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proposed, except the one objected to by
Hale.
the report.
The following is the report of the Commit
tee on Rules: , ,
To the Honorable the President and mem
bers of the Republican National Conveu
Your committee to whom was referred the
matter of rales and order of business, beg
leave to submit the following rules and order
of business for the government of the con
vention: . .. „
Upon all subjects before the convention,
the States shall be called in alphabetical ord
er, and next the Territories and District of
Columbia. Each State shall be entitled to
double the number of its Senators and Repre
sentatives in Congress, according to the date
of apportionment, and each 1 erritory and
the District of Columbia shall be entitled to
two votes. The votes of each delegation
shall be reported by its chairman, l ue ■ re
port of the Committee on credentials shall be
disposed of before the report of the Committee
on platform and resolutions is acted upon,
and the report of the Committee on platform
and resolutions shall be disposed of before
the Convention proceeds to the nomination
of candidates for President and \ ice-Piesi
In making nominations for President and
Vic .-President, in no case shall the calling of
the roll be dispensed with. When it shall
appear that any candidate has received a ma
jority of the votes cast, the President of !•'
convention shall announce the question to be,
shall the nomination of the candidate be
made unanimous ? Rut if no candidate shall
have received a majority of the \otes, the
chairman shall direct the vote to be again
taken, which will be repeated until some can
didate shall have received a majority of the
votes cast. .
When any State shall have announced its
vote, it shad so stand until the ballot is an
nounced, unie»« in case of numerical error,
when a majority of the delegates of any
two States shall demand that a vote be recor
ded, the same shall he taken by States, '1 er
ritorics and the District of Columbia, the
Secretary calling the roll of States and Ter
ritories in the order heretofore stated and the
District of Columbia. In the records of the
votes b}' States, the vote of each State, Terri
tory and District of Columbia, shall be an
nounced by the Chairman, and in case the
votes of any State, Territory or District of
Columbia shall tie divided, the Chair man shall
announce the number of votos cast, for any
candidate, or for or against any proposition.
When the previu >s question shall be demand
ed by the delegates from any States and the
demand seconded by two or more States, and
the call is sustained by a majority of the con
vention, the question shall then be proceeded
with and disposed of according to the rules
of the House of Representatives in similir
cases. The rules of the House of Represen
tatives shall he the rules of this convention
so far as they are applicable and not incon
sistent with the foregoing rules.
A Republican National Committee shall be
appointed to consist of one member from
each Territory and district represented in
this convention. The roll shall be called,
and the delegation from each State, Terri
tory and district shall name through their
chairmana person to act as a member of such
committee.
Stillman of New York gave notice of a
proposed amendment providing for half an
hour recess after each ballot.
Ha Je moved to strike out that portion of the
rules providing that there shall be no nomi
nation until after the platform is disposed of.
He briefly sustained his amendment, urging
that when the organization of this convention
is completed, it proceed at once to nomi
nations.
Hotchkiss, of New York, said in 1860 the
Republican Convention made its platform be
fore it named its candidates. It is aburd to
put a man on horseback before you get you
horse. [ Applause.] We may make a plat
form that will reduce the number of candi
dates. [Applause.]
Haynes, of Ohio, said in 1860 the platform
was reported before the candidate was nomin
ated. He concurred in the absurdity of
making a candidate before the platform was
agreed upon. It might turn out that he was
not fitted to it.
Cesna said that if we nominate candidates
before we make a platform, half the dele
gates will he on their way home before the
platform is presented, and there will be no
proper deliberation.
John T. Ensore, Chairman of the Commit
tee on credentials, reported full delegations
present, except from iSorth Carolina and
Nevada, which were each one short.
Cessna remarked that he learned that ne'
ther delegation from the District of Colum
bia was regular, and moved to amend the re
port by substituting the name of Fred. Doug
lass for that of Bowen, thus giving each of
the contesting del gâtions one vote.
A Virginia delegate contended that there
was no evidence sustaining Cessna's claim of
irregularity.
