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Twelve e'ci.ek came, and at that hour
the Opera Houe, in which the conven
t ion was hell. was p tek ed. The large stage
was given up to the effacers of the conven
tion, members of the press and prominent
politieans, ail watching withintense inter
est the opening scenes in the play. Corn
pletely filing the auditorium in the par.
c l ues and ptirquet circle were the delegates,
the Philadelpt,ia represent,tion prescliting
a solid iro. t. with William R. Leeds, Chris
Kr ears, W. Ellwood Bowan, Amos M.
City Commissioner DJuglas, and
other well known men in the van. Harry
ulin had placed himself near Wolf of
ITiiiee as a foil to that gentleman, while
John Ce-,113 was well up on the flank.
Chris Magee, of Allegheny, did the light
iimishing Ls usual, while his brother
Fred was apparently a "looker on in Ye
nice,'' and was seated quietly on the stage.
The strength of the Blaine men was in the
body of the hall. and both General Koontz
an-i General Albright were in a position
where they could he speedily recognized
:,nd easily heard. The upper tiers of the
house were open for "invited guests" and
were packed with an earnest auditory,
who , e expectant glances showed intense
interest in every detail. Passmore's Brass
BAIA b. - gin to play, but gave up the musi
e7ll entertainment in apparent disgust, and
4li:.ut five minutes after 12, all being in
readines. Chait man Hooton aroseiand ad-
N.:meet; to the grunt or the stage.
Colonel ILotat sail :
2.50
(: ENTLENI::N : As th- hour has arrived at which
this eenveto ion was directed to assemble, the con
ventien p!eat.e come to order. The roll will
tir:t he called to ascertain whether it is correct. If
there are any sult.titutions to be made, you will
make them at the time the name i read for which
the substitution is to be made. Each gentleman
present, when his name is called, will please an
swer. If there are any contests in any districts,
the gentlemen f ram those districts will oblige us
by so stating at once, that we and those whose
sea', arc colitested may be given notice at the
time.
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Scerett:ry J E. Allen, journal clerk of
the Legislature, then proceeded to calling
the roll, every delegate answering to his
name. Several notices of cutest were giv
en, but. the work was put through in very
tiu:e, and Colonel Ilooten said:
-Gentleman, the next thing in order will
be the election for temporary chairman."
Mr. Miller (Mercer) nominated lion.
Iles-e,ll Errett, of Allegheny.
t;eueral Albrizht (Carbon)—l nomi
nate, a. an amendment, the Hon. George
V. Lawrence of Washlngton county, and
fiar the Seas and na)s.
Mr. Wolk (Union) rose to inquire what
rule should he followed in voting where
there were contested scat., and moved that
bib of the delegates be permitted to vote
on the election of temporary chairman.
Ur. Harry rive to a point of'
older. In such a ease us this the rule is
to go on with the calling of the roll before
any other business.
Mr Wolfe—l think—
Chairwan Iloototi—l rule that the call
ing of the roll shall proeekd and that the
delegate whose name appears on the list
shall vote.
Mr. John R Fadie of Somerset—l ap
peal from the decision of the Chair and—
Scvt ral v&ccs—Call the roll.
Chairman Houton (to the secretary)— Go
ahead
And so Clerk Allen in a stentorian voice
begin calling the roll.
Mr. Eadie stood a moment where he
had risen to appeal from the decision of
Chair. looked around a minute, and then
sank into his scat, evidently astounded.
The calling of the roll then proceeded
without incident, and the conclusion was
reached at last.
Ch.,irruan Hooton—The tellers agree on
'their e.nnt, and the vote stands as tbl
lows : Errett, 157 ; Lawrence, 92. Hon.
Rus ell Errett having received a majority
of the whole number of votes, has been
elected temporary chairman of this con•
vent ion.
This announcement was greeted with
tremendous applause by the Grant men
and their followers, a number of gentle
men who were not delegates at all, but
who • ccupied seats in the delegates' part
of the house. being especially cunspicuous
in starting the hurrah.
When the applause had subsided Mr.
Errett, who sat back in the hall, arose,
when somebody suggested to the chair
man : .`lnvite Lawrence to conduct him
to the chair." Mr. Hooton evidently
didn't bear the remark, but Mr. Lawrence,
with great courtesy, arose and offering his
arm to Mr. Erma, walked with him down
the aisle to the stage. This manifestation
of good feeling was warmly applauded and
everybody teemed to be just brimming
over with good nature.
Colonel Ileoton, advancing, then said :
"Gentlemen, I introduce you the tempo
rary chairman of this convention," and
retired. Mr. Errett, who was warmly re
ceived, read the following speech :
(;ENTLEMEN ON THE CONVENTION: I thank you
heartily for this mark of your confidence. The
place to which you have called me is of but tem
porary importance, but as an evidenoe of your
kindness and esteem I appreciate it fully. This
convention is the opening of the campaign of 1880.
