nificently. No man can shake it like him, nor shake such rhetoric and wisdom out of it. But let me tell the gentleman from New York he cannot sit down at the ear of every voter and give the argument that he has given to-night against the traditions of our fathers. He may, by the magic of his eloquence, take this Convention and the galleries off their feet, in his fervor; but even his great abilities, even his unmatched eloquence cannot go down to the fireside of every voter and persuade them that all the traditions of the fathers with reference to a third term are but humbug and masquerade. Does he not know that his candidate would be on the defensive, that even the magic name of Grant can hardly carry him in this Convention. Does he not know-no one knows so well as he that the name of Grant would carry this Convention through by storm if there were not an invincible argument against his nomination? Mr. President, one word, and only one. If you want a son of Maine, Washburne was born there. If you want a son of Illinois, he lives there, and the people here want him. Give him to us and he will carry Illinois. With his name-I believe in my soul of souls with his name alone-we are sure to march on to victory.

Mr. MORSE, of Massachusetts. It is now nearly midnight.

The PRESIDENT. The gentleman from Massachusetts. For what purpose does the gentleman arise?

Mr. MORSE. [The hour being 11:45 p. m.]. I rise to make a motion to adjourn.

The PRESIDENT. To what hour does the gentleman move?

Mr. MORSE. I have no desire to prevent other speeches, but I wish to make a motion that the Convention adjourn upon the conclusion of the speeches in nomination of candidates.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair is informed that the gentleman who had proposed further to second the last nomination does not desire to be heard— that no other speeches are to be made.

Mr. MORSE. Then, Mr. President, I make the motion that this Convention do now adjourn until Monday morning at ten o'clock.

So the Convention, at eleven o'clock and forty-six minutes p. m., adjourned to Monday morning next at ten o'clock.

FIFTH DAY.

MONDAY, June 7, 1880-10 A. M.

The PRESIDENT. The Convention will come to order. The Rev. Mr. Everest, of Chicago, will offer prayer.

Rev. Charles Hall Everest, of Chicago, offered the following

PRAYER:

Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, Thou dwellest calmly above all the excitements and conflicting interests of the earth. Not because Thou art indifferent to the welfare of men, or the destinies of nations, but because Thou knowest the end from the beginning, and all results are according to Thy designs. We address ourselves to Thee with confidence, because Thou hast so often manifested Thy saving interest in this great people. And we beseech Thee that the holy faith that inspired our fathers to their heroic endeavors, and bore them successfully through the arduous task of laying the foundations of this Republic, may be vouchsafed unto us, their children, that we may safely guard and keep these great interests and privileges comImitted to our trust.

We thus ask that Thou wilt preside unseen, and yet potential, over all the deliberations of this great assemblage to-day, that every result may be for Thy glory, may be for the perpetuation of peace and of prosperity to this great Nation of Thy love. We ask this divine favor in the name of Him who is the very Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

The Secretary announced that all railroads and packet lines had extended their excursion tickets to a period twenty-four hours after adjournment of the Convention.

CORRECTING A MISAPPREHENSION.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair has been requested by several delegates to direct the reading of two of the resolutions contained in the platform adopted on Saturday, which have been misapprehended by the public. The Chair directs the resolution to be read.

The Secretary, Mr. Clisbee, read as follows:

"5. We reaffirm the belief, avowed in 1876, that the duties levied for the purpose of revenue should so discriminate as to favor American labor; that no further grants of the public domain should be made to any railway or other corporation; that slavery having perished in the States, its twin barbarity-polygamy-must die in the Territories; that everywhere the protec

tion accorded to a citizen of American birth must be secured to citizens by American adoption; that we esteem it the duty of Congress to develop and improve our water-courses and harbors, but insist that further subsidies to private persons or corporations must cease; that the obligations of the Republic to the men who preserved its integrity in the day of battle are undiminished by the lapse of fifteen years since their final victory. To do them honor is and shall forever be the grateful privilege and sacred duty of the American people.

"6. Since the authority to regulate immigration and intercourse between the United States and foreign nations rests with the Congress of the United States and the treaty-making power, the Republican party, regarding the unrestricted immigration of Chinese as a matter of grave concernment, invoke the exercise of those powers to limit and restrict that immigration by the enactment of such just, humane and reasonable laws and treaties as will produce that result."

