which he has administered his great trust under the most trying circumstances, coupled with the all pervading affection felt for the philosopher of Columbus, will make Cleveland and Thurman a war-cry to affright the political enemy. The enthusiasm which will be aroused upon its announcement will be infectious and, gathering force and volume day by day, it will before the ides of November have become an epidemic. That the name of Allan G. Thurman should be cheered to the echo in this hall is not strange, for it brings the warm blood of gratitude surging to the heart of every fireside, and the testimonials which the people will surely pay to his worth at the coming November election will be convincing proof of his phenomenal popularity.

Indiana honors Governor Gray by supporting him for the nomination; Illinois is doing the same for General Black; Michigan for Dickinson; Wisconsin for Vilas; good men and true, each and all of them, and were it not for the self-sacrificing patriotism of Mr. Thurman, in response to the almost unanimous wish of the party, to permit his name to come before you, it were difficult indeed to choose between such meritorious and able gentlemen. Their names are fit to grace this or any other ticket. They are each the favorite sons of their respective States; but when Allan G. Thurman, the favorite son of each and every State in this Union, in answer to the universal demand for his acceptance, consents to leave the peace and tranquility of his fireside and again serve his grateful countrymen, so prominent, so colossal is his political and mental figure in the public eye that all others must of necessity shade in its immensity.

Let no mistakes be made at this time. mistakes are crimes. If you but do your duty, if you but give the people what they expect, what they demand, the contest of parties, instead of just commencing, will be practically ended. For the great electoral and popular majorities which Cleveland and Thurman will surely receive at the polls will be a revelation even to ourselves. As Representatives of the Democracy of the Nation we have a duty to perform. We must nominate the man the people have already nominated. We have but to indorse the popular verdict. No less will be accepted at your hands. Let no consideration of personal friendship or glamour of locality influence your action. Personal friendship can not be repaid by nomination where a great party's interest and future are at stake. No trifling with great concerns of State should be tolerated; no expression of local pride can be admitted to influence action. When the sovereign people speak they must be taken. The man of the Nation, not the man of the State, must be nominated.

Nominate Allan G. Thurman, nominate him by acclamation. Let it not be said that one single Democrat in all this great Union fail in this great testimonial to the greatest American of his day, the noblest breathing man upon American soil, fit consort in the temple of fame of those patriots of the past-the founders of our institution, whose sacred dust lie calmly sleeping beneath the sods of Mount Vernon, Monticello and the Hermitage, awaiting the dedication of our National pantheon. Indiana presented Gov. Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana, and Illinois presented the name of Gen. John C. Black.

THURMAN NOMINATED.

The clerk read the names of the three candidates: Thurman, of Ohio; Gray, of Indiana, and Black, of Illinois. At 1:35, amid the greatest excitement, the voting began on roll-call of States. Alabama opened the ballot by casting 15 votes for Thurman, 4 for Gray, and 1 for Black. Georgia gave 19 votes for Gray and 9 for Thurman, putting him away in the lead. Indiana voted solid for Gray, and Iowa asked to be passed. Kansas gave Black 2, Gray 2, and Thurman 14. Louisiana voted solidly for the old Roman, as did also Maine and Maryland. Massachusetts divided her vote, and Mississippi stood solid for Thurman. Missouri voted 4 for Gray, 28 for Thurman, and New Jersey followed with her whole vote for the old Roman. A courier for New York's gift of 72 votes came a moment later. This nominated Thurman, but Pennsylvania's 60 votes clinched his success. When Pennsylvania cast her 60 electoral votes for Allan G. Thurman, and it was apparent that he was the nominee, the wild scene which attended President Cleveland's re-nomination, Wednesday, was re-enacted in all its vigor and wild enthusiasm. The bands were drowned, and Indiana was the first to send her standard to the stage with the crimson bandana on top of the staff. It was wildly waved by Hon. Dan. Voorhees, the Tall Sycamore. The

other standard-bearers rallied round him, waving their banrers in a galaxy of colors, agitating the atmosphere already stirred into a million conflicting waves by the frantic, thunderous cheers of the excited delegates, who stood upon their chairs and howled with intense excitement. The Gray men waved bandanas as fiercely and fervently as the most passionate of Ohio's sons, and for half an hour perfect pandemonium reigned. The demonstration lasted for about ten minutes. After something like order had been restored, the calling of States was proceeded with, but before it was completed Mr. Patterson, of Colorado, moved that Thurman's nomination be made unanimous, and the motion was seconded by Mr, Shanklin, of Indiana, in an earnest speech. The motion was agreed to, and the nomination made unani

mous.

THE LIFE OF BENJAMIN HARRISON.

[Republican Candidate for President.]

The history of Ben. jamin Harrison and his ancestors is full of action and interest.

The Harrison family can date their history back to the middle of the seventeenth century, when Major-General

John Harrison was commissioned to take Charles I. to Windsor for trial, and later sat as one of the Judges in the trial of Charles I., and with Scott, Martyn, Ireton and

three others, drew up and signed the warrant on January 25, 1649, that consigned that unfortunate monarch to the gibbet. Upon the accession of Charles II. to the throne he in turn executed the Judges and executioners of his predecessor, John Harrison among the rest the executions being signalized by their brutal ferocity. . The descendants of two of these, the Harrisons and the, Okeys, contributed largely to the great names which grace the pages of Ohio's history. The immediate descendants of

the unlucky Cromwellian General hied themselves from England to America, settling in Virginia. The next member of the family that appears in history was Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia.

Senator Harrison's great-grandfather, Benjamin Harrison, of Virginia, was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and was prominent in public affairs from 1774 until his death in 1791, being for four years a member of Congress and three times Governor of Virginia. He entered upon his public carreer in 1774, soon after reaching his majority, as a delegate to the Williamsburg convention.

This Benjamin, brother-in-law of the Randolphs, was the athletic member of the Continental congress who,, when John Hancock was chosen its president and showed some diffidence about taking his seat, lifted the little man bodily into the chair, exclaiming, "We will show Mother Britain how little we care for her by making a Massachusetts man our president whom she has excluded from pardon by a public proclamation.”

Gen. William Henry Harrison, his son, served his country almost continuously from 1791 to 1841, both in military and civil positions. He fought the battle of Tippecanoe in 1811, was a member of Congress, a United States Senator from Ohio, Minister to the Republic of Colombia, and for one month (March 4 to April 4, 1841, when he died), President of the United States.

He had three sons, John Scott Harrison, William Henry Harrison, who died without issue, and Randolph Harrison, who died some years ago near Hamilton, Ohio, and whose daughter married Colonel D. W. McClung, Collector of Port, of Cincinnati, appointed by President Garfield.

John Scott Harrison, the son of William Henry Harrison, and the father of the subject of this sketch, was all his life