To-day we pass its threshold and enter upon other
active struggles for the right. In . taking her place
at the head of the Republic-an column Pennsyl
vania witnesses the usual flurry and excitement
that attend a definite expression of the will of the
people of a Commonwealth, but I feel sure that
when that flurry is over we shall all be a firm and
unbroken line for the success of the candidate who
may lie chosen at Chicago, whoever he may be.—
We have our individual preferences now and we
(Eller as to the modes and methods, and method
and action. but when the final decision of the Re
publican National Convention is uttered all dif—
ferences will vanish and Pennsylvania will be
found, as sh • has been found in every presidential
election since 1860, upon the side of National over
State supremacy of the indivisible and
indestructible; of honest money ; of a protective
tariff; of pure and honest, as well as free elections,
and of the equal rights of all under the law to
lile, liberty and property, without distinction as
to race, color or nativity. Invoking upon your
deliberations the spirit of harmony, and of that
charity for each other's differences which suffereth
long and is kind, and thanking you again for
your confidence, I await the farther pleasure of
the convention.
At the concluson of Mr. Errett's ad
dress Mr. lluhn moved that the conven
tion be governed by the rules of the House
of Representativke as far as practicable.
Mr. Wolfe—As far as practicable !
What does that wean ?
No answer was given to the conundrum
and the motion was adopted
Mr. William R. Leeds moved the ap
pointment of a Committee on Permanent
Organization and Resolucions, consisting
of two delegates from each Senatorial dis
trict.
Before this was agreed to, however, the
Chair announced, in pursuance of a motion
by Chris. Magee, the following Committee
on Contested Seats : Chris. Magee of
Allegheny, Willliam Douglas of Philadel
phia, J. M, Whistling of Dauphin, Heat•
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ings of Centre, Cochrane of Lancaster,
Williams of Armstrong and Smith of
Wayne. There was not a single Blaine
man among the party. This caused a quiet
smile among the Grant men and ominous
shakes of the head among the opposition.
The last names of the committees were
scarcely announced when the battle royal
opened in form by John Cessna getting
the floor and offering the following resolu
tion, which it will be seen brought matters
to a crisis and precipitated the conflict.
The resolution offered by Mr. Cessna is as
follows:
Resolved, That a committee of nine members be
appointed by the chairman to report to the con
vention, subject to its approval, a ii-t of electors
for president and also a list of senatorial and
represe,tative delegates to the National Republi
can Convention at Chicago, together with their
alternates, after consultation with the delegates
of the various Congressional districts in this con
vection.
It had not been expected that this would
have come so soon, and here it was evident
that some of the plans had miscarried.—
The committees had retired from the andi
torium, and as they were almost exclusively
Grant men, it left the Blaine supporters
present in, for the moment, a very large
majority. Cessna saw this when it was
too late, for his reolution, having been
read, was before the convention, but another
man saw the mistake too and its advantage
to the cause of James G. Blaine. This was
John Stewart of Franklin county, who was
on his feet in a moment, and standing in
the aisle, in full view of the chairman,
whom he addressed. The Chair yielded
him the fl,)or.
Mr. Stewart—l offer the following as an
amendment :
That a committee of one from each Congressional
district be selected by the delegates from each
Congressional district, whose duty it shall be to
report to the convention the names of four deie
gates-at-large to the National Convention and
two electors-at large, and that it shall be the duty
of this committee to report also a list of district
delegates to the National Convention, who shall
be designated by the delegates from the respective
districts, including in their report the names of
those persons already chosen by the people to
represent them in the Chicago Convention.
The Grant men saw in a moment that
they were badly clughr. To allow a vote
on the question would have been a fatal
blow to their hopes, and such a pronounced
victory for Blaine right at the . start that
its moral influence would have been hard
to overcome.
"Put the atnendurlit," shouted several.
Chairman Errett looked around in dismay,
and for the only tithe during the day lost
his presence of mind.
Colonel Elisha W. Davis, who was sit
ting on the stage, but who, however, was
not a delegate, was prompt with a remedy
to save the Grant boom Troth what threat
ened to be a fatal "bust," and loud enough
to be heard in the right quarter, gave the
hint to adjourn.
Mr. Cessna didn't hear this, however,
but he realized his blunder. and jumping
to his feet, called out : "Mr. Chairman.
withdraw my resolutions until the rest at*
the delegates shall have returned."
Mr. Stewart again saw his chance and
again was quick to make the most or it.
"Mr. Chairman"—
At this moment an uproar occurred and
he was interrupted.
"Mr. Chairman," he shouted again,
"since the original resolution is withdrawn,
I offer my amendment as a resolution."
Cries of "Good" and "Put it to a vote"
and "Adjourn."
Harry Huhn, who was endeavoring to
make himself heard in the uproar, caught
Chairman Errett's eye at this moment, and
the almost lost cause was saved : "I
move," said Mr. Hahn, "that this conven
tion take a recess until 2:30 o'clock (it
was them 1:30). lam able to state that
the Opera House has been secured until
6 o'clock, and this recess will give the
committees time to complete their work
and the delegates a chance to get their
dinners."
"Second the motion !" yelle I a dozen
Grant men in a breath.
"Moved and seconded that this," etc.,
etc , rattled off the now thoroughly aroused
chairman, and when he came to calling for
"ayes" the response shook the building.—
Huhn's motion was carried, the blunder
bad been prevented, and the Grant men
were saved Three minutes later there
wasn't a delegate in the hall.
The narrow escape they had bad was
the absorbing topic fur the Grant men
during the recess, and they had every rea
son to congratulate themselves on such a
happy and opportune deliverenee from a
very unpleasant predicament. Promptly
after the time was up the seats were again
filled to their utmost capacity, and a larger
body of spectators than before were pre
sent. Chairman Errett took his place
smilingly and happy, the gavel fell and
the show went on once more
The first delegate to be recogniz was
"the gentleman from Allegheny—Mr. Ma
gee."
