UNITED STATES. 



775 



came from Kansas and Arkansas, and sixteen 

 of the Pennsylvania delegation voted for Filler. 

 The New York delegates voted unitedly for 

 Depew, according to an agreement made in 

 caucus on the preceding day. The State dele- 

 gations not having favorites were very much 

 divided. 



Upon the second ballot, after the names 

 of ex- Mayor Filler and Senator Hawley had 

 been withdrawn, the following vote was cast: 

 Sherman 249 votes, Alger 116, Gresham 108, 

 Depew 99, Harrison 91, Allison 75, Elaine 33, 

 Rusk 20, Phelps 18, Ingalls 16, McKinley 3, 

 Lincoln 2. On the third ballot Kansas ceased 

 to vote for Ingalls, and nearly all the New 

 Jersey delegates abandoned Phelps. Sherman 

 received on this ballot 244 votes, Gresham 123, 

 Alger 122, Harrison 94, Depew 91, Allison 88, 

 Elaine 35, Rusk 16, McKinley 8, Phelps 5, 

 Lincoln 2, and Mr. Justice Miller 2. The con- 

 vention adjourned after this ballot, and on its 

 reassembling, Mr. Depew made an address, 

 withdrawing his name. Col. Robert G. Inger- 

 soll, then being asked to address the conven- 

 tion, attempted to advocate the nomination of 

 Gresham, but the convention refused to hear 

 him. The convention again adjourned with- 

 out balloting. When it reassembled on the 

 fifth day Congressman McKinley protested 

 against the use of his name, but without effect. 

 On the fourth ballot Wisconsin transferred her 

 vote from Rusk to Harrison, and 59 votes 

 from New York went to the same candidate. 

 Sherman received 235 votes, Harrison 217, 

 Alger 135, Gresham 98, Allison 88, Elaine 42, 

 McKinley 11, Gov. Foraker, Lincoln, and 

 Fred. Douglas one each. The fifth ballot re- 

 sulted as follows: Sherman 224, Harrison 213, 

 Alger 142, Allison 99. Gresham 87, Elaine 48, 

 McKinley 14. The convention then adjourned 

 to the following Monday. 



It had become evident that Sherman, al- 

 though still leading, could not command a fol- 

 lowing sufficient to nominate him, and the 

 strength of Harrison appeared to have reached 

 its highest point. A conference committee of 

 friends of the various candidates met on Sat- 

 urday evening and during Sunday, but without 

 uniting upon a candidate. "When the conven- 

 tion came together, Congressman Boutelle, of 

 Maine, announced the receipt of two telegrams 

 from Mr. Elaine, at Edinburgh, in which he 

 earnestly requested his friends to respect his 

 Paris letter and to refrain from voting for him. 

 This was accepted as a finality, although the 

 California delegation and a few others still 

 voted for their favorite. On the sixth ballot 

 Sherman received 244 votes, Harrison 231, 

 Alger 137. Gresham 91, Allison 73, Elaine 40, 

 and McKinley 12. The seventh ballot resulted 

 as follows: Harrison 278, Sherman 231, Alger 

 120, Greshara 91, Allison 76, McKinley 16, 

 Elaine 15, Lincoln 2, Foraker 1. The decisive 

 point was now reached, when Congressman 

 Henderson, of Iowa, arose and withdrew the 

 name of Senator Allison, whose strength was 



at once transferred to Harrison. Friends of 

 the other candidates joined to swell the win- 

 ning column, and at the end of roll-call, on the 

 eighth ballot, Harrison had obtained 544 votes, 

 or over 100 more than were necessary for a 

 choice. Sherman received on this ballot 118 

 votes, Alger 100, Gresham 59, Elaine 5, Mc- 

 Kinley 4. The nomination was then made 

 unanimous. 



For Vice- President, "William O. Bradley, of 

 Kentucky; William Walter Phelps, of New 

 Jersey ; and Levi P. Morton, of New York, 

 were placed in nomination. Mr. Morton was 

 nominated on the first ballot by the following 

 vote: Morton 561, Phelps 119, Bradley 93, 

 Blanche K. Bruce, of Mississippi, 11. The 

 nomination was made unanimous. 



The platform adopted by the convention is 

 as follows : 



The Republicans of the United States, assembled 

 by their delegates in National Convention, pause on 

 the threshold of their proceedings to honor the mem- 

 ory of their first great leader, the immortal champion 

 of liberty and the rights of the people Abraham Lin- 

 coln and to cover also with wreaths of imperishable 

 remembrance and gratitude the heroic names of our 

 later leaders who have been more recently called 

 away from our councils Grant, Garfield, Arthur, 

 Logan. Conkling. May their memories be faithfully 

 cherished ! 



We also recall with our greetings and with prayer 

 for his recovery the name of one of our living neroes, 

 whose memory will be treasured in the history both 

 of the Republicans and the republic, the name of 

 that noble soldier and favorite child of victory, Philip 

 H. Sheridan. 



In the spirit of those great leaders and of our own 

 devotion to human liberty, and with that hostility to 

 all forms of despotism and oppression which is the 

 fundamental idea of the Republican party, we send 

 fraternal congratulations to our fellow Americans of 

 Brazil upon their great act of emancipation which 

 completed the abolition of slavery throughout the two 

 American continents. 



We earnestly hope we may soon congratulate oar 

 fellow-citizens'of Irish birth upon the peaceful recov- 

 erv of home rule for Ireland. 



"We reaffirm our unswerving devotion to the na- 

 tional Constitution and to the indissoluble union of 

 the States, to the autonomy reserved to the States 

 under the Constitution^ to the personal rights and 

 liberties of citizens in all the Status and Territories in 

 the Union, and especially to the supreme and sover- 

 eign right of every lawful citizen, rich or poor, native 

 or" foreign born, white or black, to cast one free bal- 

 lot in public elections and to have that ballot duly 

 counted. 



We hold a free and honest popular ballot and just 

 and equal representation of all the people to be the 

 foundation of our republican Government, and de- 

 mand effective legislation to secure the integrity and 

 purity of elections, which arc the fountains, of afl pub- 

 lic authority. 



We charge that the present Administration and 

 Democratic majority in Congress owe their existence 

 to tiie suppression of the ballot by a criminal nullifi- 

 cation of the Constitution and the laws of the United 

 ! 



We are uncompromisingly in; favor of the American 

 system of protection ; we protest against its destruc- 

 tion as proposed by the President and his party. 

 They serve the interests of Europe ; we will support 

 the interests of America. We accept the issue and 

 confidently appeal to the people for their judgment. 

 The protective system must be maintained. Its 