Bowen and Green charged that Cessna's
suggestion was prompted only because Doug
lass sympathized in his own view as to can
didates.
Ensore certified that the committee was
nearly unanimous in the decision that the
Bowen delegation was entirely regular.
Cessna, amid great confusion, withdrew
his motion.
The report of the committee on all points,
save the Alabama case, was then adopted.
The question recurring on the Alabama case,
Ensore replied to the argument of the minor
ity report, which claimed that the majority
had no facts to sustain their report. The
minority had presented an overwhelming ar
ray of facts to sustain their report and the
majority could not dispute them.
Atkins, of Georgia, followed for the min
ority report.
Wisconsin moved the previous question,
which was sustained.
A vote on the adoption of the minority re
port was taken and resulted—yeas, 354, nays
37.», so the minority was objected to.
RESOLUTrONS.
Hawley, from the Committee on Resolu
tions, submitted the following report:
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Mr. President .—You must be aware that
your Committee on resolutions, upon assem
bling, found itself constituted of men of some
what differing sentiments and widely sep
arated localities, and mostly straDgers to each
other. We have in general agreed upon the
sentiments we are about to present to you,
and respectfully submit it for your consider
ation and for your amendment if you choose.
It is as follows :
When in the economy of Providence this land was
to be purged ot human ulavery, and when the strengtn
oi the government of tne people, by the people, lor
the people, was to be demonsu-atea. the Republican
by ur/ii mv*»*v*"-Q — —-—' —— -—o ..I
country and mankind, and looking to the future witn
unfaltering courage, nope and purpose ,we, thejepre
sentatives ot the party, in the National Convention
assembled, do make the following declaration ot
principles : .
1.—The United States of America is a natyon not a
league by the combined workings ot the National and
feta"e governments under their respective constitu
tions, the rights of every citizen are secured at home
and protected abroad, and the common weltare pro
moted. , ,
'A—The Republican party has preserved those gov
ernments to their hundreutb anniversary ot the na
tions birth; they are now embodiments of the great
truths «pukeu at its cradle ; that ail men are created
equal; that ihey are endowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights, among which are life, lib
erty and the pursuits ot h; ipiness; that tor tile at
tainment ot these ends governments ha\e been insti
tuted amo.-g men deriving tbeir just powers troni the
consent of the governed until these truths are eheer
tuli. obeyed. It it is needed to lie vigorously enforced,
tlie work of the Kepuniicau party is aunuished.
x.—Tim permanent paciiicatioii ot the southern sec
tion of the L mon auu the complete protection ot ns
citizens in the iree enjoyment ot all their ngutn, aie
duties to which the Republican party stands sacred.}
pledged. [Applause.] The power to provide lor the
enforcement oi tne principles embodied in the leceut
constitutional amendment is vested uy these ameiiu
lueiils ill the Congress ol the l niteu Stales, and all
declare it to ne the solemn ooligatiuii ot tue leg* da
tive and executive department» ot the government to
put iiiLo immediate aim vigorous exercise alt their
constitutional powers tor removing any just causes of
discontent on me part ot any eia»s, aim tor securing to
eveiy American citizen complete liberty and equality
in ihe exercise ot civil, political and public
rights. [Applause.] lo this end we imperatively de
mand a Congress and a Chief Executive, whose cour
age and liueiity to tnese duties shall no. taker until
tnese resuits are placed beyond dispute or reca.l. ^Ap
plause. J in the lust act or Congress signed (>} Trosi
uent until t, the National Ciov erinnern sought to re
move any doubts ot lis duties to discharge a.J just on
iigat'ons to pu hilc. creditors, aim soiemmy pledged us
until to mare a provision at the earliest possiinc pe
r.od lor the redemption ot United States notes in coin.