Mr. Magee desired to present the report
of the Committee ou Contested Seats, and
the report was presented accordingly.
This report was notable in two facts—
it was in favor of the known Grant dele
gates throughout, and among others whom
it debarred from their privileges as dele
gates. were General Koontz of Somerset
and H. S. McMair of York, both stanch
Blaine men and both looked to with con
cern to do active work before the conven
tion.
A little episode concerning the result
between Mr. Eadie and Mr. Brice afforded
the opportunity for showing that feelin g ;
was again beginning to run pretty hig:i,
and Eadie's attempt to secure a position es
delegate for General Koontz having faild,
and a brief pause occurred Mr. Cessna
took advantage of this to ascertain that
the Grant men were present in strengtt
and again offered his resolution for the
committee of nine.
Mr. Rosser (Somerset) here rose to a
question of privilege, and asked that the
name of General Koontz be substituted for
his own as a delegate in accordance with
the rules
This move took the convention by stir
prise, for the Grant men were as muebH
pleased as the Blaine men were depressed,
at the prospect of having Koontz placed
on the retired list. But to offer an object .
tion, much as some of the Grant men
dently desired it, would have been toti
glaring in the lace of the precedents es
tablished, and so. General Koontz was re-
stored to full duty by unanimous consent.
Mr. Cessna proceeded to offer his reso
lution, when Mr. Stewart was once more
to the front with his amendment, and it
presenting it said :
The amendment which I have offered, sir, pro•
poses to restrict the action of this convention with
in such limits as I, in common with many other
delegates on this floor, believe to be proper and
legitimate. I regret that there are some here who
would overturn the, until now, unquestioned right
of the Congressional districts to instruct their del ,
egates according to the preferences they may have
This rule has hithorto never been questioned ant
has been crystallized until it has come to be re
garded as an unquestioned right for Congressional
districts to instruct their own delegates to a oen
vention. Now, sir, Ido not believe that the pec-
DAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1880
ple will tolerate such action as it is proposed by
the majority to inaugurate hero to-day, nor will
they give up their right to select delegates to the
National Convention. This is a conflict between
the Congressional districts and this convention,
and it becomes us, as delegates, to carefully con
sider the scope and limit which we, as a conven
tion, have in this regard We are confessedly
bare representing the people to make suitable rep
resentation for this State at' the Chicago Conven
tion. [Laughter]. But what does a suitable rep
resentation for the State imply ? I take it, sir,
that our National Conventions are instructed as
the legislative councils are instructed. Now, is it
our State or our Congressional districts which are
represented in the lower house of Congres ? Now,
where is the propriety of this or any other State
Convention, naming delegates any more than the
entire State naming members of Congress from the
several districts? There would be exactly the
saws property in it. Sir, I would remit this ques
tion to the Congressional districts themselves, and
I would assume no authority which will usurp the
right of popular representwien in Vie coming Na
ti,,nal Convention in Chicago. [Loud applause].
This Convention may send its delegates to this
convention based upon the principle of the rep
resentation of the people of this State at Congress.
This it has a right to do—[hear! hear!]—more
than that it has no right to do. [Loud cheers].
The Chair—The question is now on the
amendment, and the secretary will pro•
ceed to call the roll
This was done amid profound silence
anti with every evidence of the most in
tense interest prevading all parts of the
assemblage. The long list was got through
et last, and the Chair, after announcing
that the tellers agreed in their count, gave
the vote as follows : For the amendment,
100; against it, 150. The result was re
ceived with loud applause by the Grant
men and Mr. Cessna's resolution was then
put to a viva voce vote and carried amidst
the greatest enthusiasm of its supporters.
The Grant men were now in force, and
determined to push things, and Hot.. A.
J. Herr, of Dauphin, was quickly on his
feet and offered the long looked !Jr rese
lution on which so much depends.
Kew?red, That the delegates elected to the Na
tional Republican Conventi9n from this State are
hereby instructed to support Geheral U. S. Grant
for the presidential nomina tiou
This created the liveliest kind of a rum
pus, and the greatest excitement prevail
ed "Put Blaine's name there." •Shame,"
hisses and cheers and confusion created a
pandemonium for a minute or two, but
vigorous rapping for order by the chair
man and an intimation that "this is not a
mass meeting" quelled for a time the dis
turbance.
Mr. Stone, of Crawfad, look the op
portunity of jumping to his feet and pre;
sewed the following amendment :
RfsoFred, That while w, pledge ourselves to
support the Republican party, we see no glim
reason fur abandoning the position taken by the
party in our own anti other States in 1676 of op
position to a third 'presidential term, and we here
by indorse and re-affirm the resolutim,s passed
by our State i'onrention held in this city in 7576
upon this question.
Three rousing cheers that made the house
ring were then given f,r James G. Blaine
and the Chairman again had occasion to
pet form frantic gy tunastics to restore quiet,
and in so doing he toile occasion to remind
the convention that 'sit was not to be con
trolled by noise, and those gentlemen who
are hallooing had better wait until we get
through.''
Thee tLe Char reeoguiz,d the Senator
from Dauphin, at id Mr. Herr began his
speech.
"We are met here for a purpose," he said, "and
that purpo a is the support of the Republican
party, and no matter what personal preferences
we may have, I think we are all prep tred to sup
port the nominee of that party. This body is a
deliberative one, and we are here to act honestly
and honorably, and I may say that if I did not
believe that that resolution represents the senti
ments of this body and the sentiments of the peo
ple of the State it would not now be before you."
