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Show BALTIMORE. GREELEY AND BBOWS CNA3II-JBOVSLY CNA3II-JBOVSLY SO.U1.1ATED. Closing Proceeding of the Convention. Conven-tion. Baltimore, 10. The national Democratic Demo-cratic convention re-assembled at 10 a. m. Burr, of Connecticut, announced the committee on resolutions ready to report. Report read recommending the adoption of the resolutions already adopted by the Liberal Republican convention at Cincinnati (Cheers.) In order that there should be no misapprehension as to these resolutions, Burr called for their reading in lull to the convention which was douc, each plank in the platform being received with applause. The one-term plank was especially well received, re-ceived, and at the close of the reading of the platform the convention gave three cheers. Burr exclaimed " the platform was adopted in committee by all the States, except Delaware, Mississippi, Mis-sissippi, Georgia, and Oregon. He moved the adoption of the report and on that moved the previous question. Bayard of Delaware enquired whether the previous question, another name ior gag-iaw, uaa uecomo me law ui the Democratic convention, without notice to delegates. Tho chair said the convention had adopted the rules of tho House of Representatives, Represen-tatives, and so the motion of Burr was in order and not open to debate. de-bate. Various gentlemen appealed for withdrawal of the motion in order to allow a short debate. Burr said he felt compelled to decline. Confusion, calls of "question," "debate" etc. On motion to sustain the previous question ques-tion tho call of States was ordered which resulted in yeas 053, nays 176. Chair announced that Burr was entitled en-titled to one hour to debato tho resolutions resolu-tions and that Bayard, of Delaware, appealed for ten minutes time. Burr accepted the request and Bayard proceeded to address the convention. : He said, while there was no disposition disposi-tion to carp at or oppose men because of their former politics, ho hoped the great Democratic organization would be allowed to have an independent expression ex-pression of its own honest sentiments. "Cheers." Why take cut and dried resolutions)in other organizations? He denounced tho attempt to force upon the convention the opinions of others not chosen by Democrats. At the expiration expi-ration of ten minutes there were loud calls of''timo,time,"when the chairman announced that Burr consented to allow al-low Bayard ten minutes more. Objections Objec-tions were made and some confusion ; hisses, and applause followed. The chair called the delegates to order and Bayard finally resumed. He called for some expression of opinion upon the question of the exercise of the federal military power under color of legislation legisla-tion to enforce the 14th and loth constitutional amendments. If the convention con-vention failed in this it would be a serious ser-ious disappointment. In conclusion he protested against the adoption of the report as a whole and asked a separate vote on the several propositions pending. pend-ing. O'Conners regretted that there was any difference of opinion. All other issues should be merged in the one defeating tho re-election of the present administration. The reconstruction recon-struction acta, and the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments to the constitution had been accepted. Public opinion was higher than governments, superior to any declarations at conventions. There was nothing left as an issue now but to sae the nation from destruction by corruption. As to tho loth amendment amend-ment he would be the last man to attempt at-tempt to wrest from four millions of freedmen the right of suffrage, , great applause. Judge Reagan, of Texas, appealed for union u pon the Cincinnati plat form with all honest opponents of the administration. ad-ministration. Barksdale, of Miss., wanted a division vote on the separate resolutions but there were loud objection. objec-tion. McRea, of Tenn., secured the floor and proceeded to protest excitedly against cutting off debate, but was cried down and the roll was called on the question of the adoption of the platform, plat-form, resulting ayes, 662 , noes, 70. When Delaware voted "no" there were loud hisses. Tha chair appealed to the convention to treat with respect the vote of any and every State. Before Be-fore the vote was announced Shorter of Alabama, on leave, Baid that the resolutions contained some statements which some of his delegation could not endorse without explanation, he therefore there-fore changed the vote of Alabama from 12 ayes and 8 noes to 20 ayes. Cheers. Hoffman, of New York, presented a petition from 15,000 Germans of New York, whioh was read by the secretary. secre-tary. It recommends the nomination of Greeley and Brown, and expresses the belief that they will receive the hearty support of the Germans, regardless re-gardless of past party affiliations, as the best nomination that can be made. Greeley and Brown were nominated on the first ballot unanimously. A motion for the roll call of States for the vote for candidates for President Presi-dent and Vice-President was then carried. car-ried. Snowhook, of Hlinois, nominated nomin-ated Horace Greeley as the Democratic Demo-cratic candidate for President. Enthusiastic En-thusiastic cheering. Tbe roll was then called on Presidential nomination, and the first ballot resulted in Greeley, 6S6; James Bayard, 15; Jerry S. Black, 21; Groesbeck, 2. Greeley's nomination was then made unanimous. Each vote for Greeley was reoeived with cheers, and when Hoffman announced the roll of New York, three cheers were given. When the confusion subsided, sub-sided, Hoffman said he would dispute dis-pute Missouri's promise to give Greeley the largest majority, and said New York's majority would be larger than Missouri's total vote. He expressed ex-pressed regret that there should have been a division in the vote of the convention. con-vention. He knew those opposed to Greeley were conscientious, but appealed ap-pealed to them to forget prejudices and personal preferences. The motion to make the nomination ot ureeley unanimous unan-imous was made by Wallace, of Penn., J amid wild cheers, and the playing of ' bands. Of 15 votes given to Bayard .on the formal ballot there were given from New Jersey 6, from Delaware 9. Pennsylvania Penn-sylvania gave Black 21; West Virginia cave Groesbeck 2. Georgia east -I, Pennsylvania 2 blank votes. Roll was then -called for the nomination nom-ination of vice president, resulting result-ing in Brown, 713; Stevenson, of Ky., 6 ; blank 13; and on motion of Chapman, of Wisconsin, the nouiin-tion nouiin-tion was made unanimous. A resolu- : tion for the appointment of a committee com-mittee of one from each State, beaded by the president of the convention, to notify the candidates can-didates of their nomination was agreed to. A resolution was also adopted that the convention upon adjournment! ad-journment! escort the New York and Missouri delegates, with music, to Lhcir headquarters. A resolution was adopted adopt-ed leaving the place of tho next convention con-vention to be decided by the national committee. Tho usual resolutions of thanks were adopted and tbe conven-ti:n conven-ti:n at 1:0 p.m. adjourned sine die. |