[Cheers.] commercial prosperity, public morals and
nat ional credit demand that this pi omise he tuiiilled
by a continuous ana steady progress to specie pay
ment. [coud and mug continued applause.] Louer
tue Constitution, the rCesideht and ucaus oi depan
ments are to mane nominations for ohn e. The Senate
is to advise and consent to appointments, and tue
House ol Representatives is to accuse and prosecute
landless ouicers. The best interests ot me public
service demand that tnese distincuo. s L*j respected;
that Senators and Representatives wno may be judges
and accusers sliounl nut diciaie appointments to uni
ces. the invariable rule for appointments should
have leieretice to the honesty, Udelity and capacity
oi me appointees, giving to the party in power most
places where harmony and vigor ol the auuunisLraiiou
require its policy lo be represented, but perm.Umg ah
others to be nlled by persons selected w ith sum refer
ence to the itticieu. y or the publie service and the
right nt all ciuzeas to share in urn iiouor oi rendering
luilhi ui service to ilieir country.
6. — We rejoice in the quickened conscience of the
people concerning po.uical auairs, and will hold ah
puu.ic otiicers to a rigid responsibility ; and engage
iliat the prosecution and punishment ol all wno betiay
oiticiul trusts shall he speedy, morouglr and unsparing.
[Oil ji rs.]
Ï. —Tne public school system of the several States
is the bulwark ot the American Republic, and with a
view toits security and permanence we recommend
an ameiidiiieut to the Constitution of tue Lulled aiates
toi hmumg the application ot any public lunds or prop
erty lor ihe benent or any scuoois or institutions un
der secianan control, [uivat cheering . onunued tor
several minutes, in response to repealed cheers, Gen.
Hawley read mis plank a second nine ana me dele
gates and audience repeated their cheers.J
t>.—The revenue necessary tor current expenditures
and the obligation of the public debt must oe largely
due iroin duties on importations, whicn so far as pos
sible should be adjusted, to promote the inter si ot
American labor and advance the prosperity ot the
wtioie country.
9.—W e reaiiirm our opposition to further grams of
the public minis to corporations or monopolies, anil
demand that the national domain be devoted to flee
homes for tne people.
1U.—It is an imperative duty of the Government to
so modify existuig treaties with European govern
ments lLal protection shall be aliorded to the mueri
cau citizen that is given to the native born. That all
necessary law s should be passed to protect immigrants
in the absence of power in the states lor that pur. ose.
It.—It is the immediate du;y ot Congress to luiiy
investigate the etlect oi the immigration and importa
tion ot Mongolians upon thp moral and material inter
ests ot tlie countiy. [Applause.]
12. —The Republican party recognizes with approval
the substantial advance recently made toward me es
tablishment ul equal rights tor women by the many
important auieudiueuls elfected by tlie Republican
Legislatures, iu the laws which concern the personal
anil properly relations of wives, mo.tiers and widows,
and Dy the appointment and election of women to
the superiutendeucy of education, charities and other
public trusts. The honest demands of this class ot
citizens tor addit.onai rights and privileges, and im
munities, should he treated with respectful consideia
tiou. [Applause.]
13. —The Constitution confers upon Congress sov
ereign power over the Territor.es oi tlie United Mates
for men- government aim iu the exercise ot mis power
it is ihe right and the duty ot Congress to p.ohibit
ami extirpate ill the Territories that relic ot Ourbar
ism—polygamy ; and we demand such legislation as
shall secure Lins end and the supremacy or American
institutions in all tlie Territories
14. —The pledges which the nation has given our
soldiers aim sailors must be tultilied. T he gr. at peo
ple will always hold those who periled their lives lor
their countrys preservation in the Kindest remem
brance.
15. —We severely deprecate all sectional felling and
tendencies. We therefore note with deep solicitude
that the Democratic party counts as its cuiet hope of
success upon tne electoral vote of the united South,
procured through the efforts of those who were re
cently arrayed against the nation, and we invoke the
earnest attention of the country to the grave truth
that a success thus achieved would reopen sectional
strife and imperil the national honor and human
rights.