Mr. Herr went on to speak of his belief in the
widespread extent of the sentiment he referred to,
and he spoke of the terrible ordeal through which
the Nation had passed twenty years ago—an or
deal to survive which it had to sacrifice the lives
of 100,000 brave men to save the Union. Be hada
solemn presentiment that a similar ordeal was to
come again in the near future, and when it did
come it would either shiver this Nation to atoms
or crystallize it into a splendid whole that would
remain intact until the last syllable of recorded
time. Mr. Herr again sketched the rise of the
Rebellion and reminded the convention of the
work of Southern rebels, and reiterated his belief
that a similar state of things was to occur again,
and that the aim of the Southern people was still
the disruption and disunion of this Republic. He
dwelt upon the solid South as it existed twenty
years ago and as it existed to day—a coinbinaeion
of treason and fraud; asserted that its programme
was to bankrupt the Nation and reduce the army
until it could efford no protection to the people.
The mission of the Republican party he said had
not been accomplished—it would not he accom
plished until in cabin and canebrake, as in lordly
mansions, uqual rights were enjoyed by all citi
zens of the Republic. It was, he contiuued, Gen
eral Grant who led this glorious Republican army
to victory in IS6B and in 1872, and it is now the
only hope of the Republicans, so far as he (Mr.
Herr) could see, that General Graeit should once
more lead the party to victory in 1880. Mr. Derr
then paid a glowing tribute to General Grant's
qualities, both as president and general of the
army, and concluded by expressing the belief that
Ulysses S. Grant would again lead the Republican
hosts to victory in the coming campaign, [Ap
plause.]
General Albright (Carbon) followed. There
was no man in this convention who entertained
more profound respect for General Grant than be
(the speaker), and the third-term scare possessed
no terrors to hiw, and he believed that it' General
Grant was elected again he would discharge the
duties of his office with the highest patriotism.—
No man had a higher record than General Grant
as csttzen or soldier, but with all this he (the
Speaker) did not agree with his friend from Dau
phin that General Grant was the only man that
soul be elected president of the United States.
[Load applause.] There were other men whose
names were known to the American people. Milne
Washburne [slight applause] could fulfill the high
duties of the presidency, and he hal no doubt
Secretary Sherman [slight applause] mild also
discharge those duties with patriotic ability, and
then there was James G. Blaine. [Tremendous
enthusiasm continued several minutes. James
G. Blaine [renewed cheers] would satisfy the
American people. [Great applause.] James G.
Blaine knew the Southern people--he had studied
them for twenty years, and he would be able to
cope with any difficulties that might arise. [Cheers.]
Be (Blaine) was a representative man, and as
such would do honor to any position he !night be
called to till. Atter stating that Washington did
not decline a third term on principle but because
of infirmities, General Aibright gut down to the
pith of his remarks by taking strong groused
against the unit busieess. The people whom the
delegates represented there were oppoeed to the
unit rule, and they were quite as -intelligent as
their representatives, and no delegate could go to
his constituency and say he had fulfilled their
wishes if he voted to instruct the delegation.—
"There are," continue.' the speaker, "delegates in
this convention, persons in this house sent here
and instructed, who know the sentiments of their
people, and I tell you that a resolution of this
kind will nut satisfy them, won't make them be
lieve it is wisdom ur policy for this convention to
instruct at all. I aui opposed to instructing this
delegation in favor of anybody, because I want
the heads and the hands of the delegates left free
to express the preferences of the Republican party
of Pennsylvania at the National Convention at
Chicago. If it shall be the distinguished soldier,
Ulysses S. Grant, who shall be nominated, I will
go through the State, and I will do the same for
anybody else, whoever the nominee may be. Do
not press this unit rule. Leave our delegates
free to express tl4 , preferences of their eueetitu
encies and you will do the behests of the people of
Pennsylvania. [Loud cheers.]
General Koontz of Somerset rose for the pur
pose of opposing the proposition to instruct the
delegates to vote as a unit and to express his op
position to Senator Herr a resolution. There
were many things to which Senator Herr had
given utterance in which he concurred must fully
and most heartily, and he yielded to no wan in
his admiration of the soldierly qualities and suc
cessful administrative abilities of General Grant.
But he was opposed to instructing the delegation
for General Grant for the reason, first, that it was
in opposition to the traditioeary policy of this
Government. From the days of George Wash
ington down to this time no man has been elected
to the presidency for three terms, and while it
was not in the written laws of the nation, yet as
no departure from the rule had taken place in a
hundred years, it had come to be regarded as an
unwritten law of the Republic. "May I ask
here," continued the speaker, "why this change
has come over the spirit of the men who control
th'ls convention? Several years ago, when it be
came necessary to carry out their schemes before
the Republican convention, one year in a Ivance
of the time they engineered a resolution thr ugh
the convention as the voice of the people of neon
spirania that they were against a third term.—
[Loud cheers.] Why hes this change come over
the spirit of their dreams ? Is it because when
the next vacancy occurs in the war portfolio our
man w e ill he placed in the War Department of the.
United States? and is this the reason that the
convention is to nominate Ulysses S. Grant?
