing as your permanent President,
the Hon. Edward McPherson, of Pennsyl
vania."
MCPHERSON IN THE CIIAIR.
The Chairman—Gentlemen of the conven
tion, no one of you knows better than myself
how entirely unworthy I am of this high
honor. It has come to me not only entirely
unsought, but with a feeling of absolute and
uncontrollable surprise; but I have been
reared in the school of duty and in the poli
tics of Pennsylvania. It is a fundamental
doctrine that that every Republican shall do
his whole duty [applause] and therefore 1 am
here to accept this honor tendered by your
committee and ratified by yourselves as au
honor tendered to the great old common
wealth which has sent me as one of its dele
gates to this convention. Since '56, in no
one of the great contests has he ever faltered,
and in this Centennial convention she has
turned an inflexible defiant ear to the enemjL
She sa}'s no truce with treason, malignity
and everything that is not national. She has
determined to roll up for the nominees of
this convention a majority such as will en
title her to continue to be what she has long
been, and I say it with all respect, the fore
most iu the Republican cause. The Chair is
ready for business.
The President announced that the commit
tee on rules would meet at 4 o'clock at the
Gibsou House, and that they expected to
make a report iu the morning. The Presi
dent also suggested the appointment of a
member of the committee on resolutions, to
take his place, vacated by his elevation to
the chair.
Wm. B. 3Iann was selected, on motion of
Will Cumbach, of Indiana. The convention
then adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow'
morning.
Kecond Day's Proceedings.
Cincinnati, June 15.— The delegates be
gan to assemble in the hall before 10 o'clock,
but the Convention was not promptly called
to order because it was known that the Com
mittee on rules were unprepared to report,
in consequence of the debate on the proposal
to reconsider the rule adopted yesterday,
against the changing of votes, pending the
annonneement of any recorded ballot. The
latest advices are that the rule will be con
sidered and defeated.
At 10:40 the delegates generally were in
their seats. President McPherson called the
Convention to order, and presented Rev. Geo.
Beecher, who opened the proceedings with
pr «3 er.
Geo. T. Hoar, of Mass., presented a memo
rial of the National Woman's Sufferage As
sociation. As this paper must go to the re
solution Committee, Mr. Hoar moved that
Mis. Say 1er J. Spencer be heard by the Con
vention for ten minutes, which was agreed
to. Mrs. Spencer came forward, and pro
ceeded to present in a concise form the claims
of women citizens to practical recognition,
and criticized the failure of the speakers yes
terday to plead for them. At the conclusion,
her brief speech was received with applause.
Cesna, from the Committee on rules and
order of business, reported and recommend
ed the States to be called in order. The re
port of the credential Committee is to be dis
posed of before the report of the resolutions
and platform is considered, and the platform
before the nominations are made. The rule
against changing the vote on any ballot after
once recorded, unless to correct numerical
errors, was maintained in the report.
Cesna moved to recommit the report to as
certain if there are serious objections to be
considered.
Hale, of Maine, indicated objection to the
proposition thaï the platform must be made
before presenting the candidates.
Cesna moved to take a vote on all the rules