BALLOTING FOR PRESIDENT.

Mr. HALE, of Maine. I move, Mr. President, that the Convention now proceed, under the rules, to ballot for a candidate for President.

Mr. CONKLING, of New York. I wish to inquire whether, under the rule, it is not, without motion, a matter of course that we now proceed to ballot for candidate for President.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair does not so understand. The rules provide for proceeding when the Convention shall ballot, but do not fix the time or order.

Mr. CONKLING. Then, Mr. President, I second the motion that we now proceed to ballot.

The PRESIDENT. Before putting this question the Chair desires to be heard for one moment. The Convention now proposes to proceed to a most important act, in the selection of the Chief Magistrate of the Republic. In scarcely any other country on earth could such an act take place without strife and blood. Nothing will so tend to elevate the American people in the respect of mankind, to attract mankind to our borders, as the spectacle of such a proceeding conducted with peace, with dignity, with decorum, with quiet. The Chair, therefore, trusts that every gentleman present, whether member of the Convention or here as a witness of its proceedings, will feel that his country is affected by the propriety and order of his own conduct. The gentleman from Maine moves that the Convention now proceed, under the rules, to ballot for a candidate for President.

The motion was agreed to..

The PRESIDENT. The Chair directs the Clerk to read, for the information of the Convention, that portion of the rules which relates to the manner of proceeding.

The Secretary read as follows:

"Rule 8. In the record of the vote by States, the vote of each State, Territory and the District of Columbia shall be announced by the chairman, and in case the votes of any State, Territory or the District of Columbia shall be divided, the chairman shall announce the number of votes cast for any candidate, or for or against any proposition; but if exception is taken

by any delegate to the correctness of such announcement by the chairman of his delegation, the President of the Convention shall direct the roll of members of such delegation to be called, and the result shall be recorded in accordance with the votes individually given."

Mr. CROUNSE, of Nebraska. Mr. President-

The PRESIDENT. No business is in order but a call of the roll of States, under the rule.

rule.

Mr. CROUNSE. There is another rule-one in regard to changing a vote. The PRESIDENT. The gentleman is correct. The Secretary will read the

The Secretary read as follows:

"Rule 7. In making the nomination for President and Vice-President, in no case shall the calling of the roll be dispensed with. When it shall appear that any candidate shall have received a majority of the votes cast, the President of the Convention shall announce the question to be, Shall the nomination of the candidate be made unanimous? But if no candidate shall have received a majority of the votes, the Chair shall direct the vote to be again taken, which shall be repeated until some candidate shall have received a majority of the votes cast; and when any State has announced its vote it shall so stand until the ballot is announced, unless in case of numerical error."

The PRESIDENT. The Clerk will call the roll, and the chairmen of the respective States, as they are called, will announce the votes of their delegates.

FIRST BALLOT.

The roll of States was then called, and resulted:

Total number of votes cast, 755. [Necessary to a choice, 378.]

Of which

Ulysses S. Grant received 304; James G. Blaine, 284; John Sherman, 93; George F. Edmunds, 34; Elihu B. Washburne, 30; William Windom, 10as follows:

Mr. CONKLING, of New York. Mr. President: The better way in the case of New York is to call the roll of individual delegates, for a reason which I will state if need be, within the spirit of the rule; but if there be no objection, the roll of individuals may be called.

The PRESIDENT. No objection is made. Under the rule, the vote of the State must be announced by the chairman, unless some question be raised by a delegate as to the correctness of the announcement, in which case the roll of the State must be called. The Chair will treat the failure of the chairman of the delegation to announce the vote of his State on the call as a question within the meaning of the rule.

Mr. CONKLING. If the Chair will allow me I will state frankly that the chairman of the delegation is instructed how to cast the vote, but it is understood that there are members of the delegation who prefer to vote each for himself; therefore the chairman prefers to withhold the announcement and allow the roll of names to be called.

The PRESIDENT. The Chair, no objection being made, will treat such refusal to announce the vote by the chairman of the delegation under the rule as requiring the roll of the State to be called. The roll will be called. A DELEGATE from New York. There are two delegates absent from this delegation, and two alternates present. Is it necessary to substitute them now?