[Loud cheers, hisses and applause. I I am opposed
for other reasuns still to the nomination of Gen
eral Grant. I am not. prepared to say that I
think the administration of General Grant met
with the approval of the great body of the people
of the United States or of the Republican party.
[Loud cheers.] You know that under that admin
istration the Dibeecks and Sbcppards and Belk
naps were raised to piece and honor, and theSurn
ners and the Greeleys driven from the public
ranks. [Cheers and hisses.] lam opposed to
the resolution for another reason still. Ido not
believe it expresses the sen timents of the body of
the Republican party of thin State, but I believe
if you strike out the name of Ulysses S. Grant
and substitute that of James G. thaine [tremen
dous cheering] it will be the voice of the Repub
lican party of Pennsylvania. [Loud and pro
longed applause.' This much to the first point.
Permit me to say a word or two on the second.
I am opposed to the unit rule for two reasons
In. the first place it does not work well. The rule
has been violated on every occasion when it suited
the purpose of th4i very men woo are now trying
to engineer this resolution through this conven
tion." [Applause ] General Koontz then re
ferred to the working of the unit rule when Cur
tin was a candidate, and continued : "The posi
tion which Pennsylvania occupies (by the unit
rule) is a hideous shame. At your last conven
tion you had your delegates bound up and down
and instructed for General Ilartranft, and yet at
the very moment when the time had coins for the
Republicans of Pennsylvania to assert their man•
hood the rule was overthrown and each man was
allowed to vete according to his own sentiments
And, sir, I de not believe it was the purpose then
to nominate General flartrantt. If it was the
purpose of the unit rule to place Pennsylvania in
the vanguard of the Republican column I would
vote for it; but it is because it will have exactly
the opposite effect that I oppose it. [Cheers.] It
is because it will take away from the people the
power which belongs to them, and because it de
prives the people of the right to act according to
their own convictions, that lam against it. If
the majority of this convention force this measure
they will have succeeded in wresting from the
people of Pennsylvania their rights of expression
of preference, and will have deprived them of the
power which belongs to them and to them alone.
[Tremendous applause.]
Mr. Moreland of Allegheny rose to his feet as
General Koontz sat down, tile( as it was their first
inning for some time, the Grant men began to
show some signs of jubilation. Moreland made a
capital speech, reviewing Grant's career at length,
and in telling style pointing out his strength as a
Republican candidate. Ile claimed that Grant
could unite the party better than any other man.
The speaker was not indifferent to the services of
James G. Blaine, to whom he accorded high honor
for his political course, but he was firmly convinc
ed that the people wanted, and the nation requir
ed Ulysses S. Grant once more at the head of the
Government. Moreland's speech, which was greet
ed with great applause, produced a capital effect
on his friends, and he was warmly congratulated.
Richard Darlington of Chester, Amos Harvey of
Lycoming, Strang of Tioga. and Wolfe anted the
discussion proper. Darlington told the convention
that he tailed to find a single man in Chester
county who wanted Grant, and that he and those
who accompanied him could• not go home and face
their constituents—face them honestly—and say
to them they had done their duty, unless they
protested against what it was here proposed to
make binding.
Wolfe's speech, however, was the grandest of the
day. but it was in the lung run tin g ed with per
sonal bitterness. It surprised sad disappointed
his enemies and it pleased his friends. He said
that the opposition to the programme laid out by
the majority was not of a preconcocted character,
but that it was the voice of three-fourths of the
people of the Commonwealth coming up iu earnest
protest—that is, it was the voice before it has been
subjected to machinery. lie was for the unit rule
which would send a free and untrammeled delega
tion to Chicago, the representatives of the people.
His cheek, as their cheek, blanched, and they
knew it did, at the indignity being put upon
them. "You feel it even now," he continued, "when
you saw the course of things as it was manifested
at the last convention by the delegation from Penn
sylvania, and I tell you the people are for J. G.
Blaine. [Loud cheers.] We do not want that strong
man who can find his way to the Executive Cham
ber by fire and blood, but we do want that strong
man whose statesmanship brings order out of
chaos, and supremacy of the law out of confusion
without bloodshed. [Tremendous cheering.] In
conclusion he said he did not want to see a great
State put up in the market to the highest bidder,
and held that General Grunt would be more hon
ored if allowed to retire to honorable privateiife."
Then Wolfe, whose concluding words were greet
ed with a storm of applause, sat down. Genoral
Bingham got the floor to ppeak for his colleague,
Champion of the Philadelphia delegation.
In one of his eloquent addresses General Bing
ham urged that, as a friend of Blaine, he could
say the latter did not wish to create antagonism.
He dwelt on this assertion at length, and icing
questioned by Stewart and Wolfe as to the effect
of the opposition of the unit rule, evaded d'rect
answers. With the Congressman from the First
district in his seat the resolution was divided, and
balloting was ordered on the amendment substitut
ing the name of Blaine fir that of Grant, and it
failed by a vote of tts to 150, and then the call that
was to decide the final issue. whether or not the
Pennsylvania delintates shal vote as a unit, was
ordered. It was closely watched, and when the re
sult-133 to 113—was announced the men who
fought the programme from beginning to end felt
more pleased at the small figures by whieh they
were beaten than disappointed that they had lost.
The test vote which placed the politicians and
public men of Pennsylvania who eat in the con
vention on record as fur Grant or Blaine.
The Committee on Resolutions then re
ported the following platform and it was
ratified by the convention.
