The vote of the territorial delegates (30) was cast for Mr. Morton, save one delegate from Washington, who voted for Mr. Phelps. Four votes from Georgia and seven from Mississippi were cast for B. K. Bruce of Mississippi, and one vote (from Texas) was cast for Mr. Walter S. Thomas.

The result of the vote was then announced as follows:

The nominations were respectively made unanimous, and a committee of notification appointed.

The convention then adjourned.

Senator Matthew S. Quay of Pennsylvania was elected chairman and Joseph H. Manley of Maine secretary of the National Committee.

The Fifteenth National Convention of the Democratic party met at St. Louis, Mo., June 5-7, and nominated Grover Cleveland of New York for President, and Allen G. Thurman of Ohio for VicePresident.

The Prohibition Convention was held at Indianapolis on May 31, and nominated Clinton B. Fisk of New Jersey for President, and John A. Brooks of Missouri for Vice-President.

The Union Labor Convention was held at Cincinnati on May 16, and nominated Andrew J. Streeter of Illinois for President, and Charles L. Cunningham of Arkansas for Vice-President; and on the same day the United Labor Convention, in the same city, nominated Robert H. Cowdrey of Illinois and W. H. T. Wakefield of Kansas for the same offices.

The tariff was the great issue of the campaign. The Democrats stood on the lines of the "Mills bill" endorsed in their platform, while the Republicans stood by their protective plank and favored sweeping away the internal revenue system rather than surrender a point as to their declaration of being "uncompromisingly in favor of the American system of protection." The Murchison-SackvilleWest correspondence confirmed the Republican declaration that Mr. Cleveland's election was desired by England or English interests, and Lord Sackville's recall did not stem the tide of public opinion in that respect.

The popular and electoral votes were as follows:

TENTH NATIONAL CONVENTION

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, JUNE 7-10, 1892.

HARRISON and REID.

The Tenth National Convention of the Republican party was called to order at 12.15 p. m., in Exposition Hall, at Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Tuesday, June 7, 1892, by Mr. James S. Clarkson, of Iowa, chairman of the National Committee, who, under instruction of said committee, recommended the appointment of Mr. J. Sloat Fassett of New York as temporary chairman, who was duly elected. Several secretaries, assistants, etc., were then named, after which General William J. Sewell of New Jersey submitted the following resolution, which was adopted:

Resolved, That the roll of states and territories be now called, and that the chairman of each delegation announce the names of the persons selected to serve on the several committees, as follows, viz: Permanent Organization; Rules and Order of Business; Credentials, and Resolutions.

The roll was then called and said committees constituted.

The chair, prior to the adoption of the foregoing resolution, stated that without objection the convention would be governed by the rules of the preceding Republican national convention.

The convention then adjourned (at 1.55 p. m.) until 11 a. m. the following day.

SECOND DAY-WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8.

Mr. C. B. Lockwood of Idaho, from the Committee on Permanent Organization, made a report recommending Governor William McKinley, Jr., of Ohio, for permanent president, and Charles W. Johnson of Minnesota for secretary, and the temporary secretaries, etc., to be permanent, which report was adopted.

Representative Henry H. Bingham of Pennsylvania, from the Committee on Rules and Order of Business, submitted a code of rules for the government of the convention, which is herewith given in full, as a matter of convenient reference, viz:

Rule 1. The convention shall consist of a number of delegates from each state equal to double the number of its Senators and Representatives in Congress, six delegates from the territory of New Mexico, two from each of the remaining territories, and two from the District of Columbia.

Rule 2. The rules of the House of Representatives of the Fifty-first Congress shall be the rules of the convention so far as they are applicable and not inconsistent with the following rules.

Rule 3. When the previous question shall be demanded by a majority of the delegates from any state, and the demand seconded by two or more states, and the call sustained by a majority of the convention, the question shall then be proceeded with and disposed of according to the rules of the House of Representatives in similar

cases.

Rule 4. It shall be in order to lay on the table a proposed amendment to a pending measure, and such motion, if adopted, shall not carry with it or prejudice such

measure.

Rule 5. Upon all subjects before the convention, the states shall be called in alphabetical order and next the territories and District of Columbia.

Rule 6. The report of the Committee on Credentials shall be disposed of before the report of the Committee on Resolutions is acted upon, and the Committee on Resolutions shall be disposed of before the convention proceeds to the nomination of candidates for President and Vice-President.

