The meetings of Thursday opened at 10.54 A. M., Bishop Fallows, of the Reformed Episcocal Church, leading in prayer, after which a unanimous report from the Committee on Credentials was read and adopted. Rules of order were then adopted, somewhat modifying the former methods of procedure, and the platform was presented and approved amid great applause. An adjournment was then voted until 7.30 P. M., when nominations of candidates were to be made as the special order of business, the preliminaries now having been completed.

CHAPTER II.

PERSONELLE OF THE CONVENTION.

So often is the question asked as to the members of the great Conventions, and so seldom are accurate lists of delegates to be had, that the

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sonelle of the body in full and in detail is here added.

ALABAMA.

At-Large. George Turner, Montgomery.

George W. Braxdall, Talladega.

Charles C. Sheats, Decatur.

Jesse C. Duke, Selma.

Districts. 1. James E. Slaughter, Mobile.
Frank H. Threet, Demopolis.

2. Paul Strobach, Montgomery.

George W. Washington, Montgomery.

3. Isaac Heymad, Opelika.

William Youngblood, Union Springs.

4. William J. Stevens, Selma.

Hugh A. Corson, Haynesville.

5. Lewis E. Parsons, Jr., Rockford.
William J. Anthony, La Fayette.
6. Algernon A. Mabson, Birmingham.
Lewis J. Washington, Tuscaloosa.

7. Robert A. Moseley, Jr. Talladega.
Arthur Bingham, Talladega.

8. Augustus W. McCullough, Huntsville.
Peter J. Crenshaw, Athens.

ARKANSAS.

At-Large. Powell Clayton, Eureka Springs.
Logan H. Roots, Little Rock.
M. W. Gibbs, Little Rock.
Henry M. Cooper, Little Lock.

Districts. 1. Jacob Trieber, Helena.

Samuel H. Holland, Dermott.
2. John H. Johnson, Augusta.
Ferd Harris, Pine Bluff.
3. A. A. Tufts, Camden.

George H. Thompson, Louisville.
4. Mason W. Benjamin, Little Rock.
John Yoes, Mountainburg.
5. La Fayette Gregg, Fayetteville.
Kidder Kidd, Bentonville.

CALIFORNIA.

At-Large. William W. Morrow, San Francisco.

George A. Knight, Eureka.

Thomas R. Bard, Huenma.
Horace Davis, San Francisco.

Districts. 1. Chauncey C. Bash, Redding.

B. O. Carr, St. Helena.

2. William H. Parks, Marysville.
George W. Schell, Modesto.
3. William Johnson, Sacramento.
Eli S. Dennison, Oakland.

4. David McClure, San Francisco.

Charles F. Crocker, San Francisco. 5. Adolph B. Spreckels, San Francisco. Maurice C. Blake, San Francisco.

6. David C. Reed, San Diego.
Oregon Saunders, Visalia.

CONNECTICUT.

At-Large. Augustus Brandegee, New London.
Frederick Miles, Chapinville.

Samuel E. Merwin, Jr., New Haven.
John L. Houston, Thompsonville.

Districts. I. Val. B. Chamberlain, New Britain.
Ralph P. Gilbert, Hebron.

2. Luzerne I. Munson, Waterbury.
John G. Edmonds, Deep River.
3. Eugene S. Boss, Willimantic.
Ira G. Briggs, Voluntown.
4. Orsamus R. Filer, Torrington.
Ebenezer J. Hill, Norwalk.

COLORADO.

At-Large. S. H. Elbert, Denver.

B. F. Crowell, Colorado Springs.
William A. Hammill, Georgetown.
C. C. Davis, Leadville.

A. L. Emigh, Fort Collins.

Alexander Gullet, Gunnison.

DELAWARE.

At-Large. Washington Hastings, Wilmington. John Pilling, Newark.

George V. Massey, Dover.

Daniel I. Layton, Georgetown.

District. I. John H. Hoffecker, Smyrna.
W. J. Stewart, Seaford.

FLORIDA.

At-Large. Dennis Eagan, Jacksonville.

Joseph E. Lee, Jacksonville.

Jesse D. Cole, Monticello.

William G. Stewart, Tallahassee.

Districts. 1. James N. Coombs, Apalachicola.
A. C. Lightborne, Quincy.

2. W. H. Chandler, Ocala.
John G. Long, St. Augustine.

GEORGIA.

At-Large. A. E. Buck, Atlanta.

W. A. Pledger, Atlanta.

At-Large. L. M. Pleasants, Savannah.
C. D. Forsythe,, Rome.

Districts. 1. A. N. Wilson, Savannah.
James Blue, Brunswick.

2. C. W. Arnold, Albany.

Cæsar Few, Thomasville.
3. Elbert Head, Americus.

E. Seward Small, Eastman.
4. W. H. Johnson, Atlanta.
J. C. Beall, La Grange.
5. John E. Bryant, Atlanta.
W. D. Moore, Atlanta.
6. W. W. Brown, Macon.
P. O. Holt, Macon.
7. G. P. Burnett, Rome.

J. Q. Gassett, Cartersville.
8. Mark A. Wood, Madison.
Madison Davis, Athens.
9. W. T. B. Wilson, Atlanta.

James B. Gaston, Gainesville.
10. W. F. Holden, Augusta.
R. R. Wright, Augusta.

ILLINOIS.

At-Large. Shelby M. Cullom, Springfield.
John M. Hamilton, Bloomington
Burton C. Cook, Chicago.

Clarke E. Carr, Galesburg.

Districts. 1. J. L. Woodward, Chicago.
Abner Taylor, Chicago.

2. W. H. Ruger, Chicago.
C. E. Piper, Chicago.

Contestants. W. S. Powell, Chicago.
W. E. Kent, Chicago.

3. George R. Davis, Chicago.
J. R. Wheeler, Chicago.

4. Samuel B. Raymond, Chicago.

L. C. Collins, Jr., Norwood Park.