Res°lrcd, 1. That rejoicing, as we do, over the
steady growth of the national prosperity, which
began in 1876 with the change of the balance of
trade in our favor, and over the successful resump
tion and maintenance of specie payments, we may
reasonably claim the financial soundness and pros
perity of the country as the natural result of the
financial policy we, as a party,bave sustained.
2. The resumption of specie payments having
been accomplished, at the time appointed by law,
and the finances of the country being in a
thoroughly healthy condition, we regard it as un
wise to engage in an; new attempts at financial
legislation. The country is prosperous under our
financial system as it is, and we know of no good
reason why that system should be now disturbed.
3. The presistent efforts of the free traders to
destroy our tariff,. piecemeal, by legislation to re
peal the duties on special articles, admonish us of
the necessity of adhereing more strongly than
ever to the tariff policy of the past twenty years,
which has built up our grand system of mannfac
tures, fostered the revenues of the government and
promoted our national prosperity. The business
of the country will not bear this tinkerng of the
tariff; and if any revision of that tariff is to be
made at all, it should he done through a COMIIIiS
- of capahle men, after a patient and thorough
hearing of all parties to the interests involved.
4. We object most decidediy to all attempts to
enact a new tariff through the agency of commer
cial treaties. A treaty framed, negotiated, dis
cussed and ..ratified in secret, is not a proper
method of regulating the revenues of the govern
ment.
5. In view of recent events in congress and in
the southern states, and latter y in the state of
.Maine, we deem this a fitting opp••rtunity to re
affirm our aditerence to the follow ng principles,
viz : _ _
I. The union of the statea—witli:Cqual rights—
indestructable by any constitutional :nearie.
11. Protection to the person, libe•ty and prip
erty of the citizen of the United States, in each
and every portion of our common country, wher
ever he may choose to move, demanding of him
only obedience to the laws and proper respect for
the rights of others.
111. Strict integrity in fulfilling all our obliga
tions, state or national. _
IV. The perfect se•rurity of frea honght, free
spo , ch and a free l rest', and of equal rights and
privileges to all wen, everywhere, irrespective of
nationality, color or r,
V A pure and free ballot, thoroughly protect
ed, so that every man entitled to cast a vote may
do so. just on.•e, at each election, without fear of
molestation, moral or physie4l, on account of his
political faith, nativity, or the hue of his skin.
VI. Honesty in electious. The people having
the virtue and the patriotism to govern them
selves, our government must depend for its stabil
ity upon honest elections. Until a man is con
sidered infamous who casts an illegal vote, our
government will not be s d e. and whoeverdeprives
a eitisen of his right to vote, is a traitor to our
government.
VII. An honest count of all votes legally cast,
and an honest return of whoever is elected, free
from all attempts to defraud the people of their
choice through technicalities or by any arbitrary
rejection of their votes.
6. We extend to the republicans of Maine our
congratulations over the peaceful and success
ful resistance to an effort to defraud the people of
that state of the right to choose their own repre
sentatives, and to the attempt to steal the gov
ernment of that state. Our republican form of
government will he a signal failure when any po-
litical party can succeed in defying the public
will as shown by the people at the ballot box.
7. We deeply regret the growing tendency to
throw elec.ions aside on mere technicalities and
informalities. The right of the people to choose
tli..ir public servants is too sacred to he subverted
upon any pretext that the returns of election are
delcient in some trivial matters of form.
8. We thank our senator and repr sentatives at
Washington, in the last congress and in this, for
their firm adhesion to republican principles and
policy, and for their opposition to democratic
schemes to renew the obsolete doctrine of state
rights, and to cripple the government by withhold
ing needed appropriations in order to coerce legis
lation repealing all national laws that protect
the purity of the ballot box.
Resolred, That the chairman of the republican
state committee is hereby instructed and required
to carefully examine whether any person to day
placed on the electoral ticket be legally disquali
fied, from any cause, from serving as an elector;
and, in ease any such legal disability be found,
the state committee shall substitute another name
from the same congressional district.
Resolutions indorsing the administra
tion of Governor Hoyt and providing for
the selection of a State Central Commit
tee were contained in the platform, and
were also adopted with it. After appoint
jog the State Committee the convention
adjourned sine die.
DELEGATES AT LARGE
Matthew S. Quay, Lin Bartholomew,
James McManes, Christopher L. Magee
GATES
DELEI
15. 0. D. Kenny,
C. C. Jadwin.
16. W. H Armstrong,
Thomas L Kane.
11/. John Cessna,
David Over.
1 18. J. G. Isenberg,
B. F. Wagonseller.
19. James Hu-t,
John Hays.
20. James A. Beaver,
M. L. Brosius.
21. George Huff,
George M. 8. Bailey,
,22. W. C. Moreland,
James D. McDivitt.
23. William B. Rogers,
James 11. Lindsey.
24. J R. Harrah,
John McKinley.
25. Joseph Buffington,
James E. Long.
26. Thomas Robinson,
John I. Gordon.
1 27. C. M. Reed,
Harrison A Ilen.
I. William Elliott,
W. S. Douglass.
2. W. Leeds,
David 11. Lane.
3. William L. Smith,
David Mouat.
4. W. Ellwood Rowan,
Hatniltc n Disston.
5. Thomas L. Powers,
Adam Albright.
6. Amos Garteide,
William B. Waddell,
7. George Lear,
David 0. Hitner.
S. Chester N. Farr,
Samuel R. Deppin.
