[748] New York Evening Express, June 23, 1876.
[749] The National Democratic convention assembled on June 27 and 28.
[750] Bigelow, Life of Tilden, Vol. 1, p. 308.
[751] Francis Kernan presented Tilden's name very effectively.
[752] First ballot. Necessary two-thirds, 492. Samuel J. Tilden of New York, 404½; Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana, 133½; Winfield Scott Hancock of Pennsylvania, 75; William Allen of Ohio, 56; Thomas F. Bayard of Delaware, 27; Joel Parker of New Jersey, 18.
Second ballot: Tilden, 535; Hendricks, 60; Hancock, 59; Allen, 54; Bayard, 11; Parker, 18; Thurman of Ohio, 2.
[753] This act terminates as follows: "And the United States also solemnly pledges its faith to make provision at the earliest practicable period for the redemption of the United States notes in coin."
[754] "Tilden's letter was a disappointment to those who had studied his words and acts as Governor."—Rhodes, History of the United States, Vol. 7, p. 216.
[755] Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1876, p. 790.
[756] "The public interest in an honest, skilful performance of official trust must not be sacrificed to the usufruct of the incumbents."—Appleton's Cyclopædia, 1876, p. 790.