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That the delegates from each state be requested to assemble as a 
delegation, and appoint a committee, not exceeding three in number, to 
receive the views and opinions of such delegation, and communicate the 
same to the assembled committees of all the delegations, to be by them 
respectively reported to their principals. And that thereupon the dele- 
gates from each state be requested to assemble as a delegation, and ballot 
for candidates for the offices of president and vice-president, and, having 
done so, to commit the ballot designating the votes of each candidate, and 
by whom given to its committee. And thereupon all the committees shall 
assemble and compare the several ballots, and report the result of the 
same to their several delegations, together with such facts as may bear 
upon the nomination. And said delegations shall forthwith reassemble 
and ballot again for candidates for the above offices, and again commit 
the result to the above committees; and if it shall appear that a majority 
of the ballots are for any one man for candidate for president, said com- 
mittee shall report the result to the convention for its consideration. If 
there shall be no such majority, then the delegations shall repeat the 
balloting until such a majority shall be obtained, and then report the 
same to the convention for its consideration. That the vote of the 
majority of each delegation shall be reported as the vote of that State. 
And each State represented here shall vote its full electoral vote by 
such delegation in the Committee.’^ 
The convention met again at 10 o’clock on the following 
day (Friday), and after preliminaries were transacted a 
wrangle ensued over the complicated scheme of nomination 
which had been adopted on the preceding day. The scheme 
had been adopted as a method of ascertaining what candi- 
date would be most acceptable to the various states. An ef- 
fort was made by Cassius M. Clay of Kentucky to secure a 
reversal of the decision ; but the convention by a decisive vote 
adhered to its former resolution. A committee on finance 
was appointed, after which the convention adjourned until 
3 o’clock in the afternoon.-^ 
Upon reassembling and finding that the state committees 
had not yet made a nomination, an adjournment was carried, 
the convention to meet again at 7 o’clock that evening, so as 
to give the committee on nominations more time. When the 
convention met again a further recess was taken till 9 o’clock. 
After a recess of an hour, Mr. J. Owen of North Carolina, 
from the committee of three from each state, appointed under 
the order of Thursday, reported that the committee had at- 
tended to the duties assigned them, and had instructed him 
to report progress and ask leave to sit again. He then made 
the following report: 
Niles’ Register, LVII, 249, 250. 
Stanwood, A Histcrry of the Presidency, I, 195. 