16 . —We charge that the Democratic party as being
the same in character and spirit as wnen it sympi£
thized with treason, with making its control of the
lionse of Representatives the triumph and the oppor
tunity of the nation's recent toes, with re
asserting and applauding at the National Capi
tol the sentiments of the unrepented rebellion,
with sending Union soldiers to the rear and promoting
Confederate soldiersjto the front, with deliberately
proposing to repudiate the plighted faith of the Gov
ernment, with being equally ialse and imbecile upon
the joreshadowing ot the eudsot justice by its partisan
mismanagement and obstruction ot investigation, with
E roving itself through the period of ascendancy in the
ower House of Cougreso utterly incompetent to ad
minister the Government We warn the country
against trusting a party thus alike unworthy, recreant
and incapable.
IT.—The National Administration merits commenda
dation for its honorable work in the management of
domestic and foresgn affairs, and President Grant de
serves the continued aud hearty gratitude of the
American people for his patriotism and his immense
service in War and in peace.
Pierce, of Massachusetts, moved to strike
out the reference to the Mongolian immigra
tion, which he denounced as a departure
from every Republican platform, and of the
principles of the Declaration of Independ
ence, and the laws of Christian love, which
makes all men, whether Jew or Gentile,
equal.
Axtel), of New Mexico, opposed the amend
ment. The people of the Pacific St ties, ir
respective of party, all desire an investiga
tion of tne Magnolian question.
Jones, of Nevada, followed. This ques
tion is of great importance to the people of
the Pacific coast. He described the degrad
ing character of this Mongolian immigration
as a people who recognize neither honesty j
among men nor virtue among women. They
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contribute nothiug to churches or schools.
They can live, and will, for ten cents per
day. They are in competition with Ameri
can laborers who support families, schools,
churches and institutions. There is but one
opinion in the Pacific States as to the necessity
for investigation by Congress, to inform it
self as to the real fact9 in the case in order
that it may see if something is not necessary
to be done to remedy the evils of which they
complain.
Dutcher, of New York, urged the careful
consideration of the resolution, to see if our
free people do not need protection agaiust
coolie labor.
Curtis, of New York, urged that in begin
ning a new century the Republicans of
America should not depart from the princi
ples of the Declaration of Independence.
His remarks were received with great ap
plause.
BelforJ, of Colorado, earnestly sustained
the resolution reported, and pointed out fhe
utter failure of Chinese immigrants to assim
ilate to our own people in any way.
Tennessee demanded the previous question,
which was sustained.
The question was taken by States on
Pierce's motion to strike out. It resulted
yeas 215, nays 532. So the motion to strike
out was rejected. The resolution was then
adopted.
The question next started was on finances.
Tlie resolution of Davis, of Texas, from the
minority of the Committee on Resolutions,
was reported as a substitute. The resolution
declares .distinctly there shall be no further
postponement of specie resumption, beyond
the date already fixed by law for such re
sumption. He thought the resolution of the
committee too indefinite.
The resolution as reported was adopted,
and the whole platform was also adopted.
The chairman announced that the next busi
ness was
NOMINATIONS,
which was received with applause, motions
to adjourn, etc., which were vociferously ob
jected to. The motion to adjourn until 10
o'clock to-morrow was put and lost.
Kellogg, of Connecticut, was instructed by
bis delegation to present the name of Mar
shall Jewell for President. He brieflj' stated
his record.
Thompson, of Indiana, said he was in
structed by the entire Republican party of
Indiana, to put before the convention the
name of Oliver P. Morton, as a suitable nom
inee for the Presidency of the United States.
He was equal to every crisis during the dark
est hour of tiie rebellion, aud equal to every
crisis siuce in the Senate. He stands the
peer of the best. He continued to eulogize
Morton at some length, and urged that Indi
ana bad never had a President. Nominate
Morton and there shall go up a great shout
of victory in November. He denied that
Morton is physically unfit for the position of
President. True, he has been afflicted in his
legs, but it don't need legs to make a Presi
dent ; his head and heart are sound, and his
ability and patriotism are unquestioned. If
the rights of all people, regardless of color,
are to be sustained, and the Union preserved,
no man is better calculated to do that.