9. A. J. Kauffman,
William K. Seltzer.
10. Howard J. Reeder,
Harison Bortz.
11. C. G. Jackson,
W. A. W. Grier.
12. J. J. Albright,
Alex. Farnham.
13. S. A. Losch,
W. S. Morehead.
14.. T. D. Cameron,
Gen. J. K. Clement.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS
Edwin N. Benson, Henry W. Oliver.
Dist. Dist.
1. Satnuel C. Perkins. 15. Nathan C. Ellehire.
2. Edwin H. Fitler. 16. Joseph W. Cochrane.
3. M. Hall Stanton. 17. t4eorge M. Heade,
4. James Dobson. 18. 0. W. R. Weietling.
5. Geo. De B. Heim. 19. Michael Schell.
G. David F. Huston. 20. W. W Ames.
7. Morgan K. Wills. 21..1. P. Teagarten.
8. Jeremiah 11. Boone. 22. Nelson P. Heed.
9. - - 23. A. E. W. Painter.
10. Isaac S. Moyer. 24. T. T. M. McKenna°.
11. Edgar Pinchot. 25. William L. Fox.
12 John Mitchell. 26. O. W. Delatnater.
13. Conrad F. Shindel. 27. Calvin W. Gi
14. Charles B. Forney.
ottcct
The Discovery of a Wonderful Cave.
An exploring party has made wonderful
discoveries in a cave in Adams county,
Ohio, supposed to be the work of mound
builders. In Tiffin township is a plateau
of 200 acres surrounded by high hills
At a depression in the plateau there is a
well three feet in diameter and twenty five
feet deep. Persons have frequently de
scended into the well and explored the
cavernous chambers of mathematical reg
ularity to which it leads On the walls of
the chambers may be seen among other
writings the inscription Von Brody, 1779,"
made by that Indian bunter, who preceded
the "Ohio Company" in 1786. In the
fourth chamber, reached through a narrow
passage, had long ago been found a well,
ten feet in diameter, and of unknown depth.
It was to learn the secret of this well that
two merchants, a lawyer and two news
paper writers provided themselves with a
rope ladder, implements ibr breaking stone
and lanterns. They descended fifty feet
into the well, where they found a narrow
gallery fifty feet long, leading by a gradual
descent to a chamber 525 feet long, 110
feet wide and 24 feet high. In the centre
of the chamber was found a large manse
lona, carved out of the solid rock and coy-
eredwith devices, inscriptions and bas
reliefs On a stone couch, in its center,
lay the stone fi,!ure of a man of giant pro
portions and well carved. A carved winged
cap or helmet covered the head. Carved
vases, decorated with flowers and leaves
stood at the corners of the couch. A cop
per lamp hung suspended above the bead
of the figure. Twenty smaller tombs were
found against the walls of the chamber,
and twenty five tines had been painted on
the wall near the entrance. A tomb was
broken open and revealed a well preserved
mummy 9 feet 1 inch in length. The hair
was of fine texture, black and curly. A
copper spear head, almost as hard as a file,
several copper utensils, a cup, two plates
and a small urn. were also found in the
tomb. Wrapped in varnished cloth, at
at the head of the mummy, lay a book of
100 thin copper leaves, on which characters
had been engraved.
Brain Work and Skull Growth.
A writer thus sums up as follows the
results of some very interesting measure
ments of heads by two Frbncb physicians,
iklcl.3srs. Lac issagne and Chiquet : Having
the patients, doctors, attendants and offi
cers of the Val de Grace at their disposal
they measured the bends of 190 doctors of
medicine; 133 soldiers who had received
an eltuientary instruction, 90 soldiers who
could neither read nor write, and 91 sol
diers who were prisoners. The ipstrument
used was the same which hatters employ
in measuring the heads of their customers.
and gives a very correct idea of the pro
portions and diwirrsions of the heads in
question. The results were in favor of the
doctors, the frontal diameter was also ranch
more considerable than that of soldiers.
Nor are both halves of the head syeamet
rically devolved. In students the left front
al region is more developed than the right ;
in illiterate individuals the right occipital
region is larger than the left. The auth
ors have derived the following conclusions
frent their experiments : First, the heads
of students who have worked much with
their brains are much more developed than
those of illiterate individuals, or such as
have allowed their brains to remain inact.
ire Seccnd, in students the frontal re
gion is more developed than the occipital,
or, if their should be any difference is
favor of the latter, it is very small, while
in illiterate people the latter region is the•
largest.
NEWS is scarce in Minnesota. In the
effort to present something fresh, a Lanes
boro paper has found it necessary to pub-
lish the Ten Commandments, under an ex
cuse of "a gentle reminder now and then."
SUBSCRIBE for the JOURNAL.
A Night of Terror.
A correspondent of the New York 'Jer
ald gives the following description of events
attending the earthquake that visited Ha
vana, while Ceo. Grant was on a visit to
that city :
Last night, for the first time in the recol
lection of the living residents, Havana was
roused by earthqua ke shooks that made
her massive buildings shudder like shanties
in a storm. It lacked ten minutes of
eleven when the theatres were closing and
the cafes full, when park and prado were
brilliant with lights ; equipages, beauty and
music. The half moon shone from the
zenith of a steel blue, cloudless sky. Sud
denly a sound was heard as the rising of a
mighty wind through the pines, and then
an unmistakably subterranean moan, while
the earth reeled with three unsteady,
sickening oscillations.
