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Show Committee in a Hurrv Probably the most Informal notification notifica-tion of nomination ever made waa that which announced to Oeorge M. Dallas his selection aa vice president In 1844. aaya the St. Paul Dispatch. The committee reached Philadelphia at t o'clock In the morning and went directly to Iho rwl !nc ef Vr. lii las. In respouse lu the knocks Hint roused him from sleep Mr. Dsllas opened bis window to see a party of gentlemen In his front yard, among whom he recognized He.islor Hubert J. Walker, later Polka secretary of the treasury, and father of the fain-ou fain-ou a Walker tariff of '. Hollas slip, pod on sllpiH-ra and a ilrossiug gown , Md came down, unlocked the door and i Vry tM 'Mo Iho unllghLid parlor par-lor lu silence, ranging thcmsolvea about the room. Dallas, ulierly unaware of the cause of Ibla Irruption, went with Walker Into the back parlor and asked ask-ed what It all meant. Walker asked him to w-f i T,l(, f,,!,,, dis.rs were thrown open and from the parlor, who,,, ,l(lliui lighted ineauwhii,., Ihe Pllll,riImn ,,, llli delegation h, rrwnri, all 0j Dallas or his nomination, lieu. Peiley p.are. who ti lls the g,ly , r nleeent-es. ssys ihut Dallas replied ihut he would mm,, a formul r. plv later by letler. and "be ilen opene'd bls aldeboard and all juiuou u W,,B. ing success to th(. iCH1 .. |