Pinchbaok, of Lousiana, seconded Morton's
nomination in the name of the truly loyal
people of his State. He referred to him as a
man of spotless integrity, matchless courage,
and broad Catholic views. His election w'ould
strike terror to the monsters iu the South
who are driving away capital, persecuting
her loyal people, and murdering them. It
would be a complete and final settlement of
all the great questions arising out of the late
war.
Gen. Harlan, of Kentucky, came forward
amid the greatest applause exhibited in the
convention to nominate Benjamin E. Bris
tow, in obedience to the instructions of the
entire Republican party of his State. Tiie
announcement of this news was the signal
for another tremendous round of applause.
From his earliest manhood lie had been true
to the great principles dear to the heart of
every Republican. He was reared in the
school which taught that the United States
did not constitute a league but a nation. In
stantly when the rebellion broke out, he an
nounced his determination to stand by the
Union come what might. He followed his
words by entering the military service, and
subsequently supporting the cause with equal
zeal in the legislature.
Harlan proceeded at some length and for
cibly to state Bristow's record, being frequen
ly interrupted by cheers.
Judge Poland, of Vermont, seconded the
nomination. He said a large number of the
people of his State belonged to the Republi
can party, and such is the case in almost
every other State. Vermont had not a can
didate of its own, but had a deep interest in
the great work of this convention. The crisis
is an important one. The boast of the Dem
ocracy is that they go iDto this canvass with
a united South in their favor. This is proba
bly true; so it needs only comparatively
small fragments of the Northern vote to
remit the destinies of the country
again into the hands of those who sought to
break up the country. Vermont and Ken
tucky came into the Union together. He
hoped they would stand together now for vic
tory with Bristow.
Curtis, of New York, now took the plat
form amid a loud and long applause. On
behalf of that vast body of Republicans of
New Y'ork, who have seen that reform is
possible within the Republican party, because
they have seen the heavy arm of the govern
ment drawn upon the thieves, he rose to
second the nomination of Bristow. He refer
red to Bristow as the one man, who, more
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than any other, could at this time embody the
sentiment of the country in behalf of such
reform, the condition of the continued ascen
dency of the party in that it shall discharge
its duties to the people. He proceeded to
eulogize Bristow aud recited from the begin
ning of the rebellion to the present time, and
iu conclusion said, if this is not to be the last
successful convention of the Republican
party, it must go into the canvass with these
cries.
First. Absolute protection of all the lights
of citizens everywhere.
Socond. The hardest kind of hard money,
and the earliest return to it.
Third. No rings, no cliques, no combina
tions of the personal interests of all the peo
ple. No personal government, nothing but
the will of the people cleaily expressed.
Richard H. Dana, of Massachusetts, also
seconded Bristow's nomination. He knew no
other name that was sure to carry Massachu
setts next November. Mark what I said,
not that no other name can carry Massachu
setts, but that I know no other that was sure
lo do it.
When Maine was called upon a scene of
the wildest enthusiasm ensued, delegates and
spectators rising to their feet, waving handker
chiefs, hats, fans, and cheering, long and
loudly, aud dosing with three cheers for
Blaine. Ingersoll, of Illinois, took the plat
form and he was satisfied with the loyalty of
Bristow, but if Massachusetts cannot carry
any nominee of this convention, he was not
satisfied with the loyalty of Massachusetts.
If it cannot carry it by 75,000, they ought to
sell out Faneuil Hall for a Democratic hall.