Rule 7. When a majority of the delegates of any two states shall demand that a vote be recorded, the same shall be taken by states, territories, and the District of Columbia, the secretary calling the roll of the states and territories and the District of Columbia in the order heretofore stated.

Rule 8. In making the nominations for President and Vice-President, in no case shall the calling of the roll be dispensed with. When it appears at the close of any roll-call that any candidate has received a majority of all the votes to which the convention is entitled, 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 such majority, the chair shall direct the vote to be taken again, which shall be repeated until some candidate shall have received a majority of the votes; and when any state has announced its vote it shall so stand unless in case of numerical error.

Rule 9. In the record of the votes by states, the vote of each state, territory, and District of Columbia shall be announced by the chairman; and in case the vote of any state, territory, or 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.

Rule 10. No member shall speak more than once upon the same question, nor longer than five minutes, unless by leave of the convention, except in the presentation of the names of candidates.

Rule 11. A Republican National Committee shall be appointed, to consist of one member from each state, territory, and District of Columbia. The roll shall be called, and the delegation from each state, territory, and District of Columbia shall name, through its chairman, a person who shall act as a member of such committee. Such committee shall issue the call for the meeting of the national convention six months, at least, before the time fixed for said meeting, and each Congressional district in the United States shall elect its delegates to the national convention in the same way as the nomination for a member of Congress is made in said district, and in territories the delegates to the convention shall be elected in the same way as a nomination of a delegate to Congress is made, and said national committee shall prescribe the mode for selecting the delegates for the District of Columbia. An alternate delegate for each delegate to the national convention, to act in case of the absence of the delegate, shall be elected in the same manner and at the same time as the delegate is elected. Delegates at large for each state, and their alternates, shall be elected by state conventions in their respective states.

Rule 12. The Republican National Committee is authorized and empowered to select an Executive Committee, to consist of nine members, who may or may not be members of the National Committee.

Rule 13. All resolutions relating to the platform shall be referred to the Committee on Resolutions without debate.

Rule 14. No persons, except members of the several delegations and officers of the convention, shall be admitted to that section of the hall apportioned to delegates. Rule 15. The convention shall proceed in the following order of business:

First. Report of the Committee on Credentials.

Second. Report of the Committee on Permanent Organization.

Third. Report of the Committee on Resolutions.

Fourth. Naming men s of National Committee.

Fifth. Presentation of candidates for President.

Sixth. Balloting.

Seventh. Presentation of candidates for Vice-President.
Eighth. Balloting.

The Committee on Resolutions was then granted further time in which to report. The roll of states and territories was then called for members of the National Committee, after which the convention adjourned until 11 o'clock a. m. the following day.

THIRD DAY-THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1892.

The Committee on Credentials, through General William Cogswell of Massachusetts, its chairman, reported progress and that it would be able to report at 8 p. m. The convention, on motion of General W. J. Sewell of New Jersey, then took a recess until that hour.

AFTER THE RECESS-8 P. M.

Mr. Cogswell, from the Committee on Credentials, made a verbal report. He stated that the committee had heard parties in twentyfour contested cases, and it recommended that the list submitted by the National Committee to the temporary organization be accepted as the list of duly accredited delegates and alternates, except in the following cases: In the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Eighth Alabama districts, the committee reported in favor of the sitting members and that they retain their seats.

In the Ninth Alabama district the committee reported in favor of the contestants, Robert L. Houston and Alexr. L. Mathews. As to the contest for delegates at large from Alabama, the committee recommended that the contestants, Stephen N. Noble, Wm. H. Smith, Cornelius N. Dorsettle, and Anderson N. McEwen, be given seats.

In the Sixth Kentucky district the committee reported that the contestants, T. B. Matthews and M. Winstell, be given seats.

In the state of Louisiana the committee reported in favor of the sitting members, William Pitt Kellogg, Robert F. Guichard, Andrew Hero, Jr., and James M. Vance as delegates at large; in the First district, in favor of the contestants; in the Second and Fourth districts, in favor of the sitting members, and in the Sixth district, in favor of the contestants.

In the Fourth Maryland, in favor of the contestants.

In Mississippi the committee recommended that the regular delegates and contestants be seated, each with half a vote.

In the Seventh Mississippi, in favor of the sitting members.

In North Carolina, as to delegates at large, in favor of the sitting members.