Stricken with momentary alarm the
swarms of people in the parks paused and
reeled likewise. The horses hitched to a
hundred flying carriages stopped and braced
themselves in dumb affright. Restaurant
tables rocked and spilled their liquids, and
men started up from their chairs at the
Louvre with dread. Druggists' bottles
were shaken from there shelves. Dainty
pyramids of bar glass tumbled to destruc-
tion. Senoras and senoritas gazed aghast
at the overturn of their toilet stands. Be
sides the crowds at the refreshment places,
whole families rushed from their homes in
to the streets, and the stairways of some
hotels were crowded with guests hurrying
blindly down to the sidewalks. A place
on the ground or pavement seemed pre
ferable to most citizens, who huddled in
groups beyond the moonlit shadows of the
buildings they had deserted and chattered
of bivouacking for the night.
Down the bay vessels rocked at their
anchorages and groaned against the wharves
and rusty cannon threatened to fall from
their pivots on the ancient fortifications of
Cabana and the Morro. Hours passed ere
the apprehension caused by these first
shocks was calmed in general slumber
About 4 in the morning the Herald cor
respondent was awakened by a remonitory
commotion in the atmosphere so direful
that before the head could leave the pil
low ladies were already rushing through
the upper corriders of the hotel. A my
riad, gigantic shuttle seemed to be weav
ing ruin in the outer air. Men's voices,
tremulous and unnatural rose from the
:-irect beneath. Then came the words of
men within, cheering their wives and
those ladies whom even in these first five
or ten seconds they had encountered in the
balls.
_Then came the second earthquake.
Having first sprung up, I fell back upon
the pillow to enjoy or endure the motion.
It continued but a few momenta. (hie
shuttle like horizontal push and pull from
side to side; one lift and poise in the air,
then a settling down to solid immobility
and all was over. That is to say, all was
over except the wild increrse of terror
among the people of Havana. Guessing
from distant noises that the city was
thane ily awake I descended to the
thoroughfare. Nearly every room in the
hotel showed a light. Ladies having fled
to the parlors in their night dresses were
sitting with their feet drawn up under
them in the chairs, looking like wraiths.
The lower hall was thronged with men,
some of them anxiously inquiring the date
of sailing of the next steamer northward.
The squares now bad plenty of permanent
tenants for the night. The narrow streets
leading through the old city to the bay,
though dangerous always at that dismal
hour, invited a curious traveler to inspect
the behavior of the ignorant, depraved
andu perititious populace.
Here were the dens and hell holes of Ha
vana. Here its crippled, maimed, diseased
and poor lined the foot wide sidewalks.
Here the most villianons rabble vied with
fanatics in the constant toil of crossing
themselves, telling beads and rolling their
eyes heavenward. Mutterings of vulgar
awe and fear intermingled with ejaculations
to saints. Here and there a young priest
passed with a vessel, Ppriokling holy wa
ter on eager heads that bent to the very
(lust in abasement. Wild bursts of melody
boding chants and occasional shouts of ap
peal and praise came from the quarter
where the negroes brought forth their
wretched idols, images and charms. The
Cathedral and other churches were ap
proached at early dawn by thousands who
wished to participate in the first mass.
Thither flocked women and men, bearing
in place of the various images and devices
in copper and German silver which are
wont to hang on the altar as propitiary of
ferings to the saints, hundreds of impro
vised globes of wood or marble, signifying
prayers that the earth might be kept
whole from further quakes and eruptions-
The venerable Church of San Domingo,
which stands in the lower part of the city,
received an unusual influx of worshippers.
hard by the palace of the Captain Gener
al, placed only yesterday morning at the
disposal of the distinguished party of
Americans,
of whom Gen. Sheridan is one,
was seen flickering lights in the upper
windows. Beyond the palace a street leads
down to a neighboring wharf, where, as
the clock struck six, hundreds of boatmen
dropped on their knees at a signal, with
their laces turned toward the bay. 'Save,
0, God, the world,' was the burden of the
prayer of a priest who had come down to
blebs thew. To which prayer all Havana,
rising up after the night's double threat or
disaster, could almost be heard to say Amen
Cured by Faith.
They have another case of miraculous
cure by faith in Ohio The invalid was
Miss Jennie Smith, of Dayton. She had
lost the use of all her limbs, and the
doctors had given her up. She is a good,
pious Methodist, and says that she prayed
for submission to the Divine will, and
finally attained it completely. One night.
she felt that that time was to be the de
cisive one. Some of her friends were with
her, and she. asked that they pray with her
till daybreak. Suddenly she saw, as in a
picture, the man with the withered arm
stretching it forth at the comm'and of
Jesus The picture was so vivid that she
with a mental effort such as she could not
explain or even describe, strove to exert a
similar faith. At that instant she felt a
new strength as sudden as a shock of elec
tricity, and those about her exclaimed at
the change in her appearance. She rose,
and found she walked. From that time
she recovered. The Cincinnati Gazette
says that Miss Smith's narrative is dis
tinguished from many other alleged mira
cles by the respectible character of
the testimony by which it has been
substantiated. She distinguishes between
the ordinary faith of the Christian, which
she calls the grace of faith, and the gift of
faith ; meaning by the latter term the
special reliance upon Divine power which
must precede any wonderful occurrence iu
the Christian's life.
nEwasaismi
NO. 7.