[Applause and a voice—a monument from
Bunker Hill.] He urged that the party de
mand now for President a reformer after as
well as before election ; a man of political
and statesman's experience, and a man of in
tegrity-one who knows enough to know that
the national debt must be paid through the
prosperity of the American people ; that
money must be made, not by law, but by
labor. Nothing could be more effective and
impressive than the speaker's statements of
the requirements of the people and the Re
publican party growing out of the necessities
of the hour. Each sentence w'as forcibly
epigramatie aud elicited its round of applause
and especially when he said the party de
mands a candidate of spotless purity, but
does not demand that he shall present a
certificate of character from the Confederate
Congress, llis announcement of the name
of Jas. G. Bl.iiue was the signal for another
scene of tremendous excitement. The party
wants a leader with the audacity of genius,
the grandest combination of heart and con
science, and the man known to the American
people is Jas. G. .Blaine. To desert him now
would be like an army deserting its general.
In the name of the great Republic, her great
defenders and supporters, her soldiers living
or iu the skeleton clutch of Audersonville
and Libby, Illinois nominates that prince of
parliamentarians, that leader of leaders, Jas.
G. Blaine.
Turner, of Georgia, related his journey
through the country where he found Blaine's
name was talismanic ; he revered the name of
Morton, "the defender of the outraged people
of Louisiana," but believed that the name of
Blaine will arouse the people of tins
great country as that of Morton will not.
He had deep respect for Bristow, and for the
great part of New Y'ork which had seconded
him here, and great respect also for the dis
tinguished gentlemen from Massachusetts,
our late Minister to England. He eulogized
Blaine's record in eloquent, impassioned
terms, but elicited strong tokens of dissent
aud displeasure when he uttered a sentence
to the effect that the Republican party' was
bleeding and dead of Democratic victory be
fore Blaine in the halls of Congress came to
the rescue. *
Frye of Maine followed in support of the
nomination of Maine's idol son, who, if nom
inated by this Convention, will carry Maine
by twenty thousand majority. He was elo
quent and forcible in describing the great
cause involved in the pending contest, and
declaring its invincibility for its own sake
under any chosen leader.
When New T York was called, Woodford ad
vanced to the platform, and, in obedience to
the injunctions of the New Y T ork Convention,
presented the honored name of Roscoe Conk
ling, broad in culture,eloquent in debate, wise
in council, fearless in leadership, true to the
old Republican party,he needs neither defense
nor eulogy. He is a positive quantity in the
body politic. He characterized him as a true
friend of Ulysses Ö. Grant. Let us nominate
a President with our heads and not our hearts.
The speaker discussed the political situation
for the purpose of showing the policy for
nominating Conkling as the best means of
securing a national Republican triumph. He
urged laying aside all personal preference and
all ötate pride in the rememberance of what
Democratic restoration means.
Gov. Noyes, on behalf of Ohio, presented
the name of R. B. Hayes—one who is
well known, and greatly beloved by Ohio.
He had defeated successively Thurman, Pen
dleton aud Wtn. Allen; he has got iu the
habit of beating Democrats, and from the
force of habit will do it once again if nom
inated. He is brave, honest, unpretending,
wise, sagacious, scholarly and a gentleman.
He is a candidate who can carry Ohio, Indi
ana, Illinois and New York; as well as all
the rest, because in him you will have a can
didate on whom all differences can unite,
and because his nomination is safest and best
for the assurance of success.
Bartholomew of Pennsylvania, presented
the name of Governor Hartranft, which
elicited applause. He di<^ not claim him
superior intellectually to ali the other candi
dates, but he knows enough, and will listen
to good, sound and sen-ible advice. He is
the chosen leader of Pennsylvania Republi
cans.
The Convention adjourned until ten to
morrow, when the fir&t business will be bal
loting. At the close of the day, Blaine's friends
were still compact, Ingersoll's electric speech
having inspired the weakest with renewed
confidence.
Grand Ratification .Meeting*
Washington, June 19. —There was an
immense mass meeting in this city to-night
to ratify the Cincinnati nominations. The
meeting was the largest that has occurred in
this city sinee the war. Prominent on the
platform were President Grant, Senators
Sherman, Morton, Frelinghuysen and Ogles
by, Secretaries Chandler, Taft and New,Gen.
Butler and many other prominent persons.
The meeting was presided over by Logan,
and speeches were made by Sherman, Mor
ton, Freiinghnysen, Oglesby,Taft and Butler.
The speeches all gave unbounded approval to
the nominations. Letters w'ere read from
Governor Jewell, Senator Conkling and Sec
retary Bristow, expressing their hearty ap
proval of the nomination.
Butler said he desired to repel the slander
upon Massachusetts at the convention. One
of tlie delegates said, they would only vote
for one man. He would say that there would
he a large majority for any man nominated
at that convention.
The speakers generally alluded to their
principles iu favor of hard money, and But
ler said that they could not stop to quarrel
over minor questions of policy. He might
differ from some of his political friends on
some of the questions, but he was chained to
the oar aud must pull in the boat until every
negro tn the south could sleep iu his own
cabin as well protected as he could in Massa
chusetts.
Taft alluded to his knowledge of Hayes,
his political principles, etc., concluded with
saying : Popular education is the hope of the
Republic. I trust the time is not far distant
when all people will acquiesce in sustaining
the common schools, and when they' who
would ask a division of the school fund will
yield to the genius of Republicanism and be
satisfied to give religious instruction and en
joy religious worship in the family and in the
church, while the State, with sovereign im
partiality', will perform its great duty of mak
ing education universal through the best sys
tem of common schools that the world ever
saw.
After the adjournment of the meeting at
the eiiy hall, the assemblage proceeded to the
residence of Blaine, w'ho was met with the
most intense manifestations of favor. He
addressed the crow'd as follows :
Fellow Republicans —The condition of my
health forbids that I should address you at
length, and I fear my voice may fail to reach
a considerable portion of the large crowd to
which I am so indebted for the compliment
of this call. Let me say in brief that I heart
ily join with you in ratifying the nomination
of Hayes and Wheeler. I know both of the
candidates well, and have known them long.
They are true and tried, honest and compe
tent, strong and popular. I do not believe it
w'as possible for the National Convention to
present a more acceptable ticket to the great
mass of the American voters, and I have no
doubt of its triumphant election in Novem
ber. To that great result, your efforts aud
mine will, I am sure, be devoted with the
most earnest zeal. If I may' be permitted to
refer to the connection of my' own name with
the Republican nomination, let me say, geu
tlemen, that I iook back upon it with pride
and satisfaction, and with not one tinge of
regret at the final result. I owe much to the
true friends who so faithfully supported me,
and I am sure that I do not enterhiin the
slightest feeling of unkindness towards those
who opposed me. I hope I can go further,
and say that out of all the tiered contlicts of
the past half year, I do not at this moment
cherish a trace of ill will or uncharitable feel
ing toward any political rival or any politi
cal opponent. Let us look forward hopeful
ly to the future for peace and prosperity to
the American people, wisely guarded by a
Republican administration of the Government
which shall be just to all sections and to all
citizens of our common country. Thanking
you again, gentlemen for the honor of your
call, I bid you a cordial good night.
Grant made a speech to-night in endorse-
ment of Hayes and Wheeler. The serenad-
es from the ratification meeting at the city
ball, after paying Blaine a complimentary
visit, directed their course to the White House
on the balcony of which the President soon
appeared, in response to the music of the
Marine band and the cheers of crowd. When
an opportunity was afforded him by the first
lull in the noisy demonstration he said ; Gen-
tlemen—After all the speaking you and I
have listened to to-night—for I was with you
at your ratification meeting—you can't wish,
even I were a speaker, to hear anything from
me ; but I cannot withhold my approval of
the excellent ticket given you by the Nation-
al Republican Convention at Cincinnati—a
ticket that should receive the cordial support
of all races in all sections. I know Governor
Hayes personally, and I can surrender with
unfeigned pleasure my present position tp
him, as I believe I shall do, on the 5th of
March next, with guaranteed security for our
rights and liberties under the laws of the
land.
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Treasurer New Resigns.
Washington, June 20. —Treasurer New
has written a letter of resignation to take
effect from July 1st, and will send it